LOMBOK, Oct 5 — Newly crowned world champion Marc Marquez fears he may have suffered a fracture after being thrown off his Ducati in a high-speed crash during the opening lap of today’s Indonesia MotoGP at the Mandalika circuit in Lombok.

BEIRUT, Oct 5 — Lebanese singer-turned-fugitive militant Fadl Shaker surrendered to authorities yesterday after spending more than a decade in hiding inside a Palestinian refugee camp, a Lebanese judicial official said.

KATHMANDU, Oct 5 — Torrential rains have triggered landslides and flash floods across Nepal since Friday, killing at least 47 people, blocking major roads, and sweeping away bridges, officials said today.

BERLIN, Oct 4 — Max Verstappen set the pace in a closely contested final practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix, as he continues his pursuit in the Formula 1 championship battle, the German Press Agency (dpa) reported.

BEIJING, Oct 4 — China’s Ministry of Water Resources has activated a Level-IV emergency flood control response in four provincial-level regions as Typhoon Matmo is expected to bring torrential rains, Xinhua reported.

PARIS, Oct 4 — Two people were killed and five others injured, several of them seriously, in a shooting in the southern French city of Nice, according to a report by the German Press Agency (dpa).