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SOUTHEAST ASIA

Death toll from typhoon passes 500

Floods and landslides in Myanmar triggered by last week's Typhoon Yagi and seasonal monsoon rains have claimed at least 226 lives, with 77 people missing, state-run media reported on Tuesday. The new figures push the total number of dead in Southeast Asia from the storm past 500. Typhoon Yagi earlier hit Vietnam, northern Thailand and Laos, killing almost 300 people in Vietnam, 42 in Thailand and four in Laos, according to the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance. It said 21 people were killed in the Philippines, with another 26 missing.

UNITED STATES

Boeing, union to resume talks over labor contract

Negotiators at Boeing and its largest union are due to resume talks over a labor contract on Tuesday, as the planemaker seeks to bring a swift end to a strike that is costing the indebted company an estimated $100 million a day. More than 30,000 Boeing factory workers in the Seattle area went on strike on Friday after overwhelmingly rejecting their first full contract offer in 16 years, which included a 25 percent pay increase spread over four years but removed an annual performance bonus.

Agencies Via Xinhua