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Coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in Beijing’s Xinfadi Market, China: a modeling study to inform future resurgence response | A local coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case confirmed on June 11, 2020 triggered an outbreak in Beijing, China after 56 consecutive days without a newly confirmed case. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) were used to contain the source in Xinfadi (XFD) market. To rapidly control the outbreak, both traditional... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Northwest Airlines Flight 188 crash | Northwest Airlines Flight 188 was a regularly scheduled flight from San Diego, California, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 21, 2009, which landed over one hour late in Minneapolis after overshooting its destination by more than 150 miles (240 km) because of pilot error. As a result of the incident, the Federal Av... | Air crash | null | null |
EPS release photos, surveillance video of south Edmonton bank robber | Police are asking for public help identifying a man who robbed a south Edmonton bank. On Aug. 3 around 4 p.m., police say a man entered a bank at 23 Avenue and 108 Street and presented a bank teller with a threatening note. The man left the bank with cash and ran eastbound on 23 Avenue, said EPS. H... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Singapore surge, France to extend pass use | The French government is seeking to extend the compulsory use of its coronavirus pass while German authorities plan to halt sick pay for unvaccinated people as Singapore registers its record highest number of daily infections. French officials want to be able to impose use of the health passport after mid-November. In ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
1987 Belize Air International C-97 Mexico City crash | The 1987 Mexico City air disaster occurred on 30 July 1987, when a Belize Air International Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter, bound for Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport crashed onto the Mexico–Toluca highway during the late afternoon rush hour. A total of 49 people, including 44 on the ground, were killed in... | Air crash | null | null |
Some Syracuse Families Suffer Generations of Lead Poisoning: First Report in Series on Lead Crisis | Syracuse has one of the worst lead poisoning crises in the nation. One in 10 children have elevated blood lead levels, and this rate jumps to a staggering one-in-five in some of the lowest income neighborhoods, according to Onondaga County Health Department data.
Syracuse has been grappling with this problem for year... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Biden repeats debunked Amtrak story for fifth time during presidency | 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.
President Biden repeated a heartfelt yet factually challenged story about an Amtrak em... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
Great Edinburgh Run |
The Great Edinburgh Run was an annual ten-mile road running event which took place in the city centre of Edinburgh in Scotland. The last event was in April 2017 and the organiser have no plans to reinstate the event at present. Part of the Great Run series of competitions, it was formerly a 10 km event, switching to ... | Sports Competition | null | null |
US and India sign space agreement | The space agencies of India and the US have signed an agreement on future co-operation at Mars and at Earth.
The nations have just put satellites in orbit around the Red Planet, and plan a joint radar spacecraft to study our home world in 2020.
But the charter signed by Nasa and the Indian Space Research Organisation w... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
1971 United Kingdom postal workers strike | The 1971 United Kingdom postal workers strike was a strike in the United Kingdom staged by postal workers between January and March 1971. The strike was Britain's first national postal strike and began after postal workers demanded a pay rise of 15–20% then walked out after Post Office managers made a lower offer. The ... | Strike | null | null |
2016 Solomon Islands earthquakes |
On 9 December 2016 at 4:38 a.m. (UTC +11) local time (17:38:46 UTC), the Solomon Islands region was rocked by an Mww 7.8 earthquake, centered 30 km off San Cristobal Island, about 61 km southwest of Kirakira, the capital of Makira-Ulawa Province. [1] Initially registering magnitude 8.0, later downgraded to 7.8, the t... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Romelu Lukaku: Inter Milan reach agreement to sign Man Utd striker | Last updated on 8 August 20198 August 2019.From the section Man Utd
Inter Milan have reached an agreement with Manchester United to sign striker Romelu Lukaku for a fee that could rise to 80m euros (£74m).
In July, United rejected Inter's £54m bid for Lukaku, who was fined by the club after missing training on Tuesday.... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
Elizabeth Quay faecal bacteria blamed on birds and rainfall |
Authorities say faecal bacteria discovered in Perth's new $440 million Elizabeth Quay inlet originated from birdlife and other animals following a rainfall event. Earlier this month a 400-metre swim leg of a triathlon due to be held in the inlet was cancelled after the water quality was found to be not of a satisfacto... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
3 volcanoes erupting across Aleutian Range | Three volcanoes are erupting across the Aleutian Range — Great Sitkin and Semisopochnoi in the Aleutian Islands and Pavlof Volcano on the Alaska Peninsula. Hannah Dietterich, a research geophysicist with the Alaska Volcano Observatory, said three simultaneous eruptions may seem like a lot, but it’s not unheard of for t... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Two Killed by Leak Aboard FPSO off West Africa | The Maritime Executive BW Offshore, a provider of floating production services to the oil and gas industry, is reporting that two workers were killed in a gas accident aboard one of the company’s floating storage vessel off the coast of West Africa. According to a statement from the... | Shipwreck | null | null |
bout one million people have packed the streets of Barcelona to celebrate Catalonia’s commemorative day and boost a bid for independence. |
bout one million people have packed the streets of Barcelona to celebrate Catalonia’s commemorative day and boost a bid for independence.
The city’s streets were filled with demonstrators flying red and yellow Catalan flags as they marched chanting and singing during a "Diada" celebration on Tuesday evening.
The massi... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
1925 World Allround Speed Skating Championships | The 1925 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place on the 21st and 22 February 1925 at the ice rink Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway. Roald Larsen was defending champion but did not succeed in prolonging his title. Clas Thunberg became World champion for the second time. Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]
Fou... | Sports Competition | null | null |
3 Win Nobel Prize In Economics For Work In Reducing Poverty | Updated at 9:55 a.m. ET
A trio of researchers from Cambridge, Mass., has been awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics for their work in addressing global poverty. Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo — a husband and wife team from MIT — share the prize with Michael Kremer of Harvard.
BREAKING NEWS:The 2019 Sveri... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
1990 Temple Mount riots |
The 1990 Temple Mount riots, or the Al Aqsa Massacre, also known as Black Monday, took place at the Temple Mount, Jerusalem at 10:30 am on Monday, 8 October 1990 before Zuhr prayer during the third year of the First Intifada. Following a decision by the Temple Mount Faithful to lay the cornerstone for the Temple, mas... | Riot | null | null |
Saudi authorities take action after locust swarm hits Mecca's ... | Saudi authorities take action after locusts swarm Great Mosque
Saudi authorities take action after locust swarm hits Mecca's Great Mosque
The New Arab
08 January, 2019
Authorities at the holiest mosque in Islam have launched a campaign to clean up the religious site after it was hit by a plague of locusts.
The mosque i... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Evergrande Crisis and the Global Economy | China’s crackdown on the tech giants was not much of a surprise. Sure, the communist regime allowed the colossus entities like Alibaba Group to innovate and prosper for years. Yet, the government control over the markets was never concealed. In fact, China’s active intervention in the forex market to deliberately deval... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica wins the 100-meter dash. | Elaine Thompson-Herah, center, defended her gold medal in the 100-meter dash after overtaking the two-time former champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, left.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times
By Scott Cacciola
Published July 31, 2021Updated Aug. 7, 2021
TOKYO — Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica on Saturday repeated as t... | Break historical records | null | null |
1898 World Figure Skating Championships | The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. In 1898, the competition took place on February 15 in London, United Kingdom. It was won by Henning Grenander of Sweden. However, ... | Sports Competition | null | null |
2019 Malawian protests | The 2019 Malawian protests were a series of nationwide rallies and strikes about government pensions, the results of the 2019 Malawian general election and demands for democratic reforms. Anti-presidential unrest was met with police violence against demonstrators. Soon, they used live rounds, tear gas and batons to di... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
2014 Santos Cessna Citation accident crash | On 13 August 2014, a Cessna Citation Excel business jet crashed while trying to land at Santos Air Force Base, near Santos, Brazil, killing all seven people on board. Among the victims was Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos. Eleven people on the ground were also injured. [1]
The accident in... | Air crash | null | null |
Adelaide woman Jane Gibson jailed for attempted bank robberies | A woman who tried to rob two Adelaide banks and made a false bomb threat has been sentenced to seven years' jail. Jane Alison Gibson, 52, pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery and three of attempted robbery. The District Court heard she gave notes demanding money to tellers at a Bank SA branch at West Lakes and a Natio... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Ghost net hotspot in Gulf of Carpentaria still in need of Government help to clear 'indiscriminate killer' | Ghost net hotspot in Gulf of Carpentaria still in need of Government help to clear 'indiscriminate killer'
Environmental groups say a Federal Government plan that could save thousands of marine animals from harm and drowning in discarded fishing nets is not being implemented where it is needed the most.
Large nets, ta... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Halton officer facing sexual assault charge: SIU | Ontario's Special Investigations Unit said Friday that the charges stem from an incident that allegedly occurred in Burlington on or around Sept. 9.
The SIU said they received a complaint about the incident on Oct. 3 and launched an investigation.
Halton police said Thursday that the officer was suspended from active d... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
17 Celebrity Women Who Have Much Younger Partners | Age is nothing but a number for these stars with gaps ranging from seven to 32 years. For some, dating someone who is much younger doesn't sound ideal. What if they're not as mature? What if they don't want the same things out of life? What if they don't have similar interests? But these celebrity couples with big age ... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
US opioid crisis ruling leads to $845 million fine for drug maker Johnson & Johnson in Oklahoma | US opioid crisis ruling leads to $845 million fine for drug maker Johnson & Johnson in Oklahoma
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 part... | Organization Fine | null | null |
1983 Israel bank stock crisis | The bank stock crisis was a financial crisis that occurred in Israel in 1983, during which the stocks of the four largest banks in Israel collapsed. In previous episodes of share price weakness, the banks bought back their own stocks, creating the appearance of constant demand for the stock, and artificially supporting... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
2020 Western United States wildfire season |
In 2020, the Western United States experienced a series of major wildfires. Severe August thunderstorms ignited numerous wildfires across California, Oregon, and Washington, followed in early September by additional ignitions across the West Coast. Fanned by strong, gusty winds and fueled by hot, dry terrains, many o... | Fire | null | null |
Bank robbery, shooting leave family with questions | OLD FORGE, Pa. (AP) — The smiling face of a man who hated being photographed stares up from dozens of pictures glued to three sheets of poster board splayed across Charlene Modlesky’s dining room table in Edwardsville. A wobbly-kneed child attempts to roller skate. A couple poses in garish Christmas sweaters. A man at ... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
The United States Withdraws From UNESCO | On October 12, 2017, the Department of State notified UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova of the U.S. decision to withdraw from the organization and to seek to establish a permanent observer mission to UNESCO. This decision was not taken lightly, and reflects U.S. concerns with mounting arrears at UNESCO, the need for... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Taquan Air Flight 20 crash | Taquan Air Flight 20 is a regularly scheduled commuter flight operated by Taquan Air from Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base to Metlakatla Seaplane Base. On 20 May 2019, the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver floatplane operating the flight overturned in the harbor in Metlakatla, Alaska, United States during a water landing,... | Air crash | null | null |
Deadly volcano eruption in Japan confounds forecasters | TOKYO -- A volcano in central Japan ski country erupted without warning Tuesday morning, killing one person, injuring 11 others and sending authorities scrambling to determine the nature of the surprise blast. Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, about 150km northwest of Tokyo, is one of 50 active volcanoes under constant watch by t... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Nairobi airport fire |
The Nairobi airport fire occurred when, on 7 August 2013, a fire broke out inside the main terminal building at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, destroying two of the three units contained in the building. No one was killed, but two people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. [1... | Fire | null | null |
PGA Tour still planning for Japan event, but sources say China event will be canceled | Players were notified last week the Zozo Championship outside Tokyo was still on the schedule, and they faced a deadline for visa applications in case they decide to go. But that will be the only stop, assuming it happens. Two people aware of the decision say the HSBC Champions in Shanghai has been canceled. They spoke... | Organization Closed | null | null |
The nullification of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) agreements by Australian foreign affairs minister Marise Payne were deemed necessary actions | A persistent theme in Australia’s Morrison government has been to assume that electors are mugs and unaware of its schemes. And just to keep that theme going, the specific tearing up of agreements made between China and the state of Victoria was supposedly not meant as a slight against Beijing, writes Binoy Kampmark.
T... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Julia Creek cattle grazing after 2015 acid spill |
Cattle are grazing again on Garomna Station a year after a train derailment and subsequent acid spill made the water on a station dam undrinkable.
The 26-carriage train carrying 800,000 litres of sulphuric acid derailed about 20 kilometres east of Julia Creek on December 27 last year, spilling about 31,500 litres.
Som... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Wragg Fire | The Wragg Fire was a wildland fire that started just off California State Route 128 near Lake Berryessa in Napa County, California in the United States. The fire started on July 22, 2015. [1] The cause was an idling vehicle's car exhaust. The vehicle came into contact with dry grass and sparked the fire. [2] Mandatory ... | Fire | null | null |
Indian famine of 1899–1900 |
The Indian famine of 1899–1900 began with the failure of the summer monsoons in 1899 over Western and Central India and, during the next year, affected an area of 476,000 square miles (1,230,000 km2) and a population of 59.5 million. [1] The famine was acute in the Central Provinces and Berar, the Bombay Presidency, ... | Famine | null | null |
NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crash | NLM CityHopper Flight 431 refers to a Fokker F-28-4000, registration PH-CHI, that was due to operate an international scheduled Rotterdam–Eindhoven–Hamburg passenger service. On 6 October 1981, the aircraft encountered severe weather on the first leg, minutes after taking off from Rotterdam Airport, and crashed 15 mile... | Air crash | null | null |
5 shortest marriages in Bollywood that shocked everyone | Marriage is a blissful experience. It's the union of two souls! When one decides to get married, he/she takes into consideration a lot of things and then plans their future. Celebrity couples have been shelling out major marriage and relationship goals and whenever one needs any inspiration, they look up to them. There... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
FBI searching for Bank of the West robbery suspect | DENVER — Authorities are asking for help identifying a suspect accused of using a weapon while robbing a bank in Denver on Monday. It happened at a Bank of the West located at 2050 S. Downing St. in the early afternoon on Monday, according to the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and the Denver Police Departme... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Colorado Freeway Closed From Mudslides, Opens Limited Lanes | State transportation officials say the reopening is set for Saturday for a vital Colorado interstate highway corridor blocked for weeks by mud and debris slides in a wildfire burn scar. Colorado Freeway Closed From Mudslides, Opens Limited Lanes DENVER (AP) — The reopening of a vital Colorado interstate highway corrido... | Mudslides | null | null |
5 most expensive South Indian celebrity weddings of all time | South Indian politician, the infamous Janardhana Reddy, married off his daughter, Brahmani Reddy in what was an extravagant 5-day fiesta in Bangalore. One of the most expensive South Indian celebrity weddings, the splendid event was everything bling and bright. In fact, if it were to happen in today’s time, it would ea... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Downend air crash | The Downend air crash occurred on 6 November 1957 when a prototype Bristol Britannia aircraft crashed in woods near Overndale Road in Downend, a suburb of Bristol, England, on its landing approach at Filton airport during a test flight. All fifteen on board, four crew and 11 technicians, died in the crash. [1]
The exa... | Air crash | null | null |
South32's legal Wollongong creek discharge 'exceeds safe levels' of heavy metals, scientist says |
The levels of waste containing heavy metals that mining company South32 is licenced to release into a Wollongong creek is causing heartache in sections of the community.
A scientist has taken samples from the thousands of litres of brine waste water trucked 40 kilometres from the mine to Allens Creek up to 17 times a ... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Two Maynard police officers and a local firefighter were also injured in the blaze but have since been released from the hospital, officials said. | Two Maynard police officers and a local firefighter were also injured in the blaze but have since been released from the hospital, officials said.
Dozens of Eversource workers were on scene Thursday night and Friday morning, digging a hole in front of the home. Fire officials said Friday evening the utility was inspect... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Hyesan residential housing complex set alight after gas explosion | The local fire department failed to arrive at the scene until two hours after the fire began
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A gas explosion set off a major fire recently at a residential housing complex in Hyesan, Yanggang Province. This is the second gas-related fire in the area since last August.
According to a Daily NK sou... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Tucker Fire | The Tucker Fire was a wildfire that burned near Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Modoc County, California in the United States. [2] The fire ignited on Sunday, July 28, 2019 along Highway 139 and went on to burn an estimated 14,217 acres of land. [3] As of August 15, the fire was 95% contained. Officials say the... | Fire | null | null |
2019–2020 French pension reform strike |
Édouard PhilippePrime Minister of France
A strike began on 5 December to protest against broad changes to France's pension system proposed by President Emmanuel Macron. [1][2][3][4][5] Reforming the pensions was one of President Macron's promises and there are three primary proposals of the pension reform plan. The... | Strike | null | null |
George H.W. Bush Birthplace | What do you think of when you think of George H.W. Bush? Of course, he was America’s 41st President, the Vice-President under Reagan, and the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency. But what about his life before public life? Famously, Bush owned and operated a gigantic oil company, the Bush-Overbey Oil Dev... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Indian rocket suffers catastrophic failure during launch, Earth-watching satellite lost | An Indian rocket carrying a new Earth-observation satellite for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) suffered a catastrophic failure shortly after launching early Thursday (Aug. 12) from the country's Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota Island in eastern India. The liftoff occurred at 5:43 a.m. local tim... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Whitmer executive order creates Michigan forensic science task force | Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed an executive order creating a Michigan Task Force on Forensic Science — a move advocates for the wrongfully convicted and some state lawmakers have long called for. This new task force is charged with reviewing the current state of forensic science in Michigan, and providing its fin... | Organization Established | null | null |
2020 Chuhuiv An-26 crash | On 25 September 2020, an An-26Sh military transport plane crashed during a training flight[1] in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. [2] Of the 27 people on board, 26 died, and one survived. The aircraft was destroyed. The aircraft had tail number 76 and belonged to the 203rd Training Aviation Brigade (A4104 military uni... | Air crash | null | null |
A Viking Archaeologist Shares 6 of the Most Fascinating Finds From a Slew of Recent Discoveries Made in Melting Ice | Global warming has unlocked hundreds of Viking artifacts from the ice of the Norwegian mountains in recent years. In November, archaeologists from the Secret of the Ice project, part of Norway’s Glacier Archaeology Program, discovered 68 arrows spanning a period of 6,000 years—a record for any frozen archaeological sit... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
An Archaeologist Discovered a Trove of Ancient Catholic Relics Under the Floorboards of a Tudor Manor in England | An illuminated manuscript and prayer book were among the items hidden centuries ago by secretly-practicing Catholics. , August 18, 2020 When workers lifted floorboards to repair the joists of a 500-year-old historic home in England, they inadvertently revealed a once-in-a-lifetime discovery. Under the ... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
UEFA Euro 2016 riots |
The UEFA Euro 2016 football championships in France saw several recorded instances of football hooliganism and related violence between fans, both at the venues where matches took place, and in cities near the participating stadiums. The violence started immediately before the tournament began, and involved clashes b... | Riot | null | null |
Six fined after Charles Sturt University campus party breaches public health orders | NSW Police are expecting "a significant number more" people will be fined as investigations continue into an alleged illegal party at a university campus in the state's south.
Four men and two women, aged between 18 and 20, have each been fined $1,000 in relation to the party at Charles Sturt University's Wagga Wagga c... | Organization Fine | null | null |
2019 California wildfires |
The 2019 wildfire season was a fire season in California, United States. As of December 22, 2019[update], over 7,860 fires have been recorded according to Cal Fire and the US Forest Service, totaling an estimated of 259,823 acres (105,147 hectares) of burned land. [1] Although the 2019 fire season had been relatively... | Fire | null | null |
2013 May Day protests |
The 2013 May Day protests were a series of international protests involving hundreds of thousands of people that took place worldwide on May Day (1 May 2013) over the ongoing global economic crisis including austerity measures and poor working conditions. Thousands of garment factory workers protested poor working con... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute |
The 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute was the largest and most widespread industrial dispute in New Zealand history. During the time, up to twenty thousand workers went on strike in support of waterfront workers protesting against financial hardships and poor working conditions. Thousands more refused to handle "sc... | Strike | null | null |
Southminster, Essex double fatal crash police referred to watchdog | An investigation into a crash that killed two people when a car became partially submerged in a pond has been referred to the police watchdog. A grey BMW Four Series Coupe was found in Southminster, Essex by officers at 08:20 BST on Tuesday. Police said two people inside were pronounced dead at the scene. The force has... | Road Crash | null | null |
Defence tells Oakey residents toxic pollutants no health risk, just don't eat the local produce | A Darling Downs resident is accusing the Defence Department of destroying his livelihood and says a report into the impact of the Oakey firefighting foam contamination scandal does not go far enough.
On Wednesday night, the Defence Department held a meeting in Oakey to tell residents there are no likely health impacts ... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Fire on the Lüneburg Heath | The fire on the Lüneburg Heath was a major forest fire in 1975 on the southern part of the Lüneburg Heath in north Germany, with various points of origin near Gifhorn, Eschede and Meinersen. To this day, it is the largest known forest fire in the Federal Republic of Germany. The fire was aided by a long period of droug... | Fire | null | null |
2018 IIHF World Championship Division I | The 2018 IIHF World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament hosted by the Danish cities of Copenhagen and Herning. The IIHF announced the winning bid on 23 May 2014. [1][2] South Korea made its debut at the World Championship, having played in the lower divisions previously. [3]
Sweden won their second... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Post-2008 Irish economic downturn |
The post-2008 Irish economic downturn in the Republic of Ireland,[2][3][4][5][6] coincided with a series of banking scandals, followed the 1990s and 2000s Celtic Tiger period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment, a subsequent property bubble which rendered the real economy uncompetitive,... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Colgan Air Flight 3407 crash | Colgan Air Flight 3407, marketed as Continental Connection under a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines, was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, New York, which crashed on Thursday, February 12, 2009. The aircraft, a Bombardier Q400, entered an aerodynamic stall from which it did ... | Air crash | null | null |
Doug Ford’s cancellation of green energy deals costs Ontario taxpayers $231 million | The government cancelled the contracts last July, saying the move would save ratepayers $790 million — a figure industry officials have disputed TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford’s decision to tear up 750 renewable energy contracts shortly after winning the election last year is costing Ontario taxpayers more than $230 mill... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Indonesia's Most Active Volcano Erupts | Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupted Wednesday, emitting a river of lava onto the mountain below and gas clouds into the sky. The eruption set off the volcano's longest lava flow since the danger level for Merapi was raised in November, Hanik Humaida, the head of Yogyakarta's Volcanology and Geologica... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
EPA fines Flinders Power $2,200 for ash plume that covered Port Augusta | 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 company which let poten... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Pesticides leading cause of poisoning in India: Study | Pesticides are the leading cause of poisoning in India, with two in every three cases of poisoning happening because of pesticide consumption either intentionally or unintentionally, a new research on the prevalence of various types of poisoning in India has shown.
The research involved analysing 134 research studies d... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
China and Russia hold large-scale joint military drills | Exercise in north-central China to feature 10,000 ground troops and air forces as Beijing and Moscow eye closer ties. Russia and China have begun holding a large-scale joint military exercise in China’s north-central Ningxia region, drills which come as the pair spar with Washington and its Western allies over a range ... | Military Exercise | null | null |
2020 Dijon riots | The "2020 Dijon Riots" took place in Dijon, in the French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté for four consecutive days. On June 10th, a 16-year-old Chechen boy was assaulted by French-Arab drug dealers from low-income district of Grésilles in Dijon which has a predominant population of North Africans. [1] Members of the... | Riot | null | null |
A message from John Furrier, co-founder of SiliconANGLE: | UPDATED 15:19 EST / AUGUST 27 2021 by Maria Deutscher Cybersecurity provider IronNet Inc. today announced that it has completed its merger with special-purpose acquisition company LGL Systems Acquisition Corp. and is now publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Iron... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Aeroflot Flight 505 crash | Aeroflot Flight 505 crashed just after takeoff in Tashkent on 16 January 1987. Flight 505 was an early morning flight from Tashkent to Shahrisabz, both in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, now the Republic of Uzbekistan. The flight took off just one minute and 28 seconds after an Ilyushin Il-76, thus encountering it... | Air crash | null | null |
Pittston Coal strike | The Pittston Coal strike was a United States strike action led by the United Mine Workers Union (UMWA) against the Pittston Coal Company, nationally headquartered in Pittston, Pennsylvania. The strike, which lasted from April 5, 1989 to February 20, 1990, resulted from Pittston's termination of health care benefits f... | Strike | null | null |
1978 LAV HS 748 accident crash | The 1978 LAV HS 748 accident occurred on 3 March 1978 when Hawker Siddeley HS 748 YV-45C, of LAV (Línea Aeropostal Venezolana), crashed into the sea close to Caracas-Maiquetía Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela. [1] All 46 on board were killed. [1]
Two minutes after takeoff from Caracas-Maiquetía Airport (CCS/SVMI), on a d... | Air crash | null | null |
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Queensland state school closed after girl, 4, tests positive to COVID-19 as close contact of truck driver | A state school in Windaroo, south of Brisbane, has been closed for a fortnight following the discovery of a COVID-19 case at a nearby education facility. The move came after a four-year-old girl who attended the Boulevard Early Learning Centre at Mount Warren Park tested positive as a close contact of a 46-year-old tru... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Afghanistan could have taken B’desh route to prosperity; US didn’t allow it | While Bangladesh, which shares a struggle similar to Afghanistan, emerged as an Asian economic bull from a basket case while thwarting a possible takeover by Islamic radicals, Afghanistan will be ruled by a radical conservative Islamist regime 6:30 AM, 3 September, 2021 Updated 9:08 AM, 3 September, 2021 President Car... | Regime Change | null | null |
Trump administration begins formal withdrawal from World Health Organization | The Trump administration has notified Congress and the United Nations that the United States is formally withdrawing from the World Health Organization, multiple officials tell CNN, a move that comes amid a rising number of coronavirus cases throughout the Americas over the past week. The withdrawal, which goes into ef... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Airstan incident crash | The Airstan incident was an international incident involving Russia and the Taliban of Afghanistan in 1995 and 1996. On 3 August 1995, Taliban-controlled fighter aircraft intercepted an Airstan Ilyushin Il-76TD transport aircraft, with seven Russian nationals on board, forcing it to land at Taliban-occupied Kandahar In... | Air crash | null | null |
Ohio State distributes another $46 million in student aid | To assist students with financial challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Ohio State University is distributing another $46 million in federal assistance for students. The university notified more than 25,000 students this week that they are receiving block grants as part of the third round of emergency grants s... | Financial Aid | null | null |
China rebukes Australia for “Cold War mentality” after Belt and Road accords cancelled | SYDNEY, April 22 (Reuters) - Australia said on Thursday that it cancelled two accords between Victoria state and China on the Belt and Road Initiative because they were out of line with the federal government’s foreign policy, which sees a “free and open Indo Pacific” as a key goal. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesma... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Guardiola signs new City deal! | Manchester City are pleased to announce that Pep Guardiola has signed a new two-year deal with the Club.
The contract, which now runs to the summer of 2023, sees Guardiola ’s commitment to City extended to seven years from his arrival in 2016.
Since joining Manchester City, Pep has had a transformational effect on th... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
1956 Scottish Airlines Malta air disaster crash | The 1956 Scottish Airlines Malta air disaster was an air accident that happened on 18 February 1956. A Scottish Airlines Avro York crashed after takeoff from RAF Luqa in Malta on a trooping flight from the Suez Canal Zone to London Stansted Airport. [1][2] The disaster killed all 50 passengers and crew on board the air... | Air crash | null | null |
1980 St Pauls riot |
The St Pauls riot occurred in St Pauls, Bristol, England on 2 April 1980 when police raided the Black and White Café on Grosvenor Road in the heart of the area. After several hours of disturbance in which fire engines and police cars were damaged, 130 people were arrested, 25 were taken to hospital, including 19 poli... | Riot | null | null |
Asbestos Strike | The Asbestos strike of 1949, based in and around the town of Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute by asbestos miners. It has traditionally been portrayed as a turning point in Quebec history that helped lead to the Quiet Revolution. [1] It also helped launch the careers of Jean Marchand, Gérard Pel... | Strike | null | null |
1950 British Columbia B-36 crash | Sometime after midnight on 14 February 1950, a Convair B-36B, Air Force Serial Number 44-92075 assigned to the 7th Bombardment Wing, Heavy at Carswell Air Force Base, crashed in northwestern British Columbia on Mount Kologet after jettisoning a Mark 4 nuclear bomb. [1] This was the first such nuclear weapon loss in his... | Air crash | null | null |
Mitchell jail fire | On Friday, May 3, 2002, a fire broke out at the Mitchell County jail in Bakersville, North Carolina. Bakersville is located northeast of Asheville, North Carolina, and has a population of less than 500. The jail, built in the 1950s, held 17 inmates; some were serving time for misdemeanors and others were awaiting trial... | Fire | null | null |
Pan Am Flight 923 crash | Alaska
USA
Pan Am Flight 923 was a Douglas DC-4 operating from Seattle, Washington to Juneau, Alaska, which crashed into Tamgas Mountain on Annette Island, Alaska, on October 26, 1947. All 18 passengers and crew on board were killed. The crash was the worst in Alaskan commercial aviation at the time, as well as the f... | Air crash | null | null |
2013 Bushehr earthquake |
The 2013 Bushehr earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.3 on April 9 in Iran. The shock's epicenter was in the province of Bushehr, near the city of Khvormuj and the towns of Kaki and Shonbeh. At least 37 people were killed, mostly from the town of Shonbeh and villages of Shonbeh-Tasuj district, and an esti... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Farmers fearful of China retaliation as Australia tears up Victoria's Belt and Road deal | Farmers are not confident of a quick resolution to the trade dispute with China after the Commonwealth Government tore up Victoria's Belt and Road deal with Beijing.
Australia has been in a trade dispute with China for more than a year with major agricultural exports like barley, wine, meat, lobster, and last month hay... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Melbourne beach gastro risk amid Port Phillip Bay faeces contamination |
Authorities are warning of high levels of faecal pollution at some of Melbourne's most popular beaches after recent flash flooding, sparking concerns about gastroenteritis. EPA Victoria is forecasting poor water quality — indicating unsuitable conditions for swimming — at 21 of the 36 beaches it monitors in Port Phill... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
2013 China–Russia floods | :84 dead, 105 missing, 840,000 displaced
During mid-August 2013 parts of eastern Russia and northeastern China were stricken by heavy flooding. At least 85 people died from the floods and more than 105 others were left missing as of August 19. [4] More than 60,000 homes were destroyed and 840,000 people evacuated from... | Floods | null | null |
Ansett Airlines Flight 232 crash | Ansett Airlines Flight 232, on Wednesday, 15 November 1972, was a trip from Adelaide, South Australia aboard a Fokker Friendship bound for Alice Springs, Northern Territory. It was Australia's second aircraft hijacking (after the first in 1960), and resulted in the perpetrator's death by suicide. A male passenger, subs... | Air crash | null | null |
Man previously charged with capital murder released from jail, charges dismissed | by: Roland Richter Albert Love, who at one time had been on death row and who had been waiting for his appeals court ordered new trial has now been released from jail after the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him, saying the office would not be able to go to ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
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