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Vietnam reelects conservative Nguyễn Phú Trọng as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, a member of the Politburo, is expected to replace Nguyễn Tấn Dũng as prime minister. Dũng is not eligible for another term. | Vietnam's Communist Party Wednesday re-elected its 71-year-old chief for a second term, an expected outcome that sees the conservative pro-China ideologue cementing his hold on power.
The party's congress elected Nguyen Phu Trong (pronounced Noo-yen Foo Chong) to a 19-member Politburo, the all-powerful body that handle... | Government Job change - Election | January 2016 | ['(AP via ABC News)', '(Channel NewsAsia)'] |
At least 42 people are killed in a bus crash in Nepal. | Another 43 people were injured when the bus came off the road at Luham in Salyan district, some 400km (250 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu.
Many of the injured are in a critical condition, police said. They said the number of dead could rise.
The bus was carrying more than 100 people when it skidded off the mounta... | Road Crash | October 2006 | ['(BBC)'] |
At least 27 migrants die in a shipwreck in the Aegean Sea when a boat capsizes in the Turkish bay of Edremit, near the Greek island of Lesbos. | At least 27 migrants have died off the Turkish coast trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, Turkish media say.
The victims, including 11 children, drowned when their boat capsized after setting off from Balikesir province.
About 400 people have died crossing into Europe in 2016, the International Organization for ... | Shipwreck | February 2016 | ['(ANSAmed)', '(Leadership)', '(news.com.au)', '(BBC)'] |
Colten Treu faces charges of vehicular homicide and drug related charges after he drove his car into a group of Girl Scouts collecting trash by the road, killing 3 and a mother along a Wisconsin highway Treu claimed his passenger was huffing Dust–Off and caused the accident by grabbing the wheel as he saw the scouts | Colten Treu, 21, and his roommate both told authorities there had been a fight for the wheel, but they differ in their accounts of what led to the intervention.
In the moments before Colten Treu's black truck plowed into a group of Girl Scouts along the side of the highway, killing four, there had been a dramatic fight... | Road Crash | November 2018 | ['(KSTP)', '(Oxygen)'] |
Hours after the announcement, Morales resigns from the presidency amid pressure from the military and the police in what he deemed a 'coup'. | Bolivian President Evo Morales has resigned after nearly 14 years in power, amid turmoil following his disputed re-election last month.
The head of the army had called on him to go after protests over his election win. Auditors found irregularities with the poll but Mr Morales said he had been the victim of a coup.
He... | Government Job change - Resignation_Dismissal | November 2019 | ['(BBC News)', '(The Guardian)'] |
In rare protests, dozens are arrested in Kazakhstan during Independence Day. Protestors demand political reform and the sidelining of the family of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev. | Police detained dozens of people in Kazakhstan’s two main cities on Monday at rare protests demanding political reform and the sidelining of the family of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Groups of up to 100 anti-government protesters marked Independence Day with simultaneous demonstrations in the capital, Nur-Su... | Protest_Online Condemnation | December 2019 | ['(Reuters)'] |
A New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others. | A crush at New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 36 people and injured some 47 others, Chinese officials say.
The crush happened in Chenyi Square in Shanghai's historic Bund district overlooking the Huangpu river.
Thousands of people had gathered to see in 2015. Social media reports suggest the stampede wa... | Riot | December 2014 | ['(BBC)', '(China Daily)'] |
MP Margaret Ferrier is arrested after breaching COVID-19 restrictions. | Margaret Ferrier, the MP who travelled between Glasgow and London after testing positive for coronavirus, has been charged with culpable and reckless conduct.
Officers in Glasgow arrested Ms Ferrier, 60, last night, months after her case was referred to prosecutors. A report had been made in November to the procurator ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | January 2021 | ['(The Times)'] |
German Justice Minister Heiko Maas says he will propose legislation to annul homosexuality convictions, and create a “right to compensation.” A 19th–century law outlawed sexual relations between men. Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1969, but the law itself was not rescinded until 1994. | German men convicted on the basis of a 19th century law criminalizing homosexuality now have a chance at getting late justice in the wake of an expert study commissioned by the Anti-Discrimination Agency.
Their supposed crime was the same during the Nazi era as it was in the federal republic founded in 1949: They love... | Government Policy Changes | May 2016 | ['(AP via The Washington Post)', '(Deutsche Welle)'] |
At least 26 people are killed and several others are injured when a bus carrying tourists from Thailand overturns in Malaysia. | BANGKOK, Dec 20 - Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday confirmed that at least 23 Thai nationals were killed when their bus crashed on a Malaysian highway in the morning.
Thani Thongpakdi, deputy permanent-secretary of the foreign ministry's Department of Information, reported the Thai embassy in Kuala Lump... | Road Crash | December 2010 | ['(Bernama)', '(Thai News Agency)'] |
Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters gain access to previously cut-off towns and settlements by bushfires in New South Wales, taking advantage of cooler weather. The small town of Balmoral is reported as being destroyed with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian saying there's "not much left" of the town. | Bushfires have almost wiped out an entire small town south west of Sydney as officials sent to investigate the damage confirm there’s “not much left”.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said Rural Fire Service crews sent to Balmoral to assess the situation after fire ripped through the area on Saturday had reported the town wa... | Fire | December 2019 | ['(Daily Telegraph)', '(Reuters)'] |
Four people, including celebrity photographer FranoisMarie Banier, are arrested in a taxevasion investigation into L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt. | Police have opened three probes involving L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt following allegations of tax evasion and of illegal donations to the president's 2007 election campaign.
Those arrested on Thursday include society photographer Francois-Marie Banier, a friend of the heiress, 87.
The case has rocked Nicolas S... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | July 2010 | ['(BBC)'] |
A car crash in Austria leads to the death of Christian Kandlbauer, thought to be the first man to drive using a mind–controlled robotic arm. | A man thought to be the first to drive using a mind-controlled robotic arm has died in an Austrian hospital after a serious car crash.
It is not known whether his bionic arm had any role in causing the accident.
Christian Kandlbauer, 22, was found in the wreckage of his specially-adapted Subaru on Tuesday.
Late on Thur... | Famous Person - Death | October 2010 | ['(BBC)', '(Ap via The Guardian)', '(USA Today)'] |
Oakland Athletics outfielder Yoenis Céspedes defeats Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals to win the 2013 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby. | OK, so you probably weren't asking yourself anything remotely like that. We're talking, after all, about a two-time Home Run Derby champ, about the only man to win a Derby as a representative of each league, about the guy who won last year's Derby. So come to think of it, it's pretty clear what the Prince is doing in M... | Sports Competition | July 2013 | ['(ESPN)'] |
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs detains Ziyavudin Magomedov, his brother Magomed Magomedov, and the chief executive of the Summa Group on charges of embezzlement of public funds and criminal association. A Moscow court orders Ziyavudin Magomedov, one of the richest Russians, to remain in pre-trial custody unti... | MOSCOW, March 31. /TASS/. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a criminal case against owners of Summa group on fraud and criminal association charges, official representative of the Ministry Irina Volk told TASS.
According to her, the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia ca... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Arrest | March 2018 | ['(TASS)', '(Reuters)'] |
Incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza dies at the age of 55. Pascal Nyabenda, president of the National Assembly, assumes the presidential office ad interim. | Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest, the government says.
He was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell, his condition improved but on Monday he had a cardiac arrest and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, officials say.
After 15 years in power, ... | Famous Person - Death | June 2020 | ['(BBC)'] |
An earthquake strikes Sumatra sparking fears of a tsunami. | An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 has struck offshore near the Indonesian island of Sumatra, near Aceh province.
The quake struck 214km (133 miles) south of Aceh's capital of Banda Aceh, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. A local tsunami alert was issued and later lifted by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. The site ... | Earthquakes | May 2010 | ['(BBC)', '(Bangkok Post)', '[permanent dead link]', '(France24)', '(IAfrica.com)'] |
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announces that Tamils will be given greater say in matters of governance, proposing power sharing agreements. | Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, seeking a second term in the January 26 presidential poll, on Tuesday said Tamils would be given greater say in matters of governance through devolution of powers to provinces and promised to create an upper House in the Parliament by proposing an amendment in the Constitution on... | Famous Person - Give a speech | January 2010 | ['(The Hindu)', '(AFP)'] |
The opposition Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan makes large gains in local elections against the Kuomintang. | Taipei, Dec. 6 (CNA) The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) received a major boost when it retained three of its magistrate seats and retook the significant Yilan County in Saturday's local elections.
Even though the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) won 12 out of the 17 mayor an... | Government Job change - Election | December 2009 | ['(Taiwan News)', '(Al Jazeera)', '(Daily Telegraph)'] |
Witnesses and hospital officials say that 22 Iraqis, among them children, women, and youths, are killed in a U.S. air strike in a residential neighborhood in Fallujah. U.S. officials say that they targeted an Abu Musab alZarqawi safe house. Iraqi locals dispute the American account. | They say women and children were among the dead, and that a second missile strike was aimed at rescuers trying to find victims of the first attack. US forces say they were targeting members of a network headed by an al-Qaeda leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
They have not suggested, however, that Zarqawi was caught in the ... | Armed Conflict | June 2004 | ['(Reuters)', '(CBC)', '(BBC)'] |
A poll shows that U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry gained limited support after the Democratic Convention. | A new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows Kerry's gain is smaller than usual for a convention bounce, testament to the unusually polarized race, with many voters committing early to each candidate. Still, it comes at a crucial time for the Democratic candidate, countering a loss of momentum leading up to his convention... | Government Job change - Election | August 2004 | ['(ABC News)'] |
President of Uruguay Tabaré Vázquez resigns as the leader of the Socialist Party following a row over the vetoing of an abortion decriminalisation bill. | Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez has resigned as a member of the country's Socialist Party amid a row over his vetoing of an abortion bill.
The controversial bill would have decriminalised abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
Mr Vazquez was said to be angry by criticism of his opposition to bill, which many i... | Government Job change - Resignation_Dismissal | December 2008 | ['(BBC)'] |
Chadian rebels take the town Biltine as they move toward the capital N'Djamena. | Rebels in Chad say they have taken the eastern town of Biltine - the third town they have captured in recent days.
They say they will march to N'Djamena, 750km (470 miles) away, to oust President Idriss Deby. There was no immediate reaction from Chad's capital.
Mr Deby accused the EU force in Chad (Eufor) of "turning a... | Armed Conflict | June 2008 | ['(BBC News)'] |
22-year-old Metropolitan Police Constable Ben Hannam admits to possession of an indecent image of a child, and a judge accordingly lifts reporting restrictions designed to allow a fair trial, revealing that Hannam became the first serving UK officer to be convicted of a terror offence after being found guilty at the Ol... | PC Ben Hannam, 22, becomes the first serving British police officer to be convicted of a terrorism offence
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A man has become the first serving British police officer to be convicted of a terrorism offence after he was found guilty of membership of a banned neo-Nazi group.
Ben ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | April 2021 | ['(The Guardian)'] |
American comedian and Muscular Dystrophy Association chairman Jerry Lewis dies in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 91. | Jerry Lewis, the brilliant, sometimes divisive giant of comedy, died at his Las Vegas home Sunday morning at age 91. The news was first reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and then confirmed by Lewis’s agent. Tributes came in from all corners of the showbiz world, including those who worked alongside Lewis and who... | Famous Person - Death | August 2017 | ['(Yahoo!)'] |
At least three people have been killed in bomb blasts that hit two buses in the village of Bikfaya near Beirut, Lebanon. | The casualties were travelling on two buses near Bikfaya, a mainly Christian town in the hills north of Beirut.
Initial reports said 12 people had died. Investigators sealed off the area to collect evidence from the wrecks.
The bombings come at a time of acute political tension in Lebanon, and a day before the second a... | Riot | February 2007 | ['(BBC)', '(ITV)'] |
Archeologists digging under the Roman Forum, Rome, Italy, discover a tomb estimated at 3000 years old, predating the creation of the Forum by several centuries. | State TV Thursday night showed an excavation team removing vases from the tomb, which resembled a deep well.
Archaeologists were excavating under the level of the ancient forum, a popular tourist site, when they dug up the tomb, which they suspect is part of an entire necropolis, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
... | New archeological discoveries | January 2006 | ['(USA Today)'] |
Six Italian scientists and an ex–government official are convicted of multiple manslaughter and sentenced to six years in prison over the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake after prosecutors accuse them of being "falsely reassuring" before the event. | Six scientists and government official given six years in jail for underestimating risks of L’Aquila earthquake in 2009.
Six Italian scientists and a government official have been found guilty of multiple manslaughter for underestimating the risks of a deadly earthquake in the town of L’Aquila in 2009 that left 309 peo... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | October 2012 | ['(BBC)', '(The Guardian)', '(Al Jazeera)'] |
In Seattle, Washington, a Seattle Fire Department crew, responding to reports of a natural gas leak in the Greenwood neighborhood, are caught in an explosion that injures nine firefighters. The explosion blew out windows in businesses and storefronts in the surrounding blocks, destroying three businesses and heavily da... | Nine firefighters were injured early Wednesday when a massive explosion tore through a quiet Seattle neighborhood, destroying buildings and littering the area with debris, officials said.
A battalion chief and eight firefighters from the Seattle Fire Department were hurt in the incident, which occurred after fire crews... | Gas explosion | March 2016 | ['(The Washington Post)', '(KING–TV)', '(Seattle Fire Department)'] |
U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke is hospitalised in a critically ill state in Washington, D.C., after gasping at a meeting with Hillary Clinton. | Richard Holbrooke, the US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been taken critically ill, the US state department says.
Mr Holbrooke, 69, was admitted to hospital on Friday and has undergone surgery to repair a tear in his aorta.
His family have joined him at his hospital bedside in Washington DC.
Mr Holbrooke is bes... | Famous Person - Sick | December 2010 | ['(BBC)', '(The Hindu)'] |
Iraqi security forces find the bodies of 53 men shot recently in Hamza south of Baghdad. | Iraqi security forces have found the bullet-riddled bodies of 53 men in a mainly Shia area south of Baghdad. The men, who were bound, blindfolded and had wounds to the head or chest, were found in a field outside Hamza al-Gharbi, a town in Babil province.
It was not immediately clear who the victims were or why they we... | Armed Conflict | July 2014 | ['(BBC)'] |
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change files papers with the Constitutional Court in Harare arguing that the recent elections be annulled because of widespread allegations of illegalities and intimidation of voters by Robert Mugabe's ZANU–PF party. | Harare - Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) challenged President Robert Mugabe's landslide re-election in the country's top court on Friday, calling for a re-run of the 31 July vote the MDC says was rigged.
Lawyers for the MDC, which is led by Morgan Tsvangirai, filed papers with the Constitutional Cou... | Government Job change - Election | August 2013 | ['(Reuters via News24)'] |
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon schedules a meeting Wednesday with European Parliament President Martin Schulz about remaining in the EU, and intends to discuss the Scottish issue with the European Commission. | - Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she will meet European Parliament leaders in Brussels on Wednesday to seek a way for Scotland to remain in the European Union.
Scotland voted decisively to stay in the EU in last week’s referendum, putting it at odds with the United Kingdom as a whole, which voted in fav... | Diplomatic Talks _ Diplomatic_Negotiation_ Summit Meeting | June 2016 | ['(Time)', '(Reuters)'] |
Following a 2-2 draw between Chelsea F.C. and Tottenham Hotspur F.C. at Stamford Bridge, Leicester City F.C. are confirmed as champions of the Premier League for the first time in their history. Leicester City were 5000-1 outsiders at the beginning of the season. , | Last updated on 2 May 20162 May 2016.From the section Leicestercomments1136
Leicester City have won the Premier League title in one of the greatest sporting stories of all time.
Tottenham's 2-2 draw at Chelsea on Monday confirmed a stunning achievement for Claudio Ranieri's side.
Leicester started the campaign as 5,000... | Sports Competition | May 2016 | ['(Sky Sports)', '(BBC)'] |
Partially recognized Republic of Abkhazia holds the first round of the presidential election. Incumbent President Raul Khajimba and oppositor Alkhas Kvitsinia heads to second round on 8th September. | A hotly contested election campaign in Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region failed to produce a winner on August 25. Based on an early vote count, incumbent Raul Khajimba and opposition candidate Alkhas Kvitsinia will compete in a runoff on September 8. Both are avid supporters of national independence for the de facto ... | Government Job change - Election | August 2019 | ['(Eurasianet)'] |
Authorities in Lebanon arrest Islamist preacher Omar Bakri Muhammed, days after a court sentenced him and 21 others to life imprisonment for carrying out "terrorist acts". | BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A radical Muslim cleric who once cheered the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States has been arrested in Lebanon, security officials confirm.
Omar Bakri Mohammad was taken into custody at his home in northern Lebanon this weekend after being sentenced to life in prison Thursday ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | November 2010 | ['(UPI)', '(Lebanese National News Agency)', '(Reuters)'] |
A fire at a 13-story apartment complex in Bohumín, Czech Republic, kills eleven people and injures ten others. Rescue workers say all of those who died resided on the 11th and 12th floors of the building, with five of them jumping from the windows "in a panic". | Officials say at least 11 people have been killed and 10 others injured in an apartment building fire in the northeastern Czech Republic
PRAGUE -- At least 11 people have been killed and 10 others injured in an apartment building fire in the northeastern Czech Republic, officials said Saturday, with some suggesting tha... | Fire | August 2020 | ['(ABC News)'] |
A small plane and a tour helicopter collide over the Hudson River in the United States. | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Five Italian tourists visiting New York from Bologna are among the nine victims believed killed Saturday in a midair collision of a sightseeing helicopter and a single-engine plane over the Hudson River, a law enforcement source said.
First responders gather on a pier after a plane and helicopter c... | Air crash | August 2009 | ['(CNN)'] |
Dubai receives a US$10 billion bailout from Abu Dhabi to help fund troubled Dubai World. | Abu Dhabi has stepped up to bail out neighboring Dubai with a surprise $10 billion aid package for the debt-laden Dubai World. The move has pushed stock markets up, but Dubai says creditors still need to approve a standstill on outstanding debt.
Dubai says $4.1 billion of the money received from Abu Dhabi is allocated ... | Financial Aid | December 2009 | ['(Gulf News)', '(Al Jazeera)', '(CCTV)'] |
Security is increased in Bangkok, Thailand, ahead of anti–government protesters by the "red shirts" over the coming days. | Demonstrators have been marching ahead of Sunday's rally
Thailand has mobilised about 40,000 security personnel ahead of rallies by "red shirt" opposition protesters over the coming days.
The demonstrators plan to meet around the country before converging on the capital, Bangkok, by Sunday. They are mainly supporters ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | March 2010 | ['(Thai News Agency)', '(Al Jazeera)', '(BBC)'] |
French commuters face chaos after a public transport strike over proposed changes to pensions of transit workers continue. | PARIS (Reuters) - Striking workers shut down most of France's rail network on Thursday and further disruption was expected in a protest over pensions, posing the biggest test yet of President Nicolas Sarkozy's ability to push through reforms.
Unions called the 24-hour strike in an attempt to force concessions from th... | Strike | October 2007 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Writer and radical independentist Quim Torra faces his first investiture debate after being nominated yesterday for President of the Generalitat of Catalonia. In his speech, he reaffirms to continue with the republican project, to undertake a constituent process and to be under Carles Puigdemont's directions. (El País) | The deposed Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has anointed a new candidate as his successor, raising hopes that the region could have a government as early as next week after five months of legal and political impasse.
Quim Torra, a close ally and former leader of the pro-independence grassroots group Òmnium Cultural... | Famous Person - Give a speech | May 2018 | ['(The Guardian)'] |
After acquitting five Muslim men of murder, Thai judge Kanakorn Pianchana gives a speech complaining of corrupt pressure upon the judiciary, including in this case, to convict without sufficient evidence. He then shoots himself in the chest in court in Yala, but survives. Criticism from judges of the Thai legal system ... | A Thai judge shot himself in a courtroom after delivering a rare speech railing against the country's justice system. Kanakorn Pianchana acquitted five Muslim men of murder on Friday before calling for a fairer judiciary. He then recited a legal oath, pulled out a pistol and shot himself in the chest.
But the judge su... | Famous Person - Give a speech | October 2019 | ['(BBC)'] |
Continental Airlines and five men go on trial for their alleged role in the crash of Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde flight, that killed 113 people in 2000. | PONTOISE, France, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Continental Airlines and five men went on trial on Tuesday for their alleged role in the crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people in 2000 and brought an end to an era of luxury supersonic travel.
The Concorde, carrying mostly German tourists bound for a deluxe Caribbean... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | February 2010 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Taxpayer March on Washington takes place in Washington, D. C. According to various estimates ranging from 60,000 to more than 1 million people march from Freedom Plaza to the United States Capitol. The event coincided with other similar protests organized in various cities across the nation.The protesters rallied agai... |
Tens of thousands of people have marched from the White House to Capitol Hill in Washington to protest against Barack Obama's healthcare reforms.
The demonstrations came as the US president sought to boost support for his plans during a Minneapolis rally. Addressing a crowd of 15,000, Mr Obama said he refused to accep... | Protest_Online Condemnation | September 2010 | ['(also known as the 9/12 Tea Party)', '(BBC)', '(Los Angeles Times)'] |
After declaring himself President of the Central African Republic, Seleka chief Michel Djotodia says that he has suspended the constitution of the country and dissolved its parliament. | The leader of rebels who have seized the capital of the Central African Republic says he is suspending the constitution and dissolving parliament.
Michel Djotodia said there would be a transition period until "credible and transparent" elections, during which he would "legislate by decree".
He added he would uphold a p... | Famous Person - Give a speech | March 2013 | ['(BBC)'] |
A Paramount Airlines helicopter crashes in Sierra Leone, killing 22 people, with reports of at least one survivor. | The passengers were returning from watching Togo beat Sierra Leone 1-0 in an African Nations Cup qualifier. One of the two Ukrainian pilots survived when the helicopter burst into flames as it came into land.
Helicopters and ferries are the only way to reach the airport, which is located across a bay from Freetown.
The... | Air crash | June 2007 | ['(BBC)', '(Reuters AlertNet)'] |
American serial killer Bobby Joe Long who murdered 10 women in the Tampa Bay Area during an eight month period in 1984 is executed by lethal injection. | A serial killer who terrorized Florida with a murderous spree that claimed 10 women in 1984 was put to death Thursday, his execution witnessed by a woman who survived one of his attacks and aided in his capture. Bobby Joe Long, 65, was pronounced dead at 6:55 p.m. Thursday following a lethal injection at Florid... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | May 2019 | ['(CBS News)'] |
In tennis, German Angelique Kerber defeats Czech Karolína Plíšková in three sets to win the 2016 US Open women's singles title. | Last updated on 10 September 201610 September 2016.From the section Tennis
Germany's Angelique Kerber backed up her status as the new world number one with a thrilling win over Czech Karolina Pliskova in the US Open final.
Kerber, 28, won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in New York to add the US Open to her victory at the Australian Open ... | Sports Competition | September 2016 | ['(AP)', '(BBC)', '(US Open)'] |
Kiribati postpones its parliamentary elections for a week. | The president of Kiribati, Tantei Maamau, at the 2019 Pacific Islands Forum summit in Tuvalu.
This comes as emergency measures in response to the covid-19 pandemic have disrupted public services, despite no confirmed cases of the virus in the country.
Voters will go to the first of two rounds of polling on Tuesday, wi... | Government Job change - Election | April 2020 | ['(RNZ)'] |
World War II Royal Australian Navy warship HMAS Sydney is discovered off the coast of Western Australia after being missing for 65 years with the loss of all 600+ crew. | The group searching for HMAS Sydney has found the wreckage of the World War II Australian warship off the coast of Western Australia, the ABC has confirmed.
The breakthrough by the Finding Sydney Foundation comes less than 24 hours after it announced it had located the wreckage of the German raider Kormoran, which also... | New archeological discoveries | March 2008 | ['(ABC News Australia)'] |
Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili is killed after a crash at the Whistler Sliding Centre, during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics. | The death of a luge competitor who left the track at high speed has cast a shadow over the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili's sled flipped and he smashed into a steel pole at the Whistler Sliding Centre, killing the 21-year-old. Georgia confirmed they will compete in the Games as a tribute to him, wh... | Famous Person - Death | February 2010 | ['(BBC)', '(The Times)', '(The Los Angeles Times)'] |
Harvey is now a tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph . It made landfall on Texas's eastern coast, the eye striking the town of Rockport, as a Category 4 hurricane. It's the strongest storm to hit the state since 1961. Harvey is expected to maintain tropical storm strength, with heavy rains and flooding, for at... | Texas will be hit by "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding", the US National Hurricane Center has warned, as Tropical Storm Harvey moves inland.
Harvey battered the coast as a category four hurricane - the biggest to strike the US mainland in 13 years. It has now been downgraded.
Some residents are feared to be t... | Hurricanes_Tornado_Storm_Blizzard | August 2017 | ['(110 kmh)', '(National Hurricane Center)', '(The New York Times)', '(BBC)', '(Houston Chronicle)'] |
2008 United States presidential election: Mitt Romney wins the Republican Michigan primary with John McCain finishing second. Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic contest but she was the only leading contender in that election. Democratic candidates brace for a competitive primary in Nevada while Republicans contend for... | WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney's triumph in Michigan on Tuesday added yet another twist to a wide-open, pitched battle among Republicans that will be tested again this weekend in South Carolina.
It's been one surprise after another in the nomination race, with a win in Iowa for Baptist-preacher-turned-politican Mike Huckabee... | Government Job change - Election | January 2008 | ['(Canadian Press via Google News)', '(AP via Google News)', '(CNN)', '(MSNBC)'] |
President Obama also commutes the sentence of Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera who was sentenced to 35 years imprisonment for seditious conspiracy. | López Rivera, whose commutation was announced with 208 others, has been incarcerated for 35 years for his role in fighting for Puerto Rico’s independence
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Barack Obama has commuted the sentence of Oscar López Rivera, a victory for the Puerto Rican independence activist who is c... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | January 2017 | ['(The Guardian)'] |
The European Court of Human Rights rules that Khalid El–Masri, a German citizen, was an innocent victim of extraordinary rendition by the Central Intelligence Agency and orders Macedonia to pay him €60,000 after it arrested him and sent him to the CIA. CIA agents then transferred him to a detention facility in Afghanis... | European Court of Human Rights rules that German citizen was an innocent victim of extraordinary rendition by US agents.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of a German citizen, after finding he was an innocent victim of extraordinary rendition by the CIA.
Macedonia was ordered to pay Khaled el-Masr... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | December 2012 | ['(Al Jazeera)', '(The Guardian)', '(ECHR)'] |
Two suicide car bombings kill at least 30 people and injure many more in Rawalpindi. | Another explosion at a checkpoint left officers badly hurt, and there are fears the death toll will rise.
Burning bus
Witnesses said the bus entered a compound housing Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), followed by a small car, which blew up seconds later.
"We saw a burning bus and people from the army tryi... | Armed Conflict | November 2007 | ['(BBC)'] |
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement, the ruling party in Southern Sudan, criticises a new security law passed by the central government, saying it could undermine the 2010 elections. | December 20, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – The former Southern rebel group blasted the passage of the National Security bill in the parliament today despite objections it raised along with other opposition parties on portions of the new law. The Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) bloc voted against the bill today while other ... | Government Policy Changes | December 2009 | ['(Sudan Tribune)', '(BBC)'] |
Erastus Akingbola, former head of the Intercontinental Bank of Nigeria, is charged with 22 counts of involvement in the bank's near collapse at a court in Lagos; he denies all counts. | The former head of Nigeria's Intercontinental Bank has been formally charged with financial crimes relating to the near collapse of the lender. Erastus Akingbola appeared in court in Lagos to face a 22-count charge, defence lawyer Felix Fagbohungbe told the BBC. The former banker pleaded not guilty to all counts. Mr A... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | August 2010 | ['(BBC)'] |
A hoard of 52,503 Roman coins dating to the third century is found in Somerset, England. | A metal detector enthusiast has unearthed the second largest haul of Roman coins ever found in Britain, little over a year after the discovery of the 'Staffordshire Hoard'.
David Crisp, a 63-year-old hospital chef, located the 52,503 coins in a single earthenware pot in a field near Frome, Somerset. Mr Crisp, from Devi... | New archeological discoveries | July 2010 | ['(BBC News)', '(The Telegraph)'] |
Elias Abuelazam, an Arab Israeli arrested in the United States in connection with almost 20 stabbings across three U.S. states, agrees to face charges relating to one of the attacks. | An Israeli suspected of five murders and other apparently racially motivated stabbings appeared in court in Atlanta, Georgia, today after being arrested as he allegedly tried to flee the US.
Elias Abuelazam, 33, was accused in connection with killings in and around Flint, Michigan which spread fear in the city for alm... | Armed Conflict | August 2010 | ['(BBC)', '(The Guardian)'] |
Muhammed Rahim, an al–Qaeda member who helped Osama bin Laden escape from Tora Bora, Afghanistan in 2001, is taken to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. | The man, named as Muhammad Rahim, helped arrange Bin Laden's escape from his Tora Bora hideout in Afghanistan in 2001, US officials say.
He was transferred to the Pentagon from CIA custody earlier this week, a Pentagon spokesman said.
The CIA captured Rahim, said to be an Afghan national, in the summer of 2007.
A state... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | March 2008 | ['(BBC News)'] |
Alexander Zakharchenko, self-proclaimed prime minister of the Donetsk People's Republic rebellion, calls for a truce on humanitarian grounds after admitting Ukrainian government forces had surrounded the main insurgent stronghold of Donetsk. | CONTINUED FIGHTING. A serviceman walks near an APC while a helicopter flies on the position of the Ukrainian troops in Donetsk region on August 9
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KIEV, Ukraine A top rebel chief in east Uk... | Armed Conflict | August 2014 | ['(Rappler)'] |
Police in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua arrest scores of protesters as planned demonstrations to mark the anniversary of the incorporation of the region with Indonesia were to take place today. | Indonesian police have made widespread arrests in Papua region as West Papuans prepare to hold demonstrations.
Indonesian police deployed to control a Jayapura demonstration last month. Photo: Tabloid Jubi
Protests were planned for today in most of the region's urban centres as West Papuans mark the anniversary of tran... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | May 2016 | ['(Radio New Zealand)'] |
The president of the Japanese shipping company offers a different account of the attack than that provided by the United States. Yutaka Katada says the Filipino crew of the Kokuka Courageous oil tanker said their vessel was apparently first hit by an artillery shell rather than a mine. The United States said the tanke... | TOKYO The owner of a Japanese tanker attacked in the Gulf of Oman offered a different account Friday of the nature of the attack than that provided by the United States.
Yutaka Katada, president of the Kokuka Sangyo shipping company, said the Filipino crew of the Kokuka Courageous tanker thought their vessel was hit b... | Armed Conflict | June 2019 | ['(The Washington Post)', '(BBC)'] |
U.S. President Donald Trump signs legislation and an executive order that will "hold China accountable" for recent "oppressive actions" in Hong Kong by ending its preferential economic status with the United States. | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kong’s special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called “oppressive actions” against the former British colony, prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions.
Citing China’s decision to enact a new national security law... | Government Policy Changes | July 2020 | ['(AP)', '(Reuters)'] |
The U.S. city of Boston sets an all time snow record, with 108.6 inches of snow for the season. | More snow fell on Boston on Sunday, enough to make this the snowiest season ever on record there.
The National Weather Service said 2.9 inches fell by 7 p.m., pushing total snowfall for the winter of 2014-2015 to 108.6 inches.
That is a full inch over the previous record set during the winter of 1995-1996, the service'... | Break historical records | March 2015 | ['(USA Today)'] |
The party of dictator Omar Bongo, the Gabonese Democratic Party, has apparently won a vast majority in the legislative election held on 17 December 2006. | But the party's overall majority is smaller, taking 80 out 120 seats - down from the 91 it held before the poll.
Parties allied to the PDG secured a further 13 seats; the opposition won 16 and independents four.
Mr Bongo, Africa's longest-serving head of state, won re-election last year for another seven-year term.
He ... | Government Job change - Election | December 2006 | ['(BBC)'] |
In the 2004 Serbian presidential election, Boris Tadic defeats Tomislav Nikolic in the run–off, with 53.7% to 45.0% of the votes. . | Boris Tadic received 54 percent of the vote to become Serbia's first democratically elected president since World War II. Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic got 45 percent, the state electoral commission said. Turnout was 48 percent.
The vote was seen crucial to whether Serbia moves closer to the European Union ... | Government Job change - Election | June 2004 | ['(ABC)'] |
Afghan officials say a government strike Sunday night on a militant facility in Musa Qala District, Helmand Province, killed 35 or more civilians at a wedding party nearby. The Afghan Defence Ministry says the operation targeted a training facility for suicide bombers and it killed 22 members of the Taliban. The Taliba... | HELMAND, Afghanistan/KABUL (Reuters) - At least 40 civilians attending a wedding party were killed by explosions and gunfire during a raid by U.S.-backed Afghan government forces on a nearby Islamist militant hideout, officials in Helmand province said on Monday.
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Italian police announce 67 arrests, 250 million worth of property seizures and the "wipe out" of a local clan. | Italian police have made 67 arrests and seized some 250 million euros ($A364 million) worth of property in an operation against the powerful 'Ndrangheta mafia, a statement said on Wednesday.
The multi-pronged operation "wiped out" a local clan based in the southern Calabrian town of Corigliano Calabro, the statement sa... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | July 2010 | ['(WAtoday)'] |
The Charité hospital in Berlin, Germany, where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is admitted, reveals that doctors have found cholinesterase inhibitors in his body that suggest he may have been poisoned. Doctors in Omsk, Russia, where Navalny was initially admitted, earlier claimed that there was no evidence of ... | Updated on: August 24, 2020 / 11:21 AM
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Moscow — The German hospital where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being treated said in a statement on Monday that doctors had found cholinesterase inhibitors in his body, suggesting he may have been poisoned. The chemicals are found in se... | Famous Person - Sick | August 2020 | ['(CBS News)'] |
A rocket kills six people and injures over 50 others at Camp Liberty, an Iraqi facility near Baghdad that shelters members of People's Mujahedin of Iran. | Five people have been killed in a rocket attack on a camp housing Iranian exiles in central Iraq, officials say.
A UN spokeswoman confirmed there had been a number of deaths at Camp Hurriya, a former US military base near Baghdad used by members of the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI).
The PMOI said six ... | Armed Conflict | February 2013 | ['(BBC)', '(Al Jazeera)'] |
At least four people are killed and 15 injured in an ISIL attack in the Kurdish section of northern Iraq. | ISIS attack kills four in Kurdish-held Iraq town
Militants from ISIS killed four people and wounded 15 on Tuesday in a relatively rare attack behind Kurdish lines in northern Iraq, officials said. A suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance to a police building in the town of Dibis in Kirkuk province, and ... | Armed Conflict | November 2015 | ['(Al-Arabiyah)'] |
ISIL attacks a government held air base near the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor with dozens of government loyalists and ISIL militants killed. | BEIRUT, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Dozens of Syrian government troops and Islamic State fighters have been killed in fighting around a government-held air base in eastern Syria in a region that is a stronghold for the jihadists, a monitoring group said on Thursday,
Islamic State used at least two car bombs in its latest assau... | Armed Conflict | September 2015 | ['(Reuters)'] |
James R. Clapper resigns as U.S. Director of National Intelligence. | Director of National Intelligence James Clapper delivered some reassurance Thursday to Americans worried about the Trump transition — along with his resignation.
"I know a lot of people have been feeling uncertain about what will happen with this Presidential transition," Clapper said. "There has been a lot of catastr... | Government Job change - Resignation_Dismissal | November 2016 | ['(NBC News)'] |
A strong 6.3 earthquake hits Taiwan in the middle of the night, waking people up in the capital Taipei. | An earthquake exceeding magnitude 6 hit eastern Taiwan tonight but the island's officials said no damage had been reported so far.
Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau put the magnitude at 6.3 on the Richter scale and the US Geological Survey said the size of the tremor was 6.1, after first gauging it at 6.2.
USGS said the ... | Earthquakes | October 2009 | ['(Channel News Asia)', '(The Irish Times)'] |
At least five people are killed in demonstrations in several cities across Yemen. | Four people were killed in the southern port city of Aden by gunfire as police moved to disperse protesters, medical officials and witnesses said.
In the city of Taiz, one person was killed and many injured when a grenade was thrown from a car at protesters.
And in the capital Sanaa, supporters and opponents of Preside... | Protest_Online Condemnation | February 2011 | ['(BBC)'] |
The Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, owned by British restaurateur Jamie Oliver, collapses into administration, resulting in 1,000 job losses. | Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has said he is "devastated" after his restaurant group went into administration, with 1,000 jobs being lost.
The group, which includes the Jamie's Italian chain, Barbecoa and Fifteen, has appointed KPMG as administrators.
Twenty two of the 25 restaurants in Jamie Oliver's restaurant group ha... | Organization Closed | May 2019 | ['(BBC)'] |
The Cameron Peak Fire grows into 167,153 acres and becomes the largest wildfire this year in Colorado, surpassing the Pine Gulch Fire. | A wildfire stoked by unusually high winds in northern Colorado has now become the largest fire the state has ever seen.
The Cameron Peak Fire burning through the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests near Fort Collins has torn through a total of 167,153 acres since mid-August to become the largest wildfire in the sta... | Fire | October 2020 | ['(The Hill)'] |
Turkish F-16 fighter jets shoot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft that had allegedly infringed its airspace near the Syrian border. Russia's Ministry of Defence denies the Su-24 entered Turkish airspace and initially said it was shot down by ground fire over Syria's Latakia Governorate. A video emerged of one pilot ... | Russian and Syrian special forces free second pilot of a Russian warplane shot down by Turkey, says defence minister
Russian foreign minister: downing of jet was 'planned provocation' One pilot killed, another rescued who says there was no warning Russian rescue helicopter 'hit by Syrian rebels'... | Armed Conflict | November 2015 | ['(Irish Independent)', '(BBC)', '(The Telegraph)'] |
Rescuers find the bodies of seven United States Navy sailors who were missing after the prior day's collision between the USS Fitzgerald and the MV ACX Crystal off the coast of Yokosuka, Japan. (AP, Reuters via The Japan Times) |
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Seven crew members were unaccounted for after the collision flooded berths with seawater. Navy dive... | Shipwreck | June 2017 | [] |
A suicide car bomber kills at least 18 and injuries at least 25, mostly Iraqi Police, in an ambush in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. | Police officers were lured to a market area by a small bombing, then the bomber rammed a patrol car, setting off a larger explosion.
Kirkuk has been the scene of frequent attacks on police by insurgents waging war on US-led multinational forces and their Iraqi allies.
At least 25 people are reported to have been injure... | Armed Conflict | November 2005 | ['(BBC)'] |
A powerful tornado hits Chongqing municipality in south–western China, killing at least 25 and injuring more than 160 people in Dianjiang and Liangping counties. | Two trees are broken by strong gale as torrential rain hit Shiling village, Guixi township in Chongqing municipality Thursday morning.
CHONGQING - The death toll of a disastrous weather featuring strong gale, even tornado, torrential rain and hailstorm, which plagued southwestern China's Chongqing from Wednesday night... | Hurricanes_Tornado_Storm_Blizzard | May 2010 | ['(The Independent)', '(BBC)', '(news.com.au)', '(China Daily)', '(Xinhua)'] |
Yasuo Fukuda, a political moderate, is elected by Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party to become the country’s next prime minister. | TOKYO, Sept. 23 — Yasuo Fukuda, a mild-mannered political moderate known for his ability to build consensus behind the scenes, was chosen Sunday by Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party to become the country’s next prime minister.
Facing one of its deepest crises in its half-century grip on power, the Liberal Demo... | Government Job change - Election | September 2007 | ['(NYT)'] |
The trial of Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on terrorism charges begins in Jakarta. | Radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has spent less than 30 minutes in court on the first day of his trial on terrorism charges, refusing to take part because he was not given the required notice to appear.
Thursday's proceedings began under strong security with hundreds of heavily-armed police officers deployed to t... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | February 2011 | ['(AAP via The Age)', '(BBC)'] |
Three members of the Pakistan national cricket team (Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir) together with agent Mazhar Majeed are given jail sentences for their roles in a spot–fixing scandal. | LONDON — The judge in London’s monthlong cricket corruption trial imposed prison sentences Thursday on the four men involved, including a 30-month jail term for Salman Butt, the captain of Pakistan’s national team.
The longest term, 32 months, went to Mazhar Majeed, the agent for the three players sentenced. Butt’s tea... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | November 2011 | ['(New York Times)'] |
At least nine Afghan security forces are killed in clashes with Taliban forces in northeastern Afghanistan. | The attack took place in the Nusai District in the northeastern province of Badakhshan early Saturday morning, according to the Afghan TOLOnews broadcaster.
At least nine members of Afghan security forces were killed and eight were injured in clashes with Taliban fighters in northeaste... | Armed Conflict | November 2019 | ['(WION)'] |
John Demjanjuk is convicted by a German court of killing over 28,000 Jews in Nazi Germany. | A German court has found John Demjanjuk guilty of helping to murder more than 28,000 Jews at a Nazi death camp in World War II.
He was sentenced to five years in prison, one year less than prosecutors had asked for, but will be released pending a possible appeal.
Prosecutors said the Ukraine-born Demjanjuk, 91, was a g... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | May 2011 | ['(BBC)', '(Deutsche Welle)'] |
Five U.S. service members are killed after a helicopter crash during a rainstorm in Daman district of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. | Five Americans from Nato-led foreign forces in Afghanistan have died in a helicopter crash, a US official says.
The crash took place in Daman district of Kandahar province on Monday,
"Initial reporting indicates there was no enemy activity in the area at the time of the incident," said the International Security Assis... | Air crash | March 2013 | ['(BBC)', '(CNN)'] |
The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities says infrared thermography indicates a hidden chamber in the tomb of King Tutankhamen, findings consistent with early theories his tomb included two concealed doorways and with the theory presented in archaeologist Nicholas Reeves' paper this summer. | CAIRO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Infrared thermography indicates a hidden chamber in the tomb of King Tutankhamen, findings consistent with early theories his tomb included two concealed doorways, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities said.
Cairo University's Faculty of Engineering and the Paris-based Heritage, Innovation and Pre... | New archeological discoveries | November 2015 | ['(UPI)'] |
Karen Drambjan, a left–wing Estonian lawyer, storms the Defense Ministry in Tallinn and takes two hostages, but is killed when special police forces storm the building. | The assailant burst into the building forcing the evacuation of all employees. Police cordoned off the area. According to the latest statements, two people were trapped in the building while it was being evacuated and were later freed. The man was said to be armed with a pistol packets of explosives. Authorities denie... | Famous Person - Death | August 2011 | ['(RT)'] |
Iran is invited to attend the next round of talks over Syria's future, along with the representatives from the United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Britain, France, Germany, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Nations mediator for Syria, Staffan de Mistura. The next round of the "Vienna II" meet... | Iran has been invited to participate for the first time in international talks over Syria’s future, US officials said yesterday on condition of anonymity, adding that Iran has yet to reply.
The next diplomatic round is expected to start tomorrow and continue Friday in Vienna, with secretary of state John Kerry, Russian... | Diplomatic Talks _ Diplomatic_Negotiation_ Summit Meeting | October 2015 | ['(Irish Examiner)', '(Reuters)', '(Sputnik News)', '(New York Times)'] |
Bulgarian security forces clamp down on demonstrators and dismantle anti-government barricades across the country in a major police sweep. The police operation comes a day after the Bulgarian government declared that it had no plans to step down from power. | Protesters sit during a blockade of a large boulevard on Eagle Bridge in Sofia, Bulgaria, 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV
Bulgarian police dismantled a protesters’ blockade in the centre of Sofia on Friday morning, as authorities showed signs of toughening their stance towards month-long anti-government rallies.
The ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | August 2020 | ['(Balkan Insight)'] |
Thousands of people are evacuated on the Japanese island of Hokkaido as Typhoon Choi-wan approaches from the east. |
A powerful typhoon bearing down on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido has forced authorities to order the evacuation of thousands of residents.
Thousands of residents in northern Japan have been ordered to evacuate as a powerful typhoon bears down on the island of Hokkaido.
Local authorities issued evacuation or... | Hurricanes_Tornado_Storm_Blizzard | October 2015 | ['(AAP via SBS)'] |
An earthquake with a 6.3 magnitude strikes near the island of Rhodes in Greece, leading to one death. | ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Athens Geodynamic Institute says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 has struck near the Greek island of Rhodes. Local media say one woman was killed when she slipped and fell as she tried to flee her home.
The Geodynamic Institute says the quake struck at 6:26 a.m. Tuesday about... | Earthquakes | July 2008 | ['(AP via Google News)'] |
U.S. President Donald Trump uses an altered map showing the projected forecast of Hurricane Dorian in order to support a disputed claim that Alabama has recently been threatened by the storm. If deliberate, the action is a federal offense. | As the battle between President Donald Trump and his administration's weather forecasters rumbles on over whether or not Hurricane Dorian threatens Alabama, which it does not, a new question has emerged: Did he break U.S. law by altering a map with a pen?
Trump has repeatedly insisted that Alabama is at risk from Doria... | Hurricanes_Tornado_Storm_Blizzard | September 2019 | ['(Newsweek)'] |
The American Health Care Act of 2017, an attempt to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, fails passage in the United States Senate. | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The seven-year Republican quest to scrap Obamacare, a major campaign vow by President Donald Trump, lay in ruins on Friday after the Senate failed to dismantle the healthcare law, with congressional leaders now planning to move on to other matters.
John McCain, the maverick 80-year-old senator an... | Government Policy Changes | July 2017 | ['(Reuters)'] |
President Jacob Zuma survives a no-confidence vote in the South African Parliament in response to corruption allegations against him. | South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has survived a no-confidence in parliament, while a court is hearing a case to reinstate 738 corruption charges against him. Governing party MPs defeated the motion by a big margin, while Mr Zuma's office said he would oppose the court case. The opposition was behind both actions, a... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | March 2016 | ['(BBC)'] |
United States President Barack Obama delays a meeting with the Dalai Lama until after a visit to China. | In an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Obama until after Obama's summit with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, scheduled for next month, according to diplomats, government officials and other sources famili... | Diplomatic Visit | October 2009 | ['(The Washington Post)', '(The Times)'] |
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