BEIJING -- China will continue to play a constructive role in promoting the rebuilding of peace between Cambodia and Thailand, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in phone talks with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow, respectively. (China-Cambodia-Thailand Conflict)
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KUALA LUMPUR -- Over 13,000 people in Malaysia have been displaced due to floods as of Thursday, according to the country's social welfare department.
Victims are being housed in 103 flood relief centers in six states as of 9 p.m. local time, with Pahang state being the most severely affected, the department said. (Malaysia-Floods)
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ADEN -- Three people were killed and eight others injured on Thursday in an explosion in Taiz city, about 256 km southwest of Yemen's capital Sanaa, medical and local sources said.
A medical source told Xinhua that three bodies, including a child's, were brought to Al-Thawra General Hospital, following an explosion in the city center. (Yemen-Explosion-Casualty)
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SEOUL -- Seven workers were trapped Thursday in South Korea's subway construction site accident, according to Yonhap news agency.
It was reported to the police at about 1:22 p.m. local time (0422 GMT) that people were pinned under the collapsed steel bars at the construction site for a new subway line in the capital Seoul. (South Korea-Subway Accident) Enditem
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