JAKARTA -- Ten miners have been trapped underground as landslides struck a coal mine in South Kalimantan province in central Indonesia, a senior disaster official said on Tuesday.

The landslides occurring outside the underground area from Sunday night to Monday afternoon triggered mud flow and submerged the site, head of the Emergency Unit of the Provincial Disaster Management Agency Abdul Rahim told Xinhua via phone. (Indonesia-Landslide-Trapped)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. House delivered on Monday an impeachment article against Donald Trump to the Senate, charging the former president with inciting insurrection leading to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Nine House Democrats, appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as impeachment managers who will serve as prosecutors in the upcoming trial, made the ceremonial walk through the Capitol building to the upper chamber to deliver the article. (U.S.-Impeachment-Trump)

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TRIPOLI -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that more than 450 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast in the past week.

"In the period of 19 to 25 January 2021, 452 migrants were rescued/intercepted at sea and returned to Libya," the IOM said. (Libya-IOM-Migrants)

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WASHINGTON -- A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Santa Cruz Islands at 0508 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 11.2648 degrees south latitude and 165.2696 degrees east longitude. (Santa Cruz-Earthquake) Enditem

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