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WHO setting up vaccine hub in South Africa | The World Health Organisation says it is setting up a technology transfer hub for producing mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in South Africa, which could start manufacturing doses in nine to 12 months. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the announcement aimed at boosting access to vaccines across the African co... | Organization Established | null | null |
1926 United Kingdom general strike |
The 1926 general strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 4 to 12 May 1926. [1] It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reductions and worsening conditions for 1.2 mil... | Strike | null | null |
American Airlines Flight 965 crash | American Airlines Flight 965 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. On December 20, 1995, the Boeing 757-200 flying this route (registration N651AA[1]) crashed into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, killing 151 ... | Air crash | null | null |
1911–1916 Australian drought |
The 1911–16 Australian drought consisted of a series of droughts that affected various regions of Australia between the years of 1911 and 1916. Most of the dry spells during this period can be related to three El Niño events in 1911, 1913 and 1914, though rainfall deficiencies actually began in northern Australia bef... | Droughts | null | null |
Exeter crossing loop collision |
The Exeter crossing loop collision was a railway accident that occurred between the Temora Mail Train and a goods train at Exeter railway station, New South Wales, on 13 March 1914. At that time the main line was a single track, with a crossing loop and a down refuge siding at Exeter. The up fast goods train was runn... | Train collisions | null | null |
Jacobs breaks Italian 100m record with 9.95 in Savona | European indoor champion Marcell Lamont Jacobs blasted to an Italian 100m record and sub-10 second clocking in his first individual race since winning over 60m in Torun at the Meeting di Savona on Thursday (13), the first European Athletics Area Permit Meeting of 2021.
Jacobs set an Italian 60m record and world lead of... | Break historical records | null | null |
Adani faces possible multi-million-dollar fine over Abbot Point sediment water discharge | Updated 3 May 2017, 4:21pmWed 3 May 2017, 4:21pm
Mining giant Adani faces a possible multi-million-dollar fine after sediment water eight times above authorised levels was discharged from the Abbot Point coal terminal last month, the ABC can reveal.
The Queensland Environment Department granted Adani a tempo... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
SpaceX emphasizes coordination with other satellite operators | WAILEA, Hawaii — Two years after the close approach of a Starlink satellite with a European Space Agency satellite alarmed some in the space industry, SpaceX says it’s working closely with a wide range of satellite operators to ensure safe space operations. In September 2019, ESA announced it maneuvered an Earth scienc... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Somalia declares emergency over locust swarms - BBC News | Somalia declares emergency over locust swarms
The UN says the situation in the Horn of Africa is the worst in 25 years
Somalia has declared a national emergency as large swarms of locusts spread across east Africa.
The country's Ministry of Agriculture said the insects, which consume large amounts of vegetation, pos... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station fire | The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station fire was a fire at the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station in Antarctica, on 25 February 2012 that killed 2 people and injured another. The fire destroyed approximately 70% of the research station. The fire broke out in the machine room housing the power generators at approximate... | Fire | null | null |
Brazil firefighters search mud after dam collapse, at least 60 dead | Firefighters pulled a body from the mud days after a dam collapse in Brumadinho, Brazil, today. Firefighters today carefully moved over treacherous mud, sometimes walking, sometimes crawling, in search of survivors or bodies four days after a dam collapse that buried mine buildings and surrounding neighborhoods with ir... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Aukus: French contractor ‘astonished’ at cancellation of Australia submarine deal | Head of Naval Group reiterates company’s ‘stupefaction’ at being told multi-billion dollar contract was being torn up
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The head of the French defence contractor Naval Group has reiterated the company’s “astonishment and stupefaction” at being told a multi-billion dollar submari... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
New Zealand National Airways Corporation Flight 441 crash | New Zealand National Airways Corporation Flight 441 (NZ441) was a scheduled flight of the New Zealand National Airways Corporation from Whenuapai, Auckland to Tauranga. On 3 July 1963 at approximately 9:09 am NZST, the flight, a Douglas DC-3 Skyliner, flew into a vertical rock face in the Kaimai Ranges near Mount Ngata... | Air crash | null | null |
NATO launches biggest military exercise in Europe since Cold War | Tens of thousands of soldiers and thousands of military equipment units are being gathered in Norway these days to participate in the exercises of the North Atlantic Alliance. The drill will last until 7 November. The goal of the “Trident Juncture 2018” exercise is to have a deterrent effect and prepare to defend “agai... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Zhengzhou Airport riot | The Zhengzhou Airport riot occurred on 5–6 February 2014. Passengers at the airport in Zhengzhou, capital of the Chinese province of Henan, angry over lengthy delays due to snowy weather, smashed computers at airline check-in counters and destroyed information kiosks. It has been estimated that as many as 2,000 people ... | Riot | null | null |
Lancaster Health Center and Welsh Mountain Health Centers announce new name for merged center | Lebanon Community Health Center, now part of Union Community Care, opened its 920 Church Street facility in 2019. (Will Trostel) Lancaster Health Center and Welsh Mountain Health Centers , which merged their operations into one community health center on March 1, have announced that the new center is named Union Commun... | Organization Merge | null | null |
2017 Southern Thailand floods | The 2017 Southern Thailand floods occurred from December 2016 throughout early months of 2017 and are the biggest floods in over 30 years in the southern part of the country during the regional annual monsoon season, which is distinct from other parts of the nation and mirrors that the Malay Peninsula. They have also c... | Floods | null | null |
S7 Airlines Flight 778 crash |
Sep 26, 2020·17 min read
On the 9th of July 2006, an S7 Airlines Airbus A310 was landing in the Siberian city of Irkutsk when something went terribly wrong. The wide body jet with more than 200 people on board refused to slow down, hurtling down the full length of the runway at terrific speed despite the pilots’ atte... | Air crash | null | null |
Snowy mountains residents claim Bombala town tap water far from pristine |
A town in the pristine snowy mountain region is battling authorities over tap water that residents say is undrinkable, smells like compost and makes them itchy to shower in.
For baker Kristen Brown, the situation came to a head when he opened his oven to find his white loaves baked with Bombala's town water had turned... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
2017 Ischia earthquake |
The 2017 Ischia earthquake occurred in the island of Ischia, Campania, in southern Italy. The main shock occurred at 20:57 CEST (18:57 UTC) on 21 August 2017, and was rated 3.9 on the Moment magnitude scale. [6]
Despite the moderate magnitude, several buildings and a church collapsed. One woman died in Casamicciola ... | Earthquakes | null | null |
1858 Christiania fire | The 1858 Christiania fire, starting on 14 April 1858, severely destroyed several city blocks near Stortorvet in Christiania, Norway. 41 buildings were destroyed, and about 1,000 people lost their homes. [1]
The fire started around at one o'clock in the night, in the home of a carpenter in a wooden building within the ... | Fire | null | null |
9 Of The Most Expensive Divorces In Bollywood | ENTERTAINMENT Meenu Katariya Recently, actor Aamir Khan and writer-director Kiran Rao announced their separation after 15 years of togetherness. The duo said:
Celebrity divorces never fail to get public attention. Sometimes, it's for love, other times it's the divorce alimony that catches public eye. Here we take a l... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
No Dallas police officers have been indicted so far on criminal charges from 2020 summer protests | No Dallas police officers have been indicted so far on criminal charges from 2020 summer protests
Police monitor Tonya McClary told the Community Police Oversight Board this week that eight cases against officers were criminally investigated by the Dallas police public integrity unit. Only two are still pending.
Dallas... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Farah, Hassan beat one-hour world record in Brussels | BRUSSELS (AP) — With no fans to cheer them on, four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah and Sifan Hassan both broke the rarely run one-hour world record on Friday at the Memorial Van Damme meeting.
In an empty stadium because of the coronavirus crisis, Hassan first improved the previous women’s mark of 18.517 kilometers set... | Break historical records | null | null |
United Airlines Flight 615 crash | United Airlines Flight 615 was a US transcontinental east–west airline service from Boston to Hartford, Cleveland, Chicago, Oakland and San Francisco. On August 24, 1951, the Douglas DC-6 with registration N37550[1] operating the service, crashed on approach to Oakland, causing the death of all 44 passengers and 6 crew... | Air crash | null | null |
National Resources Review: A Mining Magazine | Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with six companies to establish the Maritime Decarbonisation Centre to be set up in Singapore. Under the MoC, BW Group, Sembcorp Marine, Eastern Pacific Shipping, Ocean Network Express, Foundation Det Norske Veritas and BHP have ... | Organization Established | null | null |
1935 Gulf Coast longshoremen's strike | The 1935 Gulf Coast longshoremen's strike was a labor action of the International Longshoremen's Association. Lasting for about ten weeks from October 1, 1935 to mid-December on the Gulf Coast of the United States, the strike was marked by significant violence. In Houston, New Orleans, and other major docks along the G... | Strike | null | null |
Carbon monoxide safety: Preventing poisoning in your home | BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Safety tips are needed to keep you and your family safe from silent killer carbon monoxide as the months start to get chilly.
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that can kill you in your sleep. It is more prevalent in gas appliances such as heaters and stoves. The Kern ... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Holborn rail crash |
The London Underground network carries more than a billion passengers a year. [1] It has one fatal accident for every 300 million journeys. [2] Five accidents causing passenger deaths have occurred due to train operation in nearly 80 years since the London Passenger Transport Board was formed, the last being at Moor... | Train collisions | null | null |
Mourning the INF Treaty | On February 1, the Trump administration made official what had been in the offing for some time: the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Signed in 1987, the treaty banned the United States and Russia from developing or deploying any ground-launched missiles that could tr... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
2000 Costa Rican protests | The protests against the Energy Combo of Costa Rica were a series of demonstrations and popular protests held in Costa Rica as of March 20, 2000 after the approval in the first debate in the Legislative Assembly of the "Law for the Improvement of Public Services and Telecommunications and State Participation", also kno... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 crash | Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (also known as KAL007 and KE007)[note 2] was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska. On September 1, 1983, the South Korean airliner servicing the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor. The Boeing 747 airliner was en route from Anch... | Air crash | null | null |
Turkish-backed Syrian armed groups unify forces | ALEPPO, Syria — The areas controlled by the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the countryside of Aleppo in northwest Syria have recently witnessed the merger of a number of factions under new names. Most recently, on May 30, three military factions of the Syrian National Army (SNA) affiliated with the FSA in the... | Organization Merge | null | null |
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 jolted northern Japan on Sunday | * No reports of damage after 6.6 quake off Honshu island (Adds details on Fujitsu, no damage, paragraphs 2, 6, 8)
TOKYO, March 14 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 jolted northern Japan on Sunday, seismologists said, shaking buildings in the capital Tokyo some 240 km (150 miles) away.
... | Earthquakes | null | null |
2016 Moroccan protest movement | The Hirak Rif Movement or The Rif Movement (Berber languages: ⴰⵎⵓⵙⵙⵓ ⵏ ⴰⵕⵉⴼ, Arabic: حراك الريف, meaning "Movement of the Rif") is a popular mass protest movement that took place in the Berber-speaking Rif region in northern Morocco between October 2016 and June 2017 as a result of the death of Mouhcine Fikri, a fishm... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
The World Today |
Indian mining giant Adani is being investigated for releasing polluted water from its north Queensland coal port.
The Queensland Government is already prosecuting the company over the release of coal-laden floodwaters onto the Caley Valley wetlands in 2017.
Now it's looking at releases made during the flooding last we... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
2018 Marriott Hotels strike |
The 2018 Marriott Hotels strike was a strike of more than 7,700 workers across the United States at 23 hotels operated by Marriott International in late 2018. The strike began in October and went through early December. Various professions across the hotel industry including housekeepers, cooks, servers, dishwashers,... | Strike | null | null |
New test finds no evidence of Ebola virus in Cote d’Ivoire case | Brazzaville, 31 August 2021 – The government of Cote d’Ivoire has informed the World Health Organization (WHO) that a second laboratory has tested samples from a patient suspected of having Ebola and has found no evidence of the virus. The tests by the French National Reference Center for Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers (Ins... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Damian Warner wins gold in decathlon, sets Olympic record | Canada's Damian Warner reacts after his first javelin throw in the decathlon event during the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, August 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
TOKYO -- There were dark days in the dead of this past winter when Damian Warner couldn't see how an Olympic gold medal could possibly... | Break historical records | null | null |
China Aims for a Permanent Moon Base in the 2030s | On 3 January 2019, the Chinese spacecraft Chang'e-4 descended toward the moon. Countless craters came into view as the lander approached the surface, the fractal nature of the footage providing no sense of altitude. Su Yan, responsible for data reception for the landing at Miyun ground station, in Beijing, was waiting—... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Burning of Cork |
The burning of Cork (Irish: Dó Chorcaí)[1][2] by British forces took place on the night of 11–12 December 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. It followed an Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambush of a British Auxiliary patrol in the city, which wounded twelve Auxiliaries, one fatally. In retaliation, the Auxiliar... | Fire | null | null |
2019 Venezuelan protests |
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The 2019 Venezuelan protests are a collection of protests that have been organized, since 11 January, as a coordinated effort to remove Nicolás Maduro from the presidency. Demonstrations began following Maduro's controversial s... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Plastic dumped in Melbourne's Yarra River to be turned into outdoor furniture |
Hours of gruelling work go into pulling plastic out of the Yarra River, but plans are afoot to return some of that rubbish to the water's edge in a way that is sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Recovered bottles, soy sauce containers, wrappers and microplastics will be melted down to create seats to be placed ... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
2015 East Village gas explosion | Coordinates: 40°43′42″N 73°59′18″W / 40.728376°N 73.988245°W / 40.728376; -73.988245
A gas explosion occurred in the afternoon of March 26, 2015, in a building located at 121 Second Avenue, in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The explosion was caused by an illegal tap into a gas main. The ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
EgyptAir Flight 843 crash | EgyptAir Flight 843 was a flight from Cairo International Airport to Tunis–Carthage International Airport. On 7 May 2002, the Boeing 737-566 on the route crashed into a hill near Tunis–Carthage International Airport. [1][2] Of the 6 crew members and 56 passengers, 3 crew members and 11 passengers died, making a total ... | Air crash | null | null |
1983 Coalinga earthquake | The 1983 Coalinga earthquake struck at 4:42 p.m. Monday, May 2 of that year, in Coalinga, California,[5]
The shock was felt from the greater Los Angeles Area north to Susanville in Lassen County, and between the Pacific Coast and western Nevada. More than 5,000 aftershocks were recorded through July 31, of which 894 ha... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Ludlow Massacre | The Ludlow Massacre was a mass killing perpetrated by anti-striker militia during the Colorado Coalfield War. Soldiers from the Colorado National Guard and private guards employed by Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) attacked a tent colony of roughly 1,200 striking coal miners and their families in Ludlow, Colorado... | Strike | null | null |
1951 East Rift Valley earthquakes | The 1951 East Rift Valley earthquakes (Chinese: 1951年縱谷地震系列; pinyin: 1951 nián Zònggǔ dìzhèn xìliè) were a series of earthquakes which struck eastern Taiwan from 22 October 1951 to 5 December 1951, four of which registered at 7 or more on the Moment magnitude scale, the largest of those being magnitude 7.3 and 7.8 quak... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Already battered by drought, Manitoba cattle farmers could face even worse conditions | Jason Bednarek has never seen drought this bad in Manitoba's Interlake region, and midway into July, the third-generation farmer is already racked with worries about what he'll have to do to make it through winter. "I can't even put it into words how bad it is," said Bednarek, owner of 2B Land and Cattle. "I've never ... | Droughts | null | null |
Air France Flight 212 (1968) crash | Air France Flight 212 was a Boeing 707-328C, registration F-BLCJ, that crashed into the northwestern slope of La Soufrière Mountain, in Guadeloupe on 6 March 1968, with the loss of all 63 lives on board. The aircraft, named "Chateau de Lavoute Polignac", was operating the Caracas–Pointe-à-Pitre sector of Air France's S... | Air crash | null | null |
Schoharie County summer campers treated for CO poisoning symptoms | STAMFORD, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Troop G of the New York State Police confirmed to NEWS10 that several participants in a local summer camp program are being treated for symptoms linked to carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
At about 8:12 a.m., a caller reported to Delaware County 911 that six people were in and out of consciousne... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
1993 World Men's Handball Championship |
The 1993 World Men's Handball Championship was the 13th handball World Championship. It was held in Sweden 10-20 March. Russia won the championship. *Note: Although the Czech Republic and Slovakia became separate countries in 1993, the countries still competed together in the tournament as the Czechoslovak Handball F... | Sports Competition | null | null |
‘ICONIC’: World record SHATTERED as Aussie sprint queens win our first Tokyo gold | Australia’s all-conquering sprint queens have claimed a third straight Olympic gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay, shattering their own world record in the process, to set the nation up for a huge week in the pool.
Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell claimed Australia’s first gold medal of ... | Break historical records | null | null |
Ambassador Pyatt’s Remarks at DEFENDER-Europe 21 DV Day, Exercise Immediate Response/ Centaur 21 | Ambassador Pyatt’s Remarks at DEFENDER-Europe 21 DV Day, Exercise Immediate Response/ Centaur 21 Petrochori I want to start this afternoon by thanking Deputy Minister Stefanis for giving us a lift up to Petrochori so we could observe this exercise and the final phase of the bilateral U.S.-Hellenic Army exercise IMM... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Pope Francis Draws Massive Crowds in Cuba — -- After holding Mass in Havana and meeting with Fidel Castro Sunday | Pope Francis Draws Massive Crowds in Cuba — -- After holding Mass in Havana and meeting with Fidel Castro Sunday, Pope Francis will have another busy day today in Cuba as part of his 10-day visit to that country and the United States.
The pontiff will leave Havana this morning and travel to the town of Holguin, where h... | Diplomatic Visit | null | null |
Delhi govt directs all state-run liquor shops to stock up | New Delhi: The Delhi government on Thursday has directed all state-run alcohol outlets to maintain sufficient stocks to deal with a possible shortage in the coming days as all private liquor shops are set to wind up their business by September 30 under its new excise policy. As per the new excise policy of the Delhi g... | Organization Closed | null | null |
TransAsia Airways Flight 235 crash | TransAsia Airways Flight 235 was a TransAsia Airways domestic flight from Taipei to Kinmen (Quemoy), Taiwan. On 4 February 2015, the aircraft serving the flight, a ten-month-old ATR 72-600, crashed into the Keelung River shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan Airport, 5.4 km (3.4 mi; 2.9 nmi) to the east of Songsha... | Air crash | null | null |
1892 Vacaville–Winters earthquakes |
The 1892 Vacaville–Winters earthquakes occurred in northern California as a large doublet on April 19 and April 21. Measured on a seismic scale that is based on an isoseismal map or the event's felt area, the 6.4 Mla and 6.2 Mla events were assigned a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), and affected the North... | Earthquakes | null | null |
DHL's Italian subsidiary investigated for tax fraud | MILAN, June 7 (Reuters) - Italian tax police have seized assets worth more than 20 million euros ($24 million) from the local unit of logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL (DPWGn.DE) as part of a fraud investigation, a judicial document seen by Reuters showed on Monday.
Deutsche Post DHL confirmed that its Italian subsidia... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Justin Bieber Believes That His Marriage to Hailey Bieber Was a "Calling" | The pop star opened up about life with his wife in a new interview. Justin Bieber is opening up about married life with his wife, Hailey Bieber. In a new cover story for GQ, the pop star revealed that the first year of their marriage "was really tough," but he ultimately saw his nuptials with the model as a pers... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
The Indian Ocean Dipole is making Australian bushfires worse and increasing locust swarms in Africa | The global weather event fuelling the catastrophic bushfires this summer is being blamed for massive locust swarms devastating parts of East Africa and creating a food security crisis. The phenomenon, known as the Indian Ocean Dipole, has been blamed for warmer waters in the western parts of the Indian Ocean and is the... | Famine | null | null |
Dongxing Coal Mining Co fire | The Dongxing Coal Mining Co. fire was an incident that began on Monday, March 15, 2010, in the main pit of Dongxing Coal Mining Co, Xinmi, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China. Twenty-five miners died during the incident which, among other things, resulted in four local officials being removed from office. The fire be... | Fire | null | null |
When sweet marriages of celebrities turned sour on social media! | Many high profile celebrity marriages in Nigeria and across the world have either been ridiculed or dragged to the social media court for no just reason, and the latest involving music legend, 2face and his wife, Annie is not an exception. Annie threw caution to the wind last week, after she dragged 2face to the social... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
China's military is ramping up the frequency of drills testing its ability to seize islands | The Chinese military is ramping up its presence in the South China Sea and enhancing its ability to seize an island, despite military friction with the United States in the region. An area in the west of the Leizhou Peninsula will be cordoned off to traffic on Thursday and Friday, because of "live-fire exer... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Montenegro Becomes 192nd UN Member State
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Montenegro has become the 192nd member state of the United Nations. Montenegro's president and top leaders of the world body marked the occasion with a flag-raising ceremony outside U.N. headquarters in New York.
"I declare the Republic of Montenegro admitted to memb... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
Varig Flight 810 crash | Varig Flight 810 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro to Los Angeles with stopovers in Lima, Bogotá, Panama City, and Mexico City. On 27 November 1962 the Boeing 707-441 operating the route crashed into a mountain on approach to Lima, killing all 97 passengers and crew. At the time it was ... | Air crash | null | null |
Police investigate weekend road-rage shooting in Buckhead | The victim called police about 4:40 p.m. Sunday after pulling off Piedmont Road near the InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta hotel.
By Chelsea Prince , The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
July 12, 2021
Atlanta police are investigating after a road-rage incident erupted in gunfire Sunday afternoon in Buckhead.
The victim cal... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
1995 Rugby League World Cup Final |
The 1995 Rugby League World Cup final was the conclusive game of the 1995 Centenary World Cup tournament and was played between England and Australia on 28 October 1995 at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. Australia won the final by 16 points to 8 in front of 66,540 fans. Australia, the defending champions, won... | Sports Competition | null | null |
John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash | John F. Kennedy Jr., the son and namesake of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, died when the light aircraft he was flying crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts on July 16, 1999. Kennedy's wife, Carolyn Bessette, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette, were also on board and died. The Piper Sara... | Air crash | null | null |
2014 Albanian demonstrations in the Republic of Macedonia | The 2013 Albanian demonstrations in Macedonia was a wave of violent protests and a period of ethnic tensions among the Albanian minority in Macedonia in March 2013 over an controversial appointment of former ethnic Albanian guerrilla commander Talat Xhaferi as the country’s defence minister. 22 were injured during figh... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Pregnant celebrity brides: Jennifer Garner, Reese Witherspoon, Drew Barrymore and more | Rachel Avery Pregnant celebrity brides who married while expecting a baby: Heidi Klum, Camila Alves, Lily Allen, Alicia Keys and Jessica Alba. From Jessica Alba to Drew Barrymore , there are actually quite a few celebrity brides who tied the knot while pregnant - Katy Perry even planned to say "I do" while expecting he... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Bangalore circus fire |
The Bangalore circus fire occurred on 7 February 1981 at the Venus Circus in Bangalore, India, where more than 92 lives were lost, the majority of them being children. The circus fire had some similarities to the Hartford circus fire, which occurred on the afternoon of 6 July 1944. The fire swept the main tent of the ... | Fire | null | null |
2021 Kilmarnock incidents |
On 4 February 2021, three separate fatal incidents occurred in Kilmarnock, Scotland. The incidents were thought to be linked and involve the same 40-year man. In the first, a woman died after being injured outside University Hospital Crosshouse. In the second a woman died after being stabbed in the town. In the third... | Road Crash | null | null |
Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 crash | Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 was a cargo flight carrying mail for the United States Postal Service from Greater Buffalo International Airport (BUF) in Buffalo, New York, to Indianapolis International Airport (IND) in Indiana, with a stopover at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) in Cleveland, Ohio.... | Air crash | null | null |
Trump: U.S. 'Will Withdraw' From Iran Nuclear Deal | "The fact is this was a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever have been made," President Trump said Tuesday from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.
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Bank robber jailed for nine years | A County Court judge says a Warrnambool man who robbed a bank was motivated by his gambling addiction. 34-year-old Bradley Armitstead has been jailed for nine years for armed robberies at the Seymour bank and the Warrnambool Football Club gaming room, late last year. Judge Tim Woods said Armitstead's prospects of rehab... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Raab: UK could withhold aid to Afghanistan to hold Taliban to account | Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday suggested the United Kingdom could withhold aid to Afghanistan to hold the Taliban to account, even as calls grew for the government to step up relief efforts to the region. The U.K. spent £292 million on bilateral aid in Afghanistan in 2019, according to official statistics, bu... | Financial Aid | null | null |
No longer a rainforest: B.C.’s Sunshine Coast improvises to survive long-term drought | This story is part of When in Drought, a series about threats to B.C.’s imperilled freshwater systems and the communities working to implement solutions. Almost buried in sand at the edge of Paul Nash’s prolific urban farm in Sechelt is an inflatable children’s swimming pool, filled to the brim with one of the most pre... | Droughts | null | null |
Russia Fatally Poisoned A Prominent Defector In London, A Court Concludes | On his deathbed, Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence agent who defected, accused Vladimir Putin of ordering his assassination.
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Thai Airways Flight 231 crash | Thai Airways Flight 231 was a scheduled passenger flight that crashed on 27 April 1980. The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 operating the flight, registration HS-THB, stalled and crashed after entering a thunderstorm on approach to Bangkok. The accident killed 44 out of 53 passengers and crew on board. The aircraft was a Hawker... | Air crash | null | null |
The Social and Political Costs of the Financial Crisis, 10 Years Later | The economic costs of the financial crisis were staggering. But the most important effects of the financial crisis may be political and social, not economic. The years after the crisis saw sharp increases in political polarization and the rise of populist movements on both the left and right in Europe and the United St... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Battle of Ballantyne Pier |
The Battle of Ballantyne Pier occurred in Ballantyne Pier during a docker's strike in Vancouver, British Columbia, in June 1935. The federally-owned dock was named for the head of the Harbours Board, which built it. There were ongoing strikes on the West Coast of North America in the Depression and it led to the right... | Strike | null | null |
Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 crash | Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 was a scheduled international passenger flight to Switzerland's Zurich-Kloten Airport from Skopje International Airport, Skopje, which crashed shortly after take off on March 5, 1993. The Fokker 100 was operated by Palair, the then national airline of Macedonia (now North Macedonia... | Air crash | null | null |
Delta Air Lines Flight 1086 crash | Delta Air Lines Flight 1086 was a scheduled Delta Air Lines domestic passenger flight between Atlanta and New York's LaGuardia Airport. On March 5, 2015, the McDonnell Douglas MD-88 aircraft veered off the runway shortly after landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. [1][2][3][4][5][6] The plane ran up the seawal... | Air crash | null | null |
No need to panic about mysterious coronavirus sample found in north Queensland wastewater, experts say |
Confirmation that coronavirus had been found in sewerage systems in the Airlie Beach area has left many people wondering how it got there and what it means for the region. The discovery was the result of a coronavirus-detection sewerage program being piloted by the University of Queensland and CSIRO and is thought to ... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
1992 Mr. Olympia | The 1992 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held on September 12, 1992, at the Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, Finland. The total prize money awarded was $275,000. This bodybuilding-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about sports in Finland ... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Several armed robberies in DC appear to have been committed by teenagers, police say | WASHINGTON — The Metropolitan Police Department is busy investigating several armed robberies and one attempted robbery believed to be committed by teenagers, in just a few hours on Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Police said Wednesday afternoon that they arrested four suspects in the string of robberies, b... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
2008 Namdaemun fire |
On February 10, 2008, an arsonist set fire to the historic Namdaemun gate (officially "Sungnyemun") in Seoul, South Korea, causing severe damage to the 550-year-old structure. The monument was subsequently restored and reopened to the public in 2013. The fire reportedly broke out at approximately 8:50 p.m. on Sunday,... | Fire | null | null |
Famine risk in Syria, four million desperate people | The United Nations denounced that tens of thousands of desperate people in northwest Syria, where there are currently about four million people, are at risk for famine as they flee due to the conflict between the Syrian government and pro-Turkish fighters. Local humanitarian workers in Idlib in contact with internation... | Famine | null | null |
World economy expected to barely regain 2020 losses in 2021 - U.N. report | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world economy is expected to make a modest recovery of 4.7 percent this year after shrinking 4.3 percent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic - more than double the impact of the global financial crisis in 2009 - the United Nations said on Monday. The World Economic Situation and Prospects repo... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
New Ebola Outbreak Threatens in Congo | A woman who was in contact with at least 70 people has died of Ebola in a violence-plagued region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It could signal the start of the 12th outbreak of the virus in the country. By Steve Wembi KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Ebola, the deadly virus that has increasingly struck ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
California Geological Survey Issues New Tsunami Hazard Maps for Local Areas | The California Geological Survey (CGS) has released new interactive Tsunami Hazard Area maps for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, useful for evacuation planning in an extraordinary event. The maps allow users to type in an address to determine whether a particular property is within a tsunami hazard area. L... | Tsunamis | null | null |
New Mexico State Penitentiary riot | The New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, which took place on February 2 and 3, 1980, at the Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) south of Santa Fe, was the most violent prison riot in U.S. history. Inmates took complete control of the prison and twelve officers were taken hostage. Several inmates were killed by other prison... | Riot | null | null |
Ex-USC athletics official pleads guilty in college admissions scandal | | UPDATED: November 5, 2021 at 2:47 p.m. A former USC senior associate athletic director pleaded guilty Friday, Nov. 5, to her role in the fraud and bribery scheme in which the children of wealthy parents gained admission to some of the country’s top universities as fake sports recruits. Donna Heinel, 60, entered her p... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
2017 Catalan general strike |
Catalan separatists held a general strike on 3 October 2017 following Catalonia's referendum on independence two days earlier. The referendum, which was held in defiance of Spanish national court orders, resulted in over 900 people injured as the national police attempted to prevent Catalans from voting. The violence... | Strike | null | null |
Kamala Mills fire |
On 29 December 2017, a fire broke out at Kamala Mills, a commercial complex in Lower Parel, Mumbai, at 00:22 IST. The fire resulted in the deaths of 14 people, and injuries to 55 more. The fire began in a bar, 1 Above, and spread to an adjacent pub, Mojo's Bistro, before spreading through the rest of the building in ... | Fire | null | null |
Frantic rescue effort after deadly mine collapse in Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia - The collapse of an unlicensed gold mine in Indonesia buried dozens of people on Wednesday. Rescuers dug desperately with their bare hands and farm tools to unearth victims calling for help from beneath the rubble. National disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said three people wer... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Xcel Energy Cabin Creek Fire | The Xcel Energy Cabin Creek Fire occurred on October 2, 2007, at Xcel Energy’s pumped storage hydroelectric plant near Georgetown, Colorado, a small town forty-five miles west of Denver. The accident killed five workers and injured three. The incident is thought to be the result of shoddy work by a contractor (RPI Coat... | Fire | null | null |
Pentagon Reportedly Establishes Investigative UFO Task Force | The Pentagon will set a task force to investigate UFO sightings spotted by US military aircraft, CNN reported, citing unnamed defence sources. According to the report, David Norquist, the Deputy Secretary of Defence, will head a newly-established task force set to be officially announced in the next few days. The repor... | Organization Established | null | null |
Aria Air Flight 1525 crash | Aria Air Flight 1525 was a scheduled Iranian domestic flight which crashed on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Mashhad, Iran, on 24 July 2009. The aircraft involved was an Ilyushin IL-62M, registered UP-I6208. [1] The aircraft entered service with Interflug on 1 June 1989 registered DDR-SEY. On 3 October 1990 ... | Air crash | null | null |
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