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2018 California wildfires |
The 2018 wildfire season was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season in California history. It was also the largest on record at the time, now second to the 2020 California wildfire season. [18][19][20] In 2018, there were a total of 103 confirmed fatalities, 24,226 structures damaged or destroyed, and 8,... | Fire | null | null |
The US military is poisoning communities across the US with toxic chemicals | The Department of Defense has ordered the burning of 20m pounds of AFFF – despite risks to human health
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One of the most enduring, indestructible toxic chemicals known to man – Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF), which is a PFAS “forever chemical” – is being secretly incinerated ... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
U.K. Police Officer Gets Whole-Life Sentence For Sarah Everard Murder | Wayne Couzens, a former officer in London’s Metropolitan Police, received a whole-life sentence Thursday for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard, a very rare sentence in the U.K. that the judge said was justified by the “grotesque” nature of his crimes. A woman holds a placard outside the Old Bailey court on ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
2006 Greece earthquake | This list of earthquakes in Greece includes notable earthquakes that have affected Greece during recorded history. This list is currently incomplete, representing only a fraction of the possible events. Greece is located at the complex boundary zone in the eastern Mediterranean between the African Plate and the Eurasia... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Ansett-ANA Flight 325 crash | On the evening of 30 November 1961, Ansett-ANA Flight 325, a service from Sydney to Canberra, Australia, operated by a Vickers Viscount propliner, broke up in mid-air and crashed shortly after takeoff, when it encountered a severe thunderstorm. All 15 people on board were killed. Radio contact was lost about 9 minutes ... | Air crash | null | null |
Corral Fire | The Corral Fire was a wildfire that burned from November 24 until November 27, 2007 in the Malibu Creek State Park. [1] The fire, which burned 4,901 acres (20 km2) of land, forced the evacuation of 10,000–14,000 residents in Los Angeles, and injured 7 firefighters. [3][1]
The recurrence of powerful Santa Ana Winds fue... | Fire | null | null |
The Impact Of The Coronavirus Crisis On Mergers And Acquisitions | In this article, we will discuss how the foregoing factors and others have already impacted M&A dealmaking and will likely continue to impact the M&A world for some time to come, including how buyers and sellers can each adjust to the changed circumstances to help minimize their exposure to the business risks resulting... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Locust Swarm 'Like the Plagues of Egypt' Descends Upon ... | ABC News Network | © 2022 ABC News Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.
Locust Swarm 'Like the Plagues of Egypt' Descends Upon Madagascar's Capital
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A swarm of millions of locusts descended upon Madagascar's capita... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Goodbye, Europe. After years of Brexit turmoil, Britain finally leaves the E.U. | "Our job as the government — my job — is to bring this country together and take us forward," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. By Alexander Smith LONDON — It happened — the United Kingdom walked away from the world's largest political and economic club. After 47 years of membership — and more than three years of poli... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
United Airlines Flight 328 crash | On February 20, 2021, United Airlines Flight 328 (UA328), a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight from Denver to Honolulu, suffered catastrophic engine failure four minutes after takeoff from Denver International Airport (DEN). [1][2] Parts departing from the engine cowling of the Boeing 777-222[a] aircraft resulted... | Air crash | null | null |
President Trump Withdraws From JCPOA; Reimposes Iran Sanctions—Six Key Takeaways | On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would not sign a 120-day waiver of U.S. sanctions against Iran, effectively withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Although the United States is one of six signatories, including China, United Kingdom, Germany, Fr... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Australian Survivor's Lee Carseldine reveals he's recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery | He also shared a Boomerang video of himself on Instagram Stories, and captioned it: 'Here we go again'. The short video showed Lee giving a thumbs up as he stood in front of a mirror in a surgical gown with compression socks pulled up around his legs. Ouch: In a post on Instagram on Tuesday, the 46-year-old Australian... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 crash | On June 9, 1996, while operating a passenger flight from Trenton, New Jersey to Richmond, Virginia, the crew of Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 temporarily lost control of their Boeing 737-200 because of a rudder malfunction. The crew were able to regain control and land the aircraft successfully. One passenger was injure... | Air crash | null | null |
Deputies investigating bank robbery in Bakersfield | BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The Kern County Sheriff's Office is investigating a bank robbery at the United Security Bank on Coffee Rd and Downing Ave. KCSO says staff at the bank reported the incident just before 4 pm. They describe the suspect as a man, who mentioned he had a gun but did not show the weapon. He left... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
2016 California wildfires |
In 2016, a total of 7,349 fires had burned an area 669,534 acres (2,709.51 km2) in California, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. [1][2]
Climatologists had predicted an extreme version of El Niño, known as a Super El Niño, to occur during the winter of 2015–16. Although the Pacif... | Fire | null | null |
June 2013 Nantou earthquake | The 2013 Nantou earthquake struck central Taiwan with a moment magnitude of 5.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of V (Moderate) on March 27 at 10:03 a.m. local time. The epicenter was located in mountainous terrain in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, not far from Sun Moon Lake. News reports indicate that a 72-y... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Rockvale High School Closed Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 | Rutherford County Schools Communications Director James Evans updated Rockvale High students and parents about the status of the high school for tomorrow. The utility company has been onsite today repairing the gas leak and expects to finish today. However, they must complete a pressure test of the entire system before... | Organization Closed | null | null |
2018 Iranian university protests | The 2018 Iranian university protests were a series of protests by Iranian university students in support of labour, and teacher strikes, as well as protesting against the current situation of the country. [3] The protests started on 4 December 2018, ahead of university day on 7 December, which is usually marked by prot... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Top Ten Most Spectacular Greek Archaeological Discoveries of 2020 | Despite the many and varied challenges of the past year as the nation and the world struggled with the pandemic and all its ramifications, 2020 was another banner year for Greece in the realm of archaeology. Let’s discover top 10 of most spectacular Greek archaeological discoveries of 2020. Home to some of the most spe... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Pulse List: 7 Nigerian celebrities who quietly ended their marriages | On our list today, we will be looking at some of your favourite celebrities who ended their marriages without making them a mess.
Their wedding, child birth and also divorce often dominate headlines. But in the case of divorces, some celebrities have managed to keep it on the low for a long time. ... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Worker killed in Queensland mine collapse | A worker has died and another been injured after a coalmine shaft collapse in central Queensland.
A man is dead and another seriously injured after the roof of a central Queensland coalmine shaft collapsed while they were trying to shore it up.
The roof fell in on the two workers, who were installing an underground sup... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
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The 2017 Belarusian protests were a series of demonstrations and street protests against President Alexander Lukashenko that broke out in late February 2017. Protesters mobilized against a tax levied against the unemployed in Belarus. Demonstrations and marches were held in sites throughout the country with siz... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Santa Claus Bank Robbery | The Santa Claus Bank Robbery occurred on December 23, 1927, in the Central Texas town of Cisco. Marshall Ratliff, dressed as Santa Claus, along with Henry Helms and Robert Hill, all ex-cons, and Louis Davis, a relative of Helms, held up the First National Bank in Cisco. The robbery is one of Texas' most infamous crimes... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
2021 Kharkiv fire |
On 21 January 2021, a fire broke out at an unregistered nursing home in Kharkiv, Ukraine. [1] The fire killed 15 people and injured 11 others. [2] Nine people were rescued and sent to the hospital. [3] According to Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova the fire was caused by carelessness with electrical hea... | Fire | null | null |
KPLO, South Korea’s first Moon mission | Empowering the world's citizens to advance space science and exploration. South Korea is launching the Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, or KPLO, to the Moon in 2022. With KPLO, South Korea forays into planetary exploration, begins its ambitious lunar exploration program, and finds a collaborator in NASA. Equipped with... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
World Tsunami Awareness Day: A Reminder of Step Up Global Efforts of Disaster Risk Reduction | About 16 years ago, just as the Christmas celebrations were ending around the world, a massive earthquake of magnitude 9.1—third-largest earthquake on record—shook Indian Oceans off the Sumatran coast. The vigorous tremors were followed by a tsunami of unprecedented scale, claiming lakhs of lives across several countri... | Tsunamis | null | null |
Paris Métro train fire | The disastrous Paris Métro train fire occurred on the evening of 10 August 1903, on what was then Line 2 Nord of the system and is now Paris Métro Line 2. There were 84 deaths, most at Couronnes station, so it is also known as the Couronnes Disaster. The line, less than a year old, was mostly underground, but included ... | Fire | null | null |
A five-year study:Assess areas of the volcanoes most likely to collapse | In their five-year study – granted $13.3m through the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment's Endeavour Fund - the team planned to assess areas of the volcanoes most likely to collapse, and then model the impact to the mainland under different scenarios. "Preliminary modelling shows they will be more localised... | Tsunamis | null | null |
Westfield Sends Alert About Flood Risk; Event Postponed | WESTFIELD, NJ — Now that a flash flood watch was issued for Union County through Friday morning, Downtown Westfield has postponed the nighttime portion of its Girls' Night Out event. The daytime portion is still on, and the evening portion will take place Thursday, Sept. 30. READ MORE: Downtown Westfield Event, Girls' ... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Hurricanes, wildfires, and drought: US finds itself battling climate disasters on several fronts | Updated 2051 GMT (0451 HKT) August 31, 2021 Homes near Norco, Louisiana, are surrounded by floodwater as chemical refineries continue to flare the day after Hurricane Ida hit southern Louisiana on August 30, 2021. (CNN) Hurricanes, wildfires, floods, heat waves, and drought wreaking havoc on much of the United States p... | Droughts | null | null |
The Archegos meltdown caused huge messes at some of the world's largest banks — but it also proved the post-financial crisis rules made us safer | A potential market catastrophe was shrugged off by the financial system at large thanks to post-2008 regulation. Johannes Eisele/Getty Images The billion-dollar losses faced by the firm Archegos didn't impact the volatility of the broader market. This is evidence that the banking system is safer because of regulations... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
1922 Astoria, Oregon fire | At about 2 a.m. on December 8, 1922, a fire began which destroyed up to 30 blocks in central Astoria, Oregon. Approximately 2,500 residents lost their homes, with one death, and damages exceeded hundreds of millions of dollars. [1] The fire is considered to be one of the worst in Oregon's history. [2]
A 1922 report at... | Fire | null | null |
2006 Kuril Islands earthquake | The 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake occurred on November 15 at 8:14:16 pm JST with a Mw magnitude of 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very Strong). This megathrust earthquake was the largest event in the central Kuril Islands since 1915 and generated a small tsunami that affected the northern Japanese coast. ... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Meet this amateur Baltimore historian who has unearthed a passion for archaeology during COVID-19 pandemic | By now, the Larney family is used to getting unexpected knocks at their door. Since 1992, they’ve lived in a historic building in Old Ellicott City that used to be an Episcopal boys school, and they occasionally have folks stop by, thinking it’s a Howard County government building. But when Evan Woodard showed up on th... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Salmon August Complex Fire | The Salmon August Complex Fire was a large complex wildfire in Northern California that originally consisted of 11 separate wildfires, and charred 65,888 acres (266.64 km2) in Siskiyou County. The first fire in the complex was ignited on June 25, 2017 by lightning, and the complex fire burned for nearly 4 months, befor... | Fire | null | null |
Celebrity engagements of 2021: Every star who got engaged this year | (L-R) Caroline Stanbury and Sergio Carrallo; Tiffany Trump and Michael Boulos; Andrew Haynes and Ally Love Getty Images / Instagram From Tiffany Trump to Lindsay Lohan, here are all of the celebs who put a ring on it in 2021. Amanda Stanton and Michael Fogel Amanda Stanton and Michael Fogel are engaged. Instagram “Bach... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Armed bank robbers storm another Brazilian town, battle police | The attack is the second in two days, marking an escalation in the scale and scope of bank robberies. More than 20 armed robbers stormed a bank in a small Brazilian town on Wednesday, taking hostages, exchanging gunfire with police in the streets and killing one person before fleeing in a convoy of vehicles. The attack... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Darwin sewerage plant releases 'black and evil-looking' plume near marine reserve |
A thick black stream flowing out into the sea near a marine reserve in the Northern Territory has worried locals and sparked an investigation.
The blue waters surrounding Darwin usually draw in hordes of tourists and locals. But when marine tourism operator Jim Smith spotted a black plume in the popular and picturesqu... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Prepare for road closures: floods, mudslides possible for next 7-10 days | by: Lanie Lee Cook Mudslides blocked access to portions of Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon on July 20, 2021. (Credit: Colorado Department of Transportation) DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado transportation officials warned travelers to prepare for road closures at least through the next 7-10 days as more floods and lan... | Mudslides | null | null |
2007 Port of Tacoma protests | In March 2007, high-profile protests were focused on the Port of Tacoma, in Tacoma, Washington, United States. The protests, which lasted for 11 days, centered on a shipment of Stryker vehicles belonging to the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, which were scheduled to ship through the Port of Tacoma to the Iraq War. ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Plastic pollution the last straw for underwater clean-up volunteers at Manly Cove | Check this box to disable GIFs from automatically playing on the ABC News website.
A volunteer underwater clean-up project at Manly Cove is recovering hundreds of drinking straws from the sea and raising awareness of single-use plastic pollution.
Dive instructor Harriet Spark is the project's organiser and is involved ... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Deep partial lunar eclipse November 18-19: Great for North America | For us in North America, the partial lunar eclipse will take place overnight on November 18, and in the early morning on November 19, 2021. The moon will be high in North American skies, shifting toward the west. In this illustration, the times are in EST. Mid-eclipse will be at about 4 a.m. EST, 3 a.m. CST, 1 a.m. PST... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Priceless Discoveries From Gupta Period in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah Include Temple stairs, Inscription | The ASI has found temple stairs and inscriptions belonging from the Gupta period in Bilsar of Etah district in Uttar Pradesh. Etah (Uttar Pradesh): This piece of news might interest all the history buffs. Recently, in a breakthrough excavation, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has made some priceless discoveri... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Malaysia, flooded with plastic waste, begins sending scrap back to developed nations |
Malaysia, which has become a dumping ground for the world's plastic waste, has begun sending non-recyclable plastic scrap to the developed countries of origin, its environment minister said.
Malaysia last year became the leading alternative destination for plastic scrap after China banned imports of such waste, disrup... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
1991 Kalabahi earthquakes | The 1991 Kalabahi earthquakes struck the sea adjacent to Timor on July 4, leaving twenty three people dead and injuring 181. The two quakes, which took place two-and-a-half seconds apart, measured 6.9 on the Mw scale. Kalabahi was the epicenter of the earthquake, 2,000 kilometres (1,243 mi) east from Jakarta, the Indon... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Saudi Public Pension Agency and General Organization for Social Insurance to merge | RIYADH: The Saudi Cabinet has approved the merger of the Public Pension Agency and the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) to unify the public and private sectors’ insurance protection umbrella , SPA reported citing a statement by the two institutions. The merger process will not affect the mechanism and... | Organization Merge | null | null |
1950 Heathrow BEA Vickers Viking crash | The 1950 Heathrow BEA Vickers Viking crash occurred on 31 October 1950 when a Vickers Viking operated by British European Airways (BEA) crashed at London Airport in heavy fog. The aircraft was on a scheduled flight between Paris and London's Northolt airport and 28 of the 30 passengers and crew on board were killed. At... | Air crash | null | null |
Inmates released because of COVID face returning to prison | Kendrick Fulton, 48, is one of about 24,000 federal inmates who have been permitted to serve their sentences outside prison walls after being granted release on home confinement amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Since his release in September 2020, Fulton has gotten a job with Coca-Cola, earned his Commercial Driver’s Licens... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Hazon and Pearlstone Announce Merger; Jakir Manela Named As New CEO | Becky O'Brien July 8, 2021 News Comments Off on Hazon and Pearlstone Announce Merger; Jakir Manela Named As New CEO Hazon, the largest faith-based environmental organization in the U.S., and Pearlstone, one of the largest Jewish retreat centers and Jewish outdoor education sites in North America, announced today that t... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Burning of Washington |
The Burning of Washington was a British invasion of Washington City (now Washington, D.C.), the capital of the United States, during the Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812. To this date, it remains the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a foreign power has captured and occupied the capital of the... | Fire | null | null |
North-east men tell their stories this Movember | Handlebar, walrus or pencil style. You might notice that the men in your life suddenly start sprouting facial hair over the coming weeks.
No, it’s not a protest against shaving, but rather the global movement which is Movember.
Although Movember is now the leading men’s health charity, it originated in 2003 when Travis... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Ohio River flood of 1937 |
The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois, 385 people died, one million people were left homeless and property losses reached $500 million ($8.723 billion when adjusted for inflation as of January 2019). Federal and state resou... | Floods | null | null |
1895 Quchan earthquake | The 1895 Quchan earthquake occurred at about 11:30 local time (08:30 UTC) on 17 January. It had an estimated magnitude of 6.8 on the surface wave magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It caused severe damage in Quchan County, particularly to the town of Quch... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Jaden Lohrengel, Tyler Ellis Dead in Crash on Sitkum-Solduc Road [Forks, WA] | FORKS, WA (September 22, 2021) – Authorities identified Jaden Lohrengel, Tyler Ellis and one other teen as the fatal victims in a solo-car crash on Sitkum-Solduc Road. The deadly crash occurred shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday, September 18 on mile five of the Sitkum-Solduc Road. According to the CHP, the driver, Jaden Lo... | Road Crash | null | null |
2021 Columbia University strike |
The 2021 Columbia University strike was a labor strike at Columbia University in New York City. The strike, which began on March 15, 2021, was between the Graduate Workers of Columbia–United Auto Workers Local 2110, a labor union representing student workers at the university. This union was formed in December 2016 a... | Strike | null | null |
Singer Beck will have to let go of numerous art pieces, real estate, along with paying $32,000 a month for his divorce | Singer Beck will have to let go of numerous art pieces, real estate, along with paying $32,000 a month for his divorce.
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Singer Beck and Marissa Ribisi were married for 15 years before filing for divorce in 2019. Like many other celebrity divorces, this one got a bit messy, and there were a sle... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
US Airways Flight 1549 crash | On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320 on a flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina, struck a flock of birds shortly after take-off, losing all engine power. Unable to reach any airport for an emergency landing due to their low altitude, pilots Chesley Sullenberge... | Air crash | null | null |
1963 Camden PA-24 crash | On March 5, 1963, American country music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins were killed in an airplane crash near Camden, Tennessee, United States, along with the pilot Randy Hughes. The accident occurred as the three artists were returning home to Nashville, Tennessee, after performing in Kansa... | Air crash | null | null |
Famous celebrities who married their way into royal families | Famous celebrities who married their way into royal families Celebrities who married members of the royal family As opposed to the life of fame and fortune relished by the royal families, the stardom and the popularity of a celebrity is very limited and impermanent. While the royals, unlike the celebrities, do not... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
The Taliban story: Coup in 7 days, confusion for a month over who's the baap! | UPDATED: September 15, 2021 13:03 IST Taliban fighters patrol a market in Kabul's Old City, Afghanistan (AP) Exactly a month ago , the Taliban captured Kabul, completing the final takeover of Afghanistan in a matter of days. Though the group was fighting for years, the final sweep of city after city by the Taliban was ... | Regime Change | null | null |
Meanwhile, Raymond Johansen, Norwegian State Secretary of Foreign Affairs is in Addis to hold talks with Prime Minister Meles. | Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Thursday accused Eritrea of jeopardizing regional stability in its efforts to wage a proxy war against Ethiopia.
Meles said Eritrea was working with radical Islamic groups and Ethiopian rebels to create instability in Ethiopia. He also accused Asmara of breaching the six year old Algiers ... | Diplomatic Talks _ Diplomatic_Negotiation_ Summit Meeting | null | null |
2007 General Motors strike | The 2007 General Motors Strike was a labor union strike that lasted three days from September 23 to September 25 of 2007 organized by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. The UAW were engaged in talks with General Motors (GM) to negotiate a new labor contract but were unable to come to an agreement before the deadline.... | Strike | null | null |
Two still 'critical' in hospital following suspected gas explosion in Heysham | Men are more heartbroken than women during a breakup, according to new study by Lancaster University
Lancaster named as the 9th best city to raise a baby in the UK according to Play Like Mum
George Arthur Hinds, aged two years and 10 months, died as a result of the incident.
George’s parents Vicky Studholme and Stephen... | Gas explosion | null | null |
TAP Air Portugal Flight 425 crash | TAP Flight 425 was a regular flight from Brussels, Belgium, to Santa Catarina Airport (informally known as Funchal Airport or Madeira Airport; now the Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport), Portugal, with an intermediate scheduled stop in Lisbon. On November 19, 1977, the Boeing 727 operating the service overran th... | Air crash | null | null |
Pregnant woman held up by armed bank robbers who remain on the run in Sydney's south-west | Pregnant woman held up by armed bank robbers who remain on the run in Sydney's south-west Keep up to date with the latest COVID-19 exposure sites in Queensland A pregnant woman was among several people held up by armed robbers who targeted a bank and golf club in Sydney's south-west. Police have set up a strike force t... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Undocumented Workers Who Power New York’s Economy Finally Get Pandemic Aid | Protestors march across the Brooklyn Bridge in March to demand funding for excluded workers in the New York State budget. Thousands of undocumented immigrants who lost their jobs working as cooks, delivery workers, day laborers, nannies and in other essential jobs are finally getting pandemic unemployment aid. New Yor... | Financial Aid | null | null |
Soberanes Fire | The Soberanes Fire was a large wildfire that burned 57 homes and killed a bulldozer operator, and cost about $260 million to suppress, making it at the time the most expensive wildfire to fight in United States history. [3][2] The Soberanes Fire was the result of an illegal campfire in Garrapata State Park. The fire bu... | Fire | null | null |
2012 North Korean floods |
The 2012 North Korean floods began in mid-July 2012 when Tropical Storm Khanun affected parts of the country, killing at least 88 people and leaving more than 62,000 people homeless. Torrential rains on 29 and 30 July 2012 worsened the situation, causing additional damage and casualties and forcing the government to ... | Floods | null | null |
Most polling stations close at 10 pm, at which time the first results will be published. | Most polling stations close at 10 pm, at which time the first results will be published.
There are 246,515 registered voters. That’s an increase of 8,780 since the last parliamentary election, in 2013. The number of men and women is about even.
Iceland is divided into six voting districts, each with its own number of m... | Government Job change - Election | null | null |
2012 Sahel drought | 2012 had a very severe drought in the Sahel, the semiarid region of Africa that lies between the Sahara and the savannas. [1] Countries included in this region are Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, and Eritrea. [2] Droughts in the Sahel occur quite often and tend to reduce the alread... | Droughts | null | null |
Trump administration moves to formally withdraw US from WHO | The White House has officially moved to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), a senior administration official confirmed Tuesday, breaking ties with a global public health body in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. has submitted its withdrawal notification to the United Nati... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
SNP auditors make unprecedented fraud statement in party accounts | Updated
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THE SNP’s auditors have included an unprecedented statement about fraud in the party’s new accounts as police investigate potential criminality around fundraising.
Finance experts Johnston Carmichael LLP inserted a lengthy section on the “extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
2020 Central Idaho earthquake | The 2020 Central Idaho earthquake occurred on March 31, 2020, at 5:52 PM MDT in the Western United States, near Ruffneck Peak in the Sawtooth Mountains in Central Idaho, 72 miles (116 km) northeast of Boise, Idaho and 19 miles (31 km) northwest of Stanley, Idaho.
Parts of central and eastern Idaho lie within the nort... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Popular Westerville event canceled due to city’s public health state of emergency | by: Eric Halperin Posted: Sep 22, 2021 / 09:05 PM EDT Updated: Sep 22, 2021 / 11:13 PM EDT by: Eric Halperin Posted: Sep 22, 2021 / 09:05 PM EDT Updated: Sep 22, 2021 / 11:13 PM EDT WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – A popular central Ohio festival will not be happening as originally planned this Friday. 4th Fr... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Lake Worth Church fire | The Lake Worth Church fire occurred in 1999 in Lake Worth, Texas, United States. On February 15, 1999 firefighters in Lake Worth, Texas and surrounding towns were alerted to a fire in a church on Roberts Cut Off Road in the area of Cowden Street just before 11 A.M. The roof of the church would eventually collapse trapp... | Fire | null | null |
2014 PDC World Darts Championship | The 2014 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship was the 21st World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at the Alexandra Palace, London between 13 December 2013 and 1 January 2014. Phil Taylor was the defending champion, ha... | Sports Competition | null | null |
St. Vincent Volcano Eruption: Live Story | The Caribbean island of St. Vincent is facing a series of eruptions from the La Soufriere volcano, which killed 1,600 people when it erupted in 1902. The island’s 111,000 residents are currently under threat from pyroclastic (hot gas and debris) flows, widespread ash, and the degradation of local food and water supplie... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Xinyang bus fire | On 22 July 2011 at 03:43 Beijing Time (20:00 UTC on the 21st), a bus fire occurred in Xinyang, Henan, causing the deaths of 41 people and injuring 6 others. [1]
The fire occurred on China National Highway 105, which links Beijing to Zhuhai, Guangdong. At 3:43 am, a fire started at the rear of the bus,[1] rapidly consu... | Fire | null | null |
1989 Mount Carmel forest fire | The Mount Carmel Forest Fire was a forest fire that occurred between 19 and 22 September 1989 on Mount Carmel in northern Israel and was one of the largest forest fires in Israel, the largest being the Mount Carmel forest fire of 2010. The fire extended over 6,000 dunams (600 ha; 1,500 acres), of which 3,200 dunams (32... | Fire | null | null |
19 January 2015 DRC protests | On 19 January 2015, protests led by students at the University of Kinshasa broke out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The protests began following the announcement of a proposed law that would allow the country's 43-year-old president, Joseph Kabila, to remain in power until a national census could be conducted... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Croatia becomes an Associate Member of CERN | Today, CERN welcomes the Republic of Croatia as an Associate Member State, following receipt of official notification that Croatia has completed its internal approval procedures in respect of the Agreement, signed on 28 February 2019, granting that status to the country.
Scientists and researchers from Croatia have co... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
India registers 31,923 new Covid infections, 282 deaths in last 24 hours | New Delhi: India added 31,923 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,35,63,421, while the active cases declined to 3,01,640, the lowest in 187 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 4,46,050 with 282 fresh fatalities, according ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
2006 Yogyakarta earthquake | The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake (also known as the Bantul earthquake) occurred at 05:54 local time on 27 May with a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging). Several factors led to a disproportionate amount of damage and number of casualties for the size of the shock, with more than 5,700 d... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Economies are at peril if the employment gender gap isn’t closed | Whilst the pandemic has affected all genders and almost everyone around the world, women are still getting the shorter end of the stick as the employment gender gap increases. A widening employment gender gap is affecting women everywhere — even though they have generally tried to improve their employability and skills... | Organization Closed | null | null |
UK Financial Conduct Authority’s Proposals For A New Listing Regime - Speech By Clare Cole, Director Of Market Oversight, FCA To City & Financial's 'The Modernisation Of The Listing Regime' Event | Speaker: Clare Cole, Director of Market OversightEvent: The Modernisation of the Listing Regime, City & FinancialDelivered: 17 September 2021Note: this is the speech as drafted and may differ from the delivered version It is an exciting time for the listing regime and Primary Markets. Exciting is not a word you often h... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Cramond Brig Tournament | The Cramond Brig Tournament was a professional golf tournament held on Monday 17 June 1912 at Cramond Brig Golf Club at Cammo near Edinburgh, Scotland. It was 36-hole stroke play invitation event with over £120 in prize money. [1][2][3]
The tournament was played just before the 1912 Open Championship at nearby Muirfie... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Storms pound US, causing mudslides, power outages | In Arizona, heavy rains caused flooding that crippled infrastructure, closed roadways and led to the death of a woman at Grand Canyon National Park, officials said. Rebecca Copeland, 29, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, was found in the Colorado River on Thursday after a flash flood struck during a rafting trip. ARIZONA HIT HA... | Mudslides | null | null |
East Africa fears prolonged locust invasion as eggs hatch from ... | East Africa fears prolonged locust invasion as eggs hatch from first wave
Feb 25, 2020
Desert locusts are seen on a farm in Kyuso, Kenya, Feb. 18, 2020. Local Catholic priests and villagers say the hatching insects mean new and locally bred swarms, something that must be avoided. (CNS/Reuters/Baz Ratner)
MASEKI, Kenya... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
The Doobie Brothers concert has been postponed | The Doobie Brothers concert at the Pavilion at Star Lake has been postponed after someone involved with the tour tested positive for COVID-19, the band announced Wednesday morning. "Out of an abundance of caution, The Doobie Brothers will postpone their four upcoming shows as a member of the touring personnel has teste... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Poison control centers report jump in people taking ivermectin, despite lack of evidence it works for COVID | Updated August 31
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Poison control centers report jump in people taking ivermectin, despite lack of evidence it works for COVID
Overdoses are associated with low blood pressure, decreased consciousness, confusion, hallucinations, seizures, coma and death.
By Rong-Gong Lin IILos Angeles Times
Email Writ... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Justice News | SALT LAKE CITY – Allison Marie Baver, 41, of Taylorsville, has been charged with nine federal criminal counts related to making false statements on loan applications to obtain funds obtained through the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). In the indictment, Baver is charged with eight cou... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Report a digital subscription issue | Brexit supporters celebrate during a rally in London, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Britain leaves the European Union after 47 years, leaping into an unknown future in historic blow to the bloc. LONDON (AP) — If you thought the drawn-out battle over the U.K.'s departure from the European Union was painful, wait until you se... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Africa's Huge Locust Swarms Are Growing at the Worst Time | As the coronavirus pandemic exploded across the world earlier this year, another even more conspicuous plague was tearing through East Africa: locusts. The voracious little beasts are particularly fond of carbohydrates like grains, a staple of subsistence farmers across the continent. Back in January, the UN Food and A... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
FBI searching for San Marcos bank robbery suspect | SAN MARCOS, Calif. (KGTV) — FBI investigators are asking the public for help finding the suspect who robbed a Chase Bank location in San Marcos on Wednesday. The FBI and San Diego Sheriff's Department say the suspect entered the Chase Bank at 348 South Twin Oaks Valley Road at about 11:45 a.m. and waited in line. He ap... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Chelmsford traffic: Man dies after 'serious' crash on A1060 Roxwell Road that shut the road for hours | A man has sadly died following a 'serious' crash on an Essex road. Emergency services rushed to the A1060 Roxwell Road in Chelmsford, Essex , at around 1.50pm yesterday afternoon (September 23) following reports of a crash involving a car and a lorry. The crash happened between Newland Hall and Boyton Hall Lane and sa... | Road Crash | null | null |
The fight to contain a new locust invasion that could push ... | Extreme weather linked to climate change helped create the perfect breeding ground
Now a new generation of locusts is getting ready to take flight
CNN Special Report A looming plague The fight to contain a locust invasion that could push millions into hunger
By Tara John and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN
On this farm in centra... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
'Dumb and Dumber' bank robbers jailed | A judge in the United States has jailed two Australian men for robbing a bank in the Colorado ski resort town of Vail in March. The bumbling robbery earned the pair the nickname 'Dumb and Dumber'. Luke Carroll, 19, was sentenced to five years in jail and 20-year-old Anthony Prince was sentenced to four-and-a-half years... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Judges Uphold The Death Sentence For Dylann Roof Who Killed 9 Black Churchgoers | Dylann Roof enters the court room in 2017 to enter his guilty plea on federal murder charges in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black Charleston, S.C. church. Grace Beahm/The Post And Courier via AP ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
U.S. Army warmly welcomed ahead of NATO exercises in Albania | DURRES, Albania (AP) — Albania’s main port of Durres has welcomed a huge influx of containers and big trucks this week ahead of NATO exercises, a concentration of military vehicles that U.S. officials said has not been seen in the Adriatic nation since World War II. Some 700 pieces of equipment from the Florida Nationa... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Adelaide cafe owner Logan Ernest Conway, who sexually exploited child employee, seeks lenient sentence | The lawyer for a cafe owner who sexually exploited a child waitress has urged an Adelaide court to hand down a lenient sentence, saying her client lacked the social skills to date adult women. Logan Ernest Conway, 33, pleaded guilty to the persistent sexual exploitation of a child. During sentencing submissions, the Di... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
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