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2021 Haitian protests |
2021 phase
Protests began in cities throughout Haiti on 7 July 2018 in response to increased fuel prices. Over time, these protests evolved into demands for the resignation of Jovenel Moïse, the president of Haiti. Led by opposition politician Jean-Charles Moïse (no relation), protesters state that their goal is to ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Nationwide outbreak of Salmonella infections | At least a dozen students at Georgetown University have reported being sick with symptoms that resemble foodborne illness and an official says they may be part of a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella infections. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Ranit Mishori says the school is working to determine the cause of the illnes... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final |
The 1998–99 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup club tournament was the last season of the competition before it was abolished. Lazio won the final against Mallorca to earn their only title in the competition. Chelsea were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Mallorca. TH Title Holders
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2016 Sri Lankan floods | Beginning on 14 May 2016, a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal caused torrential rain to fall across Sri Lanka, causing floods and landslides which affected half a million people. [2][3][4] As of 25 May 2016 the death toll was 101 with 100 missing. [1][5][6]
On 14 May 2016 the Meteorology Department issued a sev... | Floods | null | null |
Seven Eastern European countries join NATO | Seven Eastern European countries join NATO
Tue, Mar 30, 2004, 01:00
Conor O'Clery
NATO fighters from Belgium yesterday began patrolling the airspace of former Soviet republics for the first time yesterday, shortly after USPresident Bush marked the accession of seven Eastern European countries into the North Atlanti... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
Summit Fire (2008) | The Summit Fire was a wildfire that started on May 22, 2008 in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near Corralitos, California, United States. The fire was fully contained on May 27, 2008. [2] No injuries or fatalities occurred, with the exception of twelve firefighters who received minor sprains, cuts and strains. The fire prom... | Fire | null | null |
2019 Yamagata earthquake | An earthquake measuring 6.4 Mw struck primarily the Hokuriku region centered on Tsuruoka, Yamagata in Japan, on 18 June 2019 at 10:22 p.m. JST (13:22 UTC). A tsunami warning was also issued. The event has been officially called the Yamagata-ken Oki jishin (山形県沖地震, "Yamagata Offshore Earthquake"). [1]
The northwestern... | Earthquakes | null | null |
2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | The 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships took place on March 29, 2014. The races were held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The essentially flat one-loop course was beginning and ending in the city centre by Christiansborg Castle. [1] Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both for the ... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Andrew Yang Promised to Create 100,000 Jobs. He Ended Up With 150. | Mr. Yang is running for mayor of New York City as a bold thinker and entrepreneur. But his results have been uneven. By Brian M. Rosenthal and Katie Glueck The idea was as simple as it was ambitious: help struggling American cities by recruiting promising college graduates, finding them jobs at start-ups in those citie... | Organization Established | null | null |
Coatzacoalcos nightclub fire | Events:
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On the evening of August 27, 2019, a fire started in a nightclub in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. [1] The fire killed 31 people. It was started by what are believed to be members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, who blocked its exits. [1]
It is believed that unidentified members of the Jalisc... | Fire | null | null |
Ara Mina is now married to Dave Almarinez | Kapuso chef Jose Sarasola was one of Dave's groomsmen while actress Barbie Imperial is one of Ara's bridesmaids. She attended the wedding with boyfriend Diego Loyzaga. Ara's sisters, Cristine Reyes and Heidi Gatmaytan, and friend Jan Marini served as matrons of honor. Also present in the star-studded wedding were Suns... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
UN calls for more funding to keep Madagascar locust plague ... | UN calls for more funding to keep Madagascar locust plague in check
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The rainbow milkweed locust, in Madagascar.
2 October 2014
Citing efforts to stave off a resurgence of Madagascar’s locust plague, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) today stressed the urgency ... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Trump has officially begun to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization as pandemic spikes | WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has officially begun to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip the globe and infections spike in many states across the U.S. Congress received formal notification of the decision on Tuesday, more than a month... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Search resumes at Brazil mine disaster site | Roughly 300 people are missing in Brazil after a dam at an iron mine burst. It's the second major disaster in that country linked to mining company Vale SA in the last three years. Matthew Larotonda reports. Brumadinho (Brazil) (AFP) - Fears of a second dam breach at a Brazilian mining complex receded Sunday, enabling ... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Three Kitchener teens arrested in relation to bank, armoured car robberies | KITCHENER -- Three Kitchener teens have been arrested and charged in connection to an armoured car robbery, a bank robbery and stolen vehicle offences. Toronto police say the incidents happened between Jan. 19 and Feb. 13 in Toronto, Waterloo and Drumbo. On Jan. 19, officials say three male suspects entered a Drumbo... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
1920 French railway strikes | 1920 French railway strikes were a series of strikes which took place in France during 1920. Firstly there was a series of railway strikes from 23 February to 4 March. This included a strike by 26,000 railway workers in Paris. There was a subsequent strike from 4–29 May which resulted in failure as 93,000 strikers retu... | Strike | null | null |
The Rolling Stones cancel Buffalo concert, reschedule other US tour dates | FILE - Ron Wood, from left, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform during a concert in Pasadena, Calif. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Western New York rock fans can’t get no satisfaction. The Rolling Stones have officially canceled their Buffalo concert. The Mick Jagger-led rock band a... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Little-Known Statute Could be Key To Getting A Refund For Cancelled Concerts | Bay Area venues are preparing to host live concerts again very soon. But some fans are frustrated. They are still out of the cash they paid for shows that were cancelled due to COVID-19. Consumer investigator Chris Chmura reports. Back in January of 2020, Benicia resident Janin Griebel bought tickets for her and a few ... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Athletics at the 1949 World Festival of Youth and Students | The 2nd World Festival of Youth and Students featured an athletics competition among its programme of events. The events were contested in Budapest, Hungary, between 15 and 21 August 1949. Mainly contested among Eastern European athletes, it served as an alternative to the more Western European-oriented 1949 Summer Int... | Sports Competition | null | null |
1999 Blayais Nuclear Power Plant flood | Coordinates: 45°15′21″N 0°41′35″W / 45.255833°N 0.693056°W / 45.255833; -0.693056
The 1999 Blayais Nuclear Power Plant flood was a flood that took place on the evening of December 27, 1999. It was caused when a combination of the tide and high winds from the extratropical storm Martin led to the seawalls of the Bla... | Floods | null | null |
1930 Dhaka riots | The 1930 Dhaka riots was an anti-Hindu communal violence involving loot and arson.
On the night of 9 June, a nearly 1,000 strong Muslim crowd cried that the Hindus had tried to set their houses on fire. The revenge against the fictitious attack was taken on the night of 10 June. The miscreants set fire to the timber g... | Riot | null | null |
2009 PDC World Darts Championship |
The 2009 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 16th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 19 December 2008 and 4 January 2009. John Part was the defending champion, hav... | Sports Competition | null | null |
1981 Schlitz strike |
The 1981 Schlitz strike was a labor strike involving approximately 700 brewery workers of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The strike began June 1, 1981 after the labor contract between Schlitz and the local union (Brewery Workers Local 9) expired without a replacement.... | Strike | null | null |
Lori Dengler: Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group turns 25 | | UPDATED: August 3, 2021 at 10:35 a.m. This week, the Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group (RCTWG) celebrates a silver anniversary. The RCTWG was founded in July 1996 to help prepare agencies with coastal jurisdictions and the public to deal with a tsunami generated by a great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone (C... | Tsunamis | null | null |
Mysterious carvings and evidence of human sacrifice uncovered in ancient city | The stones didn’t give up their secrets easily. For decades, villagers in the dust-blown hills of China’s Loess Plateau believed that the crumbling rock walls near their homes were part of the Great Wall. It made sense. Remnants of the ancient barrier zigzag through this arid region inside the northern loop of the Yell... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
A volcano in southwestern Japan has erupted | TOKYO (AFP) - A volcano in southwestern Japan has erupted, flinging large rocks hundreds of metres from the crater and prompting the meteorological agency to raise its alert level, Kyodo news agency reported early on Wednesday (March 31). There were no immediate reports of injuries after the eruption of Mount Otake in ... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
6 ways the coronavirus pandemic has forever altered the retail landscape | Few in retail could have predicted that a newly discovered virus would spread widely beyond China’s borders earlier this year, morph into a pandemic, lead to a recession and change the trajectory of many businesses. When the outbreak began, some companies spoke about Covid-19 but described it as a temporary inconvenie... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Fine Air Flight 101 crash | Fine Air Flight 101 was a scheduled cargo flight from Miami International Airport to Las Américas International Airport, operated by McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61F N27UA, that crashed after take-off on August 7, 1997, at Miami International Airport. [1] All 4 people on board and one person on the ground were killed. [2][3]... | Air crash | null | null |
After economic sanctions crippled Mali, the AU and EU are trying a new tack | Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of two military coups, is sworn in as interim president during his inauguration ceremony in Bamako, on June 7. Published June 9, 2021 Long before last week ’s suspension of Mali by the African Union (AU) and other partners over its second coup in nine months, the west African country was al... | Regime Change | null | null |
SpaceX, Planet ink deal to launch Earth-imaging satellites through 2025 | A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 143 small satellites, including 48 of Earth-imaging company Planet’s SuperDove cubesats, into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Jan. 24, 2021, on the Transporter-1 rideshare mission. Planet and SpaceX recently signed a deal for more such launches through 2025.... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Georgetown says 2 samples reveal norovirus in campus community, nearly 100 exhibiting symptoms | The growing number of Georgetown students and staff dealing with a gastrointestinal illness this week appear to have come down with a case of norovirus. On Saturday, Georgetown University confirmed that it began cleaning and sanitizing 46 student rooms, all containing individuals affected by the virus. This after an u... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Creek Fire (2017) |
The Creek Fire was a large wildfire that burned in Kagel Canyon and the Angeles National Forest north of Sylmar, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States, and one of multiple wildfires that broke out across Southern California in December 2017. The Creek Fire has burned 15,619 acres (63 km2) and destr... | Fire | null | null |
Salang Tunnel fire | The Salang Tunnel fire occurred on 3 November 1982 in Afghanistan's Salang Tunnel during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Details are uncertain and officially the number of casualties was recorded as between 168–176 Soviet and Afghan soldiers and civilians. Despite this, contemporary Western media claimed the inci... | Fire | null | null |
Melbourne councils to refund more than $19 million in parking fines after ombudsman investigation | 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
Thousands of parking fine... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Another slide disrupts Bingham Canyon mine | (Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Eight years ago, Rio Tinto Kennecott's Bingham Canyon mine experienced a catastrophic slide, pictured here in April 25, 2013. On Monday, the open pit copper mine outside Salt Lake City experienced another major slide.
| June 2, 2021, 8:45 p.m.
| Updated: June 3, 2021, 2:08 p.m.
A... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
8 Nigerian celebrity divorcees who are yet to remarry (photos) |
Marriage, they say, is not a bed of roses. This explains why many people often choose to walk away when things are no longer working for them.
While many people are living the dream of a happy ever after, there are others who didn't exactly get what they hoped for.
Legit.ng has compiled a l... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Presidential Task Force held for the creation of a Green Sri Lanka | President Rajapaksa appointed this Task Force Friday last (15) through an Extraordinary Gazette notification, the President’s Media Division said. The Task Force chaired by Vijith Welikala has 14 members. Vernon Perera, Additional Secretary to the President, has been appointed as Secretary of the said Task Force. Throu... | Organization Established | null | null |
Michaela Strachan reveals her dogs suffered suspected crystal meth poisoning in South Africa | Springwatch and Countryfile star Michaela Strachan says her dogs were twitching and vomiting after apparently ingesting crystal meth through faeces, and that they woke up "confused, disorientated, paranoid and spaced out".
Tuesday 17 August 2021 10:31, UK
TV presenter Michaela Strachan has said her two dogs were left s... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Stevie Nicks cancels tour over Covid fears: ‘At my age, I am extremely cautious’ | Jason Isbell, Limp Bizkit and Lynyrd Skynyrd also cancel concerts as Covid-19 cases continue to rise in the US Last modified on Wed 11 Aug 2021 10.47 BST Stevie Nicks has cancelled her solo concerts for 2021, citing her fear of catching Covid-19. The Fleetwood Mac star said: “While I’m vaccinated, at my age I am still ... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Sydney news: Wollongong restaurant fined $100,000 after man dies from allergic reaction | 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 |
Skywest Airlines Flight 1834 crash | On January 15, 1987, at 12:52 local time, SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834 a Swearingen SA-226TC (METRO II), and a Mooney M20 were involved in a midair collision near Kearns, Utah. The two pilots and six passengers aboard the METRO II and the two pilots aboard the Mooney were killed. NTSB investigators primarily blamed the... | Air crash | null | null |
Army fires are at the center of a major NATO exercise — as Russia watches | The Army this week kicked off a key element of Defender Europe 2021, a series of Army-led military exercises across Europe and Africa, as the United States works out ways to fight battles alongside allies from Estonia to Morocco. This portion of the larger Defender Europe 2021 exercise has been dubbed “Fires Shock,” se... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Brazil dam collapse: Death toll rises to 58, over 300 missing | Rescue work try to reach a cow that is stuck in a field of mud, two days after a dam collapse in Brumadinho, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. Brazilian officials on Sunday suspended the search for potential survivors of a dam collapse that has killed at least 40 people amid fears that another nearby dam owned by the same... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
It has been three years since gas explosions rocked Merrimack Valley, but many victims are still without compensation from a class action settlement. | Three years after the gas explosions in the Merrimack Valley, many are still waiting on their checks from a class action settlement with Columbia Gas.
It has been three years since gas explosions rocked Merrimack Valley, but many victims are still without compensation from a class action settlement.
The Massachusetts c... | Gas explosion | null | null |
an additional €119 million for Yemen | Today the Commission announced an additional €119 million in humanitarian and development aid to alleviate vulnerable Yemenis' suffering from over 6 years of conflict. Yemen is the country with the world's largest humanitarian crisis, with close to 70% of the population in need of humanitarian assistance. The crisis ha... | Financial Aid | null | null |
POSTPONED: Tonight’s Incubus concert at the Rose canceled because of COVID case | UPDATED SEPT. 5: The Incubus concert scheduled for tonight, Sept. 5, at Rose Music Center in Huber Heights has been postponed, because a member of the tour has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the venue’s website. The Rose posted the following message from Incubus on its website: “To our fans in Ohio a... | Organization Closed | null | null |
1976 UEFA Cup Final | The 1976 UEFA Cup Final were association football matches played over two-legs between Liverpool of England and Club Brugge of Belgium on 28 April 1976 and 19 May 1976 at Anfield, Liverpool and the Olympiastadion, Bruges, respectively. It was the final of the 1975–76 season of Europe's secondary cup competition, the UE... | Sports Competition | null | null |
‘Climate Change Famine’: Madagascar Prays For Rain | “The situation in the south of the country is really worrying,” said Alice Rahmoun, a spokeswoman with the United Nations’ World Food Programme in Madagascar. “I visited several districts… and heard from families how the changing climate has driven them to hunger.” Rainfall patterns in Madagascar are growing more errat... | Famine | null | null |
2018 Kerala floods |
On 16 August 2018, severe floods affected the south Indian state Kerala, due to unusually high rainfall during the monsoon season. [3] It was the worst flood in Kerala in nearly a century. [4] Over 483 people died, and 140 are missing. [5] About a million people were evacuated, mainly from Chengannur,[8] Pandanad,[... | Floods | null | null |
Air France Flight 296 crash | Air France Flight 296Q was a chartered flight of a new Airbus A320-111 operated by Air France for Air Charter. [1] On 26 June 1988, the plane crashed while making a low pass over Mulhouse–Habsheim Airport (ICAO airport code LFGB) as part of the Habsheim Air Show. Most of the crash sequence, which occurred in front of s... | Air crash | null | null |
US Navy’s 5th Fleet sets up unmanned systems task force | The US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) has established a one-of-a-kind task force that will be tasked with rapidly integrating unmanned systems and artificial intelligence with maritime operations in the 5th Fleet area of operations. Inaugurated on September 9, Task Force 59 is the first US Navy task force of it... | Organization Established | null | null |
La Bourdonnais – McDonnell chess matches | The sixteenth chess game in the fourth match between Alexander McDonnell and Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais played in London in 1834 is famous for demonstrating the power of a mobile central block of pawns. Its final position is one of the most famous in the history of the game. [1]
It was one of the earliest ga... | Sports Competition | null | null |
1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship | The 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship was the first staging of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, the international women's association football tournament for North America, Central America and Caribbean nations organized by CONCACAF. The final stage of the tournament took place at Etobicoke and Scarborough in Toronto, O... | Sports Competition | null | null |
North Fire (2015) |
The North Fire was a wildfire that occurred in the Mojave Desert near the towns of Victorville and Hesperia, north of San Bernardino and south of Bakersfield, California. The fire began on July 17, 2015. The areas most impacted were adjacent to Interstate 15, where the Cajon Pass passes through the San Bernardino Nat... | Fire | null | null |
2016 United States Marine Corps helicopter collision crash |
UPDATED: The full report has been publicly released. The collision that claimed 12 lives in Hawaii highlights systemic problems that have plagued the Marine Corps’ heavy-lift helicopter program in recent years. Editor’s Note: This story, exclusive to Civil Beat and HuffPost Hawaii, is being published with per... | Air crash | null | null |
Our Lady of the Angels School fire |
On Monday, December 1, 1958, a fire broke out at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois, shortly before classes were to be dismissed for the day. The fire originated in the basement near the foot of a stairway. The elementary school was operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and had an enr... | Fire | null | null |
ILWU 1971 Strike | The ILWU 1971 strike began on July 1, 1971, when members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) walked out against their employers, represented by the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). The union's goal was to secure employment, wages, and benefits in the face of increased mechanization, shrinking w... | Strike | null | null |
Zoe Kravitz files for divorce, more celeb splits of 2020 | Wonderwall.com is taking a look back at the celeb couples who called it quits or whose splits came to light in 2020, starting with this parting of ways… It's over for Zoe Kravitz and Karl Glusman after 18 months of marriage. The "Big Little Lies" actress filed for divorce from the "Love" actor on Dec. 23, People magazi... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
A dam holding back iron mining waste burst in Brazil—again | A dam collapsed Friday near Brumadinho, Brazil, leaving at least 60 people dead and hundreds missing. About a hundred survivors were found as of Saturday afternoon, but the possibility of finding more beneath feet of mud had grown “minimal,” according to the governor of the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, where Br... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Reserve Board approves sponsorship of COVID-19 Student Relief Fund legislation | The University of Wisconsin Reserve Board voted to sponsor legislation to create a COVID-19 Student Relief Fund on Wednesday following debate about legality concerns. The five-member Reserve Board unanimously voted in favor to sponsor the COVID-19 Student Relief Fund legislation up for approval by the Associated Studen... | Financial Aid | null | null |
2011 Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 crash | On 6 July 2011, a Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft on a flight from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, crashed into a mountainside at an altitude of 3,800 metres (12,500 ft) while descending at night towards Bagram. All nine people on board were killed. [1]
Despite initial claims by Ta... | Air crash | null | null |
2003 IIHF World Championship | The 2003 IIHF World Championship was held between April 26 and May 11, 2003 in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku, Finland. It was the 67th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Canada won the gold medal after defeating Sweden 3–2 in a tightly fought final. Over 14 minutes into the overt... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Lady Southern Cross crash | The Lady Southern Cross was a Lockheed Altair monoplane owned by Australian pioneer aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. In this aircraft, Kingsford Smith made the first eastward trans-Pacific flight from Australia to the United States, in October and November of 1934. In April 1934, Kingsford Smith ordered an aircraft... | Air crash | null | null |
SpaceX’s private Inspiration4 mission splashes down safely in Atlantic Ocean | SpaceX safely returned its Crew Dragon spacecraft from orbit on Saturday, with the capsule carrying the four members of the Inspiration4 mission back to Earth after three days in space. Crew Dragon capsule Resilience splashed down off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida in the Atlantic Ocean. “Thanks so much SpaceX, t... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
US withdraws from UNESCO, cites ‘continuing anti-Israel bias’ | "This decision was not taken lightly, and reflects US concerns with mounting arrears at UNESCO, the need for fundamental reform in the organization, and continuing anti-Israel bias at UNESCO," the State Department said in a Thursday statement cited by Reuters. Washington will remain in the organization "as a non-membe... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
North Macedonia Officially Joins NATO
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North Macedonia has officially become NATO's 30th member, the military alliance says.
North Macedonia became NATO's newest member with the presentation of its "instrument of accession" to the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C., NATO said in a statement from its he... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
WTO agrees on membership terms for Yemen | l
On 26 September 2013, the WTO announced that members of the Working Party on the Accession of Yemen agreed on the terms of WTO membership for Yemen. The accession package will be presented to the 159 WTO members and subsequently to the 9th Ministerial Conference in Bali, 3-6 December, for a formal decision by ministe... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
2009 Aviastar British Aerospace 146 crash | The 2009 Aviastar British Aerospace 146 crash occurred on April 9, 2009, when a British Aerospace 146 (BAe 146) crashed into Pikei Hill during a ferry flight from Sentani Airport to Wamena Airport, both in Indonesia's Papua province. Due to the force of the impact the aircraft was totally destroyed and all 6 crew membe... | Air crash | null | null |
2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident crash | On August 10, 2018, a Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 was stolen from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (Sea–Tac) in SeaTac, Washington. The perpetrator, 29-year-old Richard Russell, was a Horizon Air ground service agent with no piloting experience. After Russell performed an unauthorized takeoff, two McDonnell Dougla... | Air crash | null | null |
Rock Hill PD Investigate Afternoon Shooting | ROCK HILL, S.C. (CN2 NEWS) – Rock Hill police are investigating a shooting from Thursday afternoon.
According to police, officers responded to the 700 block of Jefferson Avenue for a shooting with a victim around 2:37 PM.
When officers arrived they located a 43 year old victim in the back yard of a residents suffering... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
San Bruno pipeline explosion |
The San Bruno pipeline explosion occurred at 6:11 pm PDT on September 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California, when a 30-inch (76 cm) diameter steel natural gas pipeline owned by Pacific Gas & Electric exploded into flames in the Crestmoor residential neighborhood 2 miles (3.2 km) west of San Francisco International Airpor... | Gas explosion | null | null |
28 Celebrities Who Married Normal, Non-Famous People | Julia Roberts, Zoë Saldana, and Matt Damon are among the stars who aren't with another A-lister. We all have our favorite Hollywood couples—not to mention the breakups we still mourn. But as fun as it is to watch from afar as two superstars meet-cute and then build a life together, there's something even more magical a... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Massive solar storm may hit Earth soon, likely to cause global internet blackout | Solar storms are probably one of the most amazing phenomenons that one can witness. However, now new research has said that the solar storm which hits Earth next could potentially destroy the infrastructure and cause an 'internet apocalypse'. The internet blackout will last for months. The research was conducted by Sa... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
World Airways Flight 802 crash | On September 8, 1973, a Douglas DC-8 operated by World Airways as World Airways Flight 802 crashed on high ground while on approach to Cold Bay Airport, Alaska, killing all six people on board. [1]
The official accident investigation concluded that the probable cause was the captain's non-adherence to published instr... | Air crash | null | null |
Security guard killed in attempted bank robbery | A security guard has been shot dead in an attempted bank robbery in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. The shooting happened just before 1pm AEDT at the Commonwealth Bank at Blackburn North Shopping Centre in Springfield Road. Ambulance officers tried to revive the man but he died at the scene. Witnesses say they heard the s... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Noakhali riots |
The Noakhali riots were a series of semi-organized massacres, mass rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus to Islam and looting and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali in the Chittagong Division of Bengal (now in Bangladesh) in October–November 1946, a... | Riot | null | null |
7 Safe Ways To View This Week’s Spectacular Solar Eclipse | taffers and tourists crowded the east front of the U.S. Capitol during the partial solar eclipse on ... [+] Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) A solar eclipse is coming—don’t be scared of it! Whether or not you’re on a place on Earth that will see it at sunrise (Canada and northeast U.S), as a “r... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
2016 Scottish Open (snooker) |
The 2016 Coral Scottish Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that began on 12 December and ended on 18 December 2016 at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the eleventh ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. [1]
The Scottish Open returned as a full-ranking event, being held as part of a... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Childhood kidney cancers continue to be diagnosed at later stages in the UK and Ireland | Children with kidney cancers continue to be diagnosed with larger and more advanced tumors in the UK and Ireland than in other Western European countries, according to research presented at the NCRI Festival.
As a result, a leading childhood cancer expert has called for all staff providing primary healthcare for childr... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Cowden rail crash |
The Cowden rail crash occurred on 15 October 1994, around 400 yards (365 m) southeast of Cowden Station in the English county of Kent. There was a head-on collision between two trains in heavy fog after a northbound train passed a signal at danger without authority and entered a single line section. The 08:00 Up Uckf... | Train collisions | null | null |
France steps up dual education as EU announces Erasmus for the unemployed | The IRS has given 169 million payments in the third round of direct stimulus aid. In this aid, more than 2 million people will be receiving the $1,400 checks in the month of July. But some officials are still pushing for the fourth round of stimulus aid. This fourth round would help in getting payments until the pande... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Highway 44 crash sends four to the hospital, causes no serious injuries | A car crash on Highway 44, near Island Road, sent four people to the hospital Thursday, after a vehicle failed to stop for a school bus. A car crash on Highway 44 — near Island Road — sent four people to the hospital Thursday, after a vehicle failed to stop for a school bus, according to town of Ripon Police Capt. Howa... | Road Crash | null | null |
A locust fighting force assembled by countries in East Africa to combat an invasion of the crop-devouring pest | Nairobi/New York/Rome, 19 January 2021 - A locust fighting force assembled by countries in East Africa to combat an invasion of the crop-devouring pest is at risk of seeing its activities grind to a halt as funding to sustain its operations dries up, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) war... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
J.T. Burnette sentenced to 3 years in prison for role in City Hall corruption | TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Tallahassee businessman J.T. Burnette was sentenced to 3 years in prison on Tuesday for his role in corruption at Tallahassee City Hall. Sentencing was previously scheduled for Oct. 28, 2021, after Burnette was found guilty of extortion, honest services mail fraud, Travel Act and lying to the... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Pharmaceutical giant Mundipharma hit with hefty fine over misleading opioid drug information | 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 pharma giant has been s... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Yarımburgaz train disaster | The Yarımburgaz train disaster was a head-on collision of two trains that occurred near Yarımburgaz, Küçükçekmece, west of Istanbul in Turkey on October 20, 1957. With 95 dead and 150 wounded people, it is the worst train accident so far in the country. [1][2]
At 22:45 hours local time on October 20, 1957, two passeng... | Train collisions | null | null |
Egypt unveils 3000-year old coffins in latest archaeological discovery | CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has unveiled a significant new archaeological discovery at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, including 54 wooden coffins, many of which can be traced back 3000 years to the New Kingdom period. The funerary temple of Queen Neit was also discovered near the pyramid of her husband, King Teti o... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
WHO setting up hub to make COVID-19 vaccines in South Africa | The WHO is setting up a hub in South Africa to give companies from poor and middle-income countries the know-how and licenses to produce COVID-19 vaccines, in what President Cyril Ramaphosa called a historic step to spread lifesaving technology. The "tech transfer hub" could make it possible for African companies to be... | Organization Established | null | null |
The scary real science behind Snow White’s poison apple | A strange fact is like something out of a fairy tale. Apples hold a powerful place in folklore and religion — from Eden’s forbidden fruit to Johnny Appleseed’s benevolent bounty to Snow White’s ill-fated bite of a poison apple. Yet despite all the mythology surrounding apples, Islamiyat Bolarinwa, a senior lecturer of ... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
'Super Flower Blood Moon': Re-watch this morning's total lunar eclipse | The next total lunar eclipse is in May 2022. In case you missed Wednesday morning's total lunar eclipse, you can re-watch it now from cameras around the world. Author: Douglas Jones, Andrew Weil Published: 4:48 PM CDT May 25, 2021 Updated: 9:15 AM CDT May 26, 2021 WASHINGTON — There was quite a spectacle in the sky ear... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Aldwych bus bombing | The Aldwych bus bombing occurred on 18 February 1996 when an improvised explosive device being carried by Irish republican Edward O'Brien detonated prematurely on a number 171 bus in Aldwych, in the West End of London. [1][2] The 2 kg (4 lb) Semtex bomb detonated as he sat near the door of the bus. The bomb killed O'Br... | Road Crash | null | null |
Teenager killed by fumes from faulty heater in holiday cottage | A teenager died at a holiday cottage after being poisoned by carbon monoxide from a faulty heater in the bathroom.
Thomas Hill, 18, was on holiday with his girlfriend and her family at the house in Angus when he was killed by gas from the appliance.
The student at Stirling University died after the incident at Glenmark... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Cargolux Flight 7933 crash | Cargolux Flight 7933 was a cargo flight which was involved in a serious incident on 21 January 2010 in which it landed on a vehicle that was on an active runway. The vehicle suffered major damage while the aircraft had damage to a tire. Three investigations were launched into the incident. The cause was found to be err... | Air crash | null | null |
San Mateo college district announces new round of federal funds for student assistance, including debt relief | The San Mateo County Community College District will use more than half of the $23 million it is receiving in a third round of federal pandemic relief funding toward student financial aid and debt relief. The district’s three colleges – Cañada College, College of San Mateo and Skyline College – have collectively been a... | Financial Aid | null | null |
2020–2021 Bulgarian protests |
The 2020–2021 Bulgarian protests were a series of demonstrations that were being held in Bulgaria, mainly in the capital Sofia, as well as cities with a large Bulgarian diaspora, such as Brussels,[17] Paris,[17] Madrid,[17] Barcelona,[17] Berlin[17] and London. [17] The protest movement was the culmination of long-st... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Taiwan Sees Record Jump in Jobless as Covid Batters Services | Rashida Tlaib and AOC are rolling out a plan to help create public banks across the country. A public option, but for banking. That’s what Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are proposing in a new bill unveiled on Friday. The Public Banking Act, first shared with Vox, wouldn’t create those options by itse... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Governor, electricity commission chief clash over Coahuila coal mine collapse | Rescue workers during the last night of the search for bodies at the Micarán mine in Múzquiz, Coahuila, on Thursday.
Governor, electricity commission chief clash over Coahuila coal mine collapse
The state chief executive and CFE head hurled accusations of price rigging, neglect of mine safety
Published on Tuesday, June... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Diligent to Become Largest Global GRC SaaS Company through Galvanize Acquisition | Diligent’s Acquisition of Galvanize, in Addition to its Planned Acquisition of Steele Compliance, Unites GRC Leaders and Creates Only Modern GRC SaaS Platform that Brings GRC into the Boardroom NEW YORK & VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Diligent Corporation (“Diligent” or the “Company”), the modern govern... | Organization Merge | null | null |
2005 Fukuoka earthquake | The Fukuoka earthquake struck Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan at 10:53 am JST on March 20, 2005, and lasted for approximately 1 minute. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) measured it as peaking at a magnitude of 7.0 (6.6)[1] and named it and its subsequent aftershocks the Fukuoka Prefecture western offshore earthquakes (福... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Mendocino Complex Fire |
The Mendocino Complex Fire was a large complex of wildfires that burned in northern California for more than three months in 2018. [9] It consisted of two wildfires, the River Fire and Ranch Fire, which burned in Mendocino, Lake, Colusa, and Glenn Counties in the U.S. State of California, with the Ranch Fire being Ca... | Fire | null | null |
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