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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The BBC said Monday that a journalist from its Burmese-language service was released by authorities in Myanmar but gave no details, as protesters in the Southeast Asian nation continued their broad civil disobedience movement against last month’s military coup.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA — A bus crashed into a truck early Friday morning at Non Song district, killing four and injuring at least 19 police said.

BANGKOK — Capital city commuters will be able to ride the BTS Skytrain, BRT bus system and one of the canal boats for free on New Year’s Eve.

BANGKOK — Thai authorities said Tuesday they have seized 21 unusually large rhinoceros horns worth almost $5 million that were smuggled from Ethiopia.

The advertisement on the Telegram app is as chilling as it is incongruous: A girl for sale is "Virgin. Beautiful. 12 years old.... Her price has reached $12,500 (around 440,000 baht) and she will be sold soon."

WARSAW, Poland — Explorers in Poland began digging Tuesday for a legendary Nazi train said to be laden with treasure and armaments.

KABUL, Afghanistan — From a childhood as a refugee, Capt. Safia Ferozi is now flying a transport plane for Afghanistan's air force as the country's second female pilot, a sign of the efforts to bring more women into the armed forces.

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's national airline has started a new flight service to Dandong in China, bringing the total of its regularly scheduled international destinations to five.

JAKARTA — A goalkeeper has died after sustaining head and neck injuries in a collision during an Indonesian league soccer game on Sunday.

CHENGDU, China (Xinhua) — A total of 60 captive panda cubs were born, 57 of which survived this year, leading to a captive panda population of 600 worldwide, China's National Forestry and Grassland Administration said Tuesday.