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By Steven Jiang and Shawn Deng, CNN The attack, in Yixing, is the latest mass casualty incident to hit China. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack on a college campus in the eastern Chinese city of Yixing on Saturday, police say. "Around 6.30pm on November 16, 2024, a stabbing incident that resulted in casualties occurred at Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing city, causing 8 deaths and injuring another 17, The suspect was apprehended on the scene," according to a police statement. The statement said that the suspect was a recent graduate and was motivated by "failing [an] exam, not receiving a graduation certificate, and dissatisfaction with internship compensation". An investigation is ongoing. The att...

The plane was circling the area before it crashed and burst into flames, police said. Photo: 123RF Three people have died in a plane crash in Victoria's east. A Victoria Police spokesperson said emergency services were called to reports a small plane had crashed in a paddock near Hayfield-Upper Maffra Road in Tinamba West about 5.45pm on Saturday. They said the plane was circling the area before it crashed and burst into flames. The three people on board - a pilot and two passengers who are yet to be formally identified - died at the scene. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. - ABC News Source link

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meets with China's President, Xi Jinping in Lima. Photo: Pool / Chris Skelton China has raised its concerns about New Zealand being potentially involved in the intelligence and security pact AUKUS directly with the prime minister. The issue was put on the table when President Xi Jinping and Christopher Luxon met in Peru on Saturday (local time) in what was their first face-to-face bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Lima. The AUKUS defence technology partnership will deliver nuclear-powered submarines to Australia next decade - New Zealand has already ruled out joining that part of the arrangement. However, the grouping of Australia, the US and the UK is looking to expand to new partners for what it calls 'Pillar Two'. Rather than...