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Manitoba RCMP Look for Released Murder Suspect | WINNIPEG - Manitoba RCMP are asking for help with locating a man they consider violent who had been released from jail while facing manslaughter charges. Mounties say Robert Fleury is wanted on two arrest warrants after being charged in early March this year in connection with the homicide death of 40-year-old Matthew ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Donald Trump said that he will begin the process of withdrawing from the TPP | President Obama with foreign leaders at a 2010 meeting about the TPP. (CNSNews.com) – President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that on his first day in office next January he will begin the process of withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a prospective trade deal which has been a centerpiece of the Oba... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
In multiple countries, alarm over hunger crisis rings louder | A malnourished girl Rahmah Watheeq receives treatment at a feeding center at Al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday. Nov. 3, 2020. Two-thirds of Yemen's population of about 28 million people are hungry, and nearly 1.5 million families currently rely entirely on food aid to survive, with another million people are ... | Famine | null | null |
Car pursued by police smashes into East Perth traffic light pole causing multi-vehicle crash | A police pursuit has resulted in a chaotic crash scene in Perth at the intersection of East Parade and the Graham Farmer Freeway. Four cars were waiting at a red traffic light when a car being chased by police drove into the intersection, knocking a traffic light onto the stationary vehicles. The driver of the car bein... | Road Crash | null | null |
Back to basicsSchool closures have caused damage that extra lessons cannot fix | A DECADE AGO Bowling Park Primary was one of England’s least successful schools. Its neighbourhood in south Bradford is one of England’s poorest. A fifth of pupils are Roma, who tend to do worse at school than any other group. But a turnaround that began in 2008 dragged test scores up to the national average. The progr... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Deadly Myanmar Landslide at Jade Mine May Have Killed More Than 50 | A landslide at a northern Myanmar jade mine is believed to have killed at least 50 people. Myanmar lawmaker Tin Soe said three bodies have been recovered from the landslide that occurred Monday at a waste dump near the Kachin Mine, in the Hpakant area of Kachin state. Another 54 people remain missing, the Associated P... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Former Vinita preacher charged in federal court on sexual abuse allegations | Clarification: This story has been edited to indicate Williams was a member and preacher at Bunker Hill Baptist Church during the period of the alleged abuse.
A former Vinita preacher was indicted in federal court this week on allegations that he sexually abused five children whose ages ranged from 7 to 16 years old o... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Rice pests multiply post-floods - The New Humanitarian |
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Heavy flooding across parts of Thailand in 2011 has fuelled outbreaks of a rice pest that can decimate harvests, experts say.
The pest, known as brown planthopper (BPH), transmits two viruses that hit yields as well as eating away at rice plants.
"The floods have certainly made things worse," Kong Luen Heong, ... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown crash | The 1991 Azerbaijan MI-8 helicopter shootdown occurred on November 20, 1991, when an Azerbaijani MI-8 military helicopter, carrying a peacekeeping mission team consisting of 13 Azerbaijani government officials, 2 Russian and 1 Kazakhstani Ministry of Internal Affairs officials, 3 Azerbaijani journalists and 3 helicopte... | Air crash | null | null |
Queronque rail accident | The Queronque rail accident was a head-on train collision that happened on February 17, 1986, on the line between Santiago and Valparaíso in Chile. It is the worst in Chilean history, killing at least 58 people. [1]
The accident happened in the Marga Marga Province of Valparaíso Region, between Peñablanca and Limache ... | Train collisions | null | null |
Conflict, Covid driving 45 mn globally to edge of starvation | New Delhi, Nov 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday warned that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries has risen to 45 million, as acute hunger spikes around the world. This number has risen from 42 million earlier in the year and from 27 million in 20... | Famine | null | null |
80 People Missing, 4 Dead As Huge Mudslide Wrecks Japanese Resort Town | A man watches as rescuers continue a search operation Monday at the site of a mudslide at Izusan in Atami, Shizuoka prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. Kyodo News via AP hide caption A man watch... | Mudslides | null | null |
5 Confirmed dead in Mexico mining accident | Mexico City, Jun 9 (EFE).- Another body has been found at the coal mine in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila where seven men were trapped last week by flooding, bringing the confirmed death toll to five, a miners’ rights group said Wednesday. “We regret greatly the death of Carlos Moreno, who has been recovered fr... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
2002 European Badminton Championships | The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe (BE). The first of these competitions was held in 1968. The competition was held once every two years to determine the best badminton players in Europe. European Mixed Team Badminton Championships usually started prior to the individ... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Japan Airlines Flight 350 crash | Japan Airlines Flight 350 (日本航空350便, Nihonkōkū 350 Bin) was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61, registered JA8061, on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, to Tokyo in Japan. [2] The airplane crashed 9 February 1982 on approach to Haneda Airport in Tokyo Bay, resulting in 24 fatalities. [3] ... | Air crash | null | null |
Survivors of Guatemalan mudslide face death or emigration | NUEVO QUEJA, Guatemala (AP) — The day before he left for the United States was a busy one for Victor Cal. He went from relative to relative, collecting money to buy food during the journey north. His mother was disconsolate. “I begged him not to go, that we could live here,” she said, again and again, “but the decision... | Mudslides | null | null |
A vessel carrying as many 200 Haitian migrants has capsized near the Turks and Caicos Islands, according to the US Coast Guard. | A vessel carrying as many 200 Haitian migrants has capsized near the Turks and Caicos Islands, according to the US Coast Guard. Coast Guard spokeswoman Sabrina Elgammal said the Coast Guard has been working with police to rescue people who were stranded on a reef. Rescuers found 113 survivors stranded on two reefs and ... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Above Santa Cruz, residents fear devastating mudslides | The fire that rampaged through the San Lorenzo Valley in August and September burned hotter and destroyed more acreage than anyone in these rugged, rural and breathtaking mountains can remember. The CZU August Lightning Complex fire killed Tad Jones, a 73-year-old man who lived in the mountains above Santa Cruz. It al... | Mudslides | null | null |
Luck is not a strategy: The world needs to start preparing now for the next pandemic | As countries grapple with the worst global pandemic in a century, it’s hard to think about preparing for the next one. But if we don’t, it could be worse than Covid-19. Over the last 30 years, infectious disease outbreaks have emerged with alarming regularity. The World Health Organization lists an influenza pandemic a... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Coronavirus recession ends for the rich but is far from over for lower-income communities | The economic crisis unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic may be over for some groups of Americans — primarily the wealthy and White — even as it lingers in other corners of the country. No group was spared from the recession’s initial shock, which pushed unemployment to heights unseen since the Great Depression. But t... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Harrow Court fire | The Harrow Court fire occurred in a tower block on 2 February 2005 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. Three people were killed, two of them firefighters, when a fire developed and spread from the 14th floor. [1] An investigation of the fire found that there was an Abnormal Rapid Fire Development, caused by a candle ... | Fire | null | null |
A Brief History Of Gasoline: Better Things For Deader Living … Through Chemistry | As we will see throughout this series, the business of adding known deadly toxins like lead to an already dangerous product like gasoline would take a special kind of amorality and disregard for human life and the environment. America’s new corporate form proved uniquely suited to such reckless commercial endeavors. Li... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health announced on June 17 a plan to merge into one company and create the largest health care organization in the state | Beaumont Health, based in Southfield, Michigan, and Spectrum Health, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan announced on June 17 a plan to merge into one company and create the largest health care organization in the state. In an 8-page letter of intent dated June 16 and entitled “For Michigan, By Michigan,” the leaderships o... | Organization Merge | null | null |
1990–1991 Togo protests |
The 1990–1991 Togo protests was a protest movement against then-president Gnassingbe Eyadema and his reforms. Strikes and demonstrations began by students on 5 October and soon became a daily movement which saw deaths and beatings while shootings and clashes between pro-government and anti-government demonstrators to... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Archaeologists find stunning 3,000-year-old gold mask in China - and the internet turns it into a meme | The huge cache of relics were discovered in six ‘sacrificial pits’ along with other treasures made from gold, bronze, ivory, jade and bone. But only the mask has since found online stardom Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile The gold mask has been found along with 500 relics dating... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Girl, 13, critical, second teen injured after shooting inside North Philly home, police say | A 13-year-old girl is in critical condition, while a second teen is recovering after a North Philadelphia shooting. PHILADELPHIA - A 13-year-old girl is in critical condition, while a 17-year-old male is recovering after a shooting inside a home in North Philadelphia. The shooting happened at approximately 11:30 a.m. ... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
Senegal might be first to terminate its double-taxation agreement with Mauritius, but will not be the last | Double taxation treaties or agreements between two countries prevent taxing the same income twice. For example, individuals or corporations that are resident in one country sometimes make a taxable gain by earning income in another.
This calls for taxation in the country where such taxable income is generated but could... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
The deadly ebola virus is now thought to have killed more than 200 people in West Africa, making it one of the worst ever outbreaks of the disease. |
The deadly ebola virus is now thought to have killed more than 200 people in West Africa, making it one of the worst ever outbreaks of the disease, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
WHO says 208 people have died in Guinea from the virus, with with 21 deaths registered between May 29 and June 1 alone.
The Unite... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Space weather storm Due To Impact Earth Tomorrow; Geomagnetic Storm Watch Continues | A significant solar flare erupted from the sun on October 9, producing an Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that is due to deliver impacts to Earth sometime late October 11 / early October 12. Due to the impacts of this unfolding M1.6-class solar flare event on Earth, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (S... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
2007 Tocopilla earthquake | The 2007 Tocopilla earthquake occurred on November 14 at 12:40:50 local time. Its epicenter was located between Quillagua and Tocopilla, affecting the Tarapacá and the Antofagasta regions in northern Chile. The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 7.7 and lasted about 3 minutes and 35 seconds. [4] Seventeen aftershocks... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Winnipeg general strike |
The Winnipeg general strike of 1919 was one of the most famous and influential strikes in Canadian history. For six weeks, May 15 to June 26, more than 30,000 strikers brought economic activity to a standstill in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which at the time was Canada's third largest city. In the short term, the strike ende... | Strike | null | null |
Trump administration submits notice of withdrawal from World Health Organization | The Trump administration submitted a notice of withdrawal from the World Health Organization to the United Nations secretary-general, a senior administration official told Fox News on Tuesday, after President Trump for weeks had blasted the WHO’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and what he called its pro-Ch... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Federal Express Flight 705 crash | On April 7, 1994, Federal Express Flight 705, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 cargo jet carrying electronics equipment across the United States from Memphis, Tennessee to San Jose, California, was involved in a hijack attempt by Auburn R. Calloway, who the prosecution argued was trying to commit suicide. Calloway, a Feder... | Air crash | null | null |
Africa’s Covid-19 passport lays the groundwork for controlling future disease outbreaks | Despite being created to manage travel during the Covid-19 pandemic, the African Union’s Covid-19 passport can set in place a mechanism for controlling future pandemics and disease outbreaks in the continent. Launched in October 2020 by the African Union Secretariat and the Africa CDC, the passport program, dubbed Tru... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
United Airlines Flight 696 crash | United Airlines Flight 696 was a flight from San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, to Seattle, Washington, with 75 people in board. After takeoff from San Francisco, Clay Thomas, claiming to have a bomb, hijacked the Boeing 727-222, demanding the plane land in Oakland, California, and fuel u... | Air crash | null | null |
2010 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships | The 29th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held from 21 to 25 April 2010 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. The senior and junior events are different. During the senior's qualification the top eight teams progress to the team final, and the top eight gymnasts (two per nation maximum) on eac... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Woman arrested after hit-and-run crash at Goodwood in Adelaide's inner south | A woman has been arrested following a hit-and-run crash at Goodwood, in Adelaide's south, last night that left a 70-year-old man fighting for life. A 29-year-old Cumberland Park woman was arrested following investigations into the crash that occurred just before 10:00pm on Wednesday near the Capri Theatre. Police alleg... | Road Crash | null | null |
Pueblo police searching for bank robbery suspect and primary driver of getaway car | PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) -- Pueblo police are searching for a man involved in a bank robbery and the primary driver of the vehicle the suspect used to leave the scene. On Tuesday at 11:56 a.m. officers were dispatched to a bank robbery at Sunflower Bank in Pueblo. Police describe the suspect as a man, between 5'7" and 5'9"... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Air Algérie Flight 2208 crash | Air Algérie Flight 2208 was a cargo flight between Algiers-Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria, and Frankfurt Airport, Germany. On 13 August 2006, the Lockheed L-100 operating the flight crashed in Northern Italy as a result of an autopilot malfunction. The aircraft struck the ground in a sparsely populated are... | Air crash | null | null |
Solar eclipse June 2021 - time, date and everything you need to know | of 2021 will happen on Thursday, June 10 following the lunar eclipse of 2021 that happened on May 26. 2021 will see two solar eclipses and two lunar eclipses totaling the number of eclipses for the year to four. Astronomy describes the phenomenon behind the upcoming June 10 solar eclipse as a ‘Ring of Fire’, which will... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Air New England Flight 248 crash | Air New England Flight 248 was a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter that crashed on approach to Barnstable Municipal Airport in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on 17 June 1979. All of those on the aircraft survived with the exception of the pilot, who was killed instantly. At 10:48 p.m. EDT on 17 June 1979, Flight 248, w... | Air crash | null | null |
1965 Carmel mid-air collision crash | The 1965 Carmel mid-air collision occurred on December 4, 1965, when Eastern Air Lines Flight 853 (N6218C), a Lockheed Super Constellation en route from Boston Logan International Airport to Newark International Airport, collided in mid-air with Trans World Airlines Flight 42 (N748TW), a Boeing 707-131B en route from S... | Air crash | null | null |
1984 Morgan Hill earthquake | The 1984 Morgan Hill earthquake (also Halls Valley earthquake)[6] occurred on April 24 at 1:15 p.m. local time in the Santa Clara Valley of Northern California. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The epicenter was located near Mount Hamilton in the Diablo Range of... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Russia responsible for Navalny poisoning, rights experts say | Russia is responsible for the poisoning and attempted killing of jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny, two independent UN rights experts said on Monday, issuing an “open call” for an international investigation into the incident.
Special Rapporteurs Agnès Callamard and Irene Khan believe the politician was poisoned... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Deadly Columbia City building explosion caused by ‘unintentional natural gas leak,’ probe finds | / Updated:
Jun 22, 2021 / 10:42 AM EDT
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) — An investigation into a fatal explosion at a Columbia City building last month has found no foul play.
It was May 22 when a building at 515 N. Line St. on Columbia City’s north side exploded around 9 a.m. A man inside – 34-year-old Zachery Sparkman of ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Dillian Whyte vs. Oscar Rivas | Dillian Whyte vs. Óscar Rivas was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between Dillian Whyte and Óscar Rivas for the vacant WBC interim heavyweight title. The event took place on 20 July 2019 at The O2 Arena in London. After the fight, it was reported that Dillian Whyte tested positive for a substance bann... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Concert commemorating Tulsa race massacre canceled | People wave and a woman stops to photograph the longest living known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre at the 2021 Black Wall Street Legacy Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S., May 28, 2021. TULSA, Okla., May 28 (Reuters) - Tulsa Massacre centennial organizers have canceled a Monday event, citing a sudden hike in fina... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Bogart Fire | The Bogart Fire was a wildfire in the Bogart Park area of Cherry Valley in Riverside County, California. [1] The fire broke out near Winesap Avenue and International Park Road just southwest of Bogart Park on August 30, 2016. By August 31, the fire was estimated at 1,300 acres. [2][3]
The fire was first reported at 12... | Fire | null | null |
2012 Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash | On 9 May 2012, a Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliner on a demonstration tour in Indonesia crashed into Mount Salak, in the province of West Java. All 37 passengers and 8 crew on board were killed. The plane had taken off minutes before from Jakarta's Halim Airport on a promotional flight for the recently launched jet, and was... | Air crash | null | null |
Drought In Minnesota: Extreme Drought Expanded 8% In The Last Week | MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Though many parts of the state have seen some raindrops in recent days, the drought that’s already one of the worst in Minnesota’s history isn’t letting up. The latest figures show that 88% of the state is still listed under severe drought conditions, and all but 3% of the state is under at least a... | Droughts | null | null |
New kind of royals: On third anniversary, Harry and Meghan embrace revolutionized royal roles | Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan of Sussex celebrate their third wedding anniversary Wednesday as royals in the process of reinventing themselves, devising new hybrid roles no other senior British royals have ever inhabited . Can they achieve all they desire? "I personally feel Harry and Meghan are going to be just fi... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Melinda Gates has no plans of changing her last name now that her and Bill are officially divorced | As of today, Bill and Melinda Gates are officially divorced. The couple first announced their filing in May of this year and now a judge in King County, Washington approved the decision as of Monday.
The couple was married for 27 years and decided a few months ago to end their marriage. In a joint statement the couple ... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Climate change increasing the frequency, severity, and duration of droughts in many regions across the globe | Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive impacts of drought are consistently underreported even though they span large areas, cascade through systems and scales, and... | Droughts | null | null |
Kannapolis cancels National Night Out event due to COVID spike | Residents can drop off coat donations at Kannapolis City Hall at 401 Laureate Way. The drive will also still run through Oct. 5. The city of Kannapolis has canceled its National Night Out event due to the spike in COVID cases and low vaccination rates. In an email Wednesday morning, the city announced the cancellation... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Aeronor Flight 304 crash | Aeronor Flight 304 was a Chilean domestic flight between the cities of Santiago and Antofagasta with two intermediate stops. On December 9, 1982, the Fairchild F-27 operating the flight crashed near La Florida Airport, in the Chilean city of La Serena. All 46 passengers and crew on board died. [1]
The Fairchild F-27 o... | Air crash | null | null |
Alamo Fire (2017) | The Alamo Fire was a wildfire in San Luis Obispo County, in California in the United States. The fire started on July 6, 2017 and destroyed 28,687 acres (11,609 ha), including one home. It was fully contained on July 19, 2017. [1]
The fire was located off California State Route 166 near Twitchell Reservoir in San Luis... | Fire | null | null |
One dead, two injured as gas explosion rocks Ogun | One person was confirmed dead, while two others were seriously injured in Ijebu-Ode, Ijebu Ode local government area of Ogun State a gas explosion that rocked the town on Monday.
Vanguard gathered that the incident happened along Folagbade road in Ijebu-Ode, and it involved a tricycle, three motorcycles and a Honda SUV... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Weightlifting-China’s Shi breaks world record to win gold in 73kg | Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Weightlifting – Men’s 73kg – Group A – Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan – July 28, 2021. Shi Zhiyong of China celebrates after a lift. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
TOKYO, July 28 (Reuters) – China’s Shi Zhiyong broke his own world record to win the men’s 73kg weightlifting event at the Olympics o... | Break historical records | null | null |
Axios And The Athletic May Merge Their Digital Media Brands | Axios and The Athletic have held serious discussions in recent days about a merger of their digital operations, the Wall Street Journal reported. No financial terms were revealed in the account of the talks, but part of the talks is said to include a scenario in which the companies would anchor a portfolio of digital b... | Organization Merge | null | null |
One Dead, 50 ill Due to Suspected Food Poisoning in Assam Village | The attendees soon started complaining of stomach ache, vomiting and diarrhea-like symptoms, following which they were taken to Bokajan Civil Hospital.
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Diphu: An 8-year-old girl died and over 50 others were taken ill due to suspected food poisoning in Arla... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Southern California supermarket strike of 2003–04 | The Southern California supermarket strike of 2003–2004 was a labor strike by the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW) against four supermarket chains in Southern California. Management and the unions arrived at a contract after twenty weeks, with both sides claiming victory. On the labor side, the primary p... | Strike | null | null |
AFC Congress approves NMIFA’s membership | Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
AFC Congress approves NMIFA’s membership
Kuala Lumpur: Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President, congratulated the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association (NMIFA) on becoming the 47th full Member Association of the AFC at the 30th AFC Congress today.... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
Sunday's "Supermoon" Total Lunar Eclipse: When and Where to See It | The evening of September 27 will be the fourth time in the last 17 months that the moon becomes immersed in the Earth's shadow On the evening of Sept. 27, the moon will once again become immersed in the Earth's shadow, resulting in a total lunar eclipsethe fourth such event in the last 17 months, As with all lunar ecli... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Optus fined $504,000 by the ACMA for spam emails and texts | 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
Telecommunications giant ... | Organization Fine | null | null |
The families of the victims of the explosion remain without compensation | The relatives of the twelve victims and several injured of the explosion that occurred in Licey al Medio on October 3, 2020, are in judicial litigation to get the gas plant owners to compensate them, without having received any payment so far.
The pain is still felt in the locality since only four months have passed si... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Peekskill riots | The Peekskill riots took place at Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York, in 1949.The catalyst for the rioting was an announced concert by black singer Paul Robeson, who was well known for his strong pro-trade union stance, civil rights activism, communist affiliations, and anti-colonialism. The concert, organiz... | Riot | null | null |
Initial Report On Gulf Shipwreck Confirms A Squall Capsized The Seacor Boat | Federal investigators have released their initial report on the Seacor shipwreck last month, confirming that bad weather caused the accident just off the coast of Port Fourchon. There were 19 people aboard the 175-foot-long Seacor Power on April 13 when a storm hit. Six people were rescued by the Coast Guard and volunt... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Caeleb Dressel adds 100m butterfly gold, breaks world record | Caeleb Dressel broke his own men's 100m butterfly world record en route to winning his second individual gold medal — his third overall — at the Tokyo Olympics.
Dressel touched first in 49.45, lowering his mark set at the 2019 World Championships by .05.
The Northeast Florida native got off the blocks in .60, the quick... | Break historical records | null | null |
Death of Brian Wells | Brian Douglas Wells (November 15, 1956 – August 28, 2003) was an American pizza delivery man who was murdered during a complex plot involving a bank robbery, scavenger hunt, and homemade explosive device near his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania. Following an attempt to rob a PNC Bank, and while surrounded by police, Wel... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Fears brumbies are contributing to blue-green algae in NSW Kosciuszko National park |
There is concern wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park are contributing to blue-green algae in dams and streams in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains.
Colin Sinclair has been fishing in the high country since the 1960s and said he has only seen blue-green algae the area in the last five to seven years.
He said it i... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Plastic waste washing up on beaches increasing threat to turtle populations |
Research scientist Jennifer Lavers has spent weeks sifting through the world's waste on two remote sets of islands — and what she has found could have alarming consequences for wildlife.
In 2017, many were shocked to learn the shores of uninhabited Henderson Island in the South Pacific Ocean were littered with plastic... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Elaine Thompson-Herah breaks Florence Griffith Joyner’s Olympic record in women’s 100 meters | Updated: Jul. 31, 2021, 11:27 a.m. |
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Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica, reacts as she crosses the finish line to win the women's 100-meters final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)AP
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Guangzhou Uprising | Communist Party of China
The Guangzhou Uprising, Canton Uprising[1] or Canton Riots of 1927 was a failed communist uprising in the city of Guangzhou (Canton) in southern China. The Communist Party of China (CPC)'s Guangdong Provincial Committee had been preparing for an uprising in Guangzhou since September 1927. It ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Flood damage to Great Barrier Reef minimal, water quality report finds |
North Queensland's coastal and offshore ecosystems fared better than expected during last year's devastating Townsville floods, a study has found.
The 2018-19 report card released by the Dry Tropics Partnership for Healthy Waters rated water quality in moderate (C) to very good (A) categories.
Independent chair of the... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
1984 Indian Airlines Airbus A300 hijacking crash | On 5 July 1984, nine young hijackers forced the Indian Airlines Flight 405, an Airbus A300 on a domestic flight from Srinagar Airport to the Delhi-Palam Airport with 254 passengers and 10 crew on board, to be flown to Lahore Airport in Pakistan. [1]The Press Trust of India reported that the hijackers were Sikhs militan... | Air crash | null | null |
President attends National Famine Commemoration | President Michael D Higgins has said Irish people "can understand so well" the events unfolding in the Middle East as they commemorate The Famine. Mr Higgins was speaking as he laid a wreath during the National Famine Commemoration at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin this afternoon. The ceremony included military honours a... | Famine | null | null |
1968 Democratic National Convention protests |
Protest activity against the Vietnam War took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. In 1968, counterculture and anti-Vietnam War protest groups began planning protests and demonstrations in response to the convention, and the city promised to maintain law and order. The protesters were me... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crash | Singapore Airlines Flight 006 (SQ006/SIA006)[a] was a scheduled Singapore Airlines passenger flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport) in Taipei, Taiwan. On 31 October 2000, at 23:17 Taipei local time (1... | Air crash | null | null |
Gospel riots |
The Gospel riots (Greek: Ευαγγελικά, Evangelika), which took place on the streets of Athens in November 1901, were primarily a protest against the publication in the newspaper Akropolis of a translation into modern spoken Greek of the gospel of St Matthew, although other motives also played a part. The disorder reach... | Riot | null | null |
Workers dig by hand to free dozens in Indonesia mine rubble | BOLAANG MONGONDOW, Indonesia (AP) — A grueling search and rescue effort has saved 19 people from the debris of a collapsed illegal gold mine in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province but officials said Wednesday that several dozen remain trapped. The national disaster agency said four people are confirmed dead and an esti... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
W.A.K.O. World Championships 1985 (Budapest) | W.A.K.O. World Championships 1985 Budapest were the joint fifth world kickboxing championships hosted by the W.A.K.O. organization arranged by the Hungarian Sport Karate Union. The organization was under some strain at the time and had split into two separate factions due to politically differences, meaning there were ... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Archaeologists have unearthed relics dating from the Seleucid, Parthian, and Islamic eras as they were attempting to discover the ruins of the Seleucid Laodicea Temple | TEHRAN – Archaeologists have unearthed relics dating from the Seleucid, Parthian, and Islamic eras as they were attempting to discover the ruins of the Seleucid Laodicea Temple believed to be buried under the modern town of Nahavand in Hamedan province, west-central Iran. "The sixth archaeological season to discover La... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
EU fines German car makers BMW, VW, Audi and Porsche $1.3 billion over emission collusion | The European Union (EU) has handed down $1.3 billion in fines to four major German car manufacturers, saying they colluded to limit the development and rollout of car emission control systems.
Daimler, BMW, VW, Audi and Porsche avoided competing on technology to restrict pollution from gasoline and diesel passenger car... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Zogg Fire | The Zogg Fire was a wildfire that burned in the towns of Igo and Ono in southwestern Shasta County, California and northwestern Tehama County in the United States. The fire burned 56,338 acres, with four deaths and 204 buildings destroyed. [1]
The fire was first reported at 2:51 PM PDT on September 27, 2020. The fire ... | Fire | null | null |
Father, daughter, pets found dead from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in east Salem | A father, daughter and two pets were found dead Monday morning in their east Salem home from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.
Marion County Fire District #1 crews were called at 10:46 a.m. to a fifth-wheel trailer at a property in the 5700 block of State Street.
The caller told fire officials they went to the prop... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Dominicana DC-9 air disaster crash | The Dominicana DC-9 air disaster, also known as the Dominicana de Aviación Santo Domingo DC-9 air disaster, was an international flight (the flight number is unknown) that suffered a fatal accident on February 15, 1970. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 crashed shortly after takeoff from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic e... | Air crash | null | null |
Long-dormant Iceland volcano erupts for first time in 6,000 years | The eruption was the Reykjanes Peninsula’s first in 781 years, according to the Associated Press . But the Icelandic Meteorological Office said in a statement that it was “considered small” and there was no need to evacuate residents of the closest town, about six miles away. “We ask people to keep away from the immedi... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
TWA Flight 742 crash | TWA Flight 742 was a multi-leg Trans World Airlines flight from Bangkok to San Francisco. On August 28, 1973, near the end of its pre-final leg from Honolulu to Los Angeles, during the descent over the Pacific Ocean, the Boeing 707 entered severe porpoising oscillations, resulting in injuries to 2 crewmembers and 3 pas... | Air crash | null | null |
China’s Quanzhou Port suffered a major incident at one of its petrochemical terminals on Sunday, resulting in nearly seven tons of aromatic hydrocarbon being leaked into the ocean. | China’s Quanzhou Port suffered a major incident at one of its petrochemical terminals on Sunday, resulting in nearly seven tons of aromatic hydrocarbon being leaked into the ocean.
According to a release from Quanzhou Port, the incident occurred in the early morning of Sunday when Fujian Donggang Petrochemical was load... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
2005 Yemeni uprising |
The 2005 Yemeni uprising was a nationwide revolution and popular protest movement against president Ali Abdullah Saleh after fuel price hikes on 19 July. Mass protests first broke out in Aden on 20 July, but spread nationwide between 20 and 23 July. Growing mass street protests, massive civil disobedience and disturba... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crash | LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Warsaw, Poland to New York City, U.S.. In the late morning hours of 9 May 1987, the Ilyushin Il-62M operating the flight crashed in the Kabaty Woods nature reserve on the outskirts of Warsaw around 56 minutes after departure. All 183 pa... | Air crash | null | null |
Celebrity Exes Who Are Getting Divorce & Co-Parenting Right | Breakups and divorce is complicated enough, and when kids are involved , things get a lot messier. Experts say it’s super important for former couples to keep the lines of communication open for the sake of their children, so when we see examples of co-parenting bonds that are downright inspirational, we can’t help but... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Millions of children still go to bed hungry | Read caption IDPs living in a site located in a church compound in Carnot, Mambere-Kadi prefecture, November 2014. Photo: NRC/ Vincent Tremeau Millions of children still go to bed hungry Published 16. Oct 2015 Children Livelihoods and food security On in nine people worldwide is chronically undernourished. “I am partic... | Famine | null | null |
1968 Chicago riots |
The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Earlier that year incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson had announced he would not seek reelection, thus making the purpose of the convention to select a new presidential nominee for th... | Riot | null | null |
Sennichi Department Store Building fire | Coordinates: 34°49′15.16″N 135°26′22.28″E / 34.8208778°N 135.4395222°E / 34.8208778; 135.4395222
The Sennichi Department Store Building fire occurred in Sennichimae, Minami-ku (now Chuo-ku), Osaka, Japan on May 13, 1972. The fire killed 118 people and injured another 78. It was the worst department store fire in te... | Fire | null | null |
Archaeologists Discover Trove of Artifacts at Site of 19th-Century Alabama Tavern | During the Civil War, both the Union and Confederate armies used the building as a hospital and command center Archaeologists in northwest Alabama have unearthed pottery, glass and nails at the site of an inn and tavern that played a pivotal role in the Civil War. Some of the artifacts predate construction of Pope’s T... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Naperville North High School closed for investigation of bomb threat | Classes were canceled Wednesday at Naperville North High School as police investigated a bomb threat emailed to the west suburban school earlier that morning, school officials said. Students and staff were evacuated to Naperville Central High School, where families were asked to pick up their students, School District ... | Organization Closed | null | null |
1,000 days until next total solar eclipse in the Heartland | Astronomers are counting down the days until the next total solar eclipse. In 2017, thousands gathered to watch the last total solar eclipse in the Heartland. As of Tuesday, July 13, we are just 1,000 days away from the next total solar eclipse that is set to happen on April 8, 2024. “The first thing most people say a... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Derrick Henry out of surgery, recovering | Titans running back Derrick Henry underwent foot surgery Tuesday morning as planned. Dianna Russini of ESPN reports that surgery “went well,” and Henry now is recovering. Henry injured his foot in Sunday’s victory over the Colts, but he still played through the end of the game. He played 74 percent of Tennessee’s offen... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
2013 Palmasola prison riot | On August 23, 2013, a prison riot broke out at Palmasola, a maximum-security prison in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The riot started when members of one cell block attacked a rival gang in another, using propane tanks as flame throwers. Thirty-one people were killed, including an 18-month-old child who was living at the prison... | Riot | null | null |
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