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Stink bug swarms spotted in Smithfield | Local News - The ... | Stink bug swarms spotted in Smithfield
By Steve Kent staff writer
Aug 7, 2019
Stink bugs walk across the outside wall at the Smithfield Chevron on Wednesday morning.
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When Manager Cindy McFarland went to open up the Miller’s Travel Center Chevron in Smithfield on Wednesday morning, somethi... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Waldbaum's supermarket fire | The Waldbaum's Supermarket Fire was a major fire on 2 August 1978 in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York that killed six FDNY firefighters. The store at 2892 Ocean Avenue was undergoing extensive renovations, but was open for customers when the fire broke out. [1]
The 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) building gave the app... | Fire | null | null |
Two Arrested After 18 Die From Alcohol Poisoning In Russia | Russian authorities have arrested two people as part of an investigation into the fatal poisoning of 18 people who died after they drank bootleg alcohol in the city of Yekaterinburg during the past week.
The Russian Investigative Committee’s branch for the Sverdlovsk Region confirmed on October 16 that the criminal cas... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Famine in Cape Verde | The archipelago of Cape Verde has been struck by a series of drought-related famines between the 1580s and the 1950s. During these periods of drought and famine, tens of thousands of inhabitants died from starvation and diseases. The Cape Verde islands have a generally hot semi-arid climate, with substantial rainfall l... | Famine | null | null |
Today’s COVID-19 In Lebanon Report: September 24th, 2021 | Lebanon registered 602 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Friday, the Health Ministry revealed in its daily report on the outbreak. In the past 24 hours, 7 COVID-19 patients passed away, while 602 others recovered, raising the total number of virus-related deaths and recoveries in Lebanon to 8,260 and 585,669, respect... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Tufts and Harvard Pilgrim name new CEO | By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Globe Staff,Updated May 20, 2021, 11:47 a.m. The combined Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care have named a new CEO. Cain A. Hayes will become chief executive on July 5, about six months into the merger of Tufts and Harvard Pilgrim. He will replace Tom Croswell , who previously... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Wet Weather Returns to SoCal, Bringing Snow, Mudslides, Potential Flooding | LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A winter storm brought steady rain to the Southland overnight, making for a wet morning commute Wednesday, dropping snow in the mountains and causing a mudslide in Orange County that prompted evacuation orders. The National Weather Service warned that the storm, which is expected to continue into at... | Mudslides | null | null |
Fire of Apollo Masters Corporation | The fire of the Apollo Masters Corporation occurred on February 6, 2020 in Banning, California. Apollo Masters was the only U.S. based manufacturing plant for producing lacquer discs used in pressing vinyl records. The destruction of the plant caused a ripple effect throughout the vinyl record industry, as it left only... | Fire | null | null |
GBI Investigates Officer Involved Shooting in Henry County | Ellenwood, GA (December 10, 2021) – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an officer involved shooting investigation in Ellenwood, Henry County, GA. On Thursday, December 9, 2021, the Henry County Police Department asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to investigate the incident that occurred on Panola... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Latvia Becomes a Full Associate Member State of CERN | Latvia has become a full Associate Member State of CERN, following a ceremony at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) headquarters in Geneva on 2 August. The membership will provide Latvian scientists with extensive opportunities to work in one of the world’s most powerful science centres, and Latvian ... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
Olympics: South African Tatjana Schoenmaker Just Misses World Record in Prelims of 200 Breaststroke | Coming off a silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke earlier in the Olympic Games in Tokyo , Schoenmaker just missed the world record in the 200 breaststroke, going an Olympic record of 2:19.16 for the second-fastest time in history. Despite having two rounds to go, Schoenmaker decided to make a statement in the pre... | Break historical records | null | null |
1996 Stafford rail crash |
On 8 March 1996, a Transrail freight train travelling from Mossend, North Lanarkshire, to Willesden, North London, derailed after an axle on a wagon carrying liquid carbon dioxide failed due to fatigue at Rickerscote 1.4 miles (2.2 km) south of Stafford. [2] Almost immediately after the derailment, a Travelling Post ... | Train collisions | null | null |
Artificial Intelligence Innovations: Potential Global Health Benefits | DECATUR, Georgia — While the new realm of artificial intelligence (AI) has seemingly been restricted to higher-income states, there has been more research and development of AI that presents potential health benefits for low and middle-income countries. Artificial intelligence innovations that help prevent outbreaks of... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
1965 Valparaíso earthquake and El Cobre dam failure | The Valparaíso earthquake (also known as the La Ligua earthquake) of 1965 struck near the city of La Ligua in the Valparaíso Region, Chile, about 140 km from the capital Santiago on Sunday, March 28 at 12:33 p.m. (UTC−03:00). The moment magnitude (Mw ) 7.4–7.6 temblor killed an approximate 500 people and caused damages... | Earthquakes | null | null |
2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships | The 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 13 to 17 December 2017. [1] The meet was held in the Royal Arena, which was finished in early 2017. [2] It was the first major sports event in this arena, which has a capacity of circa 12,500. [3]
It was the second time that D... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Aeroflot Flight 6709 crash | Aeroflot Flight 6709 was a Tupolev Tu-154B on a domestic route from Baku to Leningrad on 19 May 1978. While cruising, fuel starvation affected the flow of fuel to the aircraft's three Kuznetsov NK-8 engines, causing the engines to stop. [1][2] This issue was possibly as a result of poor aircraft design. [3]
Aeroflot F... | Air crash | null | null |
Transcript of Biden’s Speech After Kabul Airport Attack | The president mourned the U.S. service members and others killed and addressed those responsible: “We will hunt you down and make you pay.”
The following is a transcript of President Biden’s remarks on Thursday about an attack at the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport that killed scores of people, including at least 12 U.S. s... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
Italy's Mount Etna volcano erupts with dawn explosions of lava and ash clouds | Mount Etna erupted with strong explosions at dawn this morning, 9 August, shaking the walls and floors of nearby buildings in the Catania province of northeast Sicily. However despite the strength of the blasts, which began at 04.00, there was "nothing abnormal" about the activity, according to Boris Behncke of Italy’s... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Olympics-Athletics-Warholm world record astonishes, more long jump drama | TOKYO (Reuters) – Norwegian Karsten Warholm rocked the world of athletics on Tuesday, shattering his own world record to win the men’s 400 metre hurdles, as Germany’s Malaika Mihambo produced more last-leap drama to triumph in a superb women’s long jump.
A month after he broke Kevin Young’s 29-year world mark with a ti... | Break historical records | null | null |
3 policy proposals to bolster the post-lockdown economy | By Betsy Vereckey Jun 3, 2020 MIT Sloan economists say the government’s efforts during COVID-19 are a good start but not enough to restart the economy. Here are their recommended next steps. As experts strive to predict how COVID-19 will conti... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Indonesia’s open unemployment rate has surged to its highest level since 2011, with the pandemic causing some 2.67 million people to lose their jobs | Indonesia’s open unemployment rate has surged to its highest level since 2011, with the pandemic causing some 2.67 million people to lose their jobs, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced on Thursday. The country’s unemployment rate rose to 7.07 percent in August, a 1.84 percentage point increase from 5.23 p... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Indian Airlines Flight 491 crash | (ii) Crash of Indian Airlines Boeing 737 Aircraft near Aurangabad
Airport on 26.4.1993
THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION AND TOURISM (SHRI GHULAM NABI
AZAD): The House is aware of the tragic accident to Indian Airlines
flight IC-491 on 26th April, 1993 at Aurangabad
The aircraft, with 112 passeng... | Air crash | null | null |
The World Isn’t Ready for the Next Outbreak | The COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest global health crisis in at least a generation, and international organizations have responded accordingly. By building on measures initially developed to counter the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the global community’s response has easily been the most multilateral public hea... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Storms Unleash Mudslides in Italy's Lake Como | Mudslides struck the picturesque vacation area of Lake Como, Italy, Tuesday after storms wrecked havoc nearby. Firefighters conducted more than 60 rescues but no deaths or injuries were reported, according to the Associated Press. The town of Brienno on the lake's western shore was hit the hardest. There, 50 residents... | Mudslides | null | null |
Latest news of Covid-19 cases | KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 5): Malaysia’s daily number of newly-confirmed Covid-19 cases rose to 20,396 today from 19,057 yesterday, as fresh infections rose in states including Selangor and Sarawak. The country’s cumulative number of pandemic-linked deaths topped 18,000 today, after the nation reported 336 fatalities versus 3... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Group Established to Connect, Inspire and Empower UCI Women in Technology | To connect, inspire, and empower women working, researching, and teaching in technology-related fields across campus, the University of California, Irvine has established a new diversity affinity group, Women in Technology at UCI (WiT UCI). Through strategic partnerships, career development, educational events, and net... | Organization Established | null | null |
U.S. military teams with troops in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal for exercise | June 8 (UPI) -- The African Lion 21 exercise has begun with 7,800 troops in Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal from nine nations and NATO, U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday. The exercise, meant to prepare U.S. and partner nation forces, kicked off Monday in the three African countries, according to a statement from the comman... | Military Exercise | null | null |
2002 IIHF World Championship | The 2002 IIHF World Championship was held between April 26 and May 11, 2002 in Gothenburg, Karlstad and Jönköping, Sweden. It was the 66th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament took place between October 15 and October 17, 2001 in Harbi... | Sports Competition | null | null |
70-Year-Old Man Diagnosed With Breast Cancer At Delhi Hospital | Increasing instances of male breast cancer are shattering the myth that the disease is restricted only to women.
Updated: October 29, 2021 1:03 am IST
A major factor in delayed diagnosis of cancer is owing to a lack of awareness. (Representational)
New Delhi:
A private hospital in the national capital recently diagnose... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
1997 IIHF European U18 Championship | The 1997 IIHF European U18 Championship was the thirtieth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships. Played April 12 to the 20th, in Znojmo and Trebic, Czech Republic. Switzerland shocked everyone by opening the tournament with wins over the Czechs and the Russians. Although they tired by the end of the tournam... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Tokyo Olympics Athletics LIVE: India’s Men’s 4x400m relay team breaks Asian Record but fails to enter Finals | India’s Gurpreet Singh has dropped out of the race after competing for around 35Km as he was cramping due to the gruelling heat and humidity.
At halfway point of 25km, he was in the 49th position with the time of 2:01:54 #Tokyo2020 #Olympics
Indian Athletes in Action on Friday
Gurpreet Singh will be India’s sole compet... | Break historical records | null | null |
Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 crash | Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 was an international charter flight from London, England to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with refueling stops in Reykjavík, Iceland, and Goose Bay, Newfoundland. On 11 August 1957, the aircraft operating this flight, a Douglas DC-4, crashed in bad weather 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) west of... | Air crash | null | null |
1989 African Championships in Athletics |
The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), the continental association for the sport in Africa. Since its inaugural edition in 1979 it was at first organised intermittently with nine editions held in fourteen years until 1993. Fol... | Sports Competition | null | null |
‘Destructive U.S.’: Russia Reacts to INF Treaty Withdrawal | The United States formally withdrew from a landmark nuclear missile pact with Russia on Friday after determining that Moscow was in violation of the treaty, a claim the Kremlin has repeatedly denied. U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. would terminate adherence to the 1987 arms control accord, known as the Inter... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Faucett Flight 251 crash | AREQUIPA, Peru (AP) _ Sobbing relatives watched from a hillside today as firefighters pulled charred bodies from a Peruvian jetliner that crashed into the Andes Mountains, killing all 123 aboard including two Americans. The Boeing 737 crashed Thursday night into a hillside five miles from its destination. As word sprea... | Air crash | null | null |
2010s Haiti cholera outbreak |
Cases:819,790 (Haiti)33,342 (DR)678 (Cuba)190 (Mexico)
Cases recorded in:
The 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak is the first modern large-scale outbreak of choleraa disease once considered beaten back largely due to the invention of modern sanitation. The disease was reintroduced to Haiti in October 2010, not long after... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Passers-by pounce on bank robber | Members of the public chased and tackled a would-be bank robber as he made his escape after a hold-up at a bank in western Sydney today. Police say a man entered the Commonwealth Bank branch at Plumpton Marketplace on Jersey Road at around 11:00am and threatened staff before taking a female staff member hostage. The ma... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
NAVCENT Creates Task Force for AI, Unmanned Tech Integration; Michael Brasseur Quoted | Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) has launched a new task force to accelerate the implementation of artificial intelligence and unmanned platforms across the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet. Task Force 59 will integrate these technologies in alignment with the unique climate, geography and strategic characteristics present... | Organization Established | null | null |
1976 UK sterling crisis |
The 1976 UK Sterling Crisis was a balance of payments or currency crisis in the United Kingdom in 1976 which forced James Callaghan's Labour government to borrow $3.9 billion ($17.7 billion in 2020)[1] from the International Monetary Fund (IMF),[2] at the time the largest loan ever to have been requested from the IMF.... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Thai Airways International Flight 261 crash | Thai Airways International Flight 261 (TG261/THA261) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, Thailand to Surat Thani International Airport in Surat Thani, Thailand. The flight was operated by Thai Airways International, the flag carrier of Thailand. On 11 December 1998... | Air crash | null | null |
Homestead Strike |
The Homestead strike, also known as the Homestead steel strike, Homestead massacre, or Battle of Homestead was an industrial lockout and strike which began on July 1, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892. [8] The battle was a pivotal event in U.S. labor history. T... | Strike | null | null |
BSAA Star Ariel disappearance crash | Star Ariel (registration G-AGRE) was an Avro Tudor Mark IVB passenger aircraft owned and operated by British South American Airways (BSAA) which disappeared without a trace over the Atlantic Ocean while on a flight between Bermuda and Kingston, Jamaica on 17 January 1949. The loss of the aircraft along with that of BSA... | Air crash | null | null |
Knowing the worstIt is becoming easier, cheaper and quicker to diagnose dementia | OF THE ESTIMATED 55m people living with dementia around the world, only one-quarter have been formally diagnosed with the condition. There are many reasons for this. Two are enduring: many patients and clinicians alike wrongly believe that dementia is an inevitable part of the ageing-human condition and, being incurabl... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
2016 Men's Pan-Am Junior Championship | The 2016 Men's Junior Pan-Am Championship was the 11th edition of the Men's Pan American Junior Championship. It was held from 20 to 28 May 2016 in Toronto, Canada. [1]
The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup, held in Lucknow, India in December 2016. [2]
Argentina won the tourn... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 crash | Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 (SLI2431/5D2431) was a Mexican domestic scheduled passenger flight bound for Mexico City that crashed on takeoff from Durango International Airport on July 31, 2018. Shortly after becoming airborne, the plane encountered sudden wind shear caused by a microburst. The plane rapidly lost spe... | Air crash | null | null |
Great Atlanta fire of 1917 |
The Great Atlanta Fire of 1917 began just after noon on 21 May 1917 in the Old Fourth Ward of Atlanta, Georgia. [1] It is unclear just how the fire started, but it was fueled by hot temperatures and strong winds which propelled the fire. [1] The fire, which burned for nearly 10 hours, destroyed 300 acres (120 ha) and... | Fire | null | null |
The 40 Biggest Celebrity Breakups of the Decade | Every product on this page was chosen by a Harper's BAZAAR editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. My heart hurts! There's nothing we love more than love. However, not all relationships work out, which is especially hard for celebrities who live their lives in the public eye. This decad... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Gas supplier to compensate for 2015 El Pecos Maraval blast | A HIGH COURT judge has found North Plant LPG Co-operative Society Ltd, the supplier of liquid gas to the El Pecos restaurant in Maraval in 2015, to have been negligent and liable for damage to the property which housed the restaurant.
Justice Avason Quinlan-Williams delivered an oral decision in August. On Monday, she ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
US Announces Withdrawal From UNESCO Citing ‘Anti-Israel Bias’ | The US State Department has confirmed this afternoon that it will be withdrawing from UNESCO as of December and will establish an observer mission at the Paris-based organization to replace its representation. “This decision was not taken lightly, and reflects US concerns with mounting arrears at UNESCO, the need for f... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
In Kenya, British soldiers train in massive war games | The size and scale of the British war games in Kenya is unusual: only Suffield in Canada and England’s Salisbury Plain allow something similar Lolldaiga Hills (Kenya): High on Kenya’s Laikipia plateau hundreds of British soldiers spent a recent half-moon night fording a river, marching across wadis and over escarpments... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Solar storms are back, threatening life on Earth as we know it | Solar storms are back, threatening life on Earth as we know it While invisible and harmless to anyone on the Earth’s surface, the geomagnetic waves unleashed by solar storms can cripple power grids, jam radio communications, bathe airline crews in dangerous levels of radiation and knock critical satellites off kilter... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Spending less on food. Drawing down on retirement savings. Dropping out of the workforce altogether. | WASHINGTON (AFP) - Spending less on food. Drawing down on retirement savings. Dropping out of the workforce altogether. Last year, the United States massively expanded unemployment aid as Covid-19 broke out. But in the coming days, those benefits will end, forcing millions of jobless Americans - some of whom have not w... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Pests threaten West Darfur crops: farmers - Sudan | ReliefWeb | View original
Farmers in Sirba locality have complained about the spread of pests on their lands for more than ten days. The pests threaten the agricultural crop season.
The coordinator for the camps in Sirba told Radio Dabanga that the farmers of rural villages reported the spread of insects, that cause crops to dry o... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Longest-lasting celebrity marriages | Almost every day, we hear of a new celebrity marriage falling apart. However, there are some that defy the odds. Celebrities are notorious for not having long-lasting marriages/relationships. Many of these types of marriages only last a few months . Some last a few hours! Almost every day, we hear of a new celebrity m... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Aeroflot Flight 964 crash | Aeroflot Flight 964 was a flight operated by Aeroflot from Kutaisi Airport, Georgia to Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russian SFSR. On 13 October 1973 the Tupolev Tu-104 operating on the route crashed during its approach to Moscow, killing all 122 passengers and crew on board. It remains the deadliest accident involving a... | Air crash | null | null |
Hull Paragon rail accident |
The Hull Paragon Rail accident was a rail crash that took place at Hull Paragon railway station. On 14 February 1927, on the approaches to Hull Paragon station, the incoming 08:22 from Withernsea to Hull collided head-on with the 09:05 from Hull to Scarborough. Twelve passengers were killed and 24 were seriously inju... | Train collisions | null | null |
McKee refinery fire | The McKee refinery fire on Sunday, 29 July 1956 was a severe fire-related mass casualty event, killing 19 firefighters. [1][2] The fire is considered to have the fourth (the September 11 attacks being first) most casualties of fire fighters in the United States for a single fire event. [1] Their names are engraved at t... | Fire | null | null |
Rice University Receives $100 Million Gift From Moody Foundation | McNair Hall at Rice University. The Moody Foundation has given Rice $100 million for a new student ... [+] center and a student support endowment. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma) Rice University announced on Wednesday that it had received a $100 million gift from the Moody Foundation. The gift ties the record for the large... | Financial Aid | null | null |
Indian Troops To Participate In Military Excercise In Russia With China, Pakistan: Report | India is sending a tri-services contingent of around 200 personnel to Southern Russia in September for participating in a multi-lateral Kavkaz-2020 exercise, Indian Army sources said. Along with several other countries, troops of China and Pakistan are also likely to participate in the event, sources said. The Indian c... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Stellantis finalizes its engineering leadership as FCA and PSA brands merge technologies | Stellantis has chosen the top executives in its engineering organization as the new group seeks to accelerate electrification and integrate Fiat Chrysler Automobiles's product lines with PSA Group's platforms and technologies. Stellantis was formed in January by the merger of FCA and PSA, bringing under one roof brands... | Organization Merge | null | null |
2004 Nabire earthquake | The 2004 Nabire earthquake occurred on November 26 in Papua, Indonesia. The strike-slip event had a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Total deaths for the event amounted to 32, and the total number of injured (as reported by various agencies) was 130–213. Dozens of buildings col... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Hindenburg disaster crash | The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst. The accident caused 35 fatalities... | Air crash | null | null |
2013 North India floods |
In June 2013, a mid-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttrakhand caused devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. The rainfall received that month was far greater than the rainfall the state usually received. Debris blocked the rivers... | Floods | null | null |
Sydney news: University of Sydney protesters cop $21,000 in fines as riot squad deployed | 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
Here's what you need to k... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Paleontologist Ji Qiang has made global headlines with claims he’s discovered a new species of early human named “Homo longi.” | Paleontologist Ji Qiang has made global headlines with claims he’s discovered a new species of early human named “Homo longi.” The 70-year-old tells Sixth Tone how the find really came about — and why critics misunderstand his work. Ji Qiang begins our interview with a revelation: The story circulating the world about ... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
1968 Tokachi earthquake | The 1968 Tokachi earthquake (1968年十勝沖地震 Sen-kyūhyaku-rokujūhachi-nen Tokachi-oki Jishin) occurred on May 16 at 0:49 UTC (09:49 local time) in the area offshore Aomori and Hokkaido. The magnitude of this earthquake was put at Mw 8.3. [2] The intensity of the earthquake reached shindo 5 in Aomori, Aomori and Hakodate, Ho... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 crash | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Sofia to Moscow that crashed on its final approach to the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow on March 3, 1973. All 25 passengers and crew on board were killed in the crash. The aircraft involved was an Ilyushin Il-18V, registration LZ-... | Air crash | null | null |
Biggest Navy Exercise in a Generation Will Include 25,000 Personnel Across 17 Time Zones | Tens of thousands of sailors and Marines will participate in the biggest U.S. naval exercise in a generation to test how the services will fight across vast distances as they prepare for possible conflict with China or Russia. Aircraft carriers, submarines, planes, unmanned vessels, and about 25,000 personnel will part... | Military Exercise | null | null |
1992 Rugby League World Cup Final | The 1992 Rugby League World Cup final was the conclusive game of the 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup tournament and was played between Great Britain and Australia on 24 October 1992 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Australia won the final by 10 points to 6 in front of an international record crowd of 73,631. Aus... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Canary Islands volcano roars to life for first time in 50 years | The outburst is the latest in a string of fissure-style eruptions dating back centuries on the Spanish island of La Palma. Experts say it could last for weeks. The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma has occasionally twitched, convulsed, and rumbled, but no lava has emerged since 1971. That changed t... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
1983 Overseas Final | The 1983 Overseas Final was the third running of the Overseas Final as part of the qualification for the 1983 Speedway World Championship Final to be held in West Germany. The 1983 Final was run at the Belle Vue Stadium in Manchester, England, and was the second last qualifying round for Commonwealth and American rider... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Pope Benedict XVI left Rome on March 23, to begin the 23rd foreign trip of his pontificate | Pope Benedict XVI left Rome on March 23, to begin the 23rd foreign trip of his pontificate, his 2nd visit as Pope to Latin America. He will be in Mexico from March 23 to 26, then travel to Cuba, returning to Rome on March 29. As he boarded his morning flight from Fiumicino airport, the Holy Father appeared in public u... | Diplomatic Visit | null | null |
Two found dead with carbon monoxide poisoning in Vershire | Thank you for your interest in and support of the Valley News. So far, we have raised 80% of the funds required to host journalists Claire Potter and Alex Driehaus for their one-year placements in the Upper Valley through Report for America, a national service program that boosts local news by harnessing community supp... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
WHO announces new expert group to investigate origins of covid-19 and other outbreaks | Fri, November 19, 2021 The group, which includes scientists from the United States and China as well as 24 other nations, and will be formalized after a brief period of public consultation, is set to consider not only the big, unresolved question of the novel coronavirus virus - how did it first infect humans? - but al... | Organization Established | null | null |
1972 Buffalo Creek flood | The Buffalo Creek flood was a disaster that occurred on February 26, 1972, when a coal slurry impoundment dam managed by the Pittston Coal Company and located on a hillside in Logan County, West Virginia, burst, four days after having been declared "satisfactory" by a federal mine inspector. [1]
The resulting flood un... | Floods | null | null |
An airstrike launched by the Houthi faction in Yemen on Thursday killed at least 40 people, including a senior Yemeni military commander, at a parade in the city of Aden, officials said. | AL MUKALLA, Yemen An airstrike launched by the Houthi faction in Yemen on Thursday killed at least 40 people, including a senior Yemeni military commander, at a parade in the city of Aden, officials said.
In a separate attack in the city, a suicide bomber drove a truck full of explosives into a police station, killing... | Armed Conflict | null | null |
Mussels in Port Pirie waters return 90 times the permissible amount of lead |
Sample tests on aquatic species taken from waters next to South Australian regional city Port Pirie, and its controversial lead smelter has revealed unacceptable levels of metal contamination, particularly lead, in the varied species.
Minister for Primary Industries David Basham said he was unsure whether Port Pirie f... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Two die in Ogun hotel gas explosion | The hotel management said the explosion occurred as a result of a fake gas cylinder used while servicing a revolving door at the hotel
May 18, 2021
1 min read
A technician and a yet-to-be-identified person have been confirmed dead as gas explosion rocked Conference Hotel in Abeokuta on Tuesday.
The hotel, located at th... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Panic of 1901 | The Panic of 1901 was the first stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange, caused in part by struggles between E. H. Harriman, Jacob Schiff, and J. P. Morgan/James J. Hill for the financial control of the Northern Pacific Railway. The stock cornering was orchestrated by James Stillman and William Rockefeller's ... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Hope turns to anguish after Brazil dam collapse; 40 dead | Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. A car lies covered in debris after a dam collapse near Brumadinho, Brazil, Sat... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Covid-19: South Africa records 2,783 new cases and 155 deaths | The Health Department says it has recorded 2,783 infections in the last 24 hours pushing the country's known caseload to 2,892,081. Gauteng province has recorded 303 new cases in the last reporting cycle. 155 more people have died after contracting the coronavirus bringing the national death toll to 86,655 since the b... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Middleton was killed when the Stirling, BF372 OJ-H, crashed into the English Channel | Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath (IATA: LKZ, ICAO: EGUL) is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, UK, 4.7 miles (7.6 km) north-east of Mildenhall and 8.3 miles (13.4 km) west of Thetford. The base also sits close to Brandon. Despite being an RAF station, Lakenheath cu... | Air crash | null | null |
Bank robbers may be caught red-handed | The men pinned a cleaner to the ground when they broke into the Bendigo Bank branch at Virginia on Adelaide's northern outskirts on Tuesday night. They say the cleaner had been washing windows at the branch in Old Port Wakefield Road about 10:30pm (ACDT) when the men approached him. After their attack they fled with a ... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
1966 Varto earthquake | The 1966 Varto earthquake occurred on 19 August with a moment magnitude of 6.8 a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 2,394 were killed and up to 1,500 people were injured in the town of Varto in the Muş Province of eastern Turkey. The earthquake devastated all the structures in Varto. [3][4] This disas... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Group of Miners Trapped Inside 'Rat Hole' Coal Mine for Fifth Day | Search and rescue efforts continue for a group of miners trapped for five days in a coal mine in the Indian state of Meghalaya. Eyewitnesses said the illegal coal mine was quickly flooded after a sudden dynamite explosion in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills District on May 30, NDTV reports. The heavy rainfall has hindere... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Aukus: UK, US and Australia launch pact to counter China | The UK, US and Australia have announced a historic security pact in the Asia-Pacific, in what's seen as an effort to counter China.
It will let Australia build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time, using technology provided by the US.
The Aukus pact, which will also cover AI and other technologies, is one of t... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
The Biden Administration Needs to Act Fast to Reset Relations with France | Major White House national security announcements rarely (if ever?) mimic plot lines from romantic comedies. But the announcement of a new security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (shortened to “AUKUS”) that will, among other things, equip Australia with advanced nuclear-powered... | Diplomatic Visit | null | null |
Discoveries at Stonehenge highlight controversial new tunnel's threat to heritage | The new tunnel will remove any vehicles from the view of visitors to Stonehenge © Lison Zhao Archaeologists excavating at Stonehenge have uncovered prehistoric human remains and ancient artefacts during a recent investigation at the iconic site. The findings have added fuel to the controversy surrounding a new tunnel n... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Greenfield woman dies in a car crash near Soledad | KING CITY, Calif. (KION) UPDATE 8:31 p.m. Sept 23, 2021 -- A Toyota Tundra was driving northbound on the 101 Highway near Arroyo Seco Road going at the state speed limit of 70-75 miles per hour. Both the driver and passenger were Greenfield residents. According to California Highway Patrol, the driver made an unsafe tu... | Road Crash | null | null |
2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake |
The 2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake occurred at 14:19:56 local time on 5 December with a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The shock occurred along the East African Rift, an active continental rift zone in East Africa that is characterized by normal faulting, and initiated at a ... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Haughey Air AgustaWestland AW139 crash | On 13 March 2014, an AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter of Haughey Air crashed shortly after taking off at night in fog from Gillingham, Norfolk, United Kingdom, killing all four people on board. Among the victims was Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond. The subsequent investigation concluded that the flight crew may have b... | Air crash | null | null |
Glasgow International Tournament | The Glasgow International Tournament was an invitational football tournament held at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The only edition took place between 1 and 2 August 1987. It was contested by four teams from different countries, including the host nation Scotland. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Internacional beat Rangers 5–4 on pe... | Sports Competition | null | null |
1833 Sumatra earthquake | The 1861 Sumatra earthquake occurred on February 16 and was the last in a sequences of earthquakes that ruptured adjacent parts of the Sumatran segment of the Sunda megathrust. It caused a devastating tsunami which led to several thousand fatalities. The earthquake was felt as far away as the Malay peninsula and the ea... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Swissair Flight 316 crash | On 7 October 1979, a Swissair DC-8 crashed while attempting to land at Athens-Ellinikon International Airport. Of the 154 passengers and crew on board, 14 were killed in the accident. Swissair Flight 316 was an international scheduled passenger service from Zurich, Switzerland to Peking, China (now Beijing) via Geneva,... | Air crash | null | null |
Lion Air Flight 904 crash | Lion Air Flight 904 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia. On April 13, 2013, the Boeing 737-800 operating the flight crashed into water short of the runway while on final approach to land. All 101 passe... | Air crash | null | null |
Nigeria faces one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years | LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria is seeing one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years, with more than 2,300 people dying from suspected cases as Africa’s most populous country struggles to deal with multiple disease outbreaks. This year’s cholera outbreak, with a higher case fatality rate than the previous four years, is... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
2013 Bulgarian protests against the first Borisov cabinet | The 2013 Bulgarian protests against the first Borisov cabinet were civil demonstrations against high electricity and hot water bills resulting from monopolism in the sphere that began in Blagoevgrad on 28 January 2013, and subsequently spread to over 30 cities in Bulgaria that ended with the resignation of the Boyko Bo... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
October 2000 riots | Lists
The October 2000 riots, also known as October 2000 events, were a series of protests in Arab cities and towns in northern Israel in October 2000 that turned violent, escalating into rioting by Israeli Arabs throughout Israel, which led to counter-rioting by Israeli Jews and clashes with the Israel Police. During... | Riot | null | null |
Covid-19: Infectious disease expert warns 'we'll all catch Covid-19 eventually' | “Sooner or later we are all going to get this thing. Whether it's today, tomorrow, next year or a few years, we're not sure, but it's definitely coming.” In that case is an elimination strategy the right thing to do? St Jude Children's Research Hosp Virologist Dr Richard Webby, faculty member of the department of infec... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
2017 Northwest Iran floods | The 2017 Northwest Iran floods were flash floods caused by heavy rains in northwest Iran on April 14, 2017. [1] Flooding was observed in East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Kordestan, and Zanjan Provinces. The flood claimed the lives of more than 40 people, and it was deadliest in East Azerbaijan province, where it left ... | Floods | null | null |
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