AP A Chinese tourist broke her neck and died while sliding on a zip-line in Chiang Mai, police said. The 32-year-old woman was sliding down a 600-meter zip-line on Sunday when a worker failed to grab her during a maneuver to stop her from traveling further. She then hit another person in front, police said.



wsj.com A historic election scheduled for November 8 will go ahead as planned, the Myanmar government said, after electoral authorities earlier said the vote could be postponed because of recent floods and landslides, triggering an outcry from the opposition led by Aung San Suu Kyi.

afp A landslide triggered by torrential rains has killed at least 17 people in eastern Myanmar and forced the evacuation of scores more, state media said. The landslide hit a village in Hpa-saung township in the remote Kayah state.



chnnelnewsasia.com Non-stop flights with Singapore Airlines (SIA) between Singapore and the US are set to be resumed with the launch of the new Airbus A350 variant. SIA says it has 63 A350-900s on firm order, with the option to buy 20 more. Seven of them will be upgraded to an ultra-long-range variant.



AP A helicopter crash survivor was found floating on plants in Indonesia's largest lake Tuesday and told rescuers the four other people on board also survived by jumping before the craft hit the water Sunday. About 200 rescuers were searching on Tuesday evening for the four others.



usatoday.com The Dutch Safety Board concluded that downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was hit by a Russian-made Buk missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine in July 2014. The missile struck near the cockpit, instantly killing the two pilots and another crewmember while breaking off the front of the plane.

reason.com Malaysian authorities are saying thanks but no thanks to an international Love and Sex with Robots symposium that was scheduled to be held there. ''It's not our culture,'' said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar about the event.



AP The Philippines backed a reported US plan to challenge China's territorial claims by deploying an American Navy ship close to a Chinese-built island in the South China Sea, saying it was important for the international community to safeguard freedom of navigation in the disputed waters.



rfa Laos will not host a meeting of civil society organisations (CSO) in Southeast Asia on the sidelines of an Asean summit next year, a local official said, citing potential criticism by participants against governments in the region and inadequate resources as among reasons for the decision.



herald.ie A dream holiday in Vietnam ended in tragedy when an Irish woman drowned after being swept off a beach by a freak wave. The woman died despite desperate attempts by other holidaymakers and Vietnamese rescue officials to save her.



rfa.org Two Muslim Rohingya refugees have volunteered to resettle in Cambodia as part of a controversial deal in which Australia has promised to pay more than US$40 million to the Southeast Asian country for taking refugees off its hands. The news comes two days after another Rohingya Muslim refugee, who had resettled in Cambodia under the agreement in June, returned to his home in Myanmar after authorities in that country issued him a passport, said Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak.



bworldonline.com Royal Brunei Airlines, the sultanate's flagship carrier, has taken its rebranding initiative to Manila, along with it refurbishing its local office and hiring a new sales team.