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Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is extradited to the United States, where he will face charges for his role as leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. | The Mexican government said on Thursday evening that it had extradited Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, long considered one of the most powerful cartel bosses in Mexico and in the world.
Earlier on Thursday, the Mexican Supreme Court dismissed appeals filed by Guzmán's lawyers in an attempt to halt the... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | January 2017 | ['(Business Insider)'] |
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he supports Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's bid for the upcoming presidential election in Egypt. | Russian leader makes surprise declaration of support for Field Marshal Sisi's presidential bid - which has not yet been announced
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has made a startling intervention in Egypt’s political turmoil by backing its defence minister for the presidency, before an election has even been declared... | Government Job change - Election | February 2014 | ['(The Telegraph)'] |
On the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, thousands of students across the United States walk out of school to protest against school shootings. | Follow NBC News Students from hundreds of schools across the country began a wave of walkouts Friday morning in a unified voice for tougher gun laws.
The protests come on the 19th anniversary of the shooting at Columbine High School, which left 13 people dead in Littleton, Colorado, energized the gun-control debate an... | Protest_Online Condemnation | April 2018 | ['(NBC News)', '(People.com)'] |
Viktor Yanukovych is officially named winner of the Ukraine presidential election. | Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych won Ukraine's presidential election, the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) officially declared Sunday.
In line with the official results, the election's second round on February 7 gave Yanukovych 48.95%, or 12,481,266 votes, while Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko garnered 45... | Government Job change - Election | February 2010 | ['(RIA)', '(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)', '(AP)', '(AFP)'] |
The United States Congress votes to approve a four year extension of powers in the USA PATRIOT Act and President of the United States Barack Obama signs it into law. , | Acting with minutes to spare, President Obama approved a four-year extension of expiring provisions of the Patriot Act, after Congress overcame mounting opposition from both parties to narrowly avoid a lapse in the terrorist surveillance law.
Obama, attending an international summit in France, awoke early Friday to rev... | Government Policy Changes | May 2011 | ['(Los Angeles Times)', '(AP via Atlanta Journal Constitution)', '[permanent dead link]'] |
The Jordanian government announces it has struck a deal with the teachers' union to end a month–long strike that affected at least 1.5 millon students. The strike was instigated over pay in light of new austerity measures. | AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan’s government said on Sunday it has reached a pay deal with the teachers union to end a one-month strike, the country’s longest public sector strike that disrupted schooling for more than 1.5 million students.
The deal came after the strike threatened a deepening political crisis when the govern... | Strike | October 2019 | ['(Reuters)'] |
A gas explosion in the Russian city of Ryazan kills at least three people and injures 13 others. | “A total of 16 people were injured, three of whom died, while 13 needed medical care. Four were hospitalized, and outpatient care was provided to nine others,” TASS news agency was told by the local branch of Russia’s Emergencies and Disaster Response service.
Earlier reports suggested 16 people were injured and three ... | Gas explosion | October 2016 | ['(RT)'] |
Hurricane Willa strengthens to a category 4 hurricane off the Pacific Coast of Mexico. | Hurricane Willa, a potentially catastrophic storm, swept toward Mexico's Pacific coast with winds of 155 mph, the National Hurricane Center said Monday. Forecasters expect the Category 4 storm to make landfall along Mexico's southwestern coast Tuesday afternoon or evening. Willa is an "extremely dangerous storm... | Hurricanes_Tornado_Storm_Blizzard | October 2018 | ['(CBS News)'] |
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashes at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, killing nine people and injuring 84. | . Air traffic control confirms emergency at Schiphol Airport
A Turkish Airlines plane has crashed on landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol international airport, killing nine people and injuring 84, six critically.
The plane, carrying 127 passengers and seven crew, crashed short of the runway near the A9 highway. It broke in... | Air crash | February 2009 | ['(BBC)'] |
In American football, the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31–20 to win Super Bowl LIV, the team's first Super Bowl win since 1970. | MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Patrick Mahomes needed just the waning minutes of Super Bowl 54 to end a whole lot of frustration.
A championship 50 years in the making for the Kansas City Chiefs.
A two-decade wait for an NFL title for coach Andy Reid.
All it took was falling behind by double digits in the postseason, again. T... | Sports Competition | February 2020 | ['(ESPN)'] |
Presidential elections are held in Kyrgyzstan following last year's political unrest and the resignation of President Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Interim Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov is widely expected to win the election. The question of keeping the current parliamentary system or reintroducing a presidential system is also ... | BISHKEK (Reuters) - Nationalist politician Sadyr Japarov won a landslide victory on Sunday in Kyrgyzstan’s snap presidential election, which was triggered by the collapse of the previous government.
Japarov has won almost 80% of the vote in the Central Asian nation, which is closely allied with Russia, preliminary resu... | Government Job change - Election | January 2021 | ['(Reuters)', '(Radio Free Europe)'] |
The Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat 95–93 in the second game of the 2011 NBA Finals to tie the series. | Newy Scruggs and Matt Barrie talk about the series-saving and series-changing Game 2 win by the Dallas Mavericks.
Any pain in Dirk Nowitzki's left hand wouldn't have hurt nearly as much as a 2-0 deficit.
So he put the ball there -- torn-up finger and all -- and hoisted the shot that gave the Dallas Mavericks new life i... | Sports Competition | June 2011 | ['(NBC Dallas)'] |
A suicide bomber kills five policeman at a police headquarters in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar. | A suicide bomb attack on a police headquarters in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar has killed at least five policemen, officials say.
A spokesman for the provincial governor told the AFP news agency that the attacker drove an explosives-laden car into a checkpoint at the headquarters.
The attack took place on T... | Armed Conflict | May 2012 | ['(BBC)'] |
An al-Hashd al-Shaabi statement claims the group launched missiles over the Syrian border at Islamic State militants preparing to launch an international assault, killing and injuring dozens of militants. | The pro-Iraqi government paramilitary troops have shelled Islamic State members gathering inside Syrian lands, the media service of the forces announced on Thursday.
In a statement, al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) said, “information from intelligence department showed that Islamic State members were ga... | Armed Conflict | April 2018 | ['(Iraqi News)'] |
A fire breaks out at the Kashiwazaki–Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Niigata, Japan, which has been closed since a fire in July. | The fire at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata prefecture was sparked by a fault in a cooler on the roof of the plant, a spokesman said. Workers extinguished the flames and there was no danger of a radioactive leak, the spokesman said. The plant - Japan's largest - has been closed since the area was struck by a m... | Fire | September 2007 | ['(BBC)'] |
Authorities announce that the summit between the governments of North Korea and South Korea will take place on April 27, 2018. | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in will hold a rare meeting aimed at improving ties and easing tensions on April 27, authorities announced Thursday.
The leaders will hold talks at the Peace House in the border village of Panmunjom, a joint statement said, according to the South’s Yo... | Diplomatic Talks _ Diplomatic_Negotiation_ Summit Meeting | March 2018 | ['(USA Today)'] |
In the United States, Chanel Lewis is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2016 murder of Karina Vetrano while she was running in Queens, New York City. The judge had earlier declined the defense's motion of a re-trial due to what they alleged to be police and juror misconduct. | Karina Vetrano was murdered nearby her Howard Beach, New York, home in 2016. Sentencing for female jogger killer delayed
Chanel Lewis has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2016 murder of Karina Vetrano, who was beaten, sexually abused and strangled to death while out for a jog n... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | April 2019 | ['(ABC)'] |
Abdul Baset al-Sarout, a Jaysh al-Izza commander, the “singer of the revolution”, and former Syria national football team goalkeeper, dies from wounds sustained Thursday when he was struck by Syrian Army artillery. | A Syrian footballer who became a symbolic figure in the rebellion against the country’s president, Bashar al-Assad, has died of wounds suffered in a battle with government forces.
Abdul Baset al-Sarout, 27, who rose to fame as a goalkeeper for his home city of Homs, joined peaceful protests against Assad in 2011 and wa... | Famous Person - Death | June 2019 | ['(BBC)', '(The Guardian)'] |
Six police officers are shot, sustaining non-life threatening injuries, by a gunman in Philadelphia; a seventh officer is injured in a related automobile accident nearby. | Our live coverage of the Philadelphia shooting standoff has ended, but you can read more about it here.
The suspect has been taken into police custody after an hourslong standoff with the police in Philadelphia.
Before he surrendered and came out, police surrounded the row house and cordoned off the nearby streets.
Onl... | Armed Conflict | August 2019 | ['(CNN)', '(NBC News)'] |
Children were allegedly "sadistically tormented and also sexually abused" at a Catholic monastery in Ettal, Bavaria. | BERLIN (Reuters) - Children were “sadistically tormented and also sexually abused” at a Catholic monastery in Pope Benedict’s native Bavaria, according to a new report commissioned by the Roman Catholic Church.
Pope Benedict XVI waves during Sunday Angelus prayer at his residence of Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, April... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | April 2010 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Floods sparked by torrential rains have killed 31 people in Indonesia while 13 others are missing. | writer: AFP BENGKULU, Indonesia: Floods sparked by torrential rains have killed 31 people in Indonesia with a dozen more still missing, officials said Monday, marking the latest calamity for a disaster-prone nation.
Landslides and floods are common, especially during the monsoon season between October an... | Floods | April 2019 | ['(Bangkok Post)'] |
The European Commission recommends that talks be opened with Turkey aiming for it to join the European Union. | Commission officials are reporting on the progress Turkey has already made, along with Bulgaria and Romania. The final decision on Turkey rests with the leaders of all 25 EU member states in December - with accession years off. The Commission's recommendation is a milestone in an increasingly impassioned debate.
The d... | Diplomatic Talks _ Diplomatic_Negotiation_ Summit Meeting | October 2004 | ['(BBC)'] |
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is released from prison to serve the rest of his sentence for culpable homicide of Reeva Steenkamp under house arrest. | The Paralympian, found guilty of culpable homicide of Reeva Steenkamp, will live at uncle’s house – but faces further legal action from prosecution team Last modified on Wed 29 Nov 2017 08.58 GMT
Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison and will serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest at his uncle’s... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | October 2015 | ['(The Guardian)'] |
French riot police detain 278 migrants in Calais in an operation to dismantle the "jungle" camp. | Dominic Hughes watched as police scuffled with protesters
French police have moved in to dismantle a makeshift camp set up by migrants near the port of Calais.
French officials said 278 migrants had been held in the operation at the camp known as "the jungle". More than 1,000 were thought to have already left. Rights p... | Armed Conflict | September 2009 | ['(France 24)', '(BBC)', '(Straits Times)'] |
U.S. President Donald Trump, together with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the Joint Security Area, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in North Korea. Trump also invites Kim to the White House to resume talks about denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. | Follow NBC News SEOUL, South Korea — Taking an unprecedented step onto North Korean soil, President Donald Trump announced Sunday that Washington and Pyongyang will relaunch stalled nuclear talks. The statement came during an extraordinary last-minute meeting with Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader.
Side-by-side wit... | Famous Person - Give a speech | June 2019 | ['(NBC News)', '(Business Insider)', '(CNN)'] |
In ice hockey, SKA St. Petersburg wins the Gagarin Cup, the championship of the Kontinental Hockey League, with a 5–3 win over Metallurg Magnitogorsk in Game 5 to win the championship series 4–1. | Pavel Datsyuk's return to Russia has culminated with another championship victory for the former Detroit Red Wings star.
Datsyuk's SKA St. Petersburg won the Gagarin Cup on Sunday, defeating Metallurg Magnitogorsk 5-3 in Game 5 to win the Kontinental Hockey League's championship series 4 games to 1.
Datsyuk, 38, was in... | Sports Competition | April 2017 | ['(ESPN)'] |
Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu says that the country will resume long-distance military flights for the first time since the Cold War to the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. | Russia has said its air force will conduct regular air patrols from the Arctic Ocean to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Russia had wound down such long-range missions after the end of the Cold War. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said there was a plan to provide long-range aviation maintenance for the flights. Am... | Famous Person - Give a speech | November 2014 | ['(BBC)'] |
Sixteen countries attend a two–day conference organised by the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo to discuss the retrieval of old items which were pillaged by other nations, such as the Rosetta Stone (held by the British Museum, London) and Queen Nefertitti's bust (held by the Neues Museum, Berlin). | Global culture officials are meeting to discuss how to recover ancient treasures which they say have been stolen and displayed overseas.
Twenty countries are represented at the two-day conference in Cairo. It has been organised by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), which wants many pharaonic items returned b... | Diplomatic Talks _ Diplomatic_Negotiation_ Summit Meeting | April 2010 | ['(BBC)', '(France24)'] |
The Pentagon confirms a report in The New York Times that CIA chief George Tenet who steps down from the post next month was allowed by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to have an Iraqi prisoner secretly detained in alleged violation of the Geneva Convention. | Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, acting at the request of George J. Tenet, the director of central intelligence, ordered military officials in Iraq last November to hold a man suspected of being a senior Iraqi terrorist at a high-level detention center there but not list him on the prison's rolls, senior Pentagon ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | June 2004 | ['(BBC)', '(NYT)'] |
Venezuelan authorities arrest a military general, a colonel, and a dozen others in connection to a failed assassination attempt on President Nicolás Maduro. | Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Venezuelan authorities have arrested a military general and colonel and a dozen others in connection to a failed assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro.
Maj. Gen. Alejandro Perez and Col. Pedro Zambrano were identified in court as the high-ranking officers arrested for the drone attack.
Inve... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Arrest | August 2018 | ['(UPI)'] |
Wang Jiarui, head of the Communist Party of China's liaison office, arrives in North Korea on a "goodwill visit" at the invitation of the Workers' Party of Korea. | A LOOK at some of the best pictures from around the world on Saturday, Feb 6.
China's international affairs chief Wang Jiarui (front left) arrives near Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency. Mr Wang flew to North Korea at the invitation of the ruling Workers' Party of North Korea. The visit... | Diplomatic Visit | February 2010 | ['(AFP)', '(Tehran Times)', '(The Straits Times)'] |
Canadian Senator and former Conservative Party campaign director Doug Finley dies of cancer. | Sen. Doug Finley has died after a public battle with colorectal cancer at the age of 66.
Finley, husband to Minister of Human Resources Diane Finley, died on Saturday in Ottawa, according to a statement from the Senate.
He is survived by his wife, his daughter from a previous marriage, Siobhan, and three grandchildr... | Famous Person - Death | May 2013 | ['(CTV)'] |
Sixteen alleged members of the computer hacking group Anonymous are arrested in FBI raids across several states in the US. | WASHINGTON - Fourteen individuals were arrested today by FBI agents on charges related to their alleged involvement in a cyber attack on PayPal’s website as part of an action claimed by the group “Anonymous,” announced the Department of Justice and the FBI. Two additional defendants were arrested today... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | July 2011 | ['(CNN)', '(US Department of Justice)'] |
North Korea successfully launches a long–range Unha rocket to put its first satellite into space, the aim of what critics say is a disguised ballistic missile test. The United Nations condemns the action. | North Korea has successfully launched a long-range rocket, defying international warnings. The Unha-3 rocket, launched at 09:49 local time (00:49 GMT), appears to have followed its planned trajectory, with stages falling in expected areas. North Korea says a satellite has been placed in orbit; the US confirmed an ob... | New achievements in aerospace | December 2012 | ['(Reuters)', '(BBC)'] |
Police attack thousands of demonstrators with tear gas and water cannons in Ankara during the celebrations of the anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey. | Tear gas and water cannons used to disband thousands marching in Ankara to mark Republic Day.
Police in Turkey have fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse thousands of pro-secular protesters who defied a government to march in the capital Ankara to mark Republic Day.
The rally organised by dozens of civil so... | Protest_Online Condemnation | October 2012 | ['(Al Jazeera)'] |
A full recount is ordered in the Dublin West by-election after only 18 votes separate Socialist Party candidate Ruth Coppinger from Fianna Fáil candidate David McGuinness. |
THE LABOUR CANDIDATE Patrick Nulty has won the Dublin West seat formerly occupied by the late Brian Lenihan Jnr.
Nulty’s victory was finally announced after a drawn-out count in the constituency after a battle between second and third-placed candidates, David McGuinness (Fianna Fáil) and Ruth Coppinger (Socialist Part... | Government Job change - Election | October 2011 | ['(The Journal)'] |
Dozens of people remain missing one day after a deadly attack on a popular hotel complex in Nairobi, according to the Kenya Red Cross Society. | NAIROBI, Kenya The death toll from a militant attack on a popular Kenyan hotel complex rose to 21 on Wednesday. It includes at least one American, a former Peace Corps member, authorities said.
Six bodies were retrieved from the attack site and a police officer died from his injuries, police chief Joseph Boinnet said... | Armed Conflict | January 2019 | ['(NBC News)'] |
Severe flooding caused by Cyclone Debbie forces the evacuation of Edgecumbe, New Zealand, and nearby areas. | The entire town of Edgecumbe on New Zealand's North Island has been evacuated, after severe flooding.
About 600 homes and 2,000 people are affected, as tractors and boats helped take locals to safety.
The rain, caused by the remnants of Cyclone Debbie, which hit Australia a week ago, has caused a river to burst its ban... | Floods | April 2017 | ['(BBC)'] |
The premier of Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands, Daniel Suidani, survives a vote of no confidence by 24–9. Suidani, an outspoken critic of the central government's decision to switch recognition from Taiwan to China, has refused to accept any aid from China since the change in policy. | The premier of Malaita Province in Solomon Islands has defeated a confidence motion challenging his leadership.
The premier of Malaita Province Daniel Suidani.
Large crowds gathered outside the Provincial Assembly meeting in Auki on Tuesday ahead of the motion.
Incompetence, financial mismanagement and abuse of office... | Government Job change - Election | October 2020 | ['(RNZ)'] |
In sailing training for the America's Cup, British, two–time Olympic medallist Andrew Simpson dies in San Francisco Bay as part of the Swedish team, Artemis Racing. | Medical examiners remove the body of a man who died after an Artemis team America's Cup racing boat apparently capsized, sending the entire crew into the bay in San Francisco on Thursday, May 9, 2013.
A medical examiner and police officers investigate the body of a man who died after an Artemis team America's Cup racin... | Famous Person - Death | May 2013 | ['(San Francisco Chronicle)'] |
Two bodies have been removed from Borneo's Mount Kinabalu following the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Malaysia's Sabah province Friday morning. Previously–stranded climbers, reported at 137, have descended to the Laban Rata resthouse. | Sandra Sokial Two fatalities have been reported in Mount Kinabalu so far, following the earthquake that hit Sabah this morning. In the picture, the body of one of the victims is seen being carried down from the mountain by search and rescue operation personnel. — TRP pic by Sandra Sokial
KUNDASANG, June 5, 2015:
At 11.... | Earthquakes | June 2015 | ['(The Star)', '(CNN)', '(Asia Straits Times)', '(The Rakyat Post)'] |
A man is charged with attempted murder following Saturday's stabbing of four Metropolitan Police officers in Kingsbury, north London. | A man has been charged with attempted murder after four police officers were stabbed in north-west London.
Christopher Houghton, 32, of Milford Gardens, Wembley, is due at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Three Met Police officers needed surgery after being injured outside Kingsbury Halal Butchers, in Kingsbur... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | November 2011 | ['(BBC)'] |
Almost 600 people have now been officially declared dead in an outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis in India. Officials fear the actual death toll might be much higher because many deaths in rural areas are not reported. | Officials fear the actual death toll might be much higher because many deaths in rural areas are not reported.
The disease has spread to more than 27 districts in Uttar Pradesh, including the state capital, Lucknow, and to neighbouring Bihar state and Nepal. Encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease, has killed at least 8... | Disease Outbreaks | September 2005 | ['(BBC)'] |
American John Isner defeats Frenchman Nicolas Mahut, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 , 6–7 , 70–68, in the longest match in tennis history, finally advancing from the first round of the 2010 Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles tournament. The match took over 11 hours, spanning three days. | WIMBLEDON, England -- When The Match That Would Not End finally did, at 70-68 in the fifth set, after a record 11 hours, 5 minutes spread over three days, the customary handshake between opponents simply would not suffice.
So when John Isner of the United States won the longest match in tennis history and went to the n... | Sports Competition | June 2010 | ['(7)', '(3)', '(ESPN)'] |
On the twelfth day of the strike, Jean-Paul Delevoye resigns. Delevoye, who was in charge of the proposed pension reform, failed to disclose private posts and income in his asset declaration. | Jean-Paul Delevoye falls victim to scandal over £100,000 in undeclared payments First published on Mon 16 Dec 2019 15.11 GMT
The French official leading a controversial pensions overhaul stepped down on Monday over a scandal involving undeclared payments, on the 12th day of a crippling transport strike against the prop... | Government Job change - Resignation_Dismissal | December 2019 | ['(The Guardian)'] |
Andrei Illarionov, an adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin quits, saying Russia is "no longer free". | MOSCOW, Dec. 27 President Vladimir Putin's top economic adviser resigned Tuesday, six days after declaring at a news conference that Russia "is no longer a democratic country."
Andrei Illarionov, 44, had established a reputation as a maverick within the Kremlin. He frequently criticized the state's increased involvemen... | Government Job change - Resignation_Dismissal | December 2005 | ['(Washington Post)'] |
Over 5,000 protesters gather in Minsk to mourn the death of Roman Bondarenko, a 31-year-old protester who died from brain trauma after being arrested by police last week. | Read 3 articles daily and stand to win ST rewards, including the ST News Tablet worth $398.
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MINSK, BELARUS (AFP) - About 5,000 people gathered in the Belarus capital Minsk on Friday (Nov 20) for the funeral of an opposition activist who died of brain trauma after being arrested b... | Protest_Online Condemnation | November 2020 | ['(The Straits Times)'] |
NASA's MESSENGER space probe becomes the first space craft ever to enter into orbit around Mercury. , | By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent, BBC News Nasa's Messenger spacecraft has successfully entered into orbit around the planet Mercury - the first probe to do so.
The robotic explorer initiated a 14-minute burn on its main thruster at 0045 GMT on Friday.
This slowed the spacecraft sufficiently to be captured by the ... | New achievements in aerospace | March 2011 | ['(Space via MSNBC)', '(BBC)'] |
Syrian government airstrikes in Syria’s northwestern de-escalation zones target the towns of Maarrat al-Nu'man and Maarat Herma in Idlib Governorate, killing twelve civilians. | Twelve civilians were killed in regime airstrikes in Syria's northwestern de-escalation zones, sources with the White Helmets civil defense agency said yesterday.
The attacks targeted the towns of Maarat Al-Numan and Maarat Herma in Idlib province, the sources said.
Also, regime forces and Iran-back terrorist group she... | Armed Conflict | May 2019 | ['(AA)', '(Daily Sabah)'] |
Roy Bennett is later released from jail on bail, ordered by the High Court. | HARARE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's High Court on Friday ordered the release on bail of detained senior opposition MDC official Roy Bennett.
A court ruled earlier this week that Bennett -- the MDC Treasurer -- should stand trial on terrorism charges and ordered his detention. He is charged with illegally possessing a... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | October 2009 | ['(Reuters)', '(Associated Press)'] |
Baltimore prosecutors drop all charges against the final three police officers with pending cases in the death of Freddie Gray. None of the six cases resulted in a conviction. | Prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against three Baltimore police officers accused in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, bringing to an end one of the highest-profile criminal cases in the city's history with zero convictions.
Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby acknowledged the long odds of securin... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | July 2016 | ['(Baltimore Sun)', '(NBC News)'] |
According to a current and a former unnamed U.S. government official, President Donald Trump revealed classified information that jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State during his Oval Office meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister and Ambassador on May 10. , , | President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State. The information the president relayed... | Diplomatic Talks _ Diplomatic_Negotiation_ Summit Meeting | May 2017 | ['(The Washington Post)', '(The New York Times)', '(Reuters)'] |
In a deal brokered by South African mediators, Lesotho's government says that Prime Minister Tom Thabane "will immediately resign", in a "dignified and secure" exit from power. Thabane is accused of murdering his ex–wife Lipolelo Thabane in 2017. | Lesotho's government has agreed that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who is accused of murdering his estranged wife, will immediately resign.
The deal brokered with the help of South African mediators is said to promise the prime minister a "dignified and secure" exit from office.
Mr Thabane has been under pressure to r... | Government Job change - Resignation_Dismissal | April 2020 | ['(BBC)'] |
Two children are killed and 16 more are wounded during a mass stabbing attack at a kindergarten in Beiliu, Guangxi, China. The attacker has been arrested. | Two children have died and 16 other people have been wounded after a man entered a kindergarten with a knife in southern China, state media report.
Two of the wounded are in a serious condition after the mass stabbing in Beiliu City, in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
Police have arrested a suspect and an investigati... | Riot | April 2021 | ['(BBC)'] |
All 34 Roman Catholic bishops in Chile offer to resign after Pope Francis accused them of destroying evidence of sexual crimes. | VATICAN CITY and SANTIAGO (Reuters) - In an unprecedented move, all of Chile’s bishops offered to resign on Friday after attending a crisis meeting this week with Pope Francis about the cover-up of sexual abuse in the South American nation.
Several victims invited by the pope to Rome earlier this month said they wanted... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | May 2018 | ['(Reuters)'] |
A winter storm is expected to bring up to 12 inches of snow to the Midwestern and Northeastern United States in the upcoming days. | Follow NBC News A storm is forecast to drop a foot of snow on the Midwest and Great Lakes starting Monday before doing the same in the Northeast over the next two days.
The stretch between eastern Iowa and northern Michigan could get up to a foot of snow by Tuesday before the storm moves to New York and New England, p... | Hurricanes_Tornado_Storm_Blizzard | February 2019 | ['(30\xa0cm)', '(NBC News)'] |
Fossils of Balaur genus dinosaur are unearthed in Romania. | Fossils of a new type of dinosaur, which looks like a beefy version of the predatory Velociraptor, have been unearthed in Romania.
The stocky dinosaur lived some 70 million years ago; higher sea levels at this time would have made the region an island archipelago.
The animal is also notable for the two large and sharp ... | New archeological discoveries | August 2010 | ['(BBC)'] |
Sweden defeats Switzerland 5–1 to win the Ice Hockey World Championships. | STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden ended a 27-year jinx on home teams winning the ice hockey world championships, beating Switzerland 5-1 on Sunday for its ninth title.
Vancouver Canucks star Henrik Sedin had two goals and an assist, and Buffalo Sabres goalie Jhonas Enroth made 26 saves in front of a jubilant crowd to help Sweden... | Sports Competition | May 2013 | ['(USA Today)'] |
A federal judge in Albuquerque, New Mexico sentences an ex–Los Alamos physicist Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni, who pleaded guilty in 2013 to offering to spy on the US to help Venezuela develop a nuclear weapon, to five years imprisionment. | A former scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US has been sentenced to five years in jail for attempting to pass nuclear bomb-making secrets to Venezuela.
Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni pleaded guilty in 2013 to delivering secrets to an undercover FBI agent, who he thought was a Venezuelan official. Pedr... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | January 2015 | ['(AP)', '(AP)'] |
Juan M. Thompson, a 31-year-old ex-journalist, is arrested and charged with making at least eight threats against Jewish Community Centers in the United States, as well as a threat made against the Anti-Defamation League, while allegedly impersonating a former girlfriend. | A former journalist has been arrested on suspicion of making threats against Jewish community centres - in a bizarre plot against an ex-girlfriend.
Juan Thompson, 31, "allegedly caused havoc, expending hundreds of hours of police and law enforcement resources", said NYPD Commissioner James P O'Neill.
New York prosecuto... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Arrest | March 2017 | ['(BBC)'] |
The International Atomic Energy Agency reaches an agreement with Iran to allow inspectors to resume monitoring their nuclear program for up to three months. However, the agreement bars inspectors from doing snap inspections and also prohibits them from reviewing footage taken at the nuclear sites. | Nuclear watchdog says Iran will begin offering its inspectors ‘less access’ but still allow agency to monitor atomic programme for up to three months.
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said it reached an agreement with Iran to continue its “necessary” verification and monitoring activities for up to thr... | Sign Agreement | February 2021 | ['(Al Jazeera)'] |
The remains of Nelson Mandela are flown to the province of Eastern Cape, a day before his state funeral is held in Qunu. | Nelson Mandela's coffin has arrived in his childhood home in Qunu in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa, the final leg of its journey.
Large numbers of people lined the roads in the rural region to pay their respects as the cortege passed by.
A state funeral will be held on Sunday for Mr Mandela, who died on 5 Dec... | Famous Person - Death | December 2013 | ['(BBC)'] |
Israel tells the United Nations it will limit the use of fatal burning weapon white phosphorus in future conflicts after using it on civilians during its War on Gaza. | The Israeli military will restrict its use of artillery shells containing white phosphorus, it has told the UN.
The controversial weapons cause deadly burns and rights groups say they are banned from use in civilian areas.
The Israel Defense Forces used weapons containing white phosphorus during a 22-day assault on Gaz... | Armed Conflict | July 2010 | ['(BBC)', '(France24)', '[permanent dead link]'] |
Gunmen kill 10 people at a drug rehabilitation clinic in Mexico. | MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Ten people have been killed in a shooting at a drug rehabilitation center in a Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, state-run news agency Notimex reported.
Police gather at the rehab facility where 17 people were killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in early September.
Three others were injured when unide... | Armed Conflict | September 2009 | ['(Associated Press)', '(CNN)'] |
Democrat Christy Smith concedes defeat to Republican Mike Garcia in yesterday's special election for California's 25th congressional district after vote returns showed Garcia in the lead. The results are the first time since 1998 that Republicans flipped a Democratic-held House seat in California. | Democratic state Assemblywoman Christy Smith on Wednesday conceded defeat in the special election in California’s 25th District after vote returns showed her opponent, Republican Mike Garcia, with a comfortable lead.The concession flips a seat that Democrats reclaimed from GOP control less than two years ago. The speci... | Government Job change - Election | May 2020 | ['(CNN)', '(The Hill)'] |
Nearly 200 members of the Democratic Party in the United States Congress file a lawsuit in the federal court, claiming that U.S. President Trump profits from business dealings with foreign governments, in violation of the United States Constitution’s emolument clauses. This is the third such suit of its kind, following... | WASHINGTON Nearly 200 Democratic members of Congress filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday accusing President Trump of violating the Constitution by profiting from business dealings with foreign governments.
The plaintiffs believed to be the most members of Congress to ever sue a sitting president contend that Mr. Tr... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | June 2017 | ['(The New York Times)'] |
Simona Halep defeats Serena Williams (6–2, 6–2) to win the 2019 Wimbledon women's singles championship, her first Wimbledon victory and her second Grand Slam singles title. Williams was attempting to equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles. | Simona Halep played a near-flawless final on Saturday to become the first Romanian woman to win Wimbledon, simultaneously wrecking Serena Williams’s bid for a record-equalling 24th major, a dream that grows more unlikely by the day.
The 37-year-old American – still one short of Margaret Court’s all-time tally – smiled ... | Sports Competition | July 2019 | ['(The Guardian)'] |
Forest fires in Catalonia, Spain kill four people, with fires also in France, Portugal and Romania. | A protected forest in Romania’s Bucegi mountains, at some 1,700 m altitude, has been burning since the middle of July, but it took authorities more than a week to learn about the fire and intervene. Two helicopters from the Interior Minister will try to put out the fire on Monday (July 23), with two more helicopters se... | Fire | July 2012 | ['(EuroNews)', '(Romania Insider)'] |
The sheriff's department of Morton County, North Dakota, issues arrest warrants for United States Green Party presidential candidate, Jill Stein, and her runningmate, Ajamu Baraka on charges of criminal trespass and criminal mischief. The county sheriff's department says that Stein and Baraka vandalized equipment at a ... | Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein is facing local charges over her actions at an anti-pipeline protest in North Dakota.
Authorities in Morton County filed warrants Wednesday for the arrests of Stein and her running mate Ajamu Baraka, on charges of criminal trespass and criminal mischief, both misdemeanors, th... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | September 2016 | ['(The Hill)'] |
Bass Pro Shops acquires Cabela's for $5.5 billion, combining two retailers for outdoor enthusiasts. | (Reuters) - Bass Pro Shops said on Monday it will acquire Cabela's Inc CAB.N for $5.5 billion, combining two meccas for outdoor enthusiasts, even as the deal may face antitrust scrutiny given that the hunting and fishing retailers overlap in several U.S. states. The deal, first reported by Reuters, will combine Cabela’... | Organization Merge | October 2016 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Turkey's EU accession process has been stalled over the EU's requirement that Turkey reform its counter-terrorism laws concerning their application against intellectuals, Kurdish sympathizers, and critics of Erdoğan. Tomorrow, EU envoys are scheduled to formally agree to open negotiations on financial and budget issue... | ANKARA (Reuters) - The European Union’s top envoy to Turkey has resigned, EU officials said on Tuesday, after displaying what a Turkish minister said was disrespect for national values and for President Tayyip Erdogan.
The resignation of Hansjoerg Haber was a further sign of strained ties as Brussels tries to keep on t... | Diplomatic Talks _ Diplomatic_Negotiation_ Summit Meeting | June 2016 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Mexican police search for a gunman who shot and wounded a U.S. Consular official in Guadalajara, Jalisco. The victim is in stable condition. | Updated on: January 7, 2017 / 5:04 PM
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MEXICO CITY -- Mexican prosecutors said Saturday they are searching for a gunman who opened fire on an official of the U.S. Consulate in the western city of Guadalajara.
The Attorney General’s Office said Saturday the official was wounded in the attack F... | Famous Person - Sick | January 2017 | ['(CBS News)'] |
In Denmark, parliamentary elections result in a continuation of the center–right coalition of Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. | "I'm, of course, very, very happy that the government will continue," Prime Minister Rasmussen told his supporters.
With nearly all of the vote counted, the opposition Social Democrats have admitted defeat and their leader has said he will resign.
The prime minister's bloc stood to take 94 seats in the 179-seat parliam... | Government Job change - Election | February 2005 | ['(BBC)'] |
In Chilean Patagonia, almost all Chaitén's inhabitants flee the capital city of Palena Province when a nearby volcano erupts after being inactive for 450 years. | More than 1,500 people had to flee their homes after a huge cloud of ash and lava was thrown into the sky by a long-dormant volcano in southern Chile.
Terrified citizens of the fishing town of Chaiten, six miles from the volcano, described a noise like a seismic "water boiler", and spoke fearfully of a series of earth ... | Volcano Eruption | May 2008 | ['(The Telegraph)'] |
The two major political parties Reform Party and Centre Party agree to form a government, whose Prime Minister will be Kaja Kallas, who will become the first female to take the office. She is succeeding Jüri Ratas, who resigned following a corruption scandal that involves his party. | Estonia’s two biggest political parties on Sunday struck a deal to form a government after the previous Cabinet collapsed following a corruption scandal, Estonian media ERR reported. The center-right Reform Party and the left-leaning Center Party “will form a government that will continue to effectively resolve the COV... | Government Job change - Appoint_Inauguration | January 2021 | ['(Politico)'] |
Flooding over large portions of Nebraska leave one dead and two missing with over 900 people using emergency shelters. Many roads and highways in the state are also closed. | At least one man is dead, two others are missing and nearly 900 people are inside temporary shelters amid the worst flooding in Nebraska in 50 years following a "bomb cyclone" storm that wreaked havoc across the Great Plains this week.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts and the the state's national guard on Friday surveyed th... | Floods | March 2019 | ['(USA Today)'] |
A shooting just before midnight at the ninth annual Fort Myers, Florida, Zombicon kills one person and injures four others, none with life threatening injuries, and causes pandemomium on the city's downtown streets. Police ask attendees to share smartphone video from the incident. , | FORT MYERS, Fla. A manhunt was underway Sunday after a shooting rampage at a zombie-themed festival left one person dead, five wounded and pandemonium on downtown streets.
The wounded victims at ZombiCon on Saturday night were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, according to police Lt. Victor Medico.
The ... | Armed Conflict | October 2015 | ['(USA Today)', '(Reuters)'] |
At least 17 civilians are killed in battles between Islamist militants and African Union peacekeepers in the Somali capital Mogadishu. | (CNN) -- Islamist militants launched a massive assault on African Union peacekeepers in the Somali capital Wednesday, sparking battles that killed at least 17 civilians, according to witnesses and journalists in Mogadishu.
Nurses attend a man wounded Tuesday in a mortar attack in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
"... | Armed Conflict | September 2008 | ['(CNN)'] |
Pro-Palestinian protesters storm the Queensway tunnel in the United Kingdom, disrupting traffic. |
Scores of demonstrators on foot led vehicles through the Queensway Tunnel on the A38 during a 'go-slow' event to highlight the plight of Palestine Hundreds of Free Palestine protesters stormed a major city route during a rally in Birmingham - causing massive disruption to drivers. Supporters led vehicles through the ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | May 2021 | ['(Birmingham Mail)'] |
Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif is arrested amid a corruption scandal. | Opposition PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif is the latest high-profile figure to be arrested as part of PM Khan’s anti-corruption drive.
Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistani authorities have arrested Shehbaz Sharif, leader of the opposition and president of the country’s main opposition party, on corruption charges, the latest hi... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Accuse | September 2020 | ['(Al Jazeera)'] |
West Point graduate, billionaire businessman, and philanthropist Vincent Viola withdraws his name from consideration as Secretary of the Army because of Defense Department rules concerning his family businesses. | WASHINGTON -- President Trump's nominee to lead the Army abruptly withdrew his name from consideration late Friday night, citing his inability to get around strict Defense Department rules concerning his family businesses. Vincent Viola, founder of digital stock trading firm Virtu Financial and owner of the National H... | Government Job change - Resignation_Dismissal | February 2017 | ['(Reuters)', '(Military Times)', '(Reuters)'] |
Iraqi protesters storm and set fire to the Iranian Consulate General in Najaf. | Baghdad - (Reuters) - Iraqi protesters stormed and set fire to the Iranian consulate in the southern city of Najaf on Wednesday, police and civil defense sources said.
Staff at the consulate had evacuated before the incident, they said. Authorities announced a curfew shortly afterwards, state media reported.
The protes... | Protest_Online Condemnation | November 2019 | ['(Reuters)', '(Al Jazeera)'] |
White supremacist Thomas Mair is found guilty of the murder of British Member of Parliament Jo Cox and is sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order. | Unemployed gardener, 53, given whole-life sentence for murder of MP that judge said was inspired by white supremacism
First published on Wed 23 Nov 2016 12.30 GMT
An extreme rightwing terrorist has been sentenced to prison for the rest of his life for the murder of the Labour MP Jo Cox after a seven-day Old Bailey tria... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | November 2016 | ['(The Guardian)'] |
The Ethiopia Federal Police Commission announces the arrests of 30 people suspected of involvement in a bombing of a rally for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The attack killed two and injured 156. The United States announces the deployment of FBI specialists to assist the probe. | ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Twenty people appeared in court in the Ethiopian capital on Monday following a grenade attack at a rally for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in which two people were killed and scores wounded.
State-affiliated media Fana said those in court included Girma Kassa, deputy police commissioner for the capi... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Arrest | June 2018 | ['(Reuters)'] |
Xenophobic mob blocks a refugee bus in Clausnitz, German state of Saxony. | German officials have condemned a recent video depicting a screaming mob of anti-migrant protesters blocking a bus full of refugees. Another video shows a scared child being dragged off the bus by a police officer.
A viral video showing a blockade of xenophobic protesters stopping a bus carrying refugees in the easter... | Riot | February 2016 | ['(Deutsche Welle)', '(Deutsche Welle)', '(Deutsche Welle)', '(The New York Times)', '(The New York Times)'] |
The United Nations blames anti-vaccination messages for the current outbreak of measles in the Pacific island nation, where the death toll has risen to 39 and is expected to rise as 200 are reported hospitalised, according to the World Health Organization. Total cases now soar to near 3,000. | UN agency says fall in vaccination rates has paved way for huge outbreak in Pacific island nation
Last modified on Thu 5 Dec 2019 11.04 GMT
A measles epidemic in Samoa has killed 39 people, with the World Health Organization (WHO) blaming an anti-vaccine messaging campaign for leaving the Pacific island nation vulnerab... | Disease Outbreaks | November 2019 | ['(The Guardian)', '(RNZ)'] |
A bomb at a market kills 16 people and wounds 27 others in Kalaya, capital of Orakzai Agency in Pakistan. | At least 16 people have been killed and 17 wounded by a bomb at a marketplace in Kalaya, in Pakistan's Orakzai tribal region, officials say. The blast went off close to a number of government buildings. It is unclear if officials or members of an anti-Taliban tribe were the intended target.
Orakzai is an area where Tal... | Armed Conflict | February 2013 | ['(BBC)'] |
After 146 years, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus comes to a close. | UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The lights went up on the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus on Sunday evening to reveal 14 lions and tigers sitting in a circle, surrounding a man in a sparkling suit. It was a sight too implausible to seem real yet such an iconic piece of Americana that it was impossible to believe the sho... | Organization Closed | May 2017 | ['(The New York Times)'] |
Red mud from the Ajka alumina plant accident in Hungary reaches the Danube River with alkalinity rising in the Rába River which flows into the Danube. | Toxic red sludge from a spill at an industrial plant in Hungary has reached the River Danube, officials say.
They said alkaline levels that killed all fish in one river were now greatly reduced, but were being monitored.
PM Viktor Orban called the spill an "ecological tragedy". There are fears the mud, which burst out ... | Environment Pollution | October 2010 | ['(Al Jazeera)', '(BBC)', '(AFP via Google)', '(Reuters)'] |
The White House dismisses U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy in its continuing transition from the prior presidential administration. The current Deputy Surgeon General, Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, will serve as the acting SG. | The White House administration on Friday dismissed U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, saying it is continuing the process of transitioning to new leadership.
“Today, Dr. Murthy, the leader of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, was asked to resign from his duties as Surgeon General after assisting in a s... | Government Job change - Resignation_Dismissal | April 2017 | ['(USA Today via MSN)'] |
The owners of the Dutch ship MV FWN Rapide announce the ship was attacked by pirates last night while sailing from Ghana to Nigeria and 12 of the crew abducted. | Dutch MPP owner ForestWave Navigation has reported that on Saturday morning its general cargo vessel FWN Rapide came under attack from pirates prior to entering the port of Port Harcourt in Nigeria. A number of the ship’s crew have been taken hostage.
ForestWave said it has had some contact with the remaining crew and ... | Riot | April 2018 | ['(Splash 24/7)'] |
Three militants open fire at Kabul University's campus, killing 22 people and wounding 22 others. The attack began around the time government officials were expected to arrive at the campus for the opening of an Iranian book fair. The gunmen are killed during a battle with security forces. ISIL claims responsibility fo... | At least 22 people have been killed by gunmen who stormed Kabul University before engaging security forces in an hours-long battle on Monday.
A spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry said the attack was eventually stopped when three gunmen were killed.
A regional Islamic State group claimed responsibility in a stat... | Armed Conflict | November 2020 | ['(BBC)'] |
A bus loses control and runs off the road on the Interoceanic Highway in Puquio, Peru. The resulting crash kills at least nine people and injures another 20. | LIMA, April 8 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed and 20 others injured in Peru after an inter-provincial bus skidded off the road in the southern region of Ayacucho, local media reported on Thursday.
The bus, which was heading to the southern city of Cusco from Lima, skidded and overturned on the Interoceanic... | Road Crash | April 2021 | ['(Xinhua)'] |
Stabbing attacks carried out by Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City kill two Israeli civilians and injures three others. As a result, Israel bans Palestinians from entering the Old City for two days unless they live there. , , | Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel barred Palestinians from Jerusalem's Old City Sunday as violence spread after two Israelis were stabbed to death, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of "a fight to the death against Palestinian terror".
Netanyahu convened his top security officials immediately after landing back in Isr... | Armed Conflict | October 2015 | ['(BBC News)', '(Yahoo News)', '(CNN)'] |
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi is forced to resign following a lost vote of confidence in the Senate. | Mr Prodi, who had led his centre-left coalition for 20 months, was defeated by five votes, despite the support of several unelected lifetime senators. President Giorgio Napolitano must now choose whether to call a snap election or appoint an interim government. Mr Prodi has been asked to continue in a caretaker capacit... | Government Job change - Resignation_Dismissal | January 2008 | ['(BBC News)'] |
Thousands are evacuated from the French pilgrimage site of Lourdes due to a bomb threat; it later reopens. | Thousands of Roman Catholic pilgrims were evacuated from the Sanctuary of Lourdes in France after a bomb scare which turned out to be a hoax.
The threat came as 30,000 worshippers gathered for the annual Feast of the Assumption, one of the pilgrimage site's busiest days of the year.
Police gave the all-clear for the si... | Armed Conflict | August 2010 | ['(France 24)', '(BBC)'] |
The Football Federation of Kosovo becomes the 55th member of UEFA following a secret ballot at the 40th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Budapest. | Serbia reacted with outrage against UEFA's decision to accept the former province of Kosovo as its 55th member, saying on Tuesday it will fight the decision by all legal means.
UEFA's 28-24 vote in favor of Kosovo's acceptance "is a warning that we live in the world of interest and politics, and not justice and rules,... | Join in an Organization | May 2016 | ['(AP via The Republic)'] |
Recovery efforts continue in the US city of Oakland, California, after a fire at a music party in a converted warehouse kills at least nine people with dozens missing. | This photo taken from video provided by @Oaklandfirelive shows the scene of a fire in Oakland, early Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016. The blaze began at about 11:30 p.m. on Friday during a party at a warehouse in the San Francisco Bay Area city. Several people were unaccounted for. Oakland Fire Department posted several message... | Fire | December 2016 | ['(NBC News)', '(East Bay Times)'] |
The High Court of Australia grants an injunction against the removal of asylum seekers to Malaysia until a full hearing later this month. | The injunction preventing the removal of asylum seekers to Malaysia has been extended until there is a full hearing later this month.
In a special hearing on Sunday afternoon, the High Court placed a temporary injunction on the Federal Government's plans to deport 16 asylum seekers under its so-called Malaysia swap dea... | Government Policy Changes | August 2011 | ['(ABC News)'] |
Christchurch Cathedral is badly damaged in the quake, losing its spire. | See breaking news? Share your photos and video with CNN iReport. iReporter Gavin Blowman posted videos of quake destruction and the high sea level. (CNN) -- A 6.3-magnitude earthquake ripped through Christchurch, New Zealand, on Tuesday afternoon, causing multiple fatalities as it toppled buildings onto buses, buckled ... | Earthquakes | February 2011 | ['(CNN)', '(WA Today)'] |
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