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Bus accident in the Dominican Republic kills 2 Canadian tourists and injures 13 others

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A bus accident in the Dominican Republic killed two Canadian tourists and injured 13 others, authorities said Monday.

Eight of the injured are male and five female, between ages 37 and 72, the Dominican Republic’s National Health Service told The Associated Press. They said two injured passengers were transferred to a specialized trauma hospital given their condition.

The accident occurred Sunday night when the bus slid across a road in the popular tourist area of La Romana, east of the capital, Santo Domingo, according to authorities.

The tourists were traveling from the airport in Punta Cana to a hotel in the coastal town of Juan Dolio.

The Canadian Embassy to the Dominican Republic posted on social media that its staff were providing consular assistance to people affected by the accident but didn’t give further details.

The Dominican Republic has one of the world’s highest traffic fatality rates, according to the World Health Organization.

Beijing bans 4 New Zealand lawmakers from entering China because they visited Taiwan

By WTOP Staff
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Beijing banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year and demanded they apologize because they visited Taiwan on a parliamentary trip, according to a message from the Chinese embassy conveyed via parliamentary officials and shown to The Associated Press on Thursday. China has hit lawmakers from other countries with sanctions related to contact with Taiwan before, but it's the first time for New Zealand parliamentarians, the government in Wellington said. Beijing has been increasing pressure in recent years on the democratically governed island that it claims as its own territory. Two lawmakers reached by the AP on Thursday rejected the demand for an apology, while the other two could not be immediately reached. New Zealand's government said it would express concern about the travel bans to Beijing. The elected officials visited Taipei in May, as New Zealand parliamentarians have done “for decades,” a spokesperson for Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement.
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