BANGKOK: Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar have killed five people and displaced about 60,000 since mid-July, an official said Friday. The director of the ministry of social welfare, relief and resettlement, Lay Shwe Zin Oo, said four children were among the dead. TAIWAN: China has detained a worker from a military industrial group on suspicion of spying for the CIA, national security authorities said Friday, adding to the list of public accusations of espionage between Beijing and Washington. The 52-year-old suspect had been sent to Italy to study by his employer. There, he met "an official with the U.S. embassy," who turned out to be a CIA agent, officials said.

Source: Daily Sun August 13, 2023 21:23 UTC