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Two soldiers die in north Qld road crash | Police were called to a crash in which two soldiers died in a remote part of north Queensland. Two soldiers have died after becoming trapped in their crashed vehicle in a remote part of north Queensland. Police were called to the scene of a single vehicle crash on Dotswood Rd at Dotswood, near Charters Towers, about 1:... | Road Crash | null | null |
1966 Hong Kong riots |
The Hong Kong 1966 riots was a series of disturbances that took place over three nights on the streets of Kowloon, Hong Kong in the spring of 1966. The riots started as peaceful demonstrations against the British colonial government's decision to increase the fare of Star Ferry foot-passenger harbour crossing by 25 p... | Riot | null | null |
Lakewood high school theater students return to the stage as their teacher fights cancer diagnosis | LAKEWOOD, Colo. — As theater students at Green Mountain High School prepare to perform a show for the first time in 18 months, the students are thinking of their beloved theater teacher, who was diagnosed with cancer.
The pandemic hit the theater program hard. High school junior Mazzy Mason said they tried to use Zoom,... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Several inches of rain leads to flash flooding & mudslides in a small Virginia community | The Buchanan County sheriff’s office reported earlier four people were unaccounted for. They announced Tuesday evening officials had reduced the number to one. Rescue teams searched the area Tuesday morning but those efforts have been suspended. Officials had said they were worried about an elderly woman among the miss... | Mudslides | null | null |
2008 Weng'an riot | The 2008 Weng'an riot (Chinese: 瓮安骚乱) was a riot on June 28, 2008 involving tens of thousands of residents in Weng'an County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the Guizhou province of Southwest China. Rioters smashed government buildings and torched several police cars to protest against an alleged polic... | Riot | null | null |
Tamil Nadu Sees Upward Trajectory Of Daily Covid Infections | Daily cases of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu witnessed an upward trend as 1,745 people were found to be infected on Thursday, pushing the overall caseload to 26,52,115. As many as 27 people died of Covid in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 35,427 till date, a medical bulletin said. With Tamil Nadu reporting an increase in th... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
6 Empowering Breast and Gynecological Cancer Podcasts Hosted by Survivors | Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, but 2,300 cases are diagnosed in men each year. Women are about 100 times more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer and account for 255,000 cases in the United States annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Another 94,... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
American Airlines Flight 1572 crash | American Airlines Flight 1572 was a flight from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bradley International Airport on November 12, 1995. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 struck trees and an instrument landing system (ILS) antenna during landing, causing $9 million in damage to the aircraft. [1]:1, 11
American Airlines F... | Air crash | null | null |
Maybe The Way To Control Locusts Is By Growing Crops They Don't Like | According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the desert locust situation is serious in Yemen and at the Indo-Pakistan border. "One swarm covering one square kilometers contains 50 million locusts, and this swarm can eat the equivalent of 100 tons per day," said Wajeeh Mutawakel, the directo... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Dr. Dre and 29 of the Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces To Rock Hollywood | Some of the richest celebrities on the planet have been perfecting their craft for decades. Here are five of the richest celebrities over 70. Celebrity breakups are as much a part of Hollywood as the glamour and fame. And yet, the public is often still shocked and dismayed when a particularly well-loved celebrity power... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
CanJet Flight 918 crash | CanJet Flight 918 (CJA 918, C6 918) was a flight that was on 19 April 2009 to have taken off from Sangster International Airport (MBJ), Montego Bay, Jamaica, bound for Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ), Halifax, Canada, but was instead seized before takeoff for hours by an armed, lone hijacker. This was the... | Air crash | null | null |
Pawnee Fire | The Pawnee Fire was a large wildfire that burned in Spring Valley in Lake County, California, in the United States. The fire started on June 23, 2018, and quickly expanded overnight, destroying 12 structures, and causing the evacuation of the entire Spring Valley area. The fire destroyed 22 structures, damaged six stru... | Fire | null | null |
Baton Rouge police arrest alleged bank robber tied to multiple heists | DENHAM SPRINGS - A suspected bank robber was caught in East Baton Rouge within hours of a robbery in another parish. Police said the Pelican State Credit Union in Denham Springs was targeted Monday morning. Staff set off a silent panic alarm, which called police to the scene. Investigators said a man, identified as Sh... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Chinese, Russian Complete Military Exercises Involving 10,000 Troops | China and Russia recently completed a series of military exercises called Zapad/Interaction-2021. The drills were conducted at the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in north-central China. They began on August 9 and lasted for five days. The Chinese Ministry of Defense called the activity a “joint planning and field operat... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Death toll in Brazil dam disaster nears 60, hundreds missing | Brazil dam disaster death toll in nears 60, with hundreds still missing Updated on: January 28, 2019 / 4:42 AM / AP Brumadinho, Brazil — Firefighters are carefully moving over treacherous mud, sometimes walking, sometimes crawling, in search of survivors or bodies left by a dam collapse that ... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Tompkins Square Riot (1874) | The Tompkins Square Park riot occurred on January 13, 1874, at Tompkins Square Park in what is now the East Village and Alphabet City neighborhoods of Manhattan, New York City. The riot started after the New York City Police Department clashed with a demonstration involving thousands of unemployed civilians. [1]
The r... | Strike | null | null |
2021 Boğaziçi University protests |
The 2021 Boğaziçi University protests were demonstrations that started on 4 January against the appointment of Melih Bulu by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as rector of Boğaziçi University, which is one of the top academic institutions in Turkey. Melih Bulu, who has ties to the ruling AKP, was appointed as rector by ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crash | Uganda Airlines Flight 775 was a Boeing 707-338C, registration 5X-UBC, that crashed while attempting to land at Rome-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy on 17 October 1988. [1] Thirty-three of the 52 occupants on board were killed. [2][3][4]
Flight 775 took off from London-Gatwick bound for Entebbe with an intermediate s... | Air crash | null | null |
2 Ohio C-Store Associations to Merge | COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association and the Ohio Association of Convenience Stores will merge to create the Ohio Energy and Convenience Association (OECA). The new group will officially debut in January 2022. “We are thrilled the members of the Ohio Petroleum Marketers and Co... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Illinois State Police Investigate I-55 shooting Wednesday night | According to State Police, around 10:45 p.m., officials were called to investigate the area of Interstate 55 and Martin Luther King Drive for reports of property damage due to an expressway shooting.
No injuries were reported, and I-55 northbound, near MLK Drive, was closed for an investigation around 11:50 p.m. Traff... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Former FDA Commissioner Gottlieb says U.S. intelligence agencies should investigate virus outbreaks | Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Monday that U.S. intelligence agencies should be tasked with investigating emerging public health threats overseas to combat future disease outbreaks. Gottlieb, who also sits on Pfizer's board, told CNBC's "Squawk Box" that the public has lost tru... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
botched armed bank robbery in January 1996 | Lauretha A. Vaird (August 4, 1952 – January 2, 1996) was an American Philadelphia police officer who was shot dead by the rapper Christopher Roney aka "Cool C" during a botched armed bank robbery in January 1996. Roney attempted to rob the bank with another rapper, Warren McGlone aka "Steady B", and another man, Mark C... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Principality of Andorra becomes IMF’s 190th Member | Washington, DC: The Principality of Andorra joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today when Ambassador Elisenda Vives Balmaña signed the IMF’s Articles of Agreement at a ceremony in Washington D.C. Andorra had applied for membership to the IMF in January 2020 (See Press Release 20/5 ).
Andorra’s initial quota1 ... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
National Airlines Flight 470 (1953) crash | National Airlines Flight 470 was a regularly scheduled flight between Tampa and New Orleans that crashed on February 14, 1953 after encountering severe turbulence. The crash marked the deadliest accident in the history of National Airlines, killing 46 (5 crew and 41 passengers), among them the widow of the cartoonist B... | Air crash | null | null |
Mount Etna taller than ever as activity sparks volcanic growth spurt | Mount Etna’s south-eastern crater has grown in height after six months of activity, Italy’s volcano monitoring agency has said, making Europe’s tallest active volcano taller than ever. Etna’s youngest and most active crater has risen to a record of 3,357 metres (11,000ft) above sea level, said the National Institute fo... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Pan Am Clipper Panama crash | Pan Am Flight Clipper Panama, Douglas DC-6B N5026K, was a cargo flight from Frankfurt to New York City. On 22 June 1959 it caught fire on takeoff and was destroyed. All six flight crew and two passengers survived. Pan American Airways Douglas DC-6B registered N5026K, named Clipper Panama[1] was delivered on 28 May 1954... | Air crash | null | null |
United Airlines Trip 4 crash | United Airlines Trip 4 was a Boeing 247D operating on a scheduled flight from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, on October 7, 1935. The aircraft last contacted Cheyenne at 2:16 or 2:17 a.m. reporting its position as Silver Crown. Cheyenne called the flight at 2:21 a.m., receiving no reply. The weather was vir... | Air crash | null | null |
UN: Famine is imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region | UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Famine is imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region and in the country’s north, the U.N. humanitarian chief said, warning there’s a risk that hundreds of thousands of people or more will die. Mark Lowcock said the economy has been destroyed along with businesses, crops and farms and there are... | Famine | null | null |
2019 Colombia DC-3 crash | On 9 March 2019 a Douglas DC-3 operated by Latinoamericana de Servicios Aereo (Laser Aéreo) crashed near San Carlos de Guaroa, Colombia. [1][2]
[3][4][5] The plane was on a flight from Jorge Enrique González Torres Airport, San José del Guaviare to La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio. [1] All 14 people on board were k... | Air crash | null | null |
Great Chinese Famine |
The Great Chinese Famine (Chinese: 三年大饥荒, "three years of great famine") was a period between 1959 and 1961 in the history of the People's Republic of China (PRC) characterized by widespread famine. [1][2][3][4][5] Some scholars have also included the years 1958 or 1962. [6][7][8][9] The Great Chinese Famine is widel... | Famine | null | null |
Haiti sees first African swine fever outbreak in 37 years -OIE | CHICAGO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Haiti has recorded its first outbreak of the fatal pig virus African swine fever in 37 years, the World Organisation for Animal Health said, fueling concerns about the disease's spread in the Americas. An operation in Anse-à-Pitre, near Haiti's border with the Dominican Republic, suffered a... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
2020 Icheon fire |
A major fire occurred on 29 April 2020 at a construction site in Icheon, South Korea, killing 39 people and injuring another 10. [2][3][4] Blood samples taken from 23 victims indicate most had died from carbon monoxide poisoning. [5] Autopsies have been completed on 15 of the 39 people killed, as recommended by South... | Fire | null | null |
Use caution when sick birds appear at feeders | I received an email from Unicoi residents Judy and Bill Beckman about a distressing situation at their feeders. “We sadly took down our feeders early this week,” the email read. “We began seeing house finches with swollen, crusty eyes and ruffled and missing feathers. The email also indicated that some of the Northern... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Egyptian farmers fearful as locust threat looms - The New ... | Egyptian farmers fearful as locust threat looms
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Scattered pockets of locusts in southern Egypt and northern Sudan are a threat to agricultural land, warns the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Countries along the Red Sea should remain on “high alert and make every effort to find ... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Sheffield tree felling protests | The Sheffield tree felling protests are a series of ongoing protests and unrest happening since 2014 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The protests began as a response to the mass felling of healthy street trees across Sheffield since 2012 as part of the controversial ‘Streets Ahead’ Private Finance Initiative (P... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
8 die in New Year's Eve carbon monoxide poisoning in Bosnia | Bosnian police say eight young men and women have died in a cottage in southwest Bosnia, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning during a New Year’s Eve celebration
On Location: November 12, 2021
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Eight young men and women have died in a cottage in southwest Bosnia, apparently from carb... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
UPDATE: Suspect Arrested During Armed Bank Robbery in Gaithersburg | by Jordan Lindsay Update (October 8): Officers from both the Montgomery County Police Department and Gaithersburg Police Department arrested and charged 30-year-old Samrat Lama for the armed robbery of a WellsFargo bank in Gaithersburg on Tuesday. An employee called 9-1-1 shortly after 10:00 a.m. and stated th... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
2021 Go North West strike |
The 2021 Go North West strike was a labour strike involving bus drivers working for Go North West, a bus operator in Greater Manchester, England, that lasted from 28 February to 18 May. The strike involved approximately 500 drivers unionised with Unite the Union and was caused by disagreements over the labour contra... | Strike | null | null |
Solar storms in recent past may impact power grid | Washington: The Sun has since last week fired several rounds of solar flares, all which can lead to potential power grid fluctuations and irregularities in satellite orientation on Earth, media reports said. This week, since November 1, the Sun has produced three of the outbursts that scientists call coronal mass eject... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
2013 Argentina floods |
Between 1 and 3 April 2013, the northeastern section of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, experienced several flash floods that claimed the lives of 101 people. Greater La Plata was hardest hit with 91 reported deaths,[1] and Greater Buenos Aires reported 10 deaths. [2][3] The flooding was the result of extremely hea... | Floods | null | null |
House devastated by fire after 'huge explosion' heard in Scots town | Emergency services were called to Goremire Road in Carluke at about 9.20pm after a blaze was reported.
The burnt out remains of a garage sits on Goremire Road, Carluke. (Image: Victoria Stewart Reach PLC)
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Deadly earthquake rocks Indonesia’s Java, no tsunami warning | A 6.0 magnitude quake hits off Java, killing at least seven people in the second disaster to strike the nation this week. A house destroyed by an earthquake in Malang, East Java province [Antara Foto via Reuters] A strong earthquake killed at least seven people and damaged buildings on Indonesia’s main island of Java ... | Tsunamis | null | null |
Justice News | U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Two Iranian Nationals For Cyber-Enabled Disinformation And Threat Campaign Designed To Interfere With The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
Conspirators Crafted Unique Messaging Themes For Each Side of the U.S. Political Spectrum to Capitalize on the Perceived Fears of the Targeted... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
2018 Tunisian protests |
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The 2018 Tunisian protests were a series of protests occurring throughout Tunisia. Beginning January 2018, protests erupted in multiple towns and cities across Tunisia over issues related to the cost of living and taxes. [9] As of January 9, the demonstrations had claimed at least one life, and revived worr... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Sabena Flight 503 crash | The crash of Sabena Flight 503 was an accident involving a Douglas DC-6 of the Belgian airline company Sabena which crashed into Monte Terminillo near Rieti, Italy, 100 km north east of Rome on 13 February 1955, killing all 29 people on board. [1]
The Douglas DC-6 involved was built in 1947 with serial number 43063/60... | Air crash | null | null |
Dad who lost kids to post-Ida CO poisoning wants all generators to include life-saving detectors | Save
Craig Curley Sr. suddenly couldn’t get a hold of his two children or their mother, so he went by their place in Marrero and knocked on the door Thursday, four days after Hurricane Ida’s punishing landfall.
He noticed their cars were there, and the gas generator they were using to run some small appliances during a... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Eight countries have signed an international pact for moon exploration called the Artemis Accords | Eight countries have signed an international pact for moon exploration called the Artemis Accords, NASA announced on Tuesday as the U.S. space agency tries to shape standards for building long-term settlements on the lunar surface.
The accords, named after NASA’s Artemis moon program, seek to build on existing interna... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
2014 Meerut riots |
On 10 May 2014, a scuffle between two communities over construction of fence around well escalated into riots in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, a northern state of India As of 11 May, 3 people were killed and 50 injured, including a top police officer and two media persons.
Two local groups in Meerut were staking claims in ... | Riot | null | null |
The US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council leaves ally Australia in an awkward, lonely position | The US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council leaves ally Australia in an awkward, lonely position It was close to midnight in Geneva when Nikki Haley got to her feet in Washington and announced that the United States was pulling out of the United Nations Human Rights Council. If there were any Australian diploma... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Ariana Grande-Dalton Gomez, Virat Kohli-Anushka Sharma, Sophie-Joe and more celeb couples who got married secretly | Singer Ariana Grande got married to real estate broker Dalton Gomez in a secret ceremony this weekend at her home in Montecito. Her representative confirmed the news to Us Weekly and shared that less than 20 people were in attendance. Many other celebrities have also chosen to keep their big days private. Take a look: ... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Emma Willis' husband Matt makes shock marriage confession | Emma Willis's husband, Matt Willis, has revealed that he joined the Church of Scientology during his recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The Busted musician admitted to the Sun that he was "fully invested" in the movement and had attended the church everyday – until, he said, they tried to separate him from his w... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Controversial Brexit legislation set to return with trade talks on a knife edge | UK PRIME MINISTER Boris Johnson will press ahead with plans allowing ministers to tear up the Brexit divorce deal despite the current round of UK-EU talks being at a critical stage.
The Government confirmed it will ask MPs to reinstate controversial legislation giving ministers the power to break international ... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Australian Outlook | The Australian federal government recently resolved to scrap the Victorian state government’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The timing of this decision needs to be contemplated as ongoing developments may trouble bilateral relations between Australia and China.
In the last five years, the relationship between Austra... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Willamette Valley flood of 1996 | The Willamette Valley flood of 1996 was part of a larger series of floods in the Pacific Northwest of the United States which took place between late January and mid-February 1996. It was Oregon's largest flood event in terms of fatalities and monetary damage during the 1990s. The floods spread beyond Oregon's Willamet... | Floods | null | null |
Notorious bank robbery suspect coordinated our operations from prison — Gang members | Four years after a notorious bank robbery kingpin, Clement Abanara, alias Millions, was arrested by operatives of the Force Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, charged to court and remanded in Ikoyi Correctional Center for coordinating bank robberies in Lagos State, his gang members have disclosed how he had conti... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Barnes rail crash |
The Barnes rail crash, in which 13 people were killed and 41 were injured, occurred at Barnes railway station late in the evening of Friday 2 December 1955. [1]
The Southern Region of British Railways 23:12 electric passenger train travelling from London Waterloo to Windsor & Eton Riverside and Chertsey collided wit... | Train collisions | null | null |
Man to receive sentence after walking from Columbiana County prison in 1999 | Updated: Oct 21, 2021 / 10:25 AM EDT SHARE YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — Sentencing is set for Wednesday for a man accused of walking out of the federal prison in Columbiana County in 1999. Ernesto Corral, 65, is set to be sentenced before Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. in the U.S. Northern District Court of Ohio on a single cha... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
Two killed in Bengaluru blast at crackers warehouse: K’taka Home Minister | Bengaluru: Two people were killed in the explosion in a Bengaluru warehouse, due to the firecrackers stocked there, on Thursday, Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said.
“This is a huge tragedy. The police, fire force, emergency services personnel have rushed to the spot. They are investigating how the incident h... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Basin Complex Fire | The Basin Complex Fire was a massive wildfire near Big Sur that ignited on June 21, 2008, and was the result of a lightning strike. It eventually grew to 162,818 acres (658.90 km2), becoming the second-largest wildfire of the 2008 California wildfire season, and burning most of the Ventana Wilderness. State and federal... | Fire | null | null |
Super blue blood moon is coming | Space enthusiasts will be delighted to know that, after the excitement of the New Year's Day super moon, a super blue blood moon is now heading our way. The last one happened around 150 years ago, so it's a rare event for space gazers. Super moons happen when a full moon is closest to the Earth, appearing bigger and br... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Massive mudslide in Red River halts traffic, backs up river | Updated: November 16, 2021 @ 4:04 pm An employee of 4K River Ranch attempts to clear mud so water doesn’t back up into the nearby campground in Red River on Friday (July 30). Nathan Burton / Taos News Brian Garcia, Deputy Marshall with the Red River Marshalls Office helps to direct traffic following the mudslide on S... | Mudslides | null | null |
Ian Borg's ministry to appeal €100k fine for uprooting trees with no permit | The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) said last week it had issued the hefty fine after works at Ta’ Qali were carried out without environmental authorisation.
It did not name who was behind the works but said they were related to the development of “a new concert area” in the vicinity of the park.
Times of M... | Organization Fine | null | null |
1949 New York City brewery strike |
The 1949 New York City brewery strike was a labor strike involving approximately 7,000 brewery workers from New York City. The strike began on April 1 of that year after a labor contract between 7 local unions of the Brewery Workers Union and the Brewers Board of Trade (which collectively represented 14 city-based br... | Strike | null | null |
Closed the boarding schools and opened up CPS | Updated: November 26, 2021 @ 2:35 am Claremore, Oklahoma STILLWATER – Oklahoma private applicators still have time to… BARTLESVILLE – Free public health services will be offered t… Kim Duncan’s three adopted daughters, from left, Shalyn, Shyanne and Shelbi, sit smiling with their watermelon in the summer heat. Cetan S... | Organization Closed | null | null |
1954 Adelaide earthquake |
The 1954 Adelaide earthquake had its epicentre at Darlington, a suburb of the city of Adelaide in South Australia, some 12 km (7.5 mi) to the south of the Adelaide city centre. The quake took place at 3:40 am in the early morning of 1 March 1954 and had a reported magnitude of 5.6. [1] An area of more than 700 km2 su... | Earthquakes | null | null |
UFC 190 | UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia was a mixed martial arts event held on August 1, 2015, at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [3]
The event was headlined by a UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between former UFC Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and #5 contender Bethe Correia. [3]
The lightweight and bant... | Sports Competition | null | null |
EU offers to scrap most checks on food and drink entering Northern Ireland | The EU has offered to cut the majority of checks on British food and drink moving into Northern Ireland, in the latest bid to resolve concerns over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
The proposals come in response to the UK’s demands for a radical rewrite of the protocol, agreed last year to prevent a return of a hard bord... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Chandler, AZ - Four Injured and Building Destroyed Following a Possible Gas Leak Explosion | According to 3TV/CBS 5, a possible gas leak injured four men as the explosion collapsed the Platinum Printing building located at 4940 W Ray Rd Suite 1, Chandler, AZ 85226.
Around 9:30 a.m on Thursday, August 26, 2012, an explosion near Rural and Ray Roads destroyed the Platinum Printing building, injuring four employ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
2015 Ogasawara earthquake | 2015 Ogasawara earthquake is an earthquake caused on May 30, 2015. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck offshore of Japan 189 km (117 mi) west northwest of Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands on May 30 at a depth of 664.0 km (412.6 mi). [3] The Associated Press agency reported "twelve people suffered minor injuries", and... | Earthquakes | null | null |
U.S. college admissions scam tipster's prison sentence reduced to 4 months in stock fraud case | Los Angeles financier Morrie Tobin (R) arrives at the federal courthouse for a hearing in a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., August 12, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder BOSTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday reduced a one-year prison sentence imposed on a California... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
Recovery to falter if debt limit fails | Young man who has been out of work for a long time is waiting to be called into an interview The pandemic has led to the loss of around 22 million jobs in wealthy countries and 114 million across the world. A report from the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Trump claims trade victories with revised NAFTA, China deal | Donald Trump Warren backs expanding the Supreme Court Trump allies urge McCarthy to remove Kinzinger, Cheney from House GOP conference Agency managing Trump's DC hotel lease failed to probe ethical conflicts: report MORE claimed victory on two fronts of his global trade war this week after securing a preliminary deal w... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Woman, four kids die in gas explosion | Four children and a woman were killed and 12 other people injured after a gas leak caused an explosion in Burki, Lahore area.
Two houses collapsed due to the explosion. The Punjab chief minister also sought a report on the incident.
According to police, a call was received on the emergency number at 6:30am on Tuesday ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
2018 protests in Iran | The 2018 protests in Iran is mass protests and a popular uprising conspiring of peaceful demonstrations calling for better economic justice in June 2018 in Iran, the biggest wave of anti-government demonstrations since the 2017-2018 Iranian protests. [1]
The 2017-2018 Iranian protests is a wave of protests against the... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
1964 Trampoline World Championships | The 1st Trampoline World Championships were held in Royal Albert Hall, London, England on 21 March 1964. The competition was on knock out basis, with 10 jumps each in a routine and 5–7 judges involved in the judging. The competition attracted twelve countries from around the globe. This gymnastics competition article i... | Sports Competition | null | null |
At least 17 people have been killed after an explosion and fire at a coal mine in western Turkey | At least 17 people have been killed after an explosion and fire at a coal mine in western Turkey, officials say.
Hundreds were reported to be trapped underground at the mine in Soma, Manisa province, but Turkish media suggest as many as 157 have died. A huge rescue operation has begun and some 20 people are reported to... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Full text of Chinese President Xi Jinping's remarks at the 27th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting | Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the 27th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting via video link, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)
BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech titled "Working Together for an Asia-Pa... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
One million people died for a devastating famine | Scientific analysis of dental calculus -- plaque build-up -- of the Famine's victims found evidence of corn (maize), oats, potato, wheat and milk foodstuffs. Surprisingly, they also discovered egg protein in the calculus of three people -- more associated with diets of non-labouring or better off social classes at the ... | Famine | null | null |
Parole board grants release to terminally ill child killer | Zvi Gur, who kidnapped and murdered Oron Yarden in 1980, is reportedly suffering from terminal cancer; prosecutors seek stay on order Print Zvi Gur (c), serving a life sentence for the murder of Oron Yarden, in the Supreme Court on July 6, 2009. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) The Israel Prisons Service parole board granted a ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Authorities say Borroloola drinking water is safe — but many residents don't trust them |
Indigenous residents living in the Northern Territory mining town of Borroloola said they do not believe assurances from the Health Department that water they were warned not to drink in April is now safe.
The Territory Government's Power and Water Corporation found elevated lead and manganese levels during routine sa... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Hindawi affair crash | The Hindawi affair was a failed attempt to bomb El Al Flight 016,[1] from London to Tel Aviv in April 1986 by Nezar Nawwaf al-Mansur al-Hindawi (Arabic: نزار نواف منصور الهنداوي, born 1954), a Jordanian. On the morning of 17 April 1986, at Heathrow Airport in London, Israeli security guards working for El Al airlines ... | Air crash | null | null |
2013 Pakistan–Afghanistan floods |
In August 2013, Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan experienced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. More than 180 died as a result of the floods. [1]
Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan are frequently hit by flooding during the monsoon season. Since 2010, the region has suffered devastating floods that have left hundre... | Floods | null | null |
Tatjana Schoenmaker storms to record-breaking victory in the women's 200m breaststroke | Schoenmaker wins South Africa's first Olympic gold medal at Tokyo 2020 whilst Team USA's Lilly King and Annie Lazor clinch second and third place
Tatjana Schoenmaker erupted in tears when she won the women's 200m breaststroke with a stunning world record time of 2:18.95, breaking Denmark's Rikke Moller Pederson's 2:19:... | Break historical records | null | null |
2008 protests in Burkina Faso | The 2008 Burkina Faso protests was rioting and violent mass demonstrations against food prices hikes in Burkina Faso in 2008, leading to the deaths of 3 demonstrators, who stormed government buildings amid drought and violence with troops. 7 days of protests and violent resistant explosions occurred in Ouagadougou and ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
1983 World Figure Skating Championships | The 1983 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland from March 8 to 13. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The ISU Representative was Hermann Schiechtl and the ISU Technical Delegate El... | Sports Competition | null | null |
1994 Bolivia earthquake | The 1994 Bolivia earthquake occurred on June 9, 1994. The epicenter was located in a sparsely populated region in the Amazon jungle, about 200 miles from La Paz. [2]
The Harvard CMT Project assigned it a focal depth of 647 km and a magnitude MW of 8.2,[2] making it, at the time, the largest earthquake since the 1977 S... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Six coal miners killed in blast in Pakistan's southwest | QUETTA, Pakistan, March 12 (Reuters) - Six miners have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, officials with the provincial Directorate of Mines told Reuters. They were among eight miners trapped about 1,000 feet underground when accumulating methane gas explod... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
2011 Southern Thailand floods |
The 2011 Thai floods occurred at the end of March 2011, normally the latter part of the dry season (Thai: ฤดูแล้ง, romanized: reutdu lang or หน้าแล้ง nah lang) in tropical Thailand. Heavy rain fell in the southern region, with over 120 centimetres (47 in) of rain falling in certain areas. [5]
At least 53 people have... | Floods | null | null |
Nine dead in Philippines bank robbery: police | Nine people have been found dead in a bank outside the Philippines capital in an apparent armed robbery, police said. Bank clients alerted police when they found a bloodied body at the door of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. branch in Cabuyao, south of Manila. Police found nine bodies inside the bank, while the bank... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
2013–2014 Bulgarian protests against the Oresharski cabinet |
The 2013–2014 Bulgarian protests against the Oresharski cabinet was a series of demonstrations that were held in Bulgaria, mainly in the capital Sofia, against the left-wing coalition cabinet of Oresharski (coalition between Bulgarian Socialist Party and Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), supported by the ultr... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
The greatest race ever part II: Sydney McLaughlin wins 400m hurdles gold in world record time | Another day. Another extraordinary 400m hurdles final. Another dizzying world record. And another urgent question: was this the greatest ever track and field race … since, erm, Tuesday?
Less than 24 hours after a men’s 400m hurdles slugfest for the ages, with Karsten Warholm going toe to toe with Rai Benjamin, it was t... | Break historical records | null | null |
2020 Kerala floods |
On 7 August 2020, due to heavy rainfall in the monsoon season, severe floods affected Kerala, India. The floods resulted in the death of at least 22 people. Kerala was also flooded in 2018 and 2019. [1] Heavy rains in Idukki have caused severe landslide in Munnar in which at least 52 people died and nearly 19 were ... | Floods | null | null |
Fry Street Fire | On June 27, 2007 the Historic Fry Street area of Denton, Texas was burned down. The area referred to as "Fry Street" is the area between Fry St/Welch St and Oak St/Hickory St. The Tomato, a local pizza place frequented by University of North Texas and Texas Womans University students, was the primary target damaged by ... | Fire | null | null |
1931 Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 crash | On March 31, 1931, a Fokker F-10 belonging to Transcontinental and Western Air crashed near Bazaar, Kansas after taking off from Kansas City Municipal Airport, Kansas City, Missouri. The scheduled flight was from Kansas City to Los Angeles, with a stopover in Wichita. [note 1] On this first leg, the wooden structure o... | Air crash | null | null |
Air India Flight 112 plot crash | In May 1986, five Canadian Sikhs were charged with plotting to blow up Air India Flight 112 in New York City. [1][2] Ostensibly members of Babbar Khalsa, two were convicted and given life sentences, while three others were released. [3] However, years later, the courts overturned the sentences and freed the remaining t... | Air crash | null | null |
2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests | Saudi Arabian opposition groups
Saudi Arabian government
Independent Opposition leaders
King AbdullahKing of Saudi Arabia
Prince SalmanCrown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Prince NayefCrown Prince of Saudi Arabia (until June 2012)
The protests in Saudi Arabia were part of the Arab Spring that started with the 2011 Tu... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals | The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals took place in June and July 2015. A total of 20 teams competing in 2 events took part in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Final, played between 5–13 December 2015 in Raipur, India. This round also served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olym... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Florida man gets 8 months in prison in first felony sentence from Capitol riot | WASHINGTON – A Florida man was sentenced to eight months in prison Monday, marking the first felony sentence from the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Paul Allard Hodgkins, 38, of Tampa, was arrested in February after the FBI received a tip identifying him carrying a large “Trump 2020” flag on the floor of the U.S. Senate. ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
Fighting a Pandemic, While Launching Africa’s Health Revolution | Public health in Africa has been a story of neglect and dependency, says John Nkengasong, the first director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control. But he’s on a mission to turn things around. By Ruth Maclean When Dr. John Nkengasong took the job as the first head of Africa’s new Centers for Disease Control in 2017... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
1905 Kangra earthquake |
The 1905 Kangra earthquake occurred in the Kangra Valley and the Kangra region of the Punjab Province (modern day Himachal Pradesh) in India on 4 April 1905. The earthquake measured 7.8 on the surface wave magnitude scale and killed more than 20,000 people. Apart from this, most buildings in the towns of Kangra, Mcleo... | Earthquakes | null | null |
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