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Nauru becomes 189th member of IMF, World Bank | Tiny South Pacific island nation Nauru has become the 189th member of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, the two institutions announced today.
Nauru applied for membership in the Washington-based IMF and World Bank in April 2014, after joining the United Nations in 1996 as the world's smallest independ... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
The Locust Plague in East Africa Is Sending Us a Message, And It's Not Good News | The coronavirus isn't the only thing plaguing East Africa. Amid a global pandemic, people in this region of the world are also contending with another "extremely serious" threat to their lives and livelihoods: locusts. After one of the wettest years on record, these voracious insects have been gathering forces since 20... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
The rapid spread of Australia's cane toad pests - BBC News | The rapid spread of Australia's cane toad pests
By Phil Mercer
Cane toads were introduced to Queensland from Puerto Rico
They are toxic invaders that have conquered swathes of northern Australia as they continue their seemingly irrepressible march west towards the Indian Ocean.
Packed with poison and supremely adaptab... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Attorney General James Protects NYC Children from Lead Poisoning in Housing | NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James announced today that her office has reached an agreement with a major New York City landlord to ensure that children living in its apartments are protected from dangerous lead-based paint. The agreement resolves the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) investigation ... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Benton Harbor riots | The city of Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA has had two major riots. On August 30, 1966, due to a fatal shooting,[1] residents rioted for six days. Governor George W. Romney dispatched troops from the Michigan National Guard, who stood down on September 5. [2][3]
In June 2003, several citizens in Benton Harbor rioted for... | Riot | null | null |
2019 Campbellfield factory fire |
The 2019 Campbellfield factory fire was a major industrial fire that began in Campbellfield, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on 5 April 2019. The size of the fire site was about 5,000 square metres (53,819.55 sq ft), and it emitted toxic smoke across the city’s northern suburbs. [1] The fire was finally e... | Fire | null | null |
Rockingham fishing and swimming warning near Cape Peron after wastewater leak concerns |
The Water Corporation is warning people not to swim, dive, kayak or fish within one kilometre of a wastewater outlet off the coast of Cape Peron in Rockingham.
Testing of water near the outlet, four kilometres from the shore, has been showing elevated microbiology levels since mid-February.
More than 150 dead mullet, ... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
‘Like an Earthquake’: Gas Explosion Rips Through a Bronx House | Ten people suffered minor injuries in the blast, which knocked a door off its hinges and across the street and blew windows out of their frames.
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1989 Taufiqiah Al-Khairiah madrasa fire |
On 22 September 1989, a fire took place at Taufiqiah Al-Khairiah madrasa (also known as Madrasah Pondok Pak Ya) in Guar Chempedak, Kedah, Malaysia. Around 27 students who are mostly girls were killed in the incident. [2][3] All victims bodies later were buried in a special Muslim cemetery at Padang Lumat as the "27 S... | Fire | null | null |
KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 crash | KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 was a Saab 340B, registered as PH-KSH, which crashed during an emergency landing on 4 April 1994. Flight 433 was a routine scheduled flight from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Cardiff, United Kingdom. The aircraft took off from Runway 24 at Schiphol Airport at 2:19 pm local time, with the capt... | Air crash | null | null |
Zinc Mine Collapse Kills 1, Injures 2 | Kevin Cronin | Jul 19, 2021 A worker was killed and two others injured when Nyrstar’s Immel Minean underground zinc mine collapsed in Knoxville County, Tennessee, according to authorities. The injured workers were hospitalized with at least one requiring surgery. The cause of the collapse was unknown. This was the thi... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Trump Moves to Pull U.S. Out of World Health Organization in Midst of Covid-19 Pandemic | Updated July 7, 2020 7:46 pm ET The U.S. has formally notified the World Health Organization it will withdraw from the United Nations agency over President Trump’s criticism of its ties to China, a move critics say will hamper the international fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and sap the U.S. of global influence. T... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Investigation begun into China gas line explosion; death toll now 25 | An investigation has begun into the cause of a gas line explosion at a market in central China where the death toll has risen to 25
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Authorities have rescued nearly 150 people from the a... | Gas explosion | null | null |
South Eastern Freeway shut in both directions after serious crash between car and motorbike | Adelaide's South Eastern Freeway has been closed to traffic in both directions after a crash involving a motorcyclist and a car. SA Police said the crash happened on the major arterial road about 5:00pm between Stirling and Bridgewater. It's a carpark between Stirling & Aldgate down track. SE freeway.Possible rollover.... | Road Crash | null | null |
Greece secures an additional 6.8 billion euros from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund despite warnings that the Greek government is moving too slow to reform the government. | Greece has passed another hurdle in its bailout programme, by securing the next instalments of funds that are keeping the country afloat.
The money, totalling 6.8bn euros ($8.7bn), will come from the troika of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
But they said th... | Financial Aid | null | null |
Four Priorities To Watch From President Biden’s $750 Billion College Proposal | (Free) Community Colleges: It is no surprise that the Biden administration is putting the needs of community colleges at the top of its policy agenda. First Lady Jill Biden, a community college faculty member, has long been a champion of free tuition at community colleges. The free college agenda is built on a foundati... | Financial Aid | null | null |
Minister for Africa commits £8 million to mitigate famine in South Sudan | James Duddridge’s visit to South Sudan shows how the UK is helping protect the vulnerable, prevent famine across Africa and act as a force for good in the world. The UK Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, travelled to South Sudan this week (20 to 22 October) where he committed £8 million to help the victims of floodi... | Famine | null | null |
Family hospitalized from carbon monoxide poisoning | Michigan State Police say the Vassar Fire Department and Mobile Medical Response responded to assist at a home in Juniata Township with three residents that had potential lethal levels of carbon monoxide in their system.
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State Police say initially the first responders did not recognize the s... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Aeroflot Flight 892 crash | Aeroflot Flight 892 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Minsk to East Berlin, which crashed on 12 December 1986 due to pilot error, killing seventy-two of the eighty-two passengers and crew on board. [1]
Due to adverse weather conditions, the scheduled flight from Minsk to East Berlin diverted to Pragu... | Air crash | null | null |
Slinkard Fire | The Slinkard Fire was a wildfire in Mono County in California in the United States. The fire was reported on August 29, 2017. It was caused by a lightning strike. The fire was fully contained on September 12, after it had burned 8,925 acres (36 km2). [3]
The Slinkard Fire was first reported on August 29, 2017, at 6:00... | Fire | null | null |
Gillingham Fair fire disaster | The Gillingham Fair fire disaster (also known as the Fireman's Wedding disaster) occurred on 11 July 1929 in Gillingham, Kent, England, when a firefighting demonstration went wrong, and resulted in the deaths of 15 men and boys. Each summer in the 1920s, a fair was organized in Gillingham Park to raise funds for the lo... | Fire | null | null |
Annie and 2face: Another celebrity marriage break-up looms | It is gradually becoming an every week affair for news of impending marriage breakup of top celebrities to filter in. Just when fans are about to get over the news of Psquare’s Paul Okoye and Anita’s alleged divorce, Nollywood actress and wife of Nigeria’s music icon, 2face, Annie Idibia hits the social media with a di... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
2008 Egyptian general strike | The 2008 Egyptian general strike was a strike which occurred on 6 April 2008, by Egyptian workers, primarily in the state-run textile industry, in response to low wages and rising food costs. Strikes are illegal in Egypt and authorities have been given orders to break demonstrations forcefully in the past. [1] The stri... | Strike | null | null |
Northwest Airlines Flight 1 crash | Northwest Airlines Flight 1, registration NC17389, was a Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra aircraft which crashed in eastern Montana on Friday, January 13, 1939, approximately a half-mile (0.8 km) southwest of the Miles City Airport. All four on board were killed in the accident. [1][2][3][4][5]
Flight 1 normally origin... | Air crash | null | null |
Cristiano Ronaldo becomes all-time leading goalscorer in European Championship history | The Portuguese captain who earlier became the first player to appear in five editions scored a brace in the team’s 3-0 win over Hungary.
Jun 15, 2021 · 11:35 pm
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Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates a goal against Hungary at Euro 2020 | Alex Pantling / POOL / AFP
Cristia... | Break historical records | null | null |
Chinese Mining and Indigenous Resistance in Ecuador | China has become a global power, but there is too little debate about how this has happened and what it means. Many argue that China exports its developmental model and imposes it on other countries. But Chinese players also extend their influence by working through local actors and institutions while adapting and assi... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Båstad riots | The Båstad riots (Swedish: Båstadskravallerna) is the name given to the riots that took place during a Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Rhodesia on May 3, 1968 in Båstad, Sweden. Demonstrators were protesting the participation of the two apartheid countries, Rhodesia and South Africa, in the international tenn... | Riot | null | null |
2012 Luzon southwest monsoon floods | The 2012 Luzon southwest monsoon floods (informally known in Tagalog as Hagupít ng Habagat, "wrath of the monsoon" and Bagsík ng Habagat, "fierceness of the monsoon", from habagat, the Filipino term for the southwest monsoon), was an eight-day period of torrential rain and thunderstorms in Luzon in the Philippines from... | Floods | null | null |
EgyptAir Flight 990 crash | EgyptAir Flight 990 (MS990/MSR990) was a regularly scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Cairo International Airport, with a stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City. On October 31, 1999, the Boeing 767-300ER operating the route crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 60 miles (10... | Air crash | null | null |
A secret celebrity wedding, and more ICYMI news | Anna Faris is married. Who knew! The actress accidentally dropped the news while talking on her "Anna Faris is Unqualified" podcast. While taking calls and speaking to listeners, Anna let it slip that she and partner Michael Barrett secretly got hitched at a local courthouse in Washington state. "I think we've spent th... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Meriton fined $3 million for interfering with negative TripAdvisor reviews | 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 parts of Mokine, in WA's Northam Shire. Keep up to date with ABC Emergency
Meriton Property Services... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Delhi Records Zero Covid Deaths, 24 New Cases In A Day; Positivity Rate 0.03% | COVID-19 Delhi: On Friday, 24 Covid infections were recorded with the case positivity rate dipping 0.03 per cent, according to the latest health bulletin. A total of 69,465 tests -- 46,555 RT-PCR and 22,910 rapid antigen tests -- were conducted a day ago, it said. Updated: September 24, 2021 5:22 pm IST Delhi recorded ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Chicago and Southern Flight 4 crash | Chicago and Southern Air Lines Flight 4 was a regularly scheduled flight from New Orleans, Louisiana to Chicago, Illinois, via Jackson, Mississippi, Memphis, Tennessee, and St. Louis, Missouri, operated with a Lockheed Model 10 Electra. On August 5, 1936, after departing from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, t... | Air crash | null | null |
Two rural Alberta schools close due to COVID-19 infections among students | Two schools in rural Alberta are closing their classrooms over the number of students not attending because of COVID-19 infections. The Big Valley School and Donalda School, both in central Alberta's Clearview Public Schools, announced Monday that too many students are away from school to continue in-person classes. "A... | Organization Closed | null | null |
One-and-half-year old girl infected with Omicron in Pune discharged post recovery | A 3-year-old boy in Pune, also infected with Omicron, is asymptomatic | PTI A one-and-a-half-year-old girl, who had tested positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Pimpri Chinchwad area of Pune district of Maharashtra recently, has been discharged from hospital after recovering from the infection, while a t... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
The man, the sea and the $1500 DIY tsunami alert system | Frustrated at trying to get help from authorities to alert his coastal community in the event of a tsunami, Chris Knight went one better. He installed a tsunami alert system for less than $1500. In the house he built above Taieri Mouth, about a 35-minute drive south of Dunedin, Knight likes what he sees. The sea is cal... | Tsunamis | null | null |
A tunnel at a mine in the remote east of Indonesia caved in Tuesday with around 30 workers inside | JAYAPURA, Indonesia — A tunnel at a mine in the remote east of Indonesia caved in Tuesday with around 30 workers inside, the US operator and police said.
Rescuers did not know whether those inside were alive or dead following the accident at Freeport-McMoRan’s Grasberg, one of the world’s biggest gold and copper mines ... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724 crash | Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724 (MZ724/MNA724) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines from Pattimura Airport in Maluku's provincial capital Ambon to Jefman Airport in Sorong, Irian Jaya (currently West Papua); both in Indonesia. On 1 July 1993, the aircraft operating the ... | Air crash | null | null |
1958 Dan-Air Avro York crash | The 1958 Dan-Air Avro York crash was a fatal accident involving an Avro York cargo aircraft operated by Dan Air Services Limited on a non-scheduled international all-cargo service between Karachi, Pakistan, and New Delhi, India. The aircraft crashed on 25 May 1958 during a forced landing at Gurgaon, Haryana, India, aft... | Air crash | null | null |
Precipitation stabilized but didn't stop drought, U.S. Drought Monitor says | Despite the minimal precipitation the region received over the last week, the drought and its conditions continue to spread across the country, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Written By: Emily Beal | 3:57 pm, Apr. 22, 2021 × The U.S. Drought Monitor released on April 22, 2021, showed the spreading drought acros... | Droughts | null | null |
Brazil dam collapse: Death toll rises as mining company faces criticism | (CNN) — The number of deaths from a collapsed dam at a Brazilian iron mine rose on Sunday from 37 to 58, a spokesperson for the Civil Defense said. Authorities say 427 people were in the Córrego do Feijão mine in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais when the dam burst Friday, unleashing a muddy sea of mining debris i... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Stephen Curry passes Wilt Chamberlain for most points in Warriors history, scores 53 in win over Nuggets | Stephen Curry already holds most major Golden State Warriors records. He leads the team in all-time assists, 3-pointers, turnovers and free-throw percentage, and is in the top three in games played, minutes and steals. He is the only two-time MVP in franchise history, and is one of only a few that have won three champi... | Break historical records | null | null |
1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance crash | The 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance involved a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II of the 2nd Strategic Support Squadron, Strategic Air Command, which ditched on the late afternoon of 23 March 1951, after an explosion in the cargo and ensuing fire forced the pilots to ditch the aircraft at 50 degrees 22 minutes North, 22 de... | Air crash | null | null |
Agriculture Minister: Locust problem under control - Loop News | Agriculture Minister: Locust problem under control
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September 9, 2016 03:31 PM ET
Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries Minister Clarence Rambharat said that Government is presently assisting farmers with the recent attack of locusts in New Village, Point Fortin and other parts of South Trinidad.
Speaking in Friday... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Platypuses in polluted water could ingest 'half a human dose' of antidepressants | A platypus' diet consists of worms, insects and yabbies — but if they live near people, they might also be served a side of antidepressants, painkillers and antibiotics.
Ecologists found nearly 70 different medications in water-dwelling creepy-crawlies at creeks near Melbourne.
In a paper published in Nature Communicat... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Gulf Air Flight 771 crash | Gulf Air Flight 771 was a flight from Karachi, Pakistan, to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On 23 September 1983, while the Boeing 737-2P6[1] was on approach to Abu Dhabi International Airport, a bomb exploded in the baggage compartment. The plane crashed in the desert near Jebel Ali between Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the... | Air crash | null | null |
2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster |
The 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster, also known as the Once Tragedy, occurred on 22 February 2012, when a train crashed at Once Station (Spanish: Estación Once de Septiembre; IPA: [ˈonse]) in the Balvanera neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. There were about 1,000 passengers on board when the crowded eight-carr... | Train collisions | null | null |
Chinese authorities should immediately and unconditionally release Zhang Zhan | Urgently Provide Zhang Zhan Access to Adequate Medical Care, Family (New York) – Chinese authorities should immediately and unconditionally release Zhang Zhan, an activist wrongfully imprisoned for reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic in the city of Wuhan in early 2020, Human Rights Watch said today. Her family says she... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Woman Found Dead In Car In Lincoln Park Died From Accidental Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Autopsy Finds | CHICAGO (CBS) — A Lake Forest woman who was found dead in her car in Lincoln Park, along with her dog, died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, an autopsy determined on Friday.
Payton Mickey, 25, was found dead in the driver’s seat of a car around 8:20 p.m. Thursday near Clark Street and Fullerton Parkway, accordi... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
IICA establishes Advisory Council for Food Security in the Americas | San Jose, 1 April 2020 (IICA). The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has established a Food Security Advisory Council for the Americas, which includes leading professionals from seven countries in the hemisphere who have made significant contributions to the agrifood sector, both in the pol... | Organization Established | null | null |
2013 Lushan earthquake | The Lushan earthquake or Ya'an earthquake (Standard Tibetan: གཡག་རྔ་ཡི་ས་ཡོམ་, Yak-ngai Sayom) occurred at 08:02 Beijing Time (00:02 UTC) on April 20, 2013. The epicenter was located in Lushan County, Ya'an, Sichuan, about 116 km (72 mi) from Chengdu along the Longmenshan Fault in the same province heavily impacted by ... | Earthquakes | null | null |
2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier | The 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in November 2013 in the United Arab Emirates and is a part of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series. This edition of the qualifier for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was an expanded version comprising ten qualifiers from regional Twenty20 tournaments in addition to the to... | Sports Competition | null | null |
The unemployment impacts of COVID-19: lessons from the Great Recession | The International Monetary Fund’s special drawing right – the international reserve asset created in 1969 to prepare for a new dollar crisis – is undergoing a renaissance, with important worldwide repercussions. The announcement of by far the largest-ever increase in SDR allocations, which will greatly improve the liqu... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash | On 26 July 2011, a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force crashed near Guelmim, Morocco, killing all 80 people on board. [1] The plane was carrying 71 passengers (initially reported as 72), mostly members of the Moroccan Armed Forces, and nine crew. Three occupants were pull... | Air crash | null | null |
Lodi man gets sentence deferred, sexual assault charge dismissed | A former Prairie du Sac man entered a deferred prosecution agreement Tuesday after being charged with third-degree sexual assault and disorderly conduct in Sauk County Circuit Court. Dibble Brett R. Dibble, 33, of Lodi, had initially faced more than 10 years in prison. The sexual assault charge was dismissed on a motio... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
Well-known actress claims millions as divorce proceedings from world-renowned DJ continue | A famous SA celebrity couple continue to battle it out in court more than a year after they announced their split.
More details surrounding claims amounting to millions of rand have been made public in court documents published on the Southern African Legal Institute’s website.
The estranged couple, a world-renowned D... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Switzerland admitted as 190th member of United Nations | Switzerland admitted as 190th member of United Nations
10 September 2002
Opening its fifty-seventh annual session, the United Nations General Assembly today voted to accept Switzerland as the organization’s 190th member.
During a ceremony to raise the Swiss flag outside UN Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General Ko... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
2008 Kazan gas explosion | The Kazan gas explosion occurred on January 9, 2008, destroying an entire corner of a three-story khrushchyovka-style apartment building on Malaya Pechyorskaya Street in the Aviastroitelny District of Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. The explosion took place at 0:28 a.m. local time (UTC +3). The blast destroyed 12 apartments ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
US pushes diplomacy, prepares sanctions as Ethiopia launches new offensive in brutal war, risking famine | Nearly a month after President Joe Biden created a new U.S. sanctions authority and threatened to impose economic penalties on Ethiopian leaders unless they halted a conflict in the country's northern province, that war is now escalating. The worsening fighting puts millions of lives at risk amid reports of famine-like... | Famine | null | null |
Hodgkinson breaks national record to win 800m silver | Teenager Keely Hodgkinson took stunning silver to win Team GB’s first women's 800m medal since 2004 and break Kelly Holmes's British record.
The 19-year-old unleashed her potent kick finish to come from fourth to second and finish in 1:55.88.
She came home 0.67s behind USA’s Athing Mu, also 19, who won in a national re... | Break historical records | null | null |
Igandu train collision | The Igandu train disaster was an accident which occurred during the early morning of June 24, 2002, in Tanzania. In one of the worst rail accidents in African history. A large passenger train with over 1,200 people on board rolled backwards down a hill into a slow moving goods train, killing 281 people. The train had t... | Train collisions | null | null |
Carbon monoxide poisoning forces Cody Ware out for Richmond, Bristol | Cody Ware will skip the next two NASCAR Cup Series races at Richmond Raceway and Bristol Motor Speedway after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning during Sunday’s Darlington Raceway event. Garrett Smithley will replace him in the #51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet for Richmond, while a Bristol driver was not immediately ann... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
1970 Polish protests |
The 1970 Polish protests (Polish: Grudzień 1970, lit. 'December 1970') occurred in northern Poland during 14–19 December 1970. The protests were sparked by a sudden increase in the prices of food and other everyday items. Strikes were put down by the Polish People's Army and the Citizen's Militia, resulting in at lea... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Heavy rain brings floods, mudslides, tap water issues to parts of Colorado | DENVER – Heavy rain over Colorado's burn scars caused flash flooding in parts of Boulder and Larimer counties Saturday, creating drinking water issues in Grand County. Multiple mudslide were also reported near Telluride in San Miguel County and on Loveland pass, where CDOT shut U.S. 6 down. The pass was later reopened.... | Mudslides | null | null |
TWA Flight 277 crash | Transcontinental and Western Air Flight 277 was a C-54 Skymaster en route from Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, to Washington, D.C. on June 20, 1944. The aircraft crashed on Fort Mountain, in Maine's Baxter State Park. All seven on board died, including six civilian crewmembers and one United States Army Air Fo... | Air crash | null | null |
Thousands of leaking barrels containing insecticide DDT found in dumping ground off LA coast |
More than 27,000 barrels, many suspected to be full of the banned insecticide DDT, have been found on the ocean floor off the coast of Los Angeles.
Many of the barrels have been noticeably leaking — and scientists say there could be anywhere up to a few hundred thousand barrels in total.
The barrels were discovered du... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
2011 Gabonese protests | The 2011 Gabonese protests is mass protests and violent protests against the government of Ali Bongo and his cabinet in Gabon, inspired by the Tunisian Revolution and 2011 Egyptian Revolution, mainly the Arab Spring, will calls for pan-Sub-Saharan reforms and calling for the government to step down. [1]
The wave and p... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crash | United Arab Airlines Flight 749 was a scheduled international passenger flight on 18 March 1966 that crashed while attempting to land in Cairo, Egypt. All thirty passengers and crew on board were killed. Flight 749 took off from Nicosia Airport bound for Cairo International Airport. En route, the aircraft encountered b... | Air crash | null | null |
2014 Olsberg mid-air collision crash | On 23 June 2014, a German Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet and a Learjet 35 business jet participating in a military exercise collided mid-air over Olsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The Learjet subsequently crashed to the ground with the loss of both crew members on board. The Typhoon was damaged but managed to ... | Air crash | null | null |
Explained: What Are The 'Natural Experiments' That Won This Year's Nobel | Noida: Natural and experiment--two words put together that sound like an oxymoron. But this year's Nobel prize for the economic sciences went to three economists who study natural experiments--events that occur uncontrolled, such as natural disasters, or new policies applied in the real world--the opposite of controlle... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
Nigma Galaxy founders on their merger: “We want to be the biggest esports organization in the next three years” | When the growth and success of the esports industry is discussed, typically the conversation includes Asia, Europe, and North America. Galaxy Racer, a Middle Eastern organization, are looking to develop the region by achieving global recognition while retaining focus on their origins. To help with this mission, they’v... | Organization Merge | null | null |
2009 India floods |
The 2009 India floods affected various states of India in July 2009, killing at least 36 people in Orissa and 13 in Kerala. The most affected states were Karnataka, Orissa,[1][2][3][4] Kerala,[5] Gujarat[6] and North-East Indian[7] states. Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains killed at least 36 people in the easte... | Floods | null | null |
Air Fiji Flight 121 crash | Air Fiji Flight 121 (PC121/FAJ121) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Nausori International Airport in Fiji's capital Suva to Nadi International Airport in Nadi, operated by an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante. On 24 July 1999, the Bandeirante carrying 17 people consisting of 15 passengers and 2 crews crashed i... | Air crash | null | null |
1996 IAAF World Road Relay Championships | The 1996 IAAF World Road Relay Championships was the third edition of the global, international marathon relay competition, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). [1] The event took place on 13–14 April on the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark with the participation of 282 athletes (17... | Sports Competition | null | null |
ČSA Flight 511 (March 1961) crash | ČSA Flight 511 was a flight operated by an Ilyushin Il-18 that crashed in Gräfenberg near Nürnberg on March 28, 1961 during flight across West Germany. [1]
A German investigation commission stated that the primary cause of the accident was pilot error or an autopilot malfunction. Soviet investigators refused this conc... | Air crash | null | null |
Piatra Neamț hospital fire |
On 14 November 2020, around 18:30 EET, a fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward of the Piatra Neamț Emergency Hospital in Romania. [1] The fire killed ten people[2] and injured another four, including two doctors. [1] All the deceased people were patients receiving treatment for COVID-19. [1] Many in the ward were on ve... | Fire | null | null |
2020 Korean floods |
Since June 2020, floods have severely impacted large areas of both North and South Korea due to heavy rains of the regional rainy season, primarily in the far southern parts of the Korean Peninsula. These floods are closely related to ones across China and in Kyushu, Japan. As of 9 August 2020, 30 people have died in... | Floods | null | null |
Great Survival Stories: Shipwreck, Sharks, and Deborah Kiley | The only rescue photo of Deborah Kiley and Brad Cavanagh after their horrific five days adrift. Photo: News Australia Deborah Kiley’s gruesome, five-day ordeal in 1982 began as a routine sailing trip in the Atlantic. Soon, she would be forced to feed her friend to sharks and watch helplessly as two others leaped to the... | Shipwreck | null | null |
All you need to know about today's solar eclipse | Analysis: we can expect Irish skies to turn a little darker as 30% of the Sun is eclipsed by the Moon Between 10am and midday on Thursday June 10th, Irish skies will turn a little darker as a result of 30% of the Sun being eclipsed by the Moon, with parts of the Earth entering the moon's shadow. As the Moon orbits in a... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Toronto propane explosion | Coordinates: 43°43′57″N 79°28′22″W / 43.73250°N 79.47278°W / 43.73250; -79.47278
The Toronto propane explosion (also known as the Sunrise Propane incident) was a series of explosions and ensuing fire that took place on the morning of August 10, 2008, in the Downsview neighbourhood of North York, Toronto, Ontario, C... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Lichfield rail crash |
The Lichfield rail crash was a rail crash which occurred on New Year's Day 1946 at Lichfield Trent Valley station in Staffordshire, England. 20 people were killed in the accident, caused when a points failure routed a goods train into the back of a stationary passenger train waiting at the station. This event is the ... | Train collisions | null | null |
Famine knocking at the door of 41 million worldwide | Famine is already present in four countries but millions more people are at risk, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, underscoring the need for urgent funding and humanitarian access to reach those in need. Recent analysis by the UN agency reveals 41 million people in 43 countries “are teetering on the v... | Famine | null | null |
Police say 'it can only be concluded' the missing worker 'died' in Henty Gold Mine | Police say it is "unlikely" a man missing after a collapse at a Tasmanian gold mine on Thursday morning could have survived. In a statement, police said operations overnight had used a drone with 3D laser technology which revealed the extent of the collapse. "The amount of earth and rock and the situation that presents... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
2015 Baku residence building fire | The 2015 Baku residence building fire occurred on 19 May 2015 in a 16-level residence building located in Azadlig Avenue 200/36 in Binagadi raion of Baku, Azerbaijan. [1][2] The official death toll from the fire was 15, of whom five were children; at least 63 people were injured. [3] Most of the dead were killed by tox... | Fire | null | null |
Mandal Commission protests of 1990 | Mandal commission protests of 1990 were against reservation in government jobs based on caste in India. Mandal Commission was set up in 1979 January by Morarji Desai government to identify the socially or educationally backward classes to consider the question of seat reservations and quotas for people to redress caste... | Strike | null | null |
1925 Dali earthquake | The 1925 Dali earthquake occurred at 14:42 UTC on 16 March. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.0 on the surface wave magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of at least IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. [2] It had an epicenter in the province of Yunnan in southern China and killed an estimated 5,0... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Trump Begins Process Of U.S. Withdrawal From World Health Organization | The Trump administration on Tuesday began the process of officially withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization–which would take effect in July 2021–after he repeatedly slammed the agency throughout the coronavirus pandemic for alleged misinformation about the virus. This photograph taken on July 3... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Hattiesburg plane crash | HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Four people are dead after a small plane crashed into a Hattiesburg home Tuesday evening. Three people in the plane and a person in the home were killed in the crash. A media relations representative with the National Transportation Safety Board said the plane was headed to Bobby L. Chain Mu... | Air crash | null | null |
More bodies buried in mass grave after Myanmar jade mine landslide | (Reuters) - Dozens of jade miners killed in a landslide in northern Myanmar were buried on Saturday, a local official said, after 77 were interred in a mass grave on Friday in one of the worst mining accidents in the country’s history. More than 170 people, many of them migrants seeking their fortune in the jade-rich H... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
1958 London Vickers Viking accident crash | The London Vickers Viking accident occurred on 2 September 1958 when an Independent Air Travel Vickers VC.1 Viking (registration G-AIJE) with three crew members aboard and loaded with two Bristol Proteus turboprop engines as cargo attempted a flight from London Heathrow Airport to Tel Aviv via Nice, Brindisi and Athens... | Air crash | null | null |
Man convicted in Bob Evans shooting sentenced to life in prison without parole | The man convicted of shooting and killing a former girlfriend while she was working at a local Bob Evans restaurant in April was sentenced today in court. 55-year-old Richard Nelson was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Nelson was found guilty on October 22 of aggravated murder in the shooting death of Re... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
Rocket Report: Super Heavy rolls to launch site, Funk will get to fly | Welcome to Edition 4.05 of the Rocket Report! We have a really big week in small launch: Virgin Orbit confirmed the viability of its LauncherOne vehicle with a second consecutive successful flight. Congratulations to the engineers and technicians who strove to make that rocket a reality. Virgin Orbit does it again. Vi... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A crash | Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A was a military charter flight carrying 214 American troops bound for South Vietnam. On July 1, 1968, the plane was intercepted by Soviet jets after it unintentionally violated Soviet airspace. It was forced to land on one of the Soviet-controlled Kuril Islands with all 238 Americans ... | Air crash | null | null |
U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901 | The U.S. Steel recognition strike of 1901 was an attempt by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers (the AA) to reverse its declining fortunes and organize large numbers of new members. The strike failed. The AA had formed in 1876. It was a labor union of skilled iron and steel workers which was deep... | Strike | null | null |
2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship | The 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 8th edition of the women's field hockey championship organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Manchester, England from August 18 to August 25, 2007. In the final, Germany upset Netherlands to clinch the first title. Meanwhile, England secured t... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Linc Energy fined $4.5 million for serious environmental harm at underground coal gasification plant | 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 parts of Mokine, in WA's Northam Shire. Keep up to date with ABC Emergency
A gas company has been fi... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Families who live in Grand Sud, Madagascar，which suffers droughts, have seen drastic impacts on their livelihoods and health. | Droughts in Grand Sud, Madagascar, have sharply increased in both frequency and intensity in recent years. Bearing the full brunt of the effects of climate change, families who live in this region have seen drastic impacts on their livelihoods and health. In 2020, there were virtually no rains. Historically low rainfal... | Droughts | null | null |
2016 PDC World Darts Championship |
The 2016 William Hill World Darts Championship was the 23rd World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event was held at the Alexandra Palace, London, between 17 December 2015 and 3 January 2016. Gary Anderson was the defending champi... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Binghamton High closed for day after police investigate shooting on Murray St. | Binghamton High School was closed to in-person learning Tuesday and operated fully remote due to an ongoing investigation into a shooting that occurred around 2:50 p.m. Monday on Murray Street. Binghamton High School Principle Kevin Richmond said via Twitter that the high school and a pre-k program held at the school ... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Australia provokes China anger over scrapped deals | Australia has scrapped agreements tied to China's Belt and Road initiative, prompting anger from Beijing and adding further strain to tense relations between the countries. The federal government used new powers to rip up two deals made between the state of Victoria and China. Canberra said it was backing away from the... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
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