The death toll has risen to 36 following the collapse of a carriageway on a motorway in China's Guangdong province. The agency reported that three more vehicles that went down with the collapsed road had been discovered. Chinese media had previously reported 24 deaths. The collapse of an 18-meter-long section of road near the city of Meizhou on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway occurred after several days of heavy rain in the area.

As the indirect mediatory talks between Hamas and Israel are progressing in Cairo, Hamas has expressed concern at temporary ceasefire and have informed the mediators that it wants a permanent end to the war. According to Egyptian sources, Hamas have informed them that they want a total end to the war and rehabilitation of Palestinians who are displaced from north Gaza to southern Gaza region after the war broke out. Sources in Israel's Prime Minister's Office told that they have received information that Hamas is not inclined for a temporary ceasefire.

A kids' activity kit being sold by a Chinese e-commerce giant has been found to contain lead about 158 times higher than permitted levels, the city government here said on Thursday. The city announced the findings after conducting safety tests on nine children's products currently available for sale on AliExpress and Temu. Since last month, the city has been releasing such information on a weekly basis amid growing safety concerns involving products from Chinese online retail giants that have rapidly become main players in South Korea's online shopping market.

At least 24 people were killed after part of an expressway collapsed in China's Guangdong Province, causing 20 vehicles to plunge on Wednesday, local authorities said. Another 30 people are receiving hospital treatment, with none in life-threatening condition, according to the government of the province's Meizhou city. The incident happened around 2:10 a.m. on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou.

At least 19 people were killed when a motorway in China's Guangdong province collapsed on Wednesday,  Agency reported. A total of 30 people were also taken to hospital for treatment after the road collapsed.

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck has denied having suppressed concerns within government authorities during the decision-making process on the country's nuclear phase-out. Nothing had been concealed in the debate about the nuclear phase-out, adding that all files would be made available to the responsible Bundestag committee, Habeck told the German TV programme Markus Lanz late on Tuesday.

The Ukrainian government is increasing its spending on drones by an additional 15.5 billion hryvnia ($392 million), Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said, as the unmanned surveillance and combat aircraft become increasingly crucial assets for Kyiv in its fight against Russia.

At least six civilians were killed and one injured in a shooting attack on a mosque in Afghanistan's western province of Herat, officials confirmed. According to a statement by Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani, an unknown gunman opened fire on worshippers inside the mosque located in the Guzara district on Monday evening.

At least two people have been killed by Russian missile attacks in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa, while a further eight were injured, the Governor of the region, Oleh Kiper, said on Telegram. Civilian infrastructure, including several residential buildings, was damaged.

Two Ukrainian men who were stabbed to death in the southern German state of Bavaria, allegedly by a Russian citizen, were members of the armed forces, according to information from Kyiv. The two men had been in Germany for medical rehabilitation after sustaining injuries during the war, Agency reported.