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Torrential rains cause floods, mudslides in Japan | Torrential rain triggered a mudslide and more floods across Japan on Sunday, leaving three people presumed dead and forcing the evacuation of dozens of residents. A mudslide early Sunday hit a house in Okaya City in the central Japanese prefecture of Nagano, burying eight residents. ... | Mudslides | null | null |
Weightlifting: China's Shi Zhiyong breaks world record to win gold in 73kg | TOKYO: China's Shi Zhiyong broke his own world record to win the men's 73kg weightlifting event at the Olympics on Wednesday and claim a gold medal for the second Games in a row.
The 27-year-old lifted a combined 364kg to better his own world record of 363kg he set at the 2019 world championships.
Shi remained strong t... | Break historical records | null | null |
Rise, Stand Strong merge to form Lumina Alliance | Two Central Coast organizations merged this month to better serve people affected by intimate partner and sexual violence. Stand Strong and RISE now make up Lumina Alliance. They individually served people who oftentimes had overlapping needs and experiences, so the merger now allows people to get help in one place. "... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Locust Plague Encircles Mexico's Cancun Resort - KLTV |
Locust Plague Encircles Mexico's Cancun Resort
Published: Sep. 27, 2006 at 12:20 PM CDT|Updated: Sep. 27, 2006 at 5:59 PM CDT
Clouds of locusts have descended around the Mexican beach resort of Cancun, destroying corn crops and worrying officials in a region still recovering from the devastating fury of last year's H... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
1854 Nankai earthquake | The 1854 Nankai earthquake occurred at about 16:00 local time on 24 December. It had a magnitude of 8.4 and caused a damaging tsunami. More than 30,000 buildings were completely destroyed and there were at least 3,000 casualties. [1]
It was the second of the three Ansei great earthquakes; the 1854 Tōkai earthquake of ... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Lebanon crisis could rank among world’s three worst in 150 years | The World Bank said on Tuesday that Lebanon’s economic and financial crisis could rank as one of the three most severe the world has seen since the mid-19th century. The World Bank on Tuesday accused Lebanon's authorities of deliberately failing to mount an adequate policy response to the country's economic and financi... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
US notifies UN of withdrawal from World Health Organization | The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization, officials said, breaking off ties with the global health body amid the expanding coronavirus pandemic. The US has accused the WHO of siding with China on the outbreak of the virus, wh... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Lionair Flight 602 crash |
Lionair Flight 602 was a Lionair Antonov An-24RV which fell into the sea off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka on 29 September 1998. The aircraft departed Jaffna Airport with 48 passengers and a crew of seven; it disappeared from radar screens ten minutes into the flight. Initial reports indicated that the plane h... | Air crash | null | null |
Black Sunday bushfires |
The Black Sunday bushfires were a series of bushfires that broke out across South Australia on 2 January 1955. Extreme morning temperatures coupled with strong north-westerly winds contributed to the breakout of numerous fires in Adelaide Hills, Jamestown, Waterloo, Kingston and Millicent. Most were caused by sparks ... | Fire | null | null |
Three weeks that changed the world | It was the year the neo-liberal economic orthodoxy that ran the world for 30 years suffered a heart attack of epic proportions. Not since 1929 has the financial community witnessed 12 months like it. Lehman Brothers went bankrupt. Merrill Lynch, AIG, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bradford & Bin... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
2007 Jakarta flood | The 2007 Jakarta flood was a major flood in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia and affected several other areas around the city, such as West Java and Banten. The flood, beginning on February 2, 2007 was a result of heavy rain, deforestation in areas south of the city, and waterways clogged with debris. [2] The flood is... | Floods | null | null |
2009 Manaus Aerotáxi crash | The Manaus Aerotáxi crash occurred in the state of Amazonas in Brazil on February 7, 2009. [2] At 13:50 local time, a Manaus Aerotáxi Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante twin turboprop, registration PT-SEA, operating as an air taxi flight from Coari (SWKO) to Manaus (SBEG), crashed into the Manacapuru River about 80 kilomete... | Air crash | null | null |
Qantas Flight 30 crash | Qantas Flight 30 (QF30, QFA30), on 25 July 2008, operated by Qantas Boeing 747-438, construction number 25067, registration VH-OJK, was a scheduled flight from London Heathrow to Melbourne with a stopover in Hong Kong. The flight was interrupted on the Hong Kong leg by an exploding oxygen tank that ruptured the fuselag... | Air crash | null | null |
Taliban takeover of Afghanistan increases investment risk for Russia, Central Asia | Updated 14:47 September 9, 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan increases investment risk for Russia, Central Asia By New Europe Online/KG epa05178099 A former Taliban militant holds his weapon before handing over to officials during a reconciliation ceremony in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 24 February 2016. A group of twen... | Regime Change | null | null |
KPD investigate a shooting near downtown Killeen | Police are investigating a possible shooting near the Motel 7 in downtown Killeen, 729 E. Veterans Memorial Blvd.
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A man suffering a gunshot wound near downtown Killeen Wednesday was airlifted, police said.
At approximately 2:09 p.m., police responded to a 911 call referring to “shots heard” ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
School closure, opening decisions for Wednesday, Sept. 15 | As rains from Tropical Storm Nicholas move through Acadiana, school districts are updating on openings/closures. Below is a list of decisions from school districts for Wednesday, September 14. We have reached out to each district and will update this list with information as we receive it. ACADIA PARISH The Acadia Pari... | Organization Closed | null | null |
2 killed as gunmen rob bank in Osun | TWO of the three persons shot, yesterday, by gunmen making their way out of Okuku community in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State after robbing a second generation bank in the town have been reported dead. It was gathered that the gunmen wielding different types of weapon shot sporadically to scare the reside... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
10 Stories of Shipwrecks and the People Who Lived to Tell the Tale | “Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn’t see the first shark for about a half an hour.” Despite the dangers that come with seafaring, human beings can’t stay away. We’re drawn back to the ocean for travel, for riches, for sheer curiosity. And yet when mariners encounter these dan... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Dabwali fire accident |
The Dabwali fire accident occurred on 23 December 1995 at Mandi Dabwali, a town in Sirsa district, Haryana in India. The incident occurred at the Rajiv Marriage Palace in Dabwali, where the local DAVPublic School was holding its annual prize distribution function. [1] A synthetic tent, which had been set up inside th... | Fire | null | null |
Sand Fire (2016) | The Sand Fire was a wildfire in 2016 that burned in the Angeles National Forest, east of the Santa Clarita Valley in Los Angeles County, California. [2] The fire, named for the area's Sand Canyon, was fueled by heavy chaparral and brush. [3]
The fire started around 2:10 p.m. on July 22, 2016 near the intersection Sole... | Fire | null | null |
Kew Gardens train crash | The Kew Gardens train crash (also known as the Richmond Hill disaster) was a collision between two trains on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line, which occurred during the evening rush hour of November 22, 1950. The trains collided between Kew Gardens and Jamaica stations in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York City, killin... | Train collisions | null | null |
2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I | The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Espoo, Finland from 4 to 14 April 2019. [2]
The United States won their ninth title (and fifth consecutive) after a shootout win over Finland. [3] Canada claimed the b... | Sports Competition | null | null |
McConville went on to visit with Army Reserve Soldiers participating in a Combat Support Training Exercise | The 40th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Gen. James McConville (left), Gen. Michael Garrett, Commanding General of U.S. Forces Command, and Brig. Gen. Maria Juarez, Deputy Commanding General - Support 88th Readiness Division ask questions during a cold weather training briefing by Hunter Heard on Aug. 11, at the Fort M... | Military Exercise | null | null |
EU will retaliate if Britain rips up Northern Ireland protocol, warns Coveney | Any British move to suspend parts of the Northern Ireland protocol could prompt the EU to do likewise with the Brexit trade deal, Ireland’s foreign minister has warned.
Simon Coveney said it appeared that the UK was set to follow through with its threat to trigger the Article 16 suspension mechanism within the post-Bre... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Trump withdraws US from TPP trade deal | Washington, Jan 23 (PTI) President Donald Trump today formally pulled the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership as he signed an executive action to withdraw from the negotiating process of the 12-nation trade deal, one of the major international trade initiatives of his predecessor Barack Obama.Also Read - US Man Ord... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Along with its health impacts, the pandemic has so far weakened consumer and business confidence, diminishing Indonesia’s economic growth | Along with its health impacts, the pandemic has so far weakened consumer and business confidence, diminishing Indonesia’s economic growth. For the first time in more than 20 years, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 2.07 percent in 2020. Given the prolonged negative outlook amid adverse do... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Abbots Ripton rail accident |
The Abbots Ripton rail disaster occurred on 21 January 1876 at Abbots Ripton, then in the county of Huntingdonshire, England, on the Great Northern Railway main line, previously thought to be exemplary for railway safety. In the accident, the Special Scotch Express train from Edinburgh to London was involved in a col... | Train collisions | null | null |
Mauna Loa, The World’s Biggest Volcano, Is Waking Up And It’s Time To Prep For An Eruption | Scientists monitoring the unsettled geological activity on Hawaii’s biggest island say that while an eruption of the volcano that dominates the landscape isn’t yet imminent, Mauna Loa’s long nap may be coming to an end. The Big Island of Hawaii is really a collection of five volcanoes poking out of the Pacific Ocean, i... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan launch ‘Three Brothers’ joint military exercises | ANKARA: As part of their tripartite military cooperation, Turkey, Pakistan and Azerbaijan began eight-day joint military drills on Sept. 12. The “Three Brothers — 2021” exercises are being held in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku with the aim of “further strengthening the existing ties” between the three armies and ... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Feature05 Sep 2020 | Sifan Hassan and Mo Farah in action in the one-hour race at the Diamond League meeting in Brussels (© AFP / Getty Images)
In the aftermath of Friday night’s world record* performances in the one-hour races at the Wanda Diamond League exhibition meeting in Brussels, the two triumphant athletes – Britain’s Mo Farah and S... | Break historical records | null | null |
Boeing Strike of 1948 | The 1948 Boeing strike was an industrial dispute which lasted 20 weeks, from April 22 to September 13. The Boeing Company was founded by William Edward Boeing in 1916, with the name Pacific Aero Products. In 1945 president of the company Philip G. Johnson died and William McPherson Allen took his place. In 1945, after ... | Strike | null | null |
1993 Sukhumi airliner attacks crash | From 20 to 23 September 1993 during the Sukhumi massacre as part of the war in Abkhazia, separatists in Sukhumi, Abkhazia blocked the Georgian troop's overland supply routes. [1]
In response, the Georgian government used Sukhumi Babushara Airport so troops stationed in Sukhumi could continue to receive supplies. Abkha... | Air crash | null | null |
Arizona West Nile virus tally leads the country in 2021 | According to West Nile virus (WNV) data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tuesday, Arizona has reported 97 total (77 neuroinvasive and 20 non-neuroinvasive) human WNV cases to date, the most in the country (20 percent of the total). The state has also recorded four deaths due to the mosquito-bor... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
1979 Bali earthquake | The 1979 Bali earthquake occurred at 03:58 local time on 18 December with a surface wave magnitude of 6.3. The shock occurred southeast of the coast of Karangasem Regency in the Lombok Strait, and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) east-northeast of Denpasar. Up to 80 percent of the buildings in Karangasem Regency were damage... | Earthquakes | null | null |
WATCH: Locust outbreak in parts of South Africa is the worst ever | South Africa has seen large locust populations emerge in recent months. In April 2021, a video was shared on social media of a swarm of locusts moving through the grasslands outside the Eastern Cape town of Graaff-Reinet. According to reports, the local locust population has surged since last year. READ: Local man go... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
2019 Iran floods |
From mid-March to April 2019 widespread flash flooding affected large parts of Iran, most severely in Golestan, Fars, Khuzestan, Lorestan, and other provinces. Iran has been hit by three major waves of rain and flooding over the course of two weeks[5] which led to flooding in at least 26 of Iran's 31 provinces[6] and... | Floods | null | null |
Seneca Valley Football Teams Draws Inspiration From Athletic Director Diagnosed With Breast Cancer | Filed Under: Breast Cancer , High School Football , Local TV , Pam Surano , Seneca Valley , Seneca Valley High School , Seneca Valley School District
HARMONY, Pa. (KDKA) — Seneca Valley High School’s football team is learning the greatest lessons in life this year.
Seneca Valley Athletic Director Heather Lewis is incre... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Spain Withdraws From 2021 African Lion Military Exercise Over Western Sahara | While the Spanish Ministry of Defense official cited budgetary constraints for its withdrawal, there are reports that tensions over Western Sahara are the actual, underlying reasons. Rabat - Spain has withdrawn its participation from the joint-military exercise African Lion 2021, and Spanish outlet El Pais reported tha... | Military Exercise | null | null |
1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes | The 1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes occurred on June 8 and June 9 UTC (June 9, 1943, local time) in Sumatra, then under Japanese occupation. This was an earthquake doublet (the shocks occurred at the same location on consecutive days). [4]
The first mainshock occurred on June 8 at 20:42 UTC. It ruptured the Suliti segm... | Earthquakes | null | null |
CHI Franciscan, Virginia Mason Complete Healthcare Merger | January 07, 2021 - Seattle, Washington-based Virginia Mason and CHI Franciscan based in Tacoma, Washington have announced that a healthcare merger deal is complete. The finalization of the merger deal makes Virginia Mason a part of CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest health systems in the US and parent company of C... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Rim Fire |
The Rim Fire was a massive wildfire that started in a remote canyon in Stanislaus National Forest, in California. This portion of the central Sierra Nevada spans Tuolumne and Mariposa counties. The fire started on August 17, 2013, during the 2013 California wildfire season,[4] and grew to be (at the time) the third-l... | Fire | null | null |
UK Aircraft Carrier Swaps F-35B Stealth Fighters with US Warship During Pacific Exercise | The HMS Queen Elizabeth recently traded F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters with a U.S. amphibious assault ship at sea, another first for the U.K. aircraft carrier on its first operational deployment, according to the U.S. Marine Corps. The USS America and the Queen Elizabeth held a cross-deck training exercise Friday ... | Military Exercise | null | null |
May-June 2021: A special pair of eclipses | EarthSky friend Tom Wildoner – of the website LeisurelyScientist – captured this image of a total lunar eclipse in 2019 from Weatherly, Pennsylvania. Solar and lunar eclipses can occur only during a short period of time known as an eclipse season . No two eclipse seasons are the same, and some are particularly notewor... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
1966 New York City transit strike | In 1966, the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) called a strike in New York City after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). It was the first strike against the TA; pre-TWU transit strikes in 1905, 1910, 1916 and 1919 against the then-private tran... | Strike | null | null |
Ticket reseller Viagogo fined $7 million for misleading Australian consumers | 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
Ticket reseller Viagogo h... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Mine collapses of Ikolomani | The craze for gold prospecting in Kakamega County has driven villagers to give up farming and lease out their land to hordes of artisanal miners in the region. Some miners have come in from neighbouring countries, including Tanzania, and operate using proxies to avoid detection. They have brought with them powerful gen... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
1992–1993 Malawian protests | The 1992–1993 Malawian protests was mass demonstrations and violent protests in Malawi during which 38 are thought to have lost their lives. Student-led anti-government demonstrations were held in March, leaving 1 dead. Their main demand was to legalise political parties, end single-party rule, reinstate multiparty pol... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
2011–2012 Palestinian protests |
The 2011–2012 Palestinian protests were a series of protests in the Palestinian National Authority and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, staged by various Palestinian groups as part of the wider Arab Spring. The protests were aimed to protest against the Palestinian government, as well as supporting the popular uprisings i... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
NATO shifts eastward to old Soviet bloc |
A relaxed resort town on the Black Sea with a dilapidated military airport nearby may seem like an unlikely place for a United States military base, but the small port town of Constanta, Romania will likely play a key role in the biggest U.S. military realignment since World War II.
NATO's expansion to include Romania... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
2020 Iran–Turkey earthquakes | The first and most destructive of the 2020 Iran–Turkey earthquakes occurred on 23 February, near Khoy in north-west Iran, close to the border with Turkey, killing 9 people in Başkale, Van. [2] It hit at 9:23 a.m. local time (05:53 UTC) with a magnitude of 5.8 Mw[1] at a depth of 6 kilometres (3.7 miles)[3] and the epic... | Earthquakes | null | null |
2016 Oromo protests | The 2015–16 Oromo protests[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] were a series of peaceful protests and nonviolent resistance[37] first sparked on 25 April 2014. The initial actions were taken in opposition to the Addis Ababa Master Plan,[38] and resumed on 12 November 2015 by university students and farmers in the town of ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Man diagnosed with cancer and given just weeks to live welcomes baby son 14 years later | Jonathan Jones, 31, is currently on a gruelling schedule of chemotherapy, but says he is loving life with his partner Danielle and their six-month-old son JJ
A man who was diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer and told he would be lucky to live for two weeks has welcomed his first child, 14 years later. Jonathan J... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Operating hours of shopping malls, supermarkets and convenience stores will be shortened to reduce the spread of Covid-19 | updated: 24 Apr 2021 at 16:29 writer: Online Reporters Operating hours of shopping malls, supermarkets and convenience stores will be shortened further in 18 high-risk provinces in order to reduce the spread of Covid-19, the Thai Retailers Association (TRA) said on Saturday. In... | Organization Closed | null | null |
1992 Murindó earthquake | The Murindó Fault (Spanish: Falla Murindó) is a strike-slip fault in the department of Antioquia and Chocó in northwestern Colombia. The fault has a total length of 60.6 kilometres (37.7 mi) and runs along an average north-northwest to south-southeast strike of 347.4 ± 6 in the Chocó Basin along the western edge of the... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Murulla rail accident |
The Murulla rail accident involved the collision of the Sydney-bound Northern Mail with runaway goods wagons near Murrurundi, New South Wales, in the Upper Hunter Valley on 13 September 1926; 26 persons lost their lives. [1] A goods train had become divided and the attempts of the train crew to reunite the portions r... | Train collisions | null | null |
Trump says US will withdraw from nuclear arms treaty with Russia | Experts warn of ‘most severe crisis in nuclear arms control since the 1980s’ as Trump confirms US will leave INF agreement
First published on Sat 20 Oct 2018 21.17 BST
Donald Trump has confirmed the US will leave an arms control treaty with Russia dating from the cold war that has kept nuclear missiles out of Europe fo... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
1957 Blackbushe Viking accident crash | The 1957 Blackbushe Viking accident occurred on 1 May 1957 when an Eagle Aviation twin-engined Vickers VC.1 Viking 1B registered G-AJBO named "John Benbow" crashed into trees near Blackbushe Airport, located in Hampshire, England, on approach following a suspected engine failure on take-off. All five crew and 29 of the... | Air crash | null | null |
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crash | Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 was a scheduled domestic flight from Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore to Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. On 22 May 2020, the Airbus A320 flown crashed in Model Colony, a densely populated residential area of Karachi only a few kilometres from th... | Air crash | null | null |
1951 Ringway Dakota crash | On 27 March 1951 a Douglas Dakota 3 cargo aircraft registered G-AJVZ operated by Air Transport Charter en route from Ringway Airport, Manchester, England, to Nutts Corner Airport, Antrim, Northern Ireland, crashed shortly after takeoff following the failure of the aircraft to gain height. There were two fatalities amon... | Air crash | null | null |
Police investigate third fatal crash in WA during the Easter break | Police are seeking witnesses to a fiery crash in the Perth Hills in which a 31-year-old motorcyclist died. The Kelmscott man was riding a white Husqvarna motorbike eastbound on Jarrahdale Road about 3.45pm on Monday when he left the road and hit a tree near Kingsbury Drive in Jarrahdale. The bike went up in flames and ... | Road Crash | null | null |
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith indicted for corruption by Civil Grand Jury | The Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury indicted Sheriff Laurie Smith this week for willful or corrupt misconduct in office.
The indictment has been called ‘unprecedented’ in legal circles, and includes seven accusations. All but one involve the ongoing investigation around the alleged exchange of concealed weapons per... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Death Toll In Mohmand Marble Mine Collapse Rises To 17 | 1 year ago Tue 08th September 2020 | 01:47 PM PESHAWAR: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-Sept 8th, 2020) The death toll from a rockslide in Khyber Pakhtunkwha’s Mohmand district increased to 17 after recovery of six bodies from the rubble, the rescue workers said on Tuesday. Peshawar Disaster Management Aut... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
2007–2009 university protests in France | This article is about the university strike movement in France during 2007 and 2009. Since Valérie Pécresse was appointed Minister for Higher Education and Research, the mood had been tense in the French university system. Several reform projects had led to protest movements, including that of 2009, the longest-lasting... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Trump administration withdrawing from UN Human Rights Council | 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. United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley says the Human Rights Council has treated Israel... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
The first lunar eclipse of 2021 is going to happen in the US during the early hours of May 26 | The Conversation: Red blood lunar eclipse! It's all happening at once - but what does that mean? The first lunar eclipse of 2021 is going to happen in the US during the early hours of May 26 . (In New Zealand, it is due to last five hours, beginning at 8.47pm on Wednesday, and ending at about 1.49am the next morning).... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
The Straits Times | SINGAPORE - A Singapore Polytechnic (SP) student has tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday (May 15).
The patient is a second-year student from the Media, Arts and Design School, and was last on campus on Tuesday, SP said in a statement on Sunday.
According to a Ministry of Health (MOH) press release on Sunday night... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
2009 Yakutia Ilyushin Il-76 crash | The 2009 Yakutia Ilyushin Il-76 crash occurred on November 1, 2009, when an Ilyushin Il-76 jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Mirny Airport in Yakutia, killing all 11 crew on board. [1][2][3][4]
The jet, owned by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, took off, with eleven crewmembers on board, from Mirny Airpo... | Air crash | null | null |
2014 Southeast Europe floods | 57 in Serbia[1]
24 in Bosnia and Herzegovina[2]2 in Croatia[3][4] 2 in Romania[5][6]
1 in Slovakia[7]
Between 13 and 18 May 2014 a low-pressure cyclone[9] designated Tamara and Yvette affected a large area of Southeastern and Central Europe, causing floods and landslides. Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina suffered the... | Floods | null | null |
Mistake leads man convicted in Waco claw hammer attack to spend 2 weeks out of prison | A court clerical error led a six-time felon who crushed a man’s skull with a hammer in 2012 during a dispute over a $10 debt to spend two weeks out of prison. Henry Lee Hutchinson, 64, was sentenced to 75 years in prison in March 2013 after a 54th State District Court jury convicted him of aggravated assault in an atta... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Clayton Fire | The Clayton Fire was a wildfire that started on August 13, 2016 just south of Lower Lake in Lake County, California. The fire burned a total of 3,929 acres (15.90 km2) and destroyed 300 buildings, before it was fully contained on August 26. Damin Pashilk, a construction worker from Clearlake was arrested and facing 17 ... | Fire | null | null |
Dirty needles washed onto Lake Hume's shoreline on Victoria, New South Wales border |
Twice this week, hypodermic needles have been found dumped at Lake Hume on the Victoria, New South Wales border, prompting a warning to barefoot visitors at the popular recreation spot.
Mother of one Alex Shain was walking her dogs at Bethanga in Victoria on Wednesday when she came across more than a dozen of capped a... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
After 12 days of tense negotiations that were plagued by walkouts and accompanied by protests outside in the wintry streets of Copenhagen | After 12 days of tense negotiations that were plagued by walkouts and accompanied by protests outside in the wintry streets of Copenhagen, delegates from nearly 200 nations at the U.N. Climate Change Conference came to a hard-won initial agreement called the Copenhagen Accord to cap global temperature rise by committi... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
2000 Royal Nepal Airlines Twin Otter crash | Nepal Airlines Flight 183 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by a DHC-6 Twin Otter that on 16 February 2014 crashed into a hill near Dhikura, Nepal. [1][2]
The aircraft departed from Pokhara Airport in central Nepal with fifteen passengers and three crew members on board and was scheduled to arrive at ... | Air crash | null | null |
Northeast Ohio couple spreading awareness of boating dangers after losing son to carbon monoxide poisoning | MASSILLON, Ohio — Water is the backdrop of some of Krissy and Doug Taylor’s best memories.
Doug grew up on his father’s boat and, as tradition, began taking his kids on that same boat when they were young, too.
“It’s a boat I’d been on for 20 years. We are very seasoned boaters,” he said.
Doug is a North Canton firefig... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Stepping Back From Isolation, Switzerland Votes to Join U.N. | Stepping Back From Isolation, Switzerland Votes to Join U.N.
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By a slender margin, neutral Switzerland decided in a countrywide vote today to leave behind decades of isolationism and become a member of the United Nations.
The referendum passed by a surprisingly comfortable popular vote -- 54.6 percent for membership a... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
COVID-19 pandemic |
The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019; a lockdown in Wuhan and other cities in Hubei province failed to contain the outbreak, and it spread to ot... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
1967 Saginaw riot | The 1967 Saginaw riot was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967". This riot occurred in Saginaw, Michigan, on July 26, 1967. Tensions were high across Michigan that week as the 1967 Detroit riots in nearby Detroit had been escalating since Sunday July 23. When ... | Riot | null | null |
Charfield railway disaster |
The Charfield railway disaster was a fatal train crash which occurred on 13 October 1928 in the village of Charfield in the English county of Gloucestershire. The Leeds to Bristol London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) night mail train failed to stop at the signals protecting the down refuge siding at Charfield r... | Train collisions | null | null |
32 Of The Biggest Celebrity Splits Of 2020:Lindsey Vonn & P.K. Subban & More | 2020 has proven to be a totally brutal year all around. But it has been really hard on celebrity couples. A higher number than usual have thrown in the towel when it comes to their relationships, with some heading towards divorce and others going their separate ways — including Lindsey Vonn and P.K. Subban, and Ashely ... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Southern Airways Flight 242 crash | Southern Airways Flight 242 was a DC-9-31 jet, registered N1335U, that executed a forced landing on Georgia State Route 381 in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, United States, after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines in a severe thunderstorm on April 4, 1977. [1]:1[4]
At the time of the accident... | Air crash | null | null |
India’s Capital Faces a ‘Swarmageddon’ of Locusts | The country is weathering its worst invasion in more than two decades. With the monsoon season looming, scientists worry that the worst is yet to come. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By Kai Schultz and Hari Kumar NEW DELHI — A miles... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Police warn foiled bank robber may still be armed | Police in Tasmania's north-west will today resume their search for a man who threatened bank staff in Ulverstone with a shotgun. The man entered the Bendigo Bank in Ulverstone yesterday morning carrying a shotgun hidden in a blue shopping bag. He demanded cash from a teller but fled on foot and empty-handed when she sc... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
1966 Felthorpe Trident crash | On 3 June 1966, a newly built Hawker Siddeley Trident jetliner crashed during a pre-delivery test flight near the village of Felthorpe, Norfolk, England, killing all four crew. The aeroplane had entered a deep stall from which the crew were unable to recover. It was the first loss of a Trident aircraft. [1]
The aircra... | Air crash | null | null |
1952 Hasankale earthquake | The 1952 Hasankale earthquake occurred at 08:03 local time on 3 January in Hasankale (today Pasinler) in Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 5.8 and a maximum felt intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale, causing 41 casualties. This spot h... | Earthquakes | null | null |
2007 Broadway Stagehand Strike |
2007 Broadway Stagehands Strike was a strike action by stagehands represented by Theatrical Protective Union Number One (Local One) of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) against the Shubert, Jujamcyn, and Nederlander theaters (represented by League of American Theatres and Producers). The... | Strike | null | null |
Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644 crash | Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644 was a scheduled flight operated by the Douglas DC-6, registration LV-ADW, on 19 July 1961 which was due to operate a domestic scheduled passenger service between Ministro Pistarini International Airport and General Enrique Mosconi International Airport, but crashed 12 km (7.5 mi) west o... | Air crash | null | null |
WHO announces new expert group to investigate origins of the coronavirus and other outbreaks | The group 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. It is set to consider not only the big, unresolved question of the novel coronavirus — how did it first infect humans? — but it will also establish a framework... | Organization Established | null | null |
RFU and Premiership Rugby sign new £225m agreement |
A new eight-year deal worth more than £225m has been agreed between the Rugby Football Union and Premiership clubs - with England getting more flexibility and greater player access in return.
Clubs will earn more for releasing players for international duty, as well as meeting the English-qualified players target and ... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
Air Canada Flight 759 crash | On July 7, 2017, an Airbus A320-211 operating as Air Canada Flight 759 was nearly involved in an accident at San Francisco International Airport in San Mateo County, California, United States. The flight, which originated at Toronto Pearson International Airport, had been cleared by air traffic control to land on San ... | Air crash | null | null |
Cambridgeshire road crash involving cow kills motorcyclist | A man has been arrested on suspicion of drunk or drug driving after motorcyclist and a cow died in a crash involving a van. The dead man was riding a blue Suzuki when the collision happened on the A141 bypass at March at about 03:00 BST on Thursday. A cow had to be put down at the scene, Cambridgeshire Police said. A 5... | Road Crash | null | null |
Trump on TPP: Death of multilateral free trade agreements with the USA | Trump on TPP hit the headlines during his first day of presidency. This move is in fulfilment of his promise that scrapping the TPP is one of the very first thing he will do as president. True to his word, so he did. But what could be the implication of this decision to the USA? Here’s a glimpse of what we had in mind.... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Everything You Need to Know About Kim Kardashian’s Divorce Attorney | This week it became official : Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are going their separate ways. Multiple reports say that Kardashian has filed for divorce from her husband, with whom she shares four children.
During the divorce process, Kardashian has sought the legal counsel of one of Hollywood’s best: Laura Wasser. She ... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Prinair Flight 277 crash | Prinair Flight 277 was a regular passenger flight by Puerto Rican airline Prinair, between Cyril E. King International Airport in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands and Isla Verde International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, a suburb of San Juan. On 5 March 1969, the flight, operated by de Ha... | Air crash | null | null |
Selby rail crash |
The Selby rail crash was a high-speed train accident that occurred at Great Heck near Selby, North Yorkshire, England, on the morning of 28 February 2001. [1] An InterCity 225 passenger train operated by Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) travelling from Newcastle to London collided with a Land Rover Defender which h... | Train collisions | null | null |
Biden administration brings a new focus on housing policies | Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on Thursday he would front-run global rules if necessary to avoid Britain's banks building up big exposures to cryptoassets that were not backed by sufficient capital. The global Basel Committee of banking regulators have begun work on capital requirements for banks which ... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
2010 United Kingdom student protests |
The 2010 United Kingdom student protests were a series of demonstrations in November and December 2010 that took place in several areas of the country, with the focal point of protests being in central London. Largely student-led, the protests were held in opposition to planned spending cuts to further education and ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
2006 Danvers Chemical fire | The 2006 Danvers Chemical fire took place at approximately 2:46 AM EST on Wednesday, November 22, 2006. [1] An explosion occurred at the plant of solvent and ink manufacturer CAI Inc., located in the Danversport area of Danvers, Massachusetts, which it shared with paint manufacturer Arnel. The explosion was caught on s... | Fire | null | null |
Justice News | BOSTON – Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper), a Cambridge-based non-profit research company and defense contractor, has agreed to pay nearly $3.5 million to resolve allegations that it improperly overcharged U.S. Navy contracts. Draper, among other things, helps develop weapons systems for the U.S. Navy.
The... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Supermoon total lunar eclipse will be visible over the Pacific Northwest in late May | The moon's orange-red hue during a total lunar eclipse gives it the name "blood moon." A lunar eclipse this month will be a little more special than usual, occurring as the moon makes one of its closest approaches to the Earth all year. The supermoon total lunar eclipse will take place in the early morning hours of M... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Civil uprising phase of the Syrian civil war |
The early insurgency phase of the Syrian Civil War lasted from late July 2011 to April 2012, and was associated with the rise of armed oppositional militias across Syria and the beginning of armed rebellion against the authorities of the Syrian Arab Republic. Though armed insurrection incidents began as early as June... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
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