Hundreds Injured in China Exposions

Hundreds of people are injured and at least 17 are killed after a series of explosions in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin.

The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, says he's sacked the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, over the force's handling of child sexual abuse allegations.

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(Photo: An early photo of the explosion. Credit: Yue Yuewei/Xinhua via AP)