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China, Russia to start joint air and sea drill
REUTERS – A Chinese naval flotilla set off on Sunday to join Russian naval and air forces in the Sea of Japan in an exercise aimed at “safeguarding the security of strategic waterways”, according to China’s Defence Ministry.
Codenamed “Northern/Interaction-2023”, the drill marks enhanced military cooperation between China and Russia since the war began in Ukraine.
Heavy rains, flooding leave 37 dead in S. Korea
AFP – Rescuers battled on Sunday to reach people trapped in a flooded tunnel in South Korea, where at least 37 people have died and nine are missing after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides.
South Korea is at the peak of its summer monsoon season, and there has been heavy rainfall for the last four days, causing a major dam to overflow.
The Interior Ministry reported that 37 people were killed and another nine were missing nationwide in the heavy downpours, mostly buried by landslides or after falling into a flooded reservoir.