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DPRK

Multiple short-range ballistic missiles fired

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired a salvo of short-range ballistic missiles early on Wednesday, the Republic of Korea and Japan said, Pyongyang's second such weapons test in a week. The missiles lifted off from Kaechon at about 6:50 am on Wednesday, in a northeast direction and flew about 400 kilometers, ROK's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, without specifying how many were fired and where they landed. About 30 minutes after its first missile notice, Japan's coast guard said the DPRK fired another ballistic missile. Pyongyang fired several short-range ballistic missiles last Thursday, the first such launch in more than two months, which it later described as a test of a new 600-millimeter multiple-launch rocket system.

NIGERIA

President confirms 40 killed in auto crash

At least 40 people were killed after a bus-truck collision in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu's spokesman said on Tuesday. Dozens of survivors sustained varying degrees of injury from the incident, which occurred in Saminaka town during a religious celebration on Sunday, Bayo Onanuga, a presidential spokesman, said in a statement. The victims were on their way from Kwandari, a town in Plateau state, when their ill-fated bus collided with a truck. At least 63 people were involved in the incident, the Federal Roads Safety Corps, Nigeria's traffic police, said in a separate statement.

Agencies - Xinhua