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2002–2003 Chinese protest movement | The 2002–2003 Chinese protest movement was General strikes, Occupations, Strike actions, Riots, Wildcat strikes and Picketing in China’s poorer areas against the division between rich and poor, Unemployment, Poverty, Poor living standards and Inequality. Mass protests began as early as January–February 2002, when a tid... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship | The FIFA U-16 World Championship 1987, the second edition of the tournament, was hosted by Canada and held in the cities of Montreal, Saint John, St. John's, and Toronto between 12 July and 25 July 1987. Players born after 1 August 1970 could participate in this tournament. The cities of Montreal, Saint John, St. John'... | Sports Competition | null | null |
2006 Rome Metro crash | The 2006 Rome Metro crash occurred on 17 October 2006 at 9:37am local time (07:37 UTC), when one train ploughed into another train as it unloaded passengers at the Vittorio Emanuele underground station in the city centre, killing a 30-year-old Italian woman, named Alessandra Lisi, and injuring about 145 others,[1] of w... | Train collisions | null | null |
WHO, Germany open Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin | To better prepare and protect the world from global disease threats, H.E. German Federal Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization Director-General, will today inaugurate the new WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, based in Berlin. “The world needs to be able ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
2011 Sri Lanka worker protests |
The 2011 Sri Lanka worker protests were a series of violent and non-violent protests involving workers from the Free Trade Zones (FTZ) of Sri Lanka against the government. Approximately 250,000 workers took part in the protest against the Sri Lankan government's Private Sector Pension Bill (PSBP) which lasted two week... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
All Nippon Airways Flight 857 crash | All Nippon Airways Flight 857 was a scheduled flight from Tokyo Haneda Airport to Hakodate Airport that was hijacked by a lone individual on June 21, 1995. The aircraft was boarded by police the next morning following an over-night standoff, in the first instance where force was used to respond to an aircraft hijacking... | Air crash | null | null |
Beaumont and Spectrum Health plan to merge, forming Michigan's biggest health system | Two Goliaths in Michigan health care — Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health — announced Thursday they've signed a letter of intent to unite, forming a new, massive health system that would employ 64,000 people and operate 22 hospitals spanning the state. The deal is to include Priority Health, an insurance plan that en... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Not Just Virgin: Korean Air Explores Boeing 747 Rocket Launches | The publicity of the billionaire space race over the last few weeks, along with the abolition of decades-old ballistic regulations, seems to have had an impact on Korean cosmic ambitions. Yesterday, Korean Air announced that it had recently commenced research on the feasibility of using civilian Boeing 747s to launch r... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Denmark Place fire |
The Denmark Place fire occurred on 16 August 1980 at 18 Denmark Place in Central London. [1][2] The fire, caused by arson, killed 37 people[1][2][3][4] of eight nationalities,[4] most of whom were Spanish or Latin American,[3] who were patrons of two unlicensed bars in the building. [1][2] At the time, The Sunday Ti... | Fire | null | null |
‘It’s heart-wrenching’: Drought conditions devastate food producers from B.C. to Ontario | “This is considerably worse than what we’ve seen in recent memory,” said Erin Gowrluk, executive director of the Grain Growers of Canada. “The drought conditions have increased pest pressures and we see challenges now across the Prairies with grasshoppers. Farmers are having to make difficult choices to either invest i... | Droughts | null | null |
1996 Maryland train collision |
On February 16, 1996, a MARC commuter train collided with Amtrak's Capitol Limited passenger train in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, killing three crew and eight passengers on the MARC train; a further eleven passengers on the same train and fifteen passengers and crew on the Capitol Limited were injured. To... | Train collisions | null | null |
2014 Finland-Sweden Athletics International | 2014 Finland-Sweden Athletics International is the 74th edition of Finland-Sweden Athletics International competition between Sweden and Finland. It was held 30–31 August 2014 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland. The women's pole vault was exceptionally competed on 29 August at the Narinkkatori square ... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Bukit Ho Swee Fire |
The Bukit Ho Swee fire (Chinese: 河水山大火; pinyin: Hé shuǐ shān dà huǒ; lit. 'Ho Swee Hill Great Fire'; Malay: Kebakaran Bukit Ho Swee) was a conflagration that broke out in the squatter settlement of Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore on 25 May 1961. This fire killed 4 people and injured another 54. It also destroyed more than 2... | Fire | null | null |
PFAS compensation settled for Oakey landowner in Australian first |
The Federal Government has settled its first compensation case over the contamination of land by toxic firefighting foams at Defence Department facilities.
Eric Donaldson, 83, a landowner at Oakey in southern Queensland, has reached an agreement with Defence after groundwater at his property was affected by the chemic... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Rafting group catches mudslide in Glenwood Canyon on video | GLENWOOD CANYON, Colo. (KDVR) — A rafting group captured the exact moment on Sunday, when the mudslide poured down the canyon and across Interstate 70 as they paddled past the scene on the water below. “To hear the guys describe it, it was a pretty awesome, powerful event,” said Gregory Cowan, co-owner of Defiance Ra... | Mudslides | null | null |
1958 Aviaco SNCASE Languedoc crash | The 1958 Aviaco SNCASE Languedoc crash occurred on 4 December 1958 when a SNCASE Languedoc of Aviaco crashed into the La Rodilla de la Mujer Muerta mountain, in the Guadarrama Mountains, Spain, killing all 21 people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Vigo Airport to Barajas ... | Air crash | null | null |
Philippine Airlines Flight 812 crash | Philippine Airlines Flight 812 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City to Ninoy Aquino International Airport near Manila. On May 25, 2000, an Airbus A330-301 operating on the route was hijacked by a man later identified as Reginald Chua,[2] just before the air... | Air crash | null | null |
Aeroméxico Flight 498 crash | Aeroméxico Flight 498 was a scheduled commercial flight from Mexico City, Mexico, to Los Angeles, California, United States, with several intermediate stops. On Sunday, August 31, 1986, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the flight was clipped in the tail section by N4891F, a Piper PA-28-181 Archer owned by the Krame... | Air crash | null | null |
Drought emergency declared in Washington state | OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday declared a statewide drought emergency because of hot, dry conditions that have plagued the region and water supply. Citing recent record temperature that killed at least 91 people in the state, increased wildfire activity and drought, Inslee called it “the ... | Droughts | null | null |
Plan for US Withdrawal from UNESCO Prompts Concern in Scientific Community | While a few leaders in the scientific community have expressed concern that U.S. withdrawal from the U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will obstruct long-term international scientific collaboration, the U.S. plans to continue supporting and participating in UNESCO science programs as well... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
75 years ago, the most destructive tsunami in Hawaii’s modern history devastated Hilo | HILO, BIG ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) - Seventy-five years ago, on April Fools’ Day 1946, the most destructive tsunami in Hawaii’s modern history barreled onto island shorelines. The first waves hit Hawaii Island as the day was just beginning: People were headed to work and to school. And nobody knew what was coming. By th... | Tsunamis | null | null |
Thomson Airways Flight 1526 crash | On 21 July 2017, a Boeing 737-800 belonging to and operated by Sunwing Airlines Inc. and operating as Thomson Airways Flight 1526 from Belfast International Airport and bound for Corfu, Greece with 185 people aboard, suffered a "serious incident" during takeoff, colliding with a runway approach light during departure. ... | Air crash | null | null |
2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II | The 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 19th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted by Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia. The tournament was played from 13 to 23 April 2017. Finland entered the tournament as the defending champions and once again advanced to the final, but this time they lost to the United... | Sports Competition | null | null |
3 types of financial aid every student should know | Financial aid would be the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that comes in the form of grants, scholarships and bursaries. Source: Javed Tanveer/AFP Money can’t buy happiness but financial aid can buy you a spot at a prestigious university abroad. It’s no secret that getting an education at a highly-ranked uni can... | Financial Aid | null | null |
Over 30 cultural relics discovered in central China city | Excavation work involving the ancient tomb cluster was conducted between June and July, and 11 tombs and one building site were found in the area. Chen Bin, head of the archaeological project, said that based on the shape of the tombs, characteristics of the unearthed objects and inscription on the bricks, archaeologis... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Eastern Air Lines Flight 304 crash | Eastern Air Lines Flight 304, a Douglas DC-8 flying from New Orleans International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, crashed on February 25, 1964. All 51 passengers and 7 crew were killed. Among the dead were American singer and actor Kenneth Spencer and Marie-Hélène Lefaucheux, a women's and human ri... | Air crash | null | null |
2005 Loganair Islander accident crash | On 15 March 2005, a Britten-Norman Islander air ambulance, operated by Loganair, crashed off the coast of Scotland, killing both people on board. The aircraft was en route to Campbeltown Airport in Argyll, Scotland, to pick up a ten-year-old boy with acute abdominal pain, suspected to be appendicitis. After a flight th... | Air crash | null | null |
Shots fired during bank robbery at Mount Pleasant in South Australia | Shots have been fired during a bank robbery at Mount Pleasant, a town north of the Adelaide Hills region in South Australia. A man went into the BankSA branch on Melrose Street just after 11:30am (ACST) and demanded money, police said. He fired several shots before escaping with cash. No one was injured. Police said he... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Former Delta execs say they will support police investigation into irregularities | Former Delta Property Fund executives implicated by the company in financial irregularities – Sandile Nomvete (pictured), Shaneel Maharaj and Otis Tshabalala – on Monday claimed again that they were innocent and said they would support police investigations. Photo: File
Former Delta execs say they will support police i... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Market Crash Coming in Two to Three Years | The economy is ‘already dead,’ and another round of stimulus won’t revive it, according to the “contrarian’s contrarian.” By Jane Wollman Rusoff | February 20, 2021 at 04:36 PM | The original version of this story was published on ThinkAdvisor With its “zombie” public companies and small-business failures, the U.S. ec... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
DR Congo president cuts Europe trip short due to volcanic eruption | Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi decided to interrupt his stay in Europe and return home to supervise aid to residents threatened by a volcanic eruption, the presidency announced early Sunday. Tshisekedi is closely following the security and humanitarian situations in North Kivu following t... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Overcoming the odds: Surviving childhood lead poisoning | 0 COLUMBUS— There’s a silent danger in Ohio that exists in our pipes, walls and furniture, poisoning children. Lead is a problem all over the map, but Cleveland is particularly impacted.
A study released by the Center for Urban Poverty and Community Development in 2019 found that 93% of students in Cleveland had been e... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Thumb Fire | The Thumb Fire took place on September 5, 1881, in the Thumb area of Michigan in the United States. [1] The fire, which burned over a million acres (4,000 km²) in less than a day, was the consequence of drought, hurricane-force winds, heat, the after-effects of the Port Huron Fire of 1871, and the ecological damage wro... | Fire | null | null |
Nustar Fire | The Nustar Fire was a fuel storage fire and wildfire at the NuStar Energy facility in Crockett, California, which started about 2:00 PM on 15 October 2019. [1] By 9:00 PM the same evening, the fire was contained, though two tanks of ethanol were still burning. [2] About 15 acres burned. [1]
The ATF and other agencie... | Fire | null | null |
Egypt announces first major archeological discovery of 2021 | CAIRO — Egypt recently uncovered a significant archaeological discovery that sheds light on secrets in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo and on the 18th and 19th Egyptian dynasties. The unearthed artifacts are a major find that could turn the ancient burial site into a major tourist and cultural destination and rev... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Elaine Thompson-Herah Breaks 33-year-old Olympic Record To Win Women's 100m At Tokyo | Thompson-Herah broke Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old Olympic record in the women’s 100m final as Jamaica swept the medals
Elaine Thompson-Herah, of Jamaica, wins the women's 100m final at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. | AP Photo/Petr David Josek
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TAME Flight 120 crash | TAME Flight 120 was a Boeing 727-134 airliner, registration HC-BLF, named El Oro, operating as a scheduled international passenger flight between Quito, Ecuador and Cali, Colombia, with a scheduled stopover at the Ecuadorian border town of Tulcán. The aircraft crashed while on approach to Tulcán's Teniente Coronel Luis... | Air crash | null | null |
Trump is ripping up the INF Treaty, ending a key Cold War nuclear arms pact with Russia | The administration argues that Russia has developed weapons in violation of the agreement, which it says it has stuck to for three decades. The US is officially withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia due to alleged violations of the 1987 pact by Moscow, the Trump administration said... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
US withdraws from UN Human Rights Council | The Trump administration on June 19, 2018, announced the U.S. has withdrawn from the U.N. Human Rights Council. (Photo by sanjitbakshi; courtesy Flickr) U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley told reporters during a press conference at the State Department that Cuba, Venezuela, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
'My recovery is down to the emergency services': Darren raises €31k for Air Ambulance service | While he was recovering at home, he decided to organise a 60km fundraising cycle for the service. The 31-year-old suffered injuries to his head and face and was airlifted to Cork University Hospital after crashing his bike near Schull in July. A WEST Cork man has raised more than €30,000 for the Irish Community Air Am... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
The US isn't doing itself any favors by conducting military exercises in Europe's most tense region | The joint military exercise known as Sea Breeze recently took place in the Black Sea, where the US conducted exercises with nations including Ukraine. According to the US Navy, the Sea Breeze exercise is an annual joint operation that brings the United States, "most" Black Sea Nations, and NATO allies toget... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Ancient Roman road and dock discovered in Venice lagoon | The discovery of the remains of a Roman road and dock submerged in the Venice lagoon could prove there were permanent human settlements in the area centuries before Venice was founded, researchers say. Scuba divers discovered what appeared to be paving stones beneath the lagoon in the 1980s, but only after more recent ... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Senator Barack Obama won a decisive victory over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday night, cutting into Mrs. Clinton’s long-held support among women, union members and middle-aged voters. | Senator Barack Obama won a decisive victory over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday night, cutting into Mrs. Clinton’s long-held support among women, union members and middle-aged voters.
With the two rivals now battling state by state over margins of victory and allotment of delegates,... | Government Job change - Election | null | null |
CNO Creating Unmanned Systems Task Force to Ensure Reliability, Command and Control | ARLINGTON, Va. — Getting the right mix of unmanned air, surface and undersea vehicles in the U.S. Navy’s future fleet is so critical, the Chief of Naval Operations is creating an unmanned systems task force to sort out nagging issues like scalability, reliability, command, and control. In a virtual appearance Sept. 8 a... | Organization Established | null | null |
Music mogul Scooter Braun separates from wife Yael | Music mogul Scooter Braun has separated from his wife of seven years, Page Six has learned. Sources say Braun — who famously discovered Justin Bieber and even more famously got into an public fight with Taylor Swift over her master recordings — has been through a rocky patch with mining heiress Yael Cohen Braun, and th... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
2020 California wildfires |
The 2020 California wildfire season, part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, was a record-setting year of wildfires in California. By the end of the year, 9,917 fires[1] had burned 4,397,809 acres (1,779,730 ha),[2][3][3] more than 4% of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the l... | Fire | null | null |
2012 Dhaka garment factory fire |
The 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire broke out on 24 November 2012, in the Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. [3] At least 117 people were confirmed dead in the fire, and over 200 were injured,[1] making it the deadliest factory fire in the nation's history. [4] The ... | Fire | null | null |
Skies light up as spectacular aurora borealis display dances over Manitoba | Wisps of green light danced across the night sky as a spectacular display of aurora borealis was visible across Manitoba on Monday. "It was by far the best show of 2021 and probably one of my favourites," said Justin Anderson, co-creator of the Facebook group Manitoba Aurora and Astronomy. "It's just an incredible thin... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
At least 33,000 children in parts of Tigray, Ethiopia, at imminent risk of death as conflict increases famine threat | “At least 33,000 children in inaccessible parts of Tigray, Ethiopia, are severely malnourished and face imminent death without immediate help. “These children are among more than 2.2 million in northern Ethiopia who are acutely food insecure, including at least 140,000 in Tigray who ... | Famine | null | null |
The Indian Ocean tsunami | When the Indian Ocean tsunami struck in 2004, the international community leapt into action. Islamic Relief was there from day one, and has been supporting families and communities affected by the disaster for over 15 years. On 26th December 2004, the world watched in horror as a deadly tsunami struck the Indian Ocean,... | Tsunamis | null | null |
2012 Philippines Piper Seneca crash | On August 18, 2012, a Piper PA-34 Seneca light aircraft with four people on board, including Philippine Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, crashed in the sea near the island province of Masbate, Philippines, while flying from Lapu-Lapu City to Naga, Camarines Sur. Robredo and two other occupants were killed in the accid... | Air crash | null | null |
Sahel locust invasion threatens crops in Niger and Mali - The ... |
Sahel locust invasion threatens crops in Niger and Mali
Infestations of locusts could destroy farmers' efforts to replenish food stocks in the Sahel, an area suffering drought and hunger
Desert locusts are moving south from their breeding grounds in Libya and Algeria. Photograph: Seyllou Diallo/AFP/Getty Images
Deser... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Railroad Fire | The Railroad Fire was a wildfire that burned in between the communities of Sugar Pine and Fish Camp in the Sierra National Forest in California in the United States. The fire was reported on August 29, 2017. The cause of the fire is currently unknown. The fire has burned 12,407 acres (50 km2), before it was fully conta... | Fire | null | null |
Beaumont race riot of 1943 |
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The 1943 race riot in Beaumont, Texas, erupted on June 15 and ended two days later. It related to wartime tensions in the overcrowded city, which had been flooded by workers from across the South. The immediate catalyst to white workers from the Pennsylvania Shi... | Riot | null | null |
Wingfoot Air Express crash | The Wingfoot Air Express was a non-rigid airship (i.e. blimp) that crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago on Monday July 21, 1919. The Type FD dirigible, owned by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, was transporting people from Grant Park to the White City amusement park. [1] One crew member,... | Air crash | null | null |
7 Former Communist Countries Join NATO | 7 Former Communist Countries Join NATO
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March 30, 2004
President Bush welcomed seven former Communist countries into NATO yesterday, pressing the alliance's boundaries farther into what once was Warsaw Pact territory and emphasizing its post-Cold War rebirth as a partnership aimed increasi... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
R. Kelly Found Guilty Of Racketeering And Sex Trafficking | In this illustration drawn from a video feed, the prosecution presents its closing argument in the federal trial against singer R. Kelly on Sept. 22 in New York. Elizabeth Williams/AP hide cap... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
1946 American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crash | On October 3, 1946, an American Overseas Airlines (AOA) Douglas DC-4 aircraft named Flagship New England crashed soon after take-off from Stephenville, Newfoundland, killing all 39 people on board. It was, at the time, the deadliest aircraft crash on Canadian soil. [1]
Flagship New England was a Douglas C-54E-5-DO mil... | Air crash | null | null |
Collapse of Bear Stearns |
The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. was a New York-based global investment bank, securities trading and brokerage firm that failed in 2008 as part of the global financial crisis and recession, and was subsequently sold to JPMorgan Chase. The company's main business areas before its failure were capital markets, investme... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
A “New Nobel” – Computer Scientist Wins $1 Million Artificial Intelligence Prize | Whether preventing explosions on electrical grids, spotting patterns among past crimes, or optimizing resources in the care of critically ill patients, Duke University computer scientist Cynthia Rudin wants artificial intelligence (AI) to show its work. Especially when it’s making decisions that deeply affect people’s ... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
2017 Aerogaviota Antonov An-26 crash | On 29 April 2017, an Antonov An-26 of Aerogaviota crashed northeast of the city of San Cristobal in the Loma de la Pimienta Mountain Range in the area near Las Terrazas, Cuba, killing all 8 people on board. The aircraft departed Baracoa Airport and at the time of the accident there were no adverse weather conditions p... | Air crash | null | null |
A Calif. elementary school teacher took off her mask for a read-aloud. Within days, half her class was positive for delta. | A previous version of this article misstated the name of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory group Julie Morita worked on. Morita was a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The article has been corrected. The Marin County, Calif., elementary school had been conscientious about f... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Brazil mining dam collapse death toll rises with hundreds still missing | The death toll from the collapse of a dam holding back mine waste in southeastern Brazil rose to at least 40 on Saturday. Hundreds were still missing and authorities expected the death toll to rise. Officials from the Minas Gerais fire department released the latest number on Saturday night. Searches were suspended at... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
1948 Fukui earthquake | The 1948 Fukui earthquake (福井地震, Fukui jishin) occurred in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The magnitude 6.8 quake struck at 5:13:31 p.m.(JDT) on June 28. The strongest shaking occurred in the city of Fukui, where it was recorded as 6 (equivalent to the current 7) on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale. Th... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Continental Charters Flight 44-2 crash | Continental Charters Flight 44-2, a domestic non scheduled passenger flight from Miami, Florida to Buffalo, New York, crashed on December 29, 1951 near Napoli, New York. The twin engine C-46 Commando, registration N3944C, crashed approximately 10:25 pm in adverse weather conditions. Of the four crew and 36 passengers o... | Air crash | null | null |
El Al Flight 402 crash | El Al Flight 402 was an international passenger flight from London to Tel Aviv via Vienna and Istanbul. On 27 July 1955, the flight, operated by a Lockheed Constellation registered as 4X-AKC, strayed into then-Communist Bulgarian airspace and was attacked by two Bulgarian MiG-15 jet fighters, crashing near Petrich. All... | Air crash | null | null |
Manufacturers of counterfeit DuPont PPE receive jail sentence | The prosecution noted that supplying fake PPE was a particularly severe offense when the world struggles to stop the spread of COVID-19 A criminal group responsible for manufacturing and selling fake DuPont PPE in Morocco has been sentenced to up to five years in prison. The fraud was uncovered when staff at a cosmetic... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
Whitmer establishes Task Force on Forensic Science | An executive order was signed Friday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, establishing the Task Force on Forensic Science. The task force, created under Executive Order 2021-04, will be an advisory body within the Michigan Department of State Police, made up of people in the medical, legal and academic professions, government of... | Organization Established | null | null |
News | Toronto & Local News - GTA News Headlines - Canada News | Emergency crews rushed to the area of Talbot Road East and Elm Street around 6:30 p.m.
The explosion heavily damaged at least two buildings.
The cause of the explosion is unknown, but officials said a monitoring device at the building detected the presence of a gas two hours before the explosion.
Officials said the thr... | Gas explosion | null | null |
1989 Tiananmen Square protests |
The Tiananmen Square protests, known as the June Fourth Incident in China (Chinese: 六四事件; pinyin: liùsì shìjiàn), were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre (Chinese: 天安门大屠杀; pinyin: Tiān'ānmén dà túshā), troops armed with assaul... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
B-52 bombers, Army I Corps on Guam to support dual training exercises | Guam is supporting two simultaneous U.S. military exercises by hosting Air Force bombers and Army soldiers, vehicles and weapons over the coming weeks. A group of B-52 bombers arrived Wednesday on Guam from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., to support Pacific Air Force’s Bomber Task Force, according to an Air Force news rele... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Australian swimmers break national records, reach finals at Tokyo Olympics | Australia has enjoyed a productive opening session of the swimming program at the Tokyo Olympics, with two national records falling and several swimmers qualifying for finals.
Brendon Smith and Emma McKeon set new Australian marks in the heats of the men's 400m individual medley and women's 100m butterfly respectively.... | Break historical records | null | null |
A report on the second Lisbon Treaty has been published suggesting the reasons that people voted for and against the treaty | A report on the second Lisbon Treaty has been published suggesting the reasons that people voted for and against the treaty. Irish people voted by a margin of two to one in favour of ratifying the Lisbon Treaty in October last year.
The 58% voter turnout was the highest in a European referendum since the original vote ... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
Police investigate fatal shooting north of Valpo | The Porter County Sheriff’s Department and Coroner’s Office are investigating a Sunday night shooting in Center Township north of Valparaiso in which two men died.
On Tuesday, authorities identified the deceased men as Andrew L. Howell, 32, and Adam G. Pritchard, 30, both of Valparaiso. Additional details on the incide... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the TPP | President Donald Trump officially withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on Monday. The move was expected. Even before he announced his candidacy for president 18 months ago, Trump said the trade deal was bad for American workers. The president signed an anti-TPP executive order ... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Katherine branch of Bendigo Bank allegedly robbed by two unidentified men | An alleged rural bank robbery saw two would-be crooks walk away with four $5 notes and others "likely" covered in pink ink which exploded from three dye detonators. Northern Territory Police say the thieves robbed the Katherine branch of the Bendigo Bank in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police say the men forced... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Bank robbery was ‘crime of despair’ after years in prison, attorney says | A 48-year-old man was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for robbing a Grand Rapids bank. (MLive File Photo) GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A man who has spent much of his adult life locked up was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for robbing a Fifth Third Bank in Grand Rapids. Kimatha Roderico Smith, 48, of Grand Rapids,... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 crash | Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 (MH653) was a scheduled domestic flight from Penang to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, operated by Malaysian Airline System (MAS). On the evening of 4 December 1977, the Boeing 737-200 aircraft flying the service crashed at Tanjung Kupang, Johor, Malaysia, while purportedly being diverted ... | Air crash | null | null |
United Airlines Flight 736 crash | United Airlines Flight 736 was a scheduled transcontinental passenger service flown daily by United Airlines between Los Angeles and New York City. On April 21, 1958, the airliner assigned to the flight, a Douglas DC-7 with 47 onboard, was flying over Clark County, Nevada in clear weather when it was involved in a day... | Air crash | null | null |
2009 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister helicopter crash | The 2009 Andhra Pradesh helicopter crash occurred on 2 September 2009 near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. The helicopter was a Bell 430 helicopter owned by the Andhra Pradesh Government, and registered VT-APG. Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minist... | Air crash | null | null |
Kenya Airways Flight 431 crash | Kenya Airways Flight 431 was an international scheduled Abidjan–Lagos–Nairobi passenger service. On 30 January 2000, the Airbus A310-300 serving the flight crashed into the sea off the Ivory Coast, shortly after takeoff from Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport, Abidjan. [1]:10 There were 179 people on board, o... | Air crash | null | null |
2019 Bahraini protests | The 2019 protests in Bahrain was mass protests and civil unrest and popular disturbances that culminated into an uprising and violent demonstrations after mass protests against the executions by the authorities of 2 Shia men for terrorism-related charges in Bahrain in July 2019. Rioting erupted after thousands of civil... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Man dies after equipment collapse at mine | BOONE COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A man has died after an equipment collapse at an inactive mine in Boone County, according to Danville Fire Chief Justin Chafin.
According to Chafin, the victim is James Simpkins, 73.
Chief Chafin says Simpkins owned a recycling company from Logan that was doing work at the Hobet silo when t... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Afghan healthcare system at risk of collapse, aid agencies warn | Wounded Afghan men receive treatment at a hospital after explosions went off outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan [Reuters] Published On 30 Aug 202130 Aug 2021 Afghanistan’s healthcare system is at risk of collapse, two major aid agencies have told the Reuters news agency, after foreign donors stopped providing a... | Regime Change | null | null |
2008 South China floods | The 2008 South China floods began on 26 May 2008. Four rounds of torrential rains with landslides and flooding lasted for 20 days and affected fifteen provinces in Eastern and Southern China. [3]
The first round of floods affected twelve provinces in South China and killed 93 people as of 30 May. [4] A new round of fl... | Floods | null | null |
Yōwa famine |
The Yōwa famine (養和の飢饉, Yōwa no kikin), was a famine which affected Japan at the end of Heian period. Famine is considered to have begun in 1181, and lasted until 1182. It was named after the Yōwa era (1181–1182), during the reign of Emperor Antoku. The shogunate system was not established in Japan yet. The famine... | Famine | null | null |
Conflict keeps people from farming, drives some to brink of famine | Conflict is driving four countries — Yemen, South Sudan, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria — into famine, the World Food Program warned. While the land is suitable for growing crops in rural northeastern Nigeria, people there are close to starving because of ongoing violence, said a Catholic Relief Services officia... | Famine | null | null |
West Side initiative hopes to revitalize closed school in Austin | A $120 million effort, led by the Westside Health Authority, would turn the vacant Robert Emmet Elementary School into a hub for job development, housing and retail opportunities. In 2013, Mayor Rahm Emanuel shut down 50 schools across the city. Now, eight years later, one of those schools will be transformed into a mu... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Host Protein Required for Rift Valley Fever Virus to Enter Cells Indicates Potential Therapeutic Strategies | Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine Research and School of Public Health have discovered how the mosquito-borne virus responsible for Rift Valley fever gets inside cells, by taking advantage of a protein called Lrp1, which is normally ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Timeline of the 2018 Nicaraguan protests |
The 2018–2021 Nicaraguan protests began on 18 April 2018 when demonstrators in several cities of Nicaragua began protests against the social security reforms decreed by President Daniel Ortega that increased taxes and decreased benefits. After five days of unrest in which nearly thirty people were killed, Ortega a... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Orissa famine of 1866 | The Orissa famine of 1866 affected the east coast of India from Madras northwards, an area covering 180,000 miles and containing a population of 47,500,000;[1] the impact of the famine, however, was greatest in Orissa, now Odisha, which at that time was quite isolated from the rest of India. [2] In Odisha, one third of... | Famine | null | null |
Santiago Fire |
The Santiago Fire was a wildfire located near Santiago Canyon in Orange County, California, U.S., and one of thirty California wildfires of October 2007. The fire was intentionally started. [2]
The blaze originated near Santiago Canyon Road at the border of Santiago Canyon and Silverado Canyon at 5:55 p.m. on Octobe... | Fire | null | null |
California Geological Survey releases new tsunami hazard maps | and last updated 2021-07-29 19:05:07-04 After 12 years and a pause because of the pandemic, the California Geological Survey released new tsunami hazard area maps so people can plan their evacuation routes ahead of time if a tsunami were to hit the Central Coast. More than 150 tsunamis of varying sizes have hit Califor... | Tsunamis | null | null |
2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia | Anti-NATO protests (including one riot) took place in the Ukrainian port city of Feodosia from late May to early June 2006, partially disrupting a joint Ukrainian-U.S. military exercise, which was canceled 20 July 2006. [1]
The military Ukraine-NATO Partnership for Peace military exercise Sea Breeze 2006 exercise (in ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Crews complete final cut of Golden Ray shipwreck demolition | Salvage crews have finished cutting apart the last two sections of a cargo ship that overturned along the Georgia coast two years ago, officials said Sunday. The multiagency command overseeing demolition of the South Korean freighter Golden Ray said in a news release that the final cut was completed Saturday. Both mass... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Russian authorities say 18 dead in suspected alcohol poisoning in Yekaterinburg | MOSCOW, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Russia's Investigative Committee said on Saturday that 18 people have died from alcohol poisoning in the city of Yekaterinburg.
The investigators found the victims had drunk liquor containing methanol, a poisonous alcohol usually used for industrial purposes.
"As a result, 18 people died from... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
5km sprint home, personalised plates, ‘sexting scandal’: Wild fallout of ‘dumb’ party | Paul Vaughan hosted the most expensive BBQ in history after having his $800,000 per year contract torn up by the Dragons on top of a $50,000 NRL fine.
Vaughan has played his last game for the Dragons, with his future discussed at a board meeting on Tuesday where officials decided to axe him from the last 15 months of h... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
North Adelaide fined $10,000 and docked points over 19th man, but will play in SANFL grand final | North Adelaide fined $10,000 and docked points over 19th man, but will play in SANFL grand final
A Victorian man who flew from Brisbane to Hobart on flight VA702 today has tested positive to COVID-19 and has not been allowed to board a flight to Melbourne
A Watch & Act warning is in place for a fire in the northern par... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Man killed in accident at central Queensland mine | A 33-year-old man has been killed in a workplace accident at a mine in central Queensland, police have confirmed. Emergency services were called to the Curragh coal mine, 30 kilometres north of Blackwater, just before 4:30pm (local time) on Sunday. Queensland Ambulance Service said it responded to reports that a patien... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Officials rule out explosion at Fort and Dearborn streets in Detroit, cause of damage still unknown | Officials rule out explosion at Fort and Dearborn streets in Detroit, cause of damage still unknown
Residents complain of natural gas odor for weeks
Published:
September 13, 2021, 8:09 PM
Tags: Detroit , Wayne County , News , Local , Local News , Fort Street , Dearborn Street , DTE Energy , DTE , Gas , Natural Gas , ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
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