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NJ forms taskforce to aid 'courageous' Afghan refugee arrival | TRENTON, N.J. — (WCBS 880) In the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attack at Kabul airport Thursday that killed at least 60 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is making good on his promise to bring in Afghan refugees "imminently" announcing the formation of a task force to assist their transition ... | Organization Established | null | null |
Daily Sabah | Elaine Thompson-Herah broke Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old Olympic record in the women’s 100 meters, pointing at the scoreboard even before crossing the line in 10.61 seconds Saturday to defend her title and lead a Jamaican sweep of the medals.
Griffith Joyner set the old record of 10.62 at the 1988 Seoul Olymp... | Break historical records | null | null |
AG: Investigation clears two Rochester police officers who shot and killed Mark Gaskill | Chief Herriott-Sullivan says officers fired nine shots after they saw a man “brandishing” a handgun May 14. The man was struck and died at the scene.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The state Attorney General's Office investigation cleared the two Rochester police officers who shot and killed 28-year-old Mark Gaskill ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Brazil dam collapse death toll rises to 60, hundreds still missing | Recurring gifts of $11/month (or just $130/year) made before Nov. 30 will help us unlock a matching gift of $67,000. Will you join us in our effort to bring you news from the world every day? Rescue crew work in a dam owned by Brazilian miner Vale SA that burst, in Brumadinho, Brazil Jan. 25, 2019. Washington Alves/R... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Too Big to Fail: The Entire Private Sector | Large parts of financial markets are now being managed by the government. Even if they don’t like it, investors must acknowledge it. By Matt Phillips During the 2008 financial crisis, Wall Street banks and other big financial institutions were deemed “too big to fail.” The crisis unleashed by the pandemic has broadened... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Woman rushed to hospital after car crashes into church in Salford | A woman was taken to hospital after a car smashed into a church in Salford . Emergency services were called to the crash in Pendleton Way, near to Salford Shopping Centre, shortly before 8.40am today (Friday, September 24). A woman in her 20s was taken to hospital with back injuries. | Road Crash | null | null |
2010 G20 Toronto summit protests | Public protesting and demonstrations began one week ahead of the 2010 G20 Toronto summit, which took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 26−27 June. The protests were for various causes, including poverty and anti-capitalism. Protests mainly consisted of peaceful demonstrations and rallies but also took the form of a ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
UNESCO Withdrawal Announced | The United States formally ended 38 years of association with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) yesterday, announcing that it will withdraw at the end of the month because the agency has been politicized leftward and is financially irresponsible. However, Gregory J. Newell, a... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Aeroflot Flight 7841 crash | Aeroflot Flight 7841 was a scheduled Soviet domestic passenger flight from Minsk to Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), which crashed on 1 February 1985 killing fifty eight people on board. [1] Twenty-two people (including three crew members) survived the accident. [1] The crash was caused by engine failure brought on by... | Air crash | null | null |
Floreat bank robbed. | eA police hunt is underway for a man who robbed a bank in the Boulevard shopping centre in the Perth suburb of Floreat this afternoon. It is understood the man may have been armed with a firearm. He fled with cash but police will not reveal how much. They are looking for a man in his mid thirties, with fair to tanned s... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Gilroy Police investigate officer-involved shooting | A man who exchanged gunfire with police early Wednesday morning died at a trauma center after being struck by “at least” one bullet, according to Gilroy Police.
At about 2:30am, police responded to a business on the 100 block of Fourth Street for a report of an intoxicated man. When an officer arrived, the man, describ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risk Through Bank Capital Requirements | Australia's economy has plunged into its first recession in nearly 30 years, as it suffers the economic fallout from the coronavirus. Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 7% in the April-to-June quarter compared to the previous three months. This is the biggest fall since records began back in 1959 and comes after a fal... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
1993 Klamath Falls earthquakes |
The 1993 Klamath Falls earthquakes took place in Klamath Falls, Oregon, beginning on Monday, 20 September at 8:28 p.m. The doublet earthquake registered respective magnitudes of 6.0 and 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale. The earthquakes were located at a depth of 5.6 miles (9 km) and tremors continued to be felt more ... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Celebrity Couples With Staying Power | Many famous couples do have happy marriages, despite celebrity gossip to the contrary. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan, and Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are just a few of Hollywood's successful relationships. Medically Reviewed Anyone who reads celebrity gossip magazines knows how precar... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Two people killed, 12 missing after accidents in Chinese coal mines | SHANGHAI, June 5 (Reuters) - Two people were killed and 12 were missing after two separate accidents at coal mines in China, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday. The two deaths took place at a mine run by Henan Hebi Coal and Electricity Co late on Friday, prompting authorities in the central province of Henan t... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
A special sensation in the sky: The rare red aurora | Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He asked a Fulbright student from Norway named Tone to the Portland Symphony that night. They went for a stroll on a golf course after the concert. Looking past the treetops, they noticed the... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Perth Children's Hospital report finds brass fittings likely caused lead contamination |
More major remedial work will be needed at the problem-plagued Perth Children's Hospital after a comprehensive report found brass fittings to be the likely cause of lead contamination in the facility's drinking water, which has contributed to lengthy delays in its opening.
In a report by the State's chief health offic... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
India’s 4x400m relay team sets Asian mark, still falls short of final spot in Tokyo Olympics | A couple of seconds after Amoj Jacob—the youngest of India's 4x400m men's relay team at 23—took the baton from Rajiv Arokia—the eldest of the quartet at 30—for the anchor leg of their heat, he had five sprinters ahead of him. The Polish, Jamaican and Belgian runners were way ahead, but the Japanese and Frenchman were w... | Break historical records | null | null |
Algeria's former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika dies aged 84 | Bouteflika fought for independence from France, reconciled his conflict-ravaged nation, and was then ousted amid pro-democracy protests in 2019 after two decades in power.
The report did not give the cause of death or information about funeral arrangements.
Bouteflika had suffered a stroke in 2013 that badly weakened h... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Mysterious 18th century warship artefact pulled from Gulf of Finland | Marine archaeologist Minna Koivikko said she got goosebumps simply talking about the moment the relic was handed to her. Over the weekend, Finnish Heritage Agency marine archaeologist Minna Koivikko enjoyed one of the highlights of her career when she was handed a lion's head sculpted from wood that was retrieved from ... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Suspected Disease Outbreak Hitting Princeton's Deer Population | PRINCETON, NJ — The township has asked residents to immediately report sick of dead deer to Animal Control, after The Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Fish and Wildlife confirmed Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in the White-Tailed Deer population of New Jersey. In Princeton, the first suspected ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Fifteen years of Serbia’s membership in the Partnership for Peace: Cooperation stable, the public uninformed | For almost fifteen years of Serbia’s membership in the Partnership for Peace, the list of concrete achievements of this cooperation in the fields of security – military, civilian and scientific cooperation – is significant, while the political benefits of cooperation with NATO are always highlighted in the official doc... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Eastern Air Lines Flight 855 crash | On May 5, 1983, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, registration N334EA, operating as Eastern Air Lines Flight 855 en route from Miami International Airport to Nassau International Airport, experienced the loss of all three engines near Miami, Florida. The flight crew succeeded in restarting one engine in time to safely land t... | Air crash | null | null |
One man killed, two hospitalised after horror Queensland mine collapse | A 60-year-old man has died after the ceiling of a Queensland mine collapsed on him, with two others taken to hospital. A 60-year-old man has died and two others were taken to hospital after the ceiling of an underground mine collapsed in Queensland on Tuesday night. A section of the wall and ceiling fell in on the work... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
President Trump Announces U.S. Withdrawal from JCPOA; U.S. Sanctions on Iran Will Be Re-Imposed Following Wind-Down Periods | On May 8, 2018, President Trump announced that the United States would cease its participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The JCPOA, often referred to as the “Iran Nuclear Deal,” was implemented in January 2016 between the P5+1 (i.e., the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council—China... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
1991 European Super Cup |
The 1991 European Super Cup was the 16th European Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations) and contested by the winners of the previous season's European Cup and Cup Winners' Cup competitions. The match was played on 19 November 1991 and featured the 1990–91 ... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Brexit: Ministers plan laws overriding part of withdrawal deal | Although the UK formally left the EU in January, it has continued to follow rules set in Brussels during a transition period - which ends on 31 December - while discussions over a long-term trade agreement continue. Another round of talks - the eighth - begins on Tuesday, aimed at securing a deal to allow companies to ... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Financial Institutions Are On Notice That Weak Governance Can Lead To Ratings Downgrades And Significant Fines | Maybe, just maybe, financial institutions’ stakeholders are finally fed up with the bad behavior of the bad apples in banking. According to ‘Governance and Credit Ratings,’ a report published today by Fitch Ratings, the firms’ ratings analysts expect that “idiosyncratic governance weaknesses to weigh on ratings more of... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Sherpa Fire |
The Sherpa Fire was a wildfire that burned in the Santa Ynez Mountains along the Gaviota Coast in the southwestern part of Santa Barbara County, California in June 2016. In a matter of hours the fire spread to over 1,400 acres (570 ha) as the fire was propelled by downslope sundowner winds. This offshore northerly wi... | Fire | null | null |
Cecil Shadbolt crash | Cecil Victor Shadbolt (1859 – 8 July 1892) was a British photographer, who pioneered aerial photography from flying balloons. Shadbolt was born in 1859, the son of the mahogany dealer and photographer George Shadbolt. [1][2]
He showed photographs of Welsh landscapes at the 1877 Photographic Society exhibition. [2]
Hi... | Air crash | null | null |
New data estimates thousands of Australians are living with undiagnosed cancers after COVID-19 lockdowns | Ms Strachan was rushed straight into surgery where half her tongue was removed and replaced with flesh from her forearm.
"I just thought at that time, 'Well, OK, I may not be able to speak very well. I may not be able to work anymore. And will I survive, ultimately?'
"It was very stressful."
She spent weeks alone in ho... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
1952 Luqa Avro Lancaster crash | The 1952 Luqa Avro Lancaster crash was a military aviation accident that occurred in Malta on 30 December 1952 when an Avro Lancaster bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from RAF Luqa into a residential area in Luqa. Three of the four crew members on board the aircraft and a civilian on the ground were killed. The cra... | Air crash | null | null |
2012 Jersey gas holder fire | The 2012 Jersey gas holder fire occurred when fire broke out at a gas holder, owned by Jersey Gas, on Tunnell Street, in Saint Helier, Jersey. [2] The Jersey Fire and Rescue Service brought the fire under-control, and it burnt out during the early hours of 5 July 2012. In the aftermath of the incident Jersey Gas was fi... | Fire | null | null |
July 2012 Beijing flood | In a twenty-hour period on July 21, 2012, a flash flood hit the city of Beijing in the People's Republic of China. Within a day of the flooding, 56,933 people had been evacuated, while the floodwaters killed 79 people,[1] causing at least 10 billion Yuan (US$1.6 billion) in damages and destroying at least 8,200 homes. ... | Floods | null | null |
Many shops in the city remain shut despite first day of reopening of 11 economic activities | KUALA LUMPUR: Many shops inside shopping malls in the city remained closed to customers despite it being the first day of the reopening of 11 economic activities today. Checks around the Damansara Perdana and Mutiara Damansara areas in Petaling Jaya as well as Subang Jaya saw several shops such as hair salons and carwa... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Dr Lai Kah Weng had been placed on home recovery from Sept 28 to Oct 8, 2021 | Dr Lai Kah Weng had been placed on home recovery from Sept 28 to Oct 8, 2021. SINGAPORE - A doctor has shared his Covid-19 home recovery experience on social media, hoping to destigmatise the disease as a "life-threatening" one. Dr Lai Kah Weng, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon from Healthway Medical's Island Orthopae... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
Maya-3 and Maya-4, will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s Dragon C208 on Saturday, Aug. 28 | The country’s third and fourth nanosatellites, Maya-3 and Maya-4, will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s Dragon C208 on Saturday, Aug. 28, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced Friday, Aug. 27. The DOST said the launch of the cube satellites is s... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Northern Lights predicted to grace southern B.C. skies this weekend, as province on path of geomagnetic storm | The Northern Lights could put on another dreamy show in the skies across British Columbia this weekend — and nature fans and photographers alike are hoping to catch another mesmerizing glimpse of the phenomenon after it made an appearance earlier this month. A strong geomagnetic storm watch is in effect for Oct. 30 to ... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Tokyo Olympics: Indian 4x400m relay team breaks Asian record but fails to qualify for final | The Indian men’s 4x400m relay quartet shattered the Asian record during the heats on Friday but missed qualifying for the Olympics final by a whisker.
The quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Tom Noah Nirmal, Rajiv Arokia and Amoj Jacob completed the race in 3:00.25 to finish fourth in the second heat. They ended at the ni... | Break historical records | null | null |
2011 Kohistan floods | The 2011 Kohistan floods are a series of flash floods that took place throughout the month of August 2011 in the Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan. The floods, caused by overnight heavy rains, have left at least 63 people dead and washed away dozens of houses, settlements, livestock and vege... | Floods | null | null |
Chandrayaan-2 orbiter payloads made discovery-class findings, says ISRO | India’s second Moon mission Chandrayaan-2 lifts off onboard GSLV Mk III-M1 launch vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, Monday, July 22, 2019. ISRO had called off the launch on July 15 after a technical snag was detected ahead of the lift off The observations of the Chandrayaan-2... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
WJXT’s Positively Jax effort wins national EPPY Award | JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Among several awards Graham Media Group stations took home at this year’s national EPPY Awards was a win for WJXT’s Positively Jax campaign.
We are grateful that our efforts to highlight people and efforts that help others and make our community a better place to live received the group’s “Best cau... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
4 Prince George County schools closing early due to countywide water issues | PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Students at Prince George High School, N.B. Clements Junior High School, Beazley Elementary School and William A. Walton Elementary School will be released early today because the school is experiencing water issues. The school district said this is countywide. Early dismissal at Prin... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Los Angeles runway disaster crash | On the evening of February 1, 1991, USAir Flight 1493, a Boeing 737-300, collided with SkyWest Flight 5569, a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner turboprop aircraft, upon landing at Los Angeles International Airport. [5][6] Though air traffic was not heavy at LAX, as Flight 1493 was on final approach the local controller w... | Air crash | null | null |
2017–2018 Togolese protests |
The 2017–18 Togolese protests are a significant representation of civil unrest in Togo and against the 50 year rule of the father-son combination of Gnassingbé Eyadéma and Faure Gnassingbé. [1] The protesters demanded that the president honour the 1992 constitution, and demanding that he step down immediately. Gnassi... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Hartal 1953 | Legislature
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The Hartal 1953 (Sinhala: 1953 වර්ජනය, romanized: Varjanaya) was a country-wide demonstration of civil disobedience and strike, commonly known as a hartal, held in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 12 August 1953. It was organized to protest of the policies and actions of the incumbent United National P... | Strike | null | null |
I’m a solar eclipse chaser – here’s what to expect from this week’s partial eclipse | Ryan Milligan receives funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council and NASA. Queen's University Belfast provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. View all partners In December 2020, in the middle of a pandemic, I made the somewhat questionable decision to fly 11,200km from where ... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
1989 Gissar earthquake | The 1989 Gissar earthquake occurred at 23:02 UTC on 22 January near Gissar in Tajikistan. The shock had a body wave magnitude of 5.3 and a maximum felt intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The National Geophysical Data Center reported that the death toll from the event amounted to about 274, ... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Unvaxxed ’72 Heisman winner: Fitness sped COVID-19 recovery | OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska football great Johnny Rodgers, back home after spending more than two weeks in the hospital with COVID-19, said Tuesday he believes his superior physical condition helped him have a better outcome than many 70-year-olds who contract the coronavirus. The 1972 Heisman Trophy winner, in a telep... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash | The 1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash was an accident in which a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II military transport aircraft of the United States Air Force crashed into Mount Gannett, a peak in the Chugach Mountains in the American state of Alaska, on November 22, 1952. All of the 52 people on board were killed. The C-124 de... | Air crash | null | null |
Japan's Tohoku quake and tsunami, 10 years later | On the 10th anniversary of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and ensuing tsunami in northeastern Japan, the aftermath of the disaster in the region and the conditions for evacuation are being explored. The quake and tsunami claimed some 15,000 lives, while some 2,000 people were never found. A decade after the quake, po... | Tsunamis | null | null |
Associations Plead Govt To Let Malls Open In July Or Else 50% Of Them Will Close For Good | The retail and mall groups said that 20 to 30% of shops in malls have been closed over the past 16 months, with 300,000 staff personnel being laid off. By Daranee Balachandar — 24 Jun 2021, 10:25 AM Associations representing Malaysian shoppin... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Coal mine accident in China's Chongqing kills 23 | (Reuters) - Twenty-three people died after being trapped in a mine in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, the region’s second such accident in just over two months. The dead were among 24 people trapped underground by excessive levels of carbon monoxide gas at the D... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
NATO welcomes seven new members | On 2 April a flag-raising ceremony and a special meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers was held at NATO to celebrate the accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
At 9:30 am the flags of the seven new Allies were raised at the entrance to the Alliance’s Headquarters in Brussels as e... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
23rd Street Fire | The 23rd Street Fire was an incident that took place in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on October 17, 1966. A group of firefighters from the New York City Fire Department responding to a fire at 7 East 22nd Street entered a building at 6 East 23rd Street as part of an effort to fight th... | Fire | null | null |
Switzerland decides to join UN | Switzerland decides to join UN
Referendum brings centuries of political isolationism to an end
Mon 4 Mar 2002 01.10 GMT
Switzerland abandoned centuries of political isolationism yesterday by voting to join the United Nations in a cliffhanger referendum which had been billed as a battle for the country's soul.
A nation... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
October 2007 California wildfires | The October 2007 California wildfires, also known as the Fall 2007 California firestorm,[11] were a series of about thirty wildfires (17 of which became major wildfires)[4] that began igniting across Southern California on October 20. At least 1,500 homes were destroyed[12] and approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 ... | Fire | null | null |
Food famines in British | Photo: The “Billionaire Raj” is preparing to turn India back from a country of hunger (on the 2020 Global Hunger Index, India is 94th out of 107 countries) to a country of famine. Child who starved to death during the Bengal famine of 1943. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Viewpoint by Justin Podur* This article was produced... | Famine | null | null |
‘Remembrance will be difficult’: Afghanistan veterans reeling from Taliban takeover | Former major says withdrawal has prompted some British veterans to question value of time in country Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor Sat 13 Nov 2021 08.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 13 Nov 2021 08.02 GMT This year’s Remembrance Sunday commemorations will be the first since last summer’s chaotic withdrawal from Af... | Regime Change | null | null |
Man arrested for suspected armed robbery at a moneylender in Bukit Batok | SINGAPORE: Police on Friday (Jul 9) said a 30-year-old man was arrested for his involvement in a suspected case of armed robbery at a moneylender along Bukit Batok Street 31. The authorities were alerted to the incident on Thursday at about 7.13pm, said police, with preliminary investigations revealing that the susp... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Delaware News | DOVER, Del. (July 2, 2021) – The Delaware Department of Agriculture is warning all residents about two deadly species of hemlock recently found in Sussex County. Environmental scientists have confirmed the presence of poison hemlock (Conicum maculatum) and spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata). All parts of the plant... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Jenson gets 7-year drug dealing sentence while waiting for murder trial | Brian Christopher Jenson, awaiting trial in a North Ogden murder, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for dealing methamphetamine. Jenson, 30, of Brigham City, was one of nearly two dozen white supremacist gang members indicted last year by federal prosecutors in Salt Lake City for alleged drug and gun ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor confrontation of 1899 | The Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, labor riot of 1899 was the second of two major labor-management confrontations in the Coeur d'Alene mining district of northern Idaho in the 1890s. Like the first incident seven years earlier, the 1899 confrontation was an attempt by union miners, led by the Western Federation of Miners to un... | Strike | null | null |
Bat Fest canceled after city denies permit for Saturday concert on Congress Avenue Bridge | Saturday's annual Bat Fest concert event on the Congress Avenue Bridge has been canceled after city officials denied the festival's permit, event presenter Roadway Productions announced via social media on Wednesday evening. The post read, "It is with utter shock and great disappointment that we must announced that we ... | Organization Closed | null | null |
1965 MGM vault fire |
The 1965 MGM vault fire was a fire that erupted in Vault 7, a storage facility, at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio (MGM) backlot (now Sony Pictures Studios) in Culver City, California, in 1965. It was caused by an electrical short explosively igniting stored nitrate film. The initial explosion reportedly killed at lea... | Fire | null | null |
Steel strike of 1959 | The steel strike of 1959 was a 116-day labor union strike (July 15 – November 7, 1959) by members of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) that idled the steel industry throughout the United States. The strike occurred over management's demand that the union give up a contract clause which limited management's abil... | Strike | null | null |
2007 Sudan floods |
On 3 July 2007, flash floods during Sudan's rainy season devastated much of the country's central, southern, and western regions. The Sudanese government referred to the floods as the "worst in living memory". [1]
An estimated 200,000 Sudanese were made homeless while 122 reportedly died. [2] The United Nations play... | Floods | null | null |
Dustin Lynch concert at Mohegan Sun Arena canceled due to illness | Updated: 5:34 PM EDT August 5, 2021 MONTVILLE, Conn. — The Dustin Lynch performance scheduled at Mohegan Sun Arena Thursday night has been canceled due to illness. According to Mohegan Sun's Twitter page , a member of the touring party caught an illness. The concert was canceled out of an abundance of caution. The ty... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Biden Declares Success in Beating Pandemic in July 4 Speech | A triumphant President Joe Biden all but announced an end to the pandemic in the U.S. on Sunday, celebrating what he called a “heroic” vaccination campaign on the country’s Independence Day holiday.
Speaking at a party on the White House’s South Lawn with more than 1,000 people in attendance, Biden declared that the U.... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
Downtown Toledo PNC Bank robbed by male threatening violence in a note | TOLEDO, Ohio — The FBI is seeking clues in a bank robbery that took place Friday afternoon at the PNC Bank branch on Madison Avenue downtown. The bank was robbed at 1:19 p.m. by a lone white male who presented a note threatening violence, the FBI said. The man fled the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
1906 Valparaíso earthquake |
The 1906 Valparaíso earthquake hit Valparaíso, Chile, on August 16 at 19:55 local time. Its epicenter was offshore from the Valparaíso Region, and its intensity was estimated at magnitude 8.2 Mw. [2] This earthquake occurred thirty minutes after the 1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake. Much of Valparaíso was destroyed; t... | Earthquakes | null | null |
World’s 1st Catastrophe Bond for Volcanic Eruptions Aims to Improve Disaster Relief | The Danish Red Cross is offering the world’s first catastrophe bond for volcanic eruptions, which is designed to improve the provision and efficiency of humanitarian relief after eruptions of 10 volcanoes across three continents. The cat bond aims to raise up to $3 million from investors for aid in the aftermath of an ... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
2018 Hawaii earthquake |
On May 4, 2018, an earthquake with a magnitude of Mw 6.9[4] struck Hawaii island in the Hawaii archipelago at around 12:33 p.m. local time. [5] The earthquake's epicenter was near the south flank of Kīlauea, which has been the site of seismic and volcanic activity since late April of that year. [6] According to the Un... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire | The Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire destroyed two buildings, covering an entire block of Downtown Minneapolis on November 25–26, 1982: the 16-story headquarters of Northwestern National Bank (now Wells Fargo) and the vacant, partially demolished location formerly occupied by Donaldson's department store, which had re... | Fire | null | null |
Congo Investigation a Chance to Fight Corruption | Former President Joseph Kabila speaks during the state of the nation address to the National Assembly in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, file, July 19, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/John Bompengo
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed last week that they had opened an inquiry following allegations o... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Coroner rules air pollution contributed to London schoolgirl's death |
Air pollution contributed to the death of a London schoolgirl, a coroner has ruled, in a landmark case that could push Britain to get tougher on traffic and clean up city air.
After a two-week inquest, coroner Philip Barlow said the death in 2013 of Ella Kissi-Debrah, aged nine, was caused by acute respiratory failure... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Inside the Grey-AKQA merger: Grey and AKQA bosses open up on the deal and what's next | Today was the AKQA Group’s first official day of existence. With 6,000 people in 50 countries boasting blue-chip clients like Coca-Cola, Netflix, Nike and Procter & Gamble—the merger of AKQA and Grey Worldwide has certainly gotten everyone’s attention. But how will its two leaders unify its employees and clients around... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Geologists Find Answers to Future Tsunami Threats Embedded in the Past | Type at least three characters to start auto complete. Recently searched locations will be displayed if there is no search query. The first option will be automatically selected. Use up and down arrows to change selection. Use escape to clear. When tsunamis mercilessly strike coastal regions, they cause an immense loss... | Tsunamis | null | null |
All Saints staff win teaching awards | All Saints Catholic School staff Sherelle Oakley, Amy Whiley and Meral Incedal with their awards. - Credit: Nick Pauro Four staff members at a Dagenham school have been recognised with awards for their efforts in supporting young people. The group, from All Saints Catholic School, were honoured at the London Teacher of... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
2005 Northern Peru earthquake | The 2005 northern Peru earthquake occurred on September 25 at 20:56 local time (01:56 UTC) with a magnitude of 7.5. It resulted in the deaths of at least five people. The epicenter was located about 100 km (62 mi) northeast of the jungle city of Moyobamba in the San Martín Region of Peru, and the earthquake struck an a... | Earthquakes | null | null |
1934 West Coast Longshore Strike |
The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast Longshoremen's Strike, as well as a number of variations on these names) lasted eighty-three days, and began on May 9, 1934 when longshoremen in every US West Coast port walked out. The strike peaked with the death of two workers on "Bloody Thur... | Strike | null | null |
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Flight 9064 crash | Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Flight 9064 was a military flight from Bratsk Airport to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport with 9 passengers and 9 crew aboard. The airplane was an Ilyushin Il-76TD operated by the Border Guard Service of Russia for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation that formerly was opera... | Air crash | null | null |
1884 Colchester earthquake |
The Colchester earthquake, also known as the Great English earthquake, occurred on the morning of 22 April 1884 at 09:18. [1] It caused considerable damage in Colchester and the surrounding villages in Essex. [2] In terms of overall destruction caused it is certainly the most destructive earthquake to have hit the Un... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Isaiah Brooks to be released from prison after serving two years in Zach Munday’s death | Updated: Nov 1, 2021 / 09:01 PM EDT KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Isaiah Brooks, one of the people convicted in the death of 15-year-old Zach Munday , was released into society Monday after serving two years in prison. Brooks, 20, will be serving the rest of his sentence on probation, starting immediately in a halfway hou... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Kivu Ebola epidemic |
The Kivu Ebola epidemic[note 2] was an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) that ravaged the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Central Africa from 2018 to 2020. [10] Between 1 August 2018 and 25 June 2020 it resulted in 3,470 reported cases. [11] The Kivu outbreak also affected Ituri Province, whos... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Man and woman sought after 2 armed bank robberies committed hours apart in Burnaby | The Vancity Credit Union branch at Market Crossing in Burnaby, B.C., is seen in an undated Google Maps image. VANCOUVER -- Police are searching for suspects following two armed bank robberies in Burnaby, B.C., that were committed within a few hours of each other on Thursday. The first robbery was reported shortly aft... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Race against time in Liberian Armyworms plague - Food and ... |
Race against time in Liberian Armyworms plague
Moths could spell new disaster
29 January 2009, Rome - A team of international experts led by FAO is racing against time to contain a vast plague of voracious Armyworm caterpillars which has triggered a national emergency in Liberia and could spread to much of West Afric... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
River Fire (2020) | The River Fire was a wildfire that broke out from a lightning storm early on August 16, 2020 in Monterey County, California, south of Salinas, near River Road and Mount Toro. [2][3] Within its first day, it spread to 2,000 acres and was 10% contained; mandatory evacuations were ordered, while air and ground crews worke... | Fire | null | null |
Opinions about UK lefting EU | The United Kingdom has officially left the European Union. The United Kingdom has finally left the European Union, after three and a half years of political turmoil. There were celebrations and protests across the country as the clock counted down to 11 pm (GMT) on Friday, bringing an end to almost... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Philippine scientists warn of another eruption at Taal Volcano | The highest levels of volcanic sulfur dioxide emission recorded at the volcano, which indicates possible eruption, officials said. Another eruption at the Philippines’ second-most active volcano can occur anytime soon amid “anomalously high” volcanic gas emissions, according to government scientists. More than 3,000 re... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Wedding company fined for coronavirus breach after hundreds attend Western Sydney wedding reception | 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
NSW Police have fined a F... | Organization Fine | null | null |
2019 Midwestern U.S. floods |
The Midwestern United States experienced major floods in the spring of 2019, primarily along the Missouri River and its tributaries in Nebraska, Missouri, South Dakota, Iowa, and Kansas. The Mississippi River also saw flooding, although starting later and ending earlier. The 2019 January-to-May period was the wettest... | Floods | null | null |
Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896 crash | On 13 July 2011, Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896, a Let L-410 Turbolet passenger aircraft on a domestic service from Recife to Mossoró, Brazil, crashed shortly after take-off in the Boa Viagem neighbourhood of Recife, after suffering an engine failure. All 16 people on board were killed. [1]
The aircraft took off from ... | Air crash | null | null |
Mid-Shore, Southern Maryland SCORE chapters to merge | ANNAPOLIS — SCORE, a nonprofit organization providing free volunteer experienced mentors to small businesses, announces the merger of two of its Maryland chapters — Mid-Shore and Southern Maryland chapters — to better serve small businesses on both sides of the Chesapeake Bay. The Mid-Shore SCORE chapter, now covering ... | Organization Merge | null | null |
2020 was the worst year for economic growth since World War II | Overall, the economy was surprisingly resilient in the second half of the year, given the falloff at the start of the public health crisis, according to data released Thursday from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Yet, the 1 percent growth in the fourth quarter signaled a faltering recovery and a long road ahead, with ... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
State and federal agencies help investigate Barrington High School shooting threat | BARRINGTON — State and federal authorities are helping the Barrington police investigate a threat of violence at the high school.
In a letter to parents, Supt. Michael Messore wrote that no additional threats have been reported and that student attendance has increased significantly since Tuesday.
"The resources availa... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
1967 Buffalo riot | The 1967 Buffalo riot was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967". This riot occurred on the East Side of Buffalo, New York, from June 26 to July 1, 1967. On the afternoon of June 27, 1967, small groups of African American teenagers cruised the neighborhood of W... | Riot | null | null |
These 40 Celebrity Couples Eloped | These famous pairs just couldn't wait to say "I do." Whether it was for privacy reasons, a rush of spontaneity or just plain not wanting to plan a wedding, over the years a number of famous couples have eloped. They ditched the wedding frenzy and revealed their secret wedding ceremonies to the world after the fact. ... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
NASA plans to launch a CubeSat to test a special orbit around the Moon | Later this year, NASA plans to launch a CubeSat to test a special orbit around the Moon to verify its characteristics in advance of sending the Lunar Gateway there as early as 2024 . The 12-unit CubeSat is called “ Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment ,” or CAPSTONE, an... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 crash | Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 was a Boeing 737-7H4 that experienced a contained engine failure in the left CFM56-7B engine after departing from New York–LaGuardia Airport en route to Dallas Love Field on April 17, 2018. The engine cowl was broken in the failure and cowl fragments damaged the fuselage, causing explosiv... | Air crash | null | null |
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