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Olympics: Kristof Milak Cruises to Top Seed in 200 Butterfly | It was 21 years ago that a gawky 15-year-old kid from Baltimore first stepped onto the global stage in the men’s 200 butterfly.
In the five Games since that fateful day in Sydney, Michael Phelps never finished lower than fifth in his signature event. He won three gold medals, two silvers, through a record-breaking 28-m... | Break historical records | null | null |
Atlas Fire | The Atlas Fire was a 2017 wildfire burning in Napa County, California north of the city of Napa, near Napa Soda Springs. It was one of fourteen large fires simultaneously burning in eight Northern California counties, in what was called the "Northern California firestorm". [2] Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of e... | Fire | null | null |
Winter Hill air disaster crash | The Winter Hill air disaster occurred on 27 February 1958, when the Silver City Airways Bristol 170 Freighter G-AICS, operated by Manx Airlines on a charter flight from the Isle of Man to Manchester, England, crashed during heavy snow into Winter Hill (also known as Rivington Moor), 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Chorle... | Air crash | null | null |
2008 Chișinău Antonov An-32 crash | A 12 April, 2008 Chișinău Antonov An-32 crash killed eight crew when a departing Sudanese cargo flight to Turkey turned back and crashed short of the runway. Early reports indicated that the Ukraine-built An-32 "Cline" had engine problems and turned back to Chișinău International Airport, Moldova. [1][needs update] The... | Air crash | null | null |
58-year-old patient with double vision diagnosed with COVID-19 | BMJ Case Reports authors have described their treatment of an undiagnosed diabetic who presented with vertical diplopia and abnormal eye movement
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A 58-year-old man who presented with double vision and abnormal eye movement was later diagnosed with COVID-19.
The case is... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
July 2020 Azerbaijani protests |
The 2020 Azerbaijani protests, also known within Azerbaijan as the Karabakh March ,[1] were series of civil protests from 12 to 15 July in various cities and towns in Azerbaijan. They erupted within the framework of the Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes, and the protestors demanded full-scale war with Armenia ov... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Amid US Crisis, Chinese Foreign Minister Embarks on Southeast Asia Tour | Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks to the press during a visit to Kigali, Rwanda, on January 13, 2017.
Earlier this week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi embarked on a four-nation tour of Southeast Asia, his second such swing through the region since October, aiming to woo key regional partners just days before t... | Diplomatic Visit | null | null |
Teenager Gets Sentence of 9 Years to Life In Murder of Tessa Majors | A 16-year-old named Luchiano Lewis was sentenced to 9 years to life for his involvement in the killing of 18-year-old Barnard student Tessa Majors in Morningside Park on Dec. 11, 2019. Lewis said he and two other boys had gone to the park that night to rob someone. They confronted her on the stairs in the park, and aft... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
Jaffa riots |
The Jaffa riots (commonly known in Hebrew: מאורעות תרפ"א, romanized: Me'oraot Tarpa)[1] was a series of violent riots in Mandatory Palestine on May 1–7, 1921, which began as a fight between two Jewish groups but developed into an attack by Arabs on Jews during which many were killed. The rioting began in Jaffa and s... | Riot | null | null |
FIFA's The Best awards 2021: When it is, nominees, favourites & everything you need to know | The next iteration of FIFA's The Best awards is nearing, and here's what you need to know about the ceremony & more
FIFA's The Best awards recognise the greatest individual talents across football, with the Best Men's Player and Best Women's Players set to be honoured.
Previous winners of the Best awards have included ... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
Members challenge San Antonio River Walk Association merger | Republic of Texas Restaurant owners William F. ?’Rick?“ Grinnan Jr., left, and William Grinnan III talk at their long-standing River Walk restaurant about the pending merger of the financially troubled San Antonio River Walk Association and Visit San Antonio. Republic of Texas Restaurant owners Rick Grinnan, left, and ... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Aggieville riots |
Aggieville is a community of six square blocks in Manhattan, Kansas, consisting of bars, restaurants, and shops oriented around university culture. Its nightlife scene peaks surrounding Kansas State games. Before 1898, students at the Kansas State Agricultural College (now Kansas State University) had to purchase the... | Riot | null | null |
Mudslides along burn scars have caused dozens of road shutdowns | GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - The state is weathering flash floods, mudslides, and rock slides and it’s lead to a rash of road closures over the weekend. So far this year, mudslides along burn scars have caused dozens of road shutdowns, including most commonly along Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon, resulting in sever... | Mudslides | null | null |
Four rushed to hospital after horror crash on Great Eastern Highway in Cunderdin | The RAC rescue helicopter was flown to Cunderdin after a car crashed into a tree, injuring four people on Friday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the scene around 3.15pm, following reports of the crash on Great Eastern Highway near the Mussared Road intersection. St John Ambulance attended the crash site and rush... | Road Crash | null | null |
China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 crash | China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 (SZ4509) was a domestic flight in China from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Sichuan to Wenzhou Yongqiang Airport, Zhejiang. On February 24, 1999, the Tupolev Tu-154M operating the flight crashed while on approach to Wenzhou Airport, killing all 61 passengers and crew membe... | Air crash | null | null |
UN says droughts pushing 400,000 people toward starvation in Madagascar | The UN World Food Programme has said southern Madagascar is in the throes of back-to-back droughts that are pushing 400,000 people toward starvation and have already caused deaths from severe hunger. Lola Castro, WFP’s regional director in southern Africa, told a news conference on Friday that she witnessed “a very dra... | Famine | null | null |
Solar magnetic storm expected to light up polar regions of Earth on Diwali | In a cosmic coincidence, a solar flare that occurred on the Sun recently has launched a magnetic storm in space which is predicted to hit Earth on November 4, lighting up its atmosphere at polar regions in spectacular displays of aurora, just in time for Diwali. Solar scientists around the world — including at the Cent... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Newmains gas explosion: Enviraz fined £161k after incident that caused death of worker | Pawel Urbanski, 23, died in a blast which left his colleague Courtney Clinton, 26, fighting for his life in hospital.
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An asbestos removal firm has been fined £161,250 after admitting errors which led to a worker being killed in a h... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Global hunger crisis hit five year high in 2020 as 155 million people faced severe food insecurity, new U.N. report says | Global hunger crisis hit five year high in 2020 as 155 million people faced severe food insecurity, new U.N. report says By Pamela Falk May 5, 2021 / 8:08 PM / CBS News Group: World not on track for zero hunger goa... 09:27 An estimated 155 million people across the globe faced severe food insecurity and were in need o... | Famine | null | null |
1964 East Pakistan riots |
The 1950 East Pakistan riots (Bengali: পঞ্চাশের পূর্ব পাকিস্তান দাঙ্গা) took place between Hindus and Muslims in East Pakistan, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of Hindus being killed in pogroms. In August 1947, British India was partitioned into the Dominions of India and Pakistan on the basis of religion. Pa... | Riot | null | null |
1867 flood of Chattanooga | The 1867 flood of Chattanooga is the largest flood in the city's recorded history. The flood followed a period of heavy rain that affected most of the Tennessee Valley and lasted from March 7 to March 11, 1867. [1] At its highest point, the water of the Tennessee River crested 58 feet (18 metres) above its normal level... | Floods | null | null |
2013 Transaereo 5074 Britten-Norman Islander crash | On 4 January 2013, a Britten-Norman Islander light passenger aircraft operated by Transaereo 5074 crashed during a domestic flight from Los Roques Airport, on the Los Roques archipelago, to Caracas, Venezuela, killing all six people on board. [1] Among the victims was Italian fashion entrepreneur Vittorio Missoni. On 2... | Air crash | null | null |
1959 Transair Douglas Dakota accident crash | The Transair Douglas Dakota accident was an aircraft accident that occurred on 19 August 1959, when a Douglas Dakota operated by British airline Transair on a non-scheduled flight between Barcelona Airport in Spain to London-Gatwick Airport in the United Kingdom crashed in Spain. The aircraft, which was carrying 29 stu... | Air crash | null | null |
Athletics at the 1951 World Festival of Youth and Students | The 3rd World Festival of Youth and Students featured an athletics competition among its programme of events. The events were contested in East Berlin, East Germany in August 1951. Mainly contested among Eastern European athletes, it served as an alternative to the more Western European-oriented 1951 Summer Internation... | Sports Competition | null | null |
1968 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final | The tenth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1967–68 season. The competition was won by Leeds United over two legs in the final against Ferencváros. It was the first English victory in the competition, despite sides from the country having finished as defeated finalists on four previous occasions. English clubs... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Solar storm watch: Northern lights possible in New York | Solar storm watch: Northern lights possible in New York A Space Weather Prediction Center graphic. The Space Weather Prediction Center on Monday issued a geomagnetic storm watch that is in effect from Monday afternoon into Tuesday. The G2 storm — considered moderate by the agency — is due to the anticipated arrival ... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
A new book uses stories from tsunami survivors to decode deadly waves | A tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean in 2004 sent this deadly wave crashing ashore in Ao Nang, Thailand. Eyewitness accounts of the tsunami that rippled from this quake are featured in the new book Tsunami. David Rydevik/Wikimedia Commons By Sid Perkins June 17, 2021 at 7:00 am TsunamiJames G... | Tsunamis | null | null |
JPMorgan warns that a consumer credit crisis could derail India’s economic recovery | A major risk to India’s economic recovery is that millions of households and small businesses may potentially be cut off from the credit they need, according to JPMorgan’s chief emerging markets economist. The government, the central bank, and analysts are underestimating the level of permanent scarring that can take p... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Let Afghanistan live! | Contrary to the narrative of U.S. politicians and journalists, the August 2021 withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan did not mark the end of the United States’ so-called “forever war” but rather a shift in U.S. policy — from direct military intervention and occupation to one based on economic sanctions an... | Regime Change | null | null |
Calgary Fire of 1886 | The Calgary Fire of 1886 also known as the Great Calgary Fire of 1886, was a conflagration that burned in the Canadian city of Calgary on Sunday November 7, 1886. The fire began at the rear wall of the local flour and feed store, and spread through the community's wooden structures leading to the destruction of 18 buil... | Fire | null | null |
Humans Spared Worst of Volcanic Supereruption 74,000 Years Ago | (Inside Science) -- The largest volcanic eruption of the past 2 million years occurred roughly 74,000 years ago in what is now Indonesia. Called the Toba supereruption, its effects on the world -- and specifically, on human evolution -- have been hotly debated. Now scientists find that although the event likely caused ... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Moscow uprising of 1905 |
The Russian Revolution of 1905,[a] also known as the First Russian Revolution,[b] was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire, some of which was directed at the government. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies. It led to consti... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Obangame Express 2021: Morocco to Participate in Largest Military Exercise in West Africa | Rabat - This month, Morocco will take part in the 2021 Obangame Express military exercise, the largest multinational maritime event in Western Africa. The event, which will convene 32 participant countries, will take place from March 14-27 in the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean, the United States Africa Command ... | Military Exercise | null | null |
1919 Standard Oil Company fire |
On September 13, 1919, a fire and explosion occurred at the Standard Oil Company in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City. The Standard Oil Company Campus and former Astral Oil Works was spread out over 20 acres (0.081 km2). [2] A fire broke in Tank No. 36 on the Standard Oil Company Campus around 2:00 p.m., but befor... | Fire | null | null |
Police investigating “financial irregularities” at Scots club | Elgin Golf Club golf in the north east Golf In Scotland police scotland Amateur Golf grassroots golf Scottish news
A police investigation is underway at Elgin Golf Club following what the club has described as “unexplained losses”.
First reported by The Northern Scot last week, the club has since told bunkered.co.uk th... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Intermountain Healthcare | Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, health tech companies, payers and other industry players look to expand their businesses and gain a competitive edge. Here’s a roundup of new deals that were revealed, closed or called off during the month of August. Aspirus Health wrapped up its ... | Organization Merge | null | null |
University student governments urge lawmakers to prioritize financial aid funding | Student body presidents from five Oregon public universities Thursday sent a letter urging state lawmakers to reevaluate higher education spending priorities — away from construction projects and toward student financial aid. “[W]e have seen a recurring trend in funding initiatives and projects across state universitie... | Financial Aid | null | null |
MP: 2 dead, 3 injured as balloon gas cylinder explodes in Chhindwara | Two persons were killed and three others injured after a cylinder being used for filling gas in balloons exploded at a fair in Chhindwara city of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, police said.
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2 dead, 3 injured as balloon gas cylinder ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Calls for Australians to offer more support to disaster recovery in Lombok and Sulawesi |
An international aid group is urging Australians to do more to help Indonesia as it recovers from natural disasters on the islands of Sulawesi and Lombok.
The death toll on Sulawesi has risen to 1,550 people after a 7.5-magnitude earth quake triggered a tsunami last month.
More than 70,000 people have been evacuated a... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
San Diego County prepares for possibility of vaccine booster shots | SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — San Diego County reported 1,068 new COVID-19 infections and seven new deaths Friday, as one county official prepared for the possibility of vaccine booster shots. "The FDA and CDC approval of the Pfizer vaccine booster for certain groups of people is another step in our fight against COVID," ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Record-breaking Cristiano Ronaldo: Portugal striker says his team believed they could win until the end | Cristiano Ronaldo's two late headers secured a 2-1 win for Portugal against the Republic of Ireland in World Cup Qualifying; The double sees Ronaldo become the all-time leading goalscorer in men's international football with 111 goals; John Egan and Stephen Kenny also give their reaction
Thu... | Break historical records | null | null |
2015 Peruvian protests against Las Bambas mining project | Groups of people who do not belong to the communities of the area of direct influence and are even located in distant provinces and regions and do not evidence their intention to enter into a dialogue or have a clear platform of struggle are holding a protest since 25 September. The protests escalated on 29 September, ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
1934 Air France Wibault 282T crash | The 1934 Air France Wibault 282T crash occurred on 9 May 1934 when Wibault 282T-12 F-AMHY of Air France crashed into the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom while operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Le Bourget, Paris, France to Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom. All six people on bo... | Air crash | null | null |
Philippine Airlines Flight 137 crash | Philippine Airlines Flight 137 was a scheduled passenger flight from Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Bacolod City Domestic Airport. On March 22, 1998, flight 137 overshot the runway while landing at Bacolod City Domestic Airport. There were no fatalities among the aircraft's crew and passengers, but thre... | Air crash | null | null |
This Spanish Cheese Was Just Named 'World's Best' | Our planet has a new best cheese — at least according to the 33rd World Cheese Awards held as part of this week's ongoing International Cheese Festival taking place in Oviedo, Spain.
Olavidia, a soft goat's cheese from the Spanish producer Quesos y Besos (Cheeses and Kisses), topped the list of 4,079 entries from 45 co... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
Bethany man arrested on suspicion of poisoning neighbor’s dog | Updated: Aug. 05, 2021, 3:47 p.m. |
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A Washington County man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of poisoning his neighbor’s dog by throwing hamburger meat stuffed with rat poisoning over their shared fence, deputies say.
Erik Mighells, 57, is accused of fir... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Australia in first recession for nearly 30 years | Beirut, June 1, 2021 – Lebanon is enduring a severe and prolonged economic depression. According to the latest World Bank Lebanon Economic Monitor (LEM) released today, the economic and financial crisis is likely to rank in the top 10, possibly top 3, most severe crises episodes globally since the mid-nineteenth centu... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
1963 Nordic Athletics Championships | The 1963 Nordic Athletics Championships was the second edition of the international athletics competition between Nordic countries and was held in Gothenburg, Sweden. It consisted of 34 individual athletics events, 22 for men and 12 for women. This covered a track and field programme plus a men's marathon race. Finland... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Revolt of the Languedoc winegrowers | The Revolt of the Languedoc winegrowers was a mass movement in 1907 in Languedoc and the Pyrénées-Orientales of France that was repressed by the government of Georges Clemenceau. It was caused by a serious crisis in winemaking at the start of the 20th century. The movement was also called the "paupers revolt" of the Mi... | Strike | null | null |
2016 Kaliachak riots |
Riots broke out in Kaliachak, Malda district in West Bengal, India on 3 January 2016. [1][2][3] The Muslims were protesting the remark of political leaders Kamlesh Tiwari, But the protest turned into riots, when Muslim mob of more than 1 lakh people attacked the police and vandalised the police station of Kaliachak a... | Riot | null | null |
1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash | The 1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash was an accident that occurred on 16 March 1978, when a Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 airliner on an international flight from Sofia Airport to Warsaw Airport crashed. [1] All passengers and crew died in the crash. As of 2021, it remains the worst accident in Bul... | Air crash | null | null |
Larry Millete, accused of killing his wife Maya, denied bail at hearing | Prosecutors have argued emphatically against Larry getting released on bail. In a document titled “People’s Request to Deny Bail” filed Oct. 21, the district attorney’s office laid out its case for keeping Millete in custody. Sister of missing Chula Vista mom files for guardianship of 3 Millete children It contained ne... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
The Biggest Celebrity Couples Who Got Together in 2021 | Despite the isolating nature of 2020, it still brought the rise and fall of many celebrity couples. From the short-lived relationship between Zendaya and her Euphoria costar Jacob Elordi to Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez, who got together and engaged in less than a year, there was definitely a lot of romance to keep tr... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Locust invasion threatens underfunded Madagascar - ReliefWeb | Locust invasion threatens underfunded Madagascar
Jean-Babtiste Manjarisoa joined a volunteer brigade to fight locusts in south Madagascar © Andreea Campeanu/IRIN
SANHANGY-TSIALIH, 13 February 2013 (IRIN) - After years of underfunding its locust management programme, Madagascar is threatened by a major swarm that coul... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Lunar cubesats head to the launch pad | WASHINGTON — The first cubesats designed to study the moon are scheduled to launch late this year, with more in development in the next few years. NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) cubesat is scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter of this year on... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
1912 Lawrence textile strike |
The Lawrence Textile Strike, also known as the Bread and Roses Strike, was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Prompted by a two-hour pay cut corresponding to a new law shortening the workweek for women, the strike spread rapidly throug... | Strike | null | null |
Lariat Cafe explosion | The Lariat Cafe explosion was a natural gas explosion at a cafe in Monticello, Utah on 13 August 1956. The blast killed 16 people and injured another 30. The disaster took place at the Lariat Cafe in the town of Monticello, Utah. At the time, the town was undergoing a massive construction boom caused by the discovery o... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Hostages die in foiled Brazil bank robberies | At least five hostages, including a child, have died as armed police battled robbers who had tried to raid two banks in north-east Brazil. Six other people also died in the gun battle in the city of Milagres, reports say. It is not clear if they were robbers or police officers. The mayor of Milagres, in Ceara state, sa... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Aviastar Flight 7503 crash | Aviastar Flight 7503 was a regional flight from Masamba to Makassar, Indonesia. On 2 October 2015, the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft serving the route went missing with 10 on board near Palopo minutes after takeoff. There was no distress call from the plane. [1]
After an extensive search operation, thr... | Air crash | null | null |
Moimenta-Alcafache train crash | The Moimenta-Alcafache train crash (Portuguese pronunciation: [mojˈmẽ.tɐ ˌaɫ.kɐˈfa.ʃɨ]) occurred on 11 September 1985 in Mangualde, Portugal, in the Portuguese Linha da Beira Alta. It killed about 150 people,[1] making it the worst rail disaster in Portuguese history. [2]
The accident happened near the Moimenta-Alcaf... | Train collisions | null | null |
Icelandic volcanic eruption: a "wonder of nature" | FAGRADALSFJALL VOLCANO, Iceland (AP) — Pandemic or no pandemic, the world will never stand still. That’s perhaps no clearer than in Iceland, where a volcano has awoken from a slumber that has lasted 6,000 years, give or take a year or two. The glow from the bubbling hot lava spewing out of the Fagradalsfjall volcano ca... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Philadelphia general strike (1910) | The General Strike of 1910 was a labor strike by trolley workers of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company that grew to a citywide riot and general strike in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1][2]
On May 29, 1909 a committee of the local AFL affiliate Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of Ame... | Strike | null | null |
1959 Tibetan uprising | Tibetan and Khampa protesters and militants[1]
The 1959 Tibetan uprising or the 1959 Tibetan rebellion (Chinese: 1959年藏区骚乱) began on 10 March 1959, when a revolt erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, which had been under the effective control of the People's Republic of China since the Seventeen Point Agreement was... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
2 injured as another gas explosion rocks Abeokuta | The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the explosion occurred barely 24 hours after one person was killed and another injured in a gas explosion at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library on Thursday.
NAN reports that the Friday’s explosion occurred at the CSCC construction yard at Onikoko area of Abeokuta.
T... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Read more | Seven years after the Flint water crisis, which put the health and lives of 90,000 Michigan residents at risk, state officials have acknowledged large-scale lead contamination of Benton Harbor’s water supply.
In 2018, increased water testing in the city of 9,600 residents revealed lead contamination at approximately 22... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
America Today: Too Much Water, or Not Enough | The United States, like most of the planet, is becoming both drier and wetter in the era of climate change. These maps show the divide. We’re also covering deadly floods and how drought is affecting farmers in the West. By Aatish Bhatia and Nadja Popovich The United States, like most of the world, is becoming both drie... | Droughts | null | null |
Comair Flight 206 crash | On Tuesday 1 March 1988, an Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante operating scheduled passenger route MN206, or Comair Flight 206, from Phalaworba to Johannesburg for Comair[1] was approaching Johannesburg International Airport to land when it broke up in flight over Germiston. [2][3] Reports indicated an explosive device on ... | Air crash | null | null |
The provincial government in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA) is giving out assistance to help corn farmers who were affected by the Fall Army Worm (FAW) | BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, June 10 (PIA) - The provincial government in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA) is giving out assistance to help corn farmers who were affected by the Fall Army Worm (FAW). FAW is an invasive moth that prefers to eat maize specifically the hybrid and open-pollinated varieties ... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Of the 45 currently erupting volcanoes on Earth, La Soufrière is among those that worry volcanologists the most. | Of the 45 currently erupting volcanoes on Earth, La Soufrière is among those that worry volcanologists the most.PHOTO: REUTERS MUMBAI (BLOOMBERG) - Satellite data show an unseasonal surge in sulfur dioxide across North India after emissions from a volcanic eruption in the Caribbean reached the South Asian nation last ... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
2015 Shoreham Airshow crash | On 22 August 2015, a former military aircraft crashed on to a main road during an aerial display at the Shoreham Airshow at Shoreham Airport, England, killing 11 people and injuring 16 others. It was the deadliest air show accident in the United Kingdom since the 1952 Farnborough Airshow crash, which had killed 31 peop... | Air crash | null | null |
Images from Arlington Heights bank robbery released | The FBI released this surveillance image of a man who entered a TCF Bank branch in a Jewel/Osco store in Arlington Heights and demanded money from the teller. Courtesy of the FBI The FBI released this surveillance image of a man who entered a TCF Bank branch in a Jewel/Osco store in Arlington Heights and demanded mon... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Trump Officially Abandons Nuclear Treaty With Russia | The Trump regime announced their intention to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia a long time ago, but now it's official. Trump made the explicit decision to withdraw from the treaty and the Pentagon is preparing to test new weapons systems that were banned under it, but the Tru... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Utuado uprising | The Utuado uprising, also known as the Utuado revolt or El Grito de Utuado, refers to the revolt against the United States government in Puerto Rico which occurred on October 30, 1950 in various localities in Puerto Rico. On September 17, 1922, the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party was formed. José Coll y Cuchí, a former ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Solar Foundation and Interstate Renewable Energy Council to Merge | Emma is a staff writer at Greentech Media. She previously covered environmental policy, politics, and climate change at Grist and the New Republic. The two groups say the merger will spread resources further due to overlaps in their work. The nonprofit Solar Foundation will soon become part of the Interstate Renewable... | Organization Merge | null | null |
2007 South Africa miners' strike | The South Africa miners strike was a one-day strike by the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa over working conditions and safety in the country's mining industry. It was the first ever industry-wide miners' strike in South African history. On 27 November 2007, the National Union of Mineworkers announced that... | Strike | null | null |
Air Vanuatu Flight 241 crash | On 28 July 2018, Air Vanuatu Flight 241, operated by ATR-72 registration YJ-AV71 suffered an in-flight engine fire while operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Whitegrass Airport, Tanna to Bauerfield International Airport, Port Vila, Vanuatu. On landing at Port Vila, a runway excursion occurred. The aircr... | Air crash | null | null |
Bek Air Flight 2100 crash | Bek Air Flight 2100 was a domestic passenger flight from Almaty to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, operated by a Fokker 100 that crashed on 27 December 2019 while taking off from Almaty International Airport. [3][4] There were 98 people on board – 93 passengers and 5 crew. [1][5] Thirteen people died in the crash, and 66 were ... | Air crash | null | null |
Morgan County deputy recovering after suicidal man bit part of his ear off | A Morgan County deputy is recovering at home after part of his ear was bitten off Tuesday night. The Morgan County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a home in the Hulaco area after EMTs reported a suicidal man wasn't cooperating with them and was becoming aggressive. “We were there for our EMS partners who we... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
Chelford rail accident |
The Chelford rail accident occurred on 22 December 1894 at Chelford railway station. [1] The stationmaster was supervising shunting operations, during which a high-sided wagon was fly-shunted (i.e. run-off) into a siding in strong winds and rapidly fading light. As another six wagons were being run onto an adjoining ... | Train collisions | null | null |
A burst mining dam causes serious casualties | State Civil Defense Agency Spokesman Flavio Godinho told reporters he expected the death toll to continue rising Brazilian rescuers searched into the night on Sunday for hundreds of people missing after a burst mining dam triggered a deadly mudslide, as the death toll rose to 58 people and was expected to keep climbing... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
COVID-19 anti-lockdown protests in the United States |
Beginning in mid-April 2020, there were protests in several U.S. states against government-imposed lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [1][2] The protests, mostly organized by conservative groups and individuals,[3][4] decried the economic and social impact of stay-at-home orders, b... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
1917 Bali earthquake | The 1917 Bali earthquake occurred at 06:50 local time on 21 January (23:11 on 20 January UTC). It had an estimated magnitude of 6.6 on the surface wave magnitude scale and had a maximum perceived intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It caused widespread damage across Bali, particularly in the sout... | Earthquakes | null | null |
TPG readers select the top cruise lines of the year at the 2021 TPG Awards | This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. Terms apply to the offers listed on this page. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page.
Cruising is back after a 15-month hiatus due to the pandemic... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
Brazil Dam Collapse Death Toll Rises to 60; Nearly 300 Still Missing | / Updated:
Jan 28, 2019 / 09:29 AM PST
Rescuers and firefighters work in the search for victims, four days after the collapse of a dam at an iron-ore mine belonging to Brazil’s giant mining company Vale near the town of Brumadinho on Jan. 28, 2019. (Credit: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images)
This is an archived article a... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Russia fines Facebook, Twitter for not deleting banned content | MOSCOW, Sept 14 (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday said it had fined U.S. social media companies Facebook (FB.O) and Twitter (TWTR.N) for failing to delete content that Moscow deems illegal, part of a wider crackdown by Russia on the internet and Big Tech.
The Tagansky district court said Facebook had been handed f... | Organization Fine | null | null |
o | Hundreds of demonstrators have clashed with riot police in Latvia's capital, Riga, after an anti-government protest.
Police used mace and truncheons to disperse rioters who smashed shop windows and overturned a police van after failing to storm parliament.
The violence followed a peaceful rally in which some 10,000 peo... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Pub fined $5,000 for flouting coronavirus restrictions by serving drinks in front bar | 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 pub in South Australia'... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Japan's Self-Defense Forces hold 2 drills a week, with more partners | TOKYO -- The Japan Self-Defense Forces have averaged two joint drills weekly since January, reaching beyond longtime ally the U.S. to include fellow Quad members Australia and India as well as European nations. On the other hand, Tokyo has not conducted a drill with South Korea since 2018 as a chill has fallen on relat... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Task Force on Afghan Refugee Assistance to be established | Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 256, establishing the Task Force on Afghan Refugee Assistance to report directly to the Office of the Governor. The task force will be chaired by Adjutant General and Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMAVA) Brigadier Genera... | Organization Established | null | null |
Adele and Ex-Husband Simon Konecki Reach a Divorce Settlement |
Adele and her ex-husband, Simon Konecki, are settling their divorce, two years after their initial split. People reported that the former spouses filed a judgment packet with a Los Angeles court on Friday, but the document has yet to be signed by a judge, which would officially dissolve the marriage. Representatives... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
2015 Ethiopia uprising | The 2015 Ethiopian uprising was mass protests and riots as a wave of unprecedented protests that swept Ethiopia after the Addis Ababa Master Plan was announced on 12 November. [1]
After years of drought, conflict, wars and marginalisation among communities, the community of Oromo and Amhara came out onto the streets d... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
1960 Munich C-131 crash | On 17 December 1960, a Convair C-131D Samaritan operated by the United States Air Force on a flight from Munich to RAF Northolt crashed shortly after take-off from Munich-Riem Airport, due to fuel contamination. All 20 passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground were killed. [1][2]
On 17 December 1... | Air crash | null | null |
OLYMPIC RECORD: Aussie young gun storms home to win GOLD on debut | Australian young gun Kaylee McKeown has stormed home to win an emotional 100m backstroke gold in Olympic record time.
The 20-year-old Olympic debutant turned third and delivered in the last 50m to finish in a time of 57.47, edging Canada’s Kylie Masse by a quarter of a second.
WATCH THE INCREDIBLE RUN TO GOLD IN THE VI... | Break historical records | null | null |
19 Troubleshooter: Cleveland woman hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning as she waits for landlord to fix furnace that’s been broken for months | CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cleveland woman is at her wit’s end. She has no heat and says her landlord hasn’t fixed the furnace in more than a month.
She’s been using her stove to stay warm, and now she’s sick because of it.
Valerie Freeman was recently released from Cleveland Clinic’s Lutheran Hospital after being trea... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
1980 Azores Islands earthquake |
Striking the Autonomous Region of Azores on 1 January, the 1980 Azores Island earthquake killed 61 people and injured over 400, causing severe damage on the islands of Terceira and São Jorge. Measuring 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale, it also shook the islands of Pico and Faial, and resulted from a strike slip frac... | Earthquakes | null | null |
UNWFP warns 3 million more now ‘teetering on the brink of famine’ | 2 Views The UN World Food Program (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people affected by the end of famine in 43 countries, has risen to 45 million as extreme hunger rises around the world. This number rose from 42 million the previous year, and 27 million in 2019, the agency said, in a news release. The incre... | Famine | null | null |
Covid-19 infections in Malaysia | KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia recorded 15,669 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday (Sept 14), bringing the country's cumulative total case number past the two million mark at 2.011 million. It took the country more than a year to hit the one million mark on July 25, and the severity of the latest wave of infections is clear as... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Great Michigan Fire | The Great Michigan Fire was a series of simultaneous forest fires in the state of Michigan in the United States in 1871. [1] They were possibly caused (or at least reinforced) by the same winds that fanned the Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo Fire and the Port Huron Fire; some believe lightning or even meteor showers ... | Fire | null | null |
World Food Program Raises $1.8 Million Following David Muir’s Report on Madagascar’s Climate Change Famine | World News Tonight anchor David Muir was in Glasgow this week covering the U.N. Climate Change conference. The anchor made his way to Scotland not long after reporting from Southern Madagascar on how climate change is drastically affecting the lives of people in the country, especially young children. Muir’s report fro... | Famine | null | null |
1883 eruption of Krakatoa |
The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (Indonesian: Letusan Krakatau 1883) in the Sunda Strait began on 20 May 1883 and peaked on the late morning of Monday, 27 August 1883, when over 70% of the island of Krakatoa and its surrounding archipelago were destroyed as it collapsed into a caldera. The eruption was one of the deadli... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
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