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  The US Army’s Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher in northern Luzon, Philippines on April 8, 2024.   US Army Pacific Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  China  has accused the United States of “stoking military confrontation” with the recent deployment of a powerful missile launcher capable of firing weapons with a range of up to 1,600 kilometers to exercises in the Philippines. The US Army’s Mid-Range Capability (MRC) ground-based missile system arrives in a region on edge following a series of  dangerous Chinese-Philippine face-offs  in the South China Sea, during which Philippine ships have been targeted with water cannons, injuring several Filipino sailors. It’s the first-ever deployment of the MRC missile system, also known as the Typhon system, to the Indo-Pacific theater, and it comes amid a series of US-Philippine military exercises, including the largest-ever edition of the annual bilateral Balikatan drills beginning Monday. The US Army has not said ...

  Rescuers work at a collapsed section of the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in China's Guangdong province on May 1, 2024. CNN  —  A highway collapsed in southern China early on Wednesday, sending cars plummeting down a hill and killing dozens of people, Chinese state media reported. At least 48 people were killed following the collapse of a section of the expressway linking Meizhou city with Dabu county in Guangdong province, according to Ma Zhengyong, Communist Party secretary of Meizhou city. Some 23 vehicles had been recovered as rescue work continued Thursday, while 30 injured people remain in hospital in stable condition, CCTV said. The Guangdong provincial government had sent a rescue team of about 500 people, the state broadcaster said. More than 184 square meters of the highway disintegrated, officials told state news agency Xinhua. RELATED ARTICLE Massive floods threaten tens of millions as intense rains batter southern China Widely circulated social media videos shot ...

  Roads submerged in floodwaters following heavy rainfall in Qingyuan, Guangdong province, China, on April 22, 2024.   Tingshu Wang/Reuters Hong Kong CNN  —  Multiple days of heavy rains have lashed southern  China , unleashing deadly floods and threatening to upend the lives of tens of millions of people as rescuers rush to evacuate residents trapped by rising waters. Guangdong province, an economic powerhouse home to 127 million people, has seen widespread flooding that has forced more than 110,000 people to be relocated, state media reported, citing the local government. The floods have killed at least four people in Guangdong, including a rescue worker, state news agency Xinhua reported Monday. At least 10 people remain missing, it added. Since April 16, sustained torrential rains have pounded the Pearl River Delta, China’s manufacturing heartland and one of the country’s most populated regions, with four weather stations in Guangdong registering record...