Right after lunch on day three (on Thursday) during the MCG Test between Australia and Pakistan, the play was halted for around six minutes because the third umpire - Richard Illingworth, got stuck in a lift and failed to return on time for the game to begin.

AUS v PAK: Play delayed after third umpire gets stuck in lift at MCG during Boxing Day Test

The death toll rose to seven after a lift collapsed in a building in Thane city of the Indian state of Maharashtra, on Sunday (September 10) evening, said the civil officials.

India: Death toll rises to 7 after lift collapses in high-rise in Maharashtra’s Thane

In India, 8-year-old Garvit was stranded in the lift of his apartment building for two hours. Garvit was alone, instead of panicking or crying, he decided to use the time to do his homework. Molly Gambhir brings you the story.

Gravitas: Stuck in lift, 8-year-old completes his homework

A distressing incident occurred as a 73-year-old woman lost her life on Thursday (August 3), potentially due to cardiac arrest, when a lift cable snapped in a high-rise housing complex in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

India: Woman dies after lift's free fall from 8th floor at Noida's high-rise residential complex

A postwoman was killed in Uzbekistan after being trapped in a lift for three days. Nobody came to the rescue of Olga Leontyeva (32), the postwoman from Tashkent, reported The Mirror.

Postwoman dies after getting stuck in lift for three days

The Biden administration will lift travel restrictions starting in November on foreigners who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, reopening the country to thousands of people, including those who have been separated from family in the United States during the pandemic.

US to lift restrictions on vaccinated international travelers

The Philippines on Saturday said the country's workers could again go to work in Saudi Arabia, reversing a brief deployment ban after the kingdom said they would not be charged for COVID-19 tests and quarantine upon arrival.

Philippines lifts ban on workers deploying to Saudi Arabia 

China's Xiaomi Corp said on Wednesday a US court has removed the company's designation as a Communist Chinese Military Company (CCMC) and lifted all restrictions on US persons buying or holding its stock.

China's Xiaomi says US has formally lifted securities ban 

Wal-Mart said it would pay around $3 billion in cash and $300 million in shares for Jet, with some of that paid over time

Wal-Mart buying Jet.com to lift online sales, battle Amazon

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