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• CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Vietnam says Chinese vessel violated its sovereignty in South China Sea
• At least 8 children dead, 16 hurt in Philippines truck crash
• Raped, widowed, homeless: Haiti's slum women abandoned to gangs

CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Vietnam says Chinese vessel violated its sovereignty in South China Sea Posted: 19 Jul 2019 08:54 AM PDT Vietnam on Friday accused a Chinese oil survey vessel and its escorts of violating its sovereignty and demanded that China remove the ships from Vietnamese waters. Vietnam and China have for years long been embroiled in a dispute over the potentially energy-rich stretch of waters in the South China Sea. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

At least 8 children dead, 16 hurt in Philippines truck crash Posted: 18 Jul 2019 11:55 PM PDT A truck carrying more than two dozen villagers, mostly ecstatic grade schoolers on their way to a school festival, lost control Friday on a downhill road and flipped on its side, leaving eight students and an adult companion dead in the central Philippines, police said. Police investigator Nelson Saquibal said 16 others, including the driver, were brought to a hospital after the accident in Boljoon town in Cebu province. The students from two village schools were on their way to attend a cultural, health and sports festival in the town center, he said. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Raped, widowed, homeless: Haiti's slum women abandoned to gangs Posted: 18 Jul 2019 08:56 PM PDT Port-au-Prince (AFP) - As the first bursts of gunfire rang out, the women from La Saline slum grabbed their kids and fled for cover. Shootings are common here, but this time, there was no outrunning the full-on battle between five rival gangs in the heart of the Haitian capital. There is not much left of Lovely Saint-Pierre's home, aside from some slabs of concrete and two sheets of rusty metal which provide scant protection from the blazing sun as she recounts the nightmare that began eight months ago. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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