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KOREAN PENINSULA

Second US submarine arrives in the ROK

A US nuclear-powered submarine arrived in the Republic of Korea on Monday, only days after the first US nuclear-armed submarine made port in the country in four decades. The USS Annapolis entered a naval base in the ROK's southern Jeju island, to load military supplies while on an unspecified operational mission, the ROK navy said. The USS Kentucky, a ballistic missile submarine, made port in the ROK last Tuesday. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea launched two ballistic missiles on Wednesday hours after the USS Kentucky's visit, and fired several cruise missiles on Saturday, Reuters reported.

CAMEROON

16 killed in building collapse: Firefighters

At least 16 people were killed and several more seriously injured on Sunday when a building collapsed in Cameroon's business hub Douala, Agence France-Presse quoted firefighters as saying. A 3-year-old girl was among the victims and another three children are in intensive care, hospital officials said. The four-story block collapsed onto another residential building around 1:30 am in the north of the city. Rescuers were searching through the wreckage for survivors. "The situation is under control and firefighters are working to ensure no one remains under the rubble," said Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua, governor of Littoral region, who visited the site of the collapse.

UNITED STATES

400 mass shootings recorded by July 2023

Nine mass shootings occurred across the United States over the weekend, bringing the total to more than 400 this year, according to a national website that tracks firearm deaths and injuries. The nine mass shootings led to at least four deaths and 35 injuries as of Sunday, according to the latest data from the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an event with at least four victims either injured or killed, not including the shooter. The website recorded 404 mass shootings as of Sunday since the start of 2023, which left at least 453 people dead, according to the data. The number of mass shootings was 9 percent up from a year earlier.

Agencies - Xinhua