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1984 Bhiwandi riot |
The 1984 Bhiwandi riot was a Hindu-Muslim riot that occurred in May 1984 in and around Bhiwandi town in Indian state of Maharashtra. It left 146 people dead and over 600 injured. [1][2] On 17 May 1984, riots broke out in industrial belt from Bombay, Thane, and Bhiwandi. In all, 278 were killed and 1,118 were wounded.... | Riot | null | null |
Bilecik train collision | The Bilecik train collision happened on 3 January 2010, when two passenger trains collided in Bilecik, Turkey. One person was killed and seven people were injured. Two passenger trains were involved in a collision at Bilecik, Turkey when one train ran into the rear of another. One train driver was killed and seven pass... | Train collisions | null | null |
Aeroflot Flight 418 crash | Aeroflot Flight 418 was an international passenger flight operated by a Tupolev Tu-154A, registered CCCP-85102, that was operating the second leg of an scheduled Luanda–Malabo–N'Djamena–Tripoli–Moscow passenger service. The plane crashed on into a mountain near Malabo Airport on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea on 1 Jun... | Air crash | null | null |
Covid-19 Rescue Plan Has More Than Just Tax-Free Student Loan Forgiveness | The $1.9 trillion Covid-19 legislation includes several provisions that benefit college students, not just tax-free status for student loan forgiveness. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2) , which was signed into law on March 11, 2021, provides a lot of additional funding for current college students and ... | Financial Aid | null | null |
1947 Wisconsin earthquake | The 1947 Wisconsin earthquake took place on May 6, immediately south of Milwaukee at 15:25 (CST). It was the largest tremor to be historically documented in Wisconsin, but was not recorded by seismographs. The area had been previously shaken by the 1909 Wabash River earthquake, causing damage assessed at VII (Very stro... | Earthquakes | null | null |
1969 Santa Rosa earthquakes | At 04:56 and 06:19 UTC on October 2, 1969 (21:56 and 23:19 PDT October 1), a pair of earthquakes of magnitude 5.6 and 5.7, respectively, struck the city of Santa Rosa, California, killing one person and damaging buildings. The maximum felt intensity for the two events was VII (Very strong) and VIII (Severe) respectivel... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Records set for China's speed climbing with new rules introduced at National Games | XI'AN, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Wu Peng and Niu Di set national records of 5.62 and 6.98 seconds respectively for the men's and women's speed climbing in the qualification round at China's 14th National Games here on Friday.
The results, however, are not the fastest performance the Chinese speed climbers have ever had. Den... | Break historical records | null | null |
Aeroflot Flight 1661 crash | Aeroflot Flight 1661 was a passenger flight operated by an Antonov An-24 that crashed during its initial climb, 25 minutes after take-off from Tolmachevo Airport on 1 April 1970. All 45 people on board perished. An investigation revealed that the Antonov collided with a radiosonde, causing a loss of control. Flight 166... | Air crash | null | null |
Increase in South China Sea Naval Activity Expected to Provoke Beijing | An increase in world naval activity in the disputed South China Sea will prompt the strategic waterway’s largest claimant, Beijing, to send more of its own ships as a way of showing others it won’t retreat, experts say. Two Indian navy warships and a Vietnamese navy frigate held exercises last week that started at a po... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Howard Street Tunnel fire | The Howard Street Tunnel fire (also known as the Baltimore Freight Rail Crash) was a 60-car CSX Transportation freight train derailment that occurred in the Howard Street Tunnel, a freight through-route tunnel under Howard Street in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 18, 2001. The derailment sparked a chemical fire that rage... | Fire | null | null |
US-China policy: Biden is bringing together Japan, Australia and India to stare down China | Forget France, AUKUS and nuclear-powered submarines -- one of the most important moments for the future of US influence in Asia is due to take place on Friday in Washington.
US President Joe Biden is holding the first in-person meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, better known as "the Quad," an informal stra... | Diplomatic Visit | null | null |
In divorce documents, Ben Zobrist says Julianna ‘coaxed’ him into returning to the Chicago Cubs, while she requests $4M of the $8M he forfeited while on leave | Ben Zobrist’s estranged wife, Julianna Zobrist, says the former Chicago Cubs utility man was “guilty of failing to preserve marital assets” when he took a leave of absence from the team in May 2019, so she will ask a judge to award her an additional $4 million when those assets are divided during next month’s divorce ... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crash | ALBANY — Forty-six years ago, the Capital Region faced tragedy when an airliner crashed into a city home. The Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashed March 3, 1972, killing 17, injuring 36 and turning a neighborhood into chaos. Ambulances were unable to maneuver through mobs of sightseers who blocked the streets, while resc... | Air crash | null | null |
1956 Murray River flood |
The 1956 Murray River flood involved the rising of waters in the Murray River and flooding of many towns in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The flood occurred due to higher than average rainfalls in Western Queensland and heavy rains in the proceeding three months in the Murray-Darling basin. [1] Flood... | Floods | null | null |
Strike for Black Lives (Coalition) |
The Strike for Black Lives was a mass walkout that occurred throughout the United States on July 20, 2020. Occurring during the George Floyd protests, the main goals of the strike were to draw attention to systemic racism and racial inequality in the United States, with additional goals including a raising of the min... | Strike | null | null |
Marburg causes haemorrhagic fever and has been identified in Guinea and in West Africa | Brazzaville/Conakry, 9 August 2021 – Health authorities in Guinea today confirmed a case of Marburg virus disease in the southern Gueckedou prefecture. This is the first time Marburg, a highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic fever, has been identified in the country, and in West Africa. Marburg, which is in... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Agricultural Bank of China robbery | The Agricultural Bank of China robbery was the embezzlement of nearly 51 million yuan (c. US$6.7 million) from the Handan branch of the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) in Hebei province between March 16 and April 14, 2007. Perpetrated by two vault managers employed at the branch, it is the largest bank robbery in Chin... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
EuroBasket 1961 |
The 1961 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1961, was the twelfth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Yugoslavia. Th... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Priyanka Sarkar recovering fast after surgery | Priyanka Sarkar recovering fast after surgery Priyanka Sarkar who had to undergo surgery after getting injured while shooting for a web show near EM Bypass is recovering fast. The ‘ Nirbhaya ’ actress had the surgery on Saturday. Doctors said she fractured the tibia in her right leg. Doctors are saying the actress’ c... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
Efforts to lift economy out of recession pose risk of sparking a financial crisis, economists worry | The Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates over the past few months. Here's how their actions affect you. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY The economy may be stabilizing faster than expected amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but efforts to preserve it could tip off a financial crisis, economists said in a new report. Deutsche Ba... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion crash | The 2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion occurred around 1:36 p.m. PDT on May 26, 2007 when SkyWest Airlines (operating as United Express) Flight 5741, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia turboprop aircraft, nearly collided with Republic Airlines (operating as Frontier Airlines) Flight 4912, an Embraer 170... | Air crash | null | null |
Cargill shutters Avery Island salt mine after fatal roof collapse | Motorists stop at the toll booth at the entrance to Avery Island following a roof collapse at the Cargill salt mine Monday, December 14, 2020, in Iberia Parish. Six weeks after a roof collapse killed two workers, Cargill Deicing Technology announced on Thursday that it shuttered its salt mine at Avery Island. The mine... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Faster, fit-for-purpose and fraud-proof: Digitalizing financial aid distribution | The Meheba Refugee Camp in north-western Zambia is home to 12,000 refugees [1], each of whom rely on money from international aid organizations to survive. Not long ago, these funds took up to 10 days to reach the refugees’ pockets. Today, they can arrive within an hour. This change reflects a larger transformat... | Financial Aid | null | null |
Tsunamis caused by air pressure could resuspend Great Lakes contaminants | It was atmospheric pressure waves that produced 6-foot water waves in Lake Michigan on April 13, 2018, damaging docks and cottages and submerging breakwalls in Ludington. The event is the first documented meteotsunami in the Great Lakes and provides an opportunity for scientists to better understand and forecast these ... | Tsunamis | null | null |
1900 Hoboken Docks fire |
The 1900 Hoboken Docks fire occurred on June 30, 1900, and killed at least 326 persons in and around the Hoboken, New Jersey piers of the Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) shipping company. [1] The piers were located in New York Harbor, at the foot of 3rd and 4th Streets in Hoboken, across the North River (Hudson River) fro... | Fire | null | null |
Planned incinerator could pollute Sydney water | The New South Wales Farmers Association has raised concerns that a proposed waste incinerator north of Goulburn would contaminate Sydney's water supply.
Goulburn branch president Margaret Cameron says the site for the proposed incinerator is within 500 metres of Wollondilly River, which flows into the Waragamba Dam.
"T... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Not all divorces end on a good note, and some of our favorite celebrities prove this statement quite well | Not all divorces end on a good note, and some of our favorite celebrities prove this statement quite well.
6 Kim Kardashian & Kanye West
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When Kanye met Kim for the first time, he knew who'd be his girlfriend . Nine years of steadiness and persistence borne fruits, and... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
2010 PDC World Darts Championship | The 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 17th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 18 December 2009 and 3 January 2010. Phil Taylor successfully defended the title... | Sports Competition | null | null |
State shuts down Blind Brook school over building violations, blasts school officials | The state Education Commissioner blasted the Blind Brook school district on Friday for allowing staff and students into its elementary school without obtaining inspection permits amid a construction project. Blind Brook school district officials said Friday they are working to get the Bruno M. Ponterio Ridge Street Sch... | Organization Closed | null | null |
January 2013 Southeastern United States floods | The 2013 Southeastern United States floods were ongoing flooding across the southeastern U.S. Flash floods began on the morning of July 2 and continued through Independence Day and into the next day. The hardest-hit areas as of Friday afternoon are the Florida Panhandle, northwest Alabama and the area around Columbus,... | Floods | null | null |
2008 Indian floods | The 2008 Indian floods were a series of floods in various states of India during the 2008 monsoon season. The floods mostly affected the western regions of Maharashtra state and Andhra Pradesh as well as northern Bihar. In India, the monsoon season generally lasts from June to September. [2]
According to Ministry of H... | Floods | null | null |
Allied Air Flight 111 crash | Allied Air Flight 111 was a cargo flight operated by Lagos-based cargo airliner Allied Air, flying from Lagos, Nigeria to Accra, Ghana. The flight was operated with a Boeing 727 cargo aircraft. On 2 June 2012, the aircraft crashed on landing at Kotoka International Airport, killing twelve people on the ground. [1][2]
... | Air crash | null | null |
Egypt Unearths New Mummies Dating Back 2,500 Years | More than 100 painted wooden coffins, many with bodies, were found in the necropolis of Saqqara, officials said. After several recent finds at the site, it’s the largest discovery there this year. transcript (clapping) “The teeth, mouth.” “...of the age as well as the state of art of the mummification.” Mummies Disco... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
An industrial gas supply firm and its chief executive officer failed to take necessary measures to ensure workplace safety, leading to a fatal blast that killed a chemist in 2015. | SINGAPORE - An industrial gas supply firm and its chief executive officer failed to take necessary measures to ensure workplace safety, leading to a fatal blast that killed a chemist in 2015.
New mother Lim Siaw Chian, 30, was killed and at least seven others were injured after a explosion at Leeden National Oxygen's S... | Gas explosion | null | null |
The 737 MAX-10 completed its first flight in Renton, Washington on Friday | The 737 MAX-10 completed its first flight in Renton, Washington on Friday. (Boeing) Boeing's 737-10, the largest airplane in the 737 MAX family, on Friday completed a successful first flight. The airplane took off from Renton Field at 10:07 a.m. and landed at 12:38 p.m. at Boeing Field in Seattle. "The airplane perfor... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Garuda Indonesia Flight 865 crash | Garuda Indonesia Flight 865 (GA/GIA 865) was a scheduled international flight from Fukuoka, Japan, to Jakarta, Indonesia via Bali, Indonesia. [2] On 13 June 1996, Flight 865 crashed on its takeoff from Fukuoka Airport Runway 16. Three of 275 suffered fatal injuries in the accident. Flight 865 was cleared for takeoff fr... | Air crash | null | null |
Ozone Disco fire |
The Ozone Disco fire in Quezon City, Philippines, broke out at 11:35 pm Philippine Standard Time on March 18, 1996, leaving at least 162 people dead. It is officially acknowledged as the worst fire in Philippine history,[1][2] and among the 10 worst nightclub fires in the world. [3][4]
Ozone Disco was a popular spot... | Fire | null | null |
Ceiling of an underground mine collapsed in Queensland causes serious casualties | 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 wor... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Philippine Volcano Belches Dark Plume, Villagers Evacuated | A small volcano near the Philippine capital has belched a dark plume of steam and ash into the sky in a brief explosion. Philippine Volcano Belches Dark Plume, Villagers Evacuated In this image made from video from Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology - Department of Science and Technology, a plume of st... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
San Francisco tech bus protests |
City of San Francisco
Silicon Valley tech companies
Community activists
The San Francisco tech bus protests were a series of community-based activism held by residents of the San Francisco Bay Area beginning in late 2013, when the use of shuttle buses employed by local area tech companies became widely pu... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
India's cumulative Covid vaccine coverage crosses 81 cr; 10 cr doses in 11 days | Among states, Uttar Pradesh is leading the tally with 9.57 crore Covid-19 vaccinations, followed by Maharashtra at 7.43 crore, Madhya Pradesh at 5.82 crore, Gujarat at 5.71 crore, and Rajasthan at 5.37 crore More than 81 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered across the country since the beginning of the ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
2015–2018 Iraqi protests |
Iraq
Sadrist MovementWhite Vans Armed Group[3]Ahmad al-Hassan followers[4]Basra Tribesmen[5]
The 2015–2018 Iraqi protests over deteriorating economic conditions and state corruption started in July 2018 in Baghdad and other major Iraqi cities, mainly in the central and southern provinces. In 2014, Iraq's election ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Sydenham rail disaster |
The Sydenham rail disaster occurred on 19 December 1953 when a New South Wales Government Railways electric passenger train travelling to Bankstown ran into the rear of another electric train travelling to East Hills at Sydenham. Five people were killed and 748 injured. [1][2] A wrong-side failure of the signalling s... | Train collisions | null | null |
‘Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Appears Above NYC, East Coast: See the Rare View | This morning, there was a rare sighting of the ‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse in sky above, making it the first celestial spectacle of its kind. After a few days of nasty weather, the tri-state area is getting a nice break with not only partly clear skies and lower humidity but also a celestial spectacle known as the "ring of ... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760 crash | Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760 was a domestic commercial passenger 50-minutes flight, flying from Sentani Airport in Papua's Province Jayapura to Oksibil Airport in Oksibil, Indonesia operated by a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300. On Sunday, August 2, 2009, while carrying fifteen people over Papua, the... | Air crash | null | null |
Prose and Kohn: Paddlers named to Team USA feel honored despite event cancellation | The 2021 International Dragon Boat Federation World Championships were scheduled to be held in November in Hong Kong. It won't be taking place. The IDBF canceled the event out of COVID-19 concerns. The cancellation is a disappointment for every paddler with dreams of being named to Team USA and competing in it. The Uni... | Organization Closed | null | null |
China successfully launches radio and television broadcasting satellite | Thursday marked another successful mission in China’s busy 2021 launch manifest, this time lofting the Zhongxing-9B (ChinaSat-9B) into orbit on a Long March 3B from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. This satellite serves as a replacement to the Zhongxing-9A, launched in 2017 but inserted into a lower than planned or... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
South Portland A-26 Invader crash | Coordinates: 43°38′6″N 70°18′55.9″W / 43.63500°N 70.315528°W / 43.63500; -70.315528
The South Portland A-26 Invader crash was the worst aviation accident in Maine history. It occurred in the historic Brick Hill neighborhood of South Portland. [1][2]
On July 11, 1944, a A-26B-5 Invader of the United States Army Air... | Air crash | null | null |
Sydney's Redleaf Beach contaminated by sewage from nearby blocked toilet |
Beachgoers have been evacuated from the water at Redleaf Beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs after sewage was detected in the water.
The harbourside tidal enclosure in Double Bay, also known as Murray Rose Pool, was contaminated due to a blockage in a nearby public toilet.
A spokesperson for Woollahra Municipal Council ... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Great Fire of Toronto (1904) |
The Great Fire of Toronto of 1904 was a great fire that destroyed a large section of Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 19, 1904. It was the second such fire for the city in its history. The fire was first spotted at 8:04 p.m., on April 19, 1904, by a Toronto Police constable on his regular street patrol. [1]... | Fire | null | null |
Yulimar Rojas smashes world triple jump record in Tokyo | Posted by Jason Henderson | Aug 1, 2021 | 0 Yulimar Rojas celebrates her world record (Getty)
Going into these Olympic Games you would struggle to find a hotter favourite than Yulimar Rojas. The triple jumper has been a class apart in her event lately, with the world record looking increasingly likely.
Inessa Kravets’ ... | Break historical records | null | null |
At Least 126 Killed As Jade Mine Collapses In Myanmar | A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed at least 126 people, with more feared dead, authorities said on Thursday, after a heap of mining waste collapsed into a lake and buried many workers under mud and water. The miners were collecting stones in the jade-rich Hpakant area of Kachin state - the centre of ... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
1858 Hietsu earthquake |
The Hietsu earthquake (飛越地震, Hietsu jishin) was a doublet earthquake that took place on April 9, 1858 (according to the old Japanese calendar, February 26, Ansei 5). It most likely occurred on the Atotsugawa and Miboro faults,[2] which connect the Amō Pass in Gifu Prefecture (in the part that was called Hida Province)... | Earthquakes | null | null |
1993 Sudan famine | The 1993 famine in Sudan occurred in 1993. [1] It came amidst political unrest and civil war in the Sudan. In Kongor, the famine killed 20,000 and made 100,000 people leave the region. [2]
This famine was the subject of Pulitzer Prize-winning photography "The vulture and the little girl" taken by South African photojo... | Famine | null | null |
Camp Dump strike | The Camp Dump strike was a labor dispute that began on March 9, 1882 at the Burlington Yards in Omaha, Nebraska. The event pitted state militia against unionized strikers. It was reportedly the first strike by organized labor in Nebraska[1] and the first Omaha riot to receive national attention. [2]
Approximately 75 w... | Strike | null | null |
2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Final | The 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (formerly called the IIHF U20 World Championship)[1] was the 38th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJHC), hosted in Malmö, Sweden. The 13,700-seat Malmö Arena was the main venue, with the smaller Malmö Isstadion the secondary venue. It began on December... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Indonesia mine collapse: bodybags and silence as hopes fade for 100 trapped men | Calls for help from underground fade one week after wooden support beams of the illegal mine buckled under shifting soil Last modified on Thu 21 Mar 2019 09.36 GMT Hopes are fading for up to 100 Indonesian miners trapped inside an illegal gold mine that collapsed on the island of Sulawesi last Tuesday, with dozens of b... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Nato's secretary general has called on Russia to be open about its"Zapad-2021military exercises and the troop numbers involved as alarm grows in P land, the Baltics and Ukraine about Moscow's intentions. | BRUSSELS (REUTERS) - Nato's secretary general has called on Russia to be open about its "Zapad-2021" military exercises and the troop numbers involved as alarm grows in Poland, the Baltics and Ukraine about Moscow's intentions. Previous "Zapad", or West, exercises along the border that Russia shares with Nato have been... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Kieran Culkin explains the origin of her daughter’s name | Celebrity | Federal Court Refuses to Lift Vaccine Obligation | Work Kieran Culkin named her daughter after a teenage stranger who witnessed the wedding. The “succession” actor married Jazz Charton in 2013 after a few months of dating, but at some point during the three-month expedition he decided to tie a knot, so the two had a b... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
No clarity yet on cause of fire, but probe rules out explosion | Multiple agencies inspected the flat at Devarachikkanahalli apartment complex on Wednesday, a day after the blaze was reported.
| Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Contrary to initial reports, a preliminary investigation into the cause of the fire in a flat at Devarachikkanahalli on Tuesday, in which two women were killed... | Gas explosion | null | null |
NYC continues classroom closures due to coronavirus | NYC continues classroom closures due to coronavirus: These S.I. schools are on the list Updated: Sep. 23, 2021, 2:19 p.m. | Published: Sep. 23, 2021, 2:19 p.m. According to the city Department of Education’s Daily COVID Case Map, there have been 1,689 confirmed positive coronavirus cases in schools across New York Cit... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Last motorists caught in Glenwood Canyon after mudslides evacuated from Bair Ranch | UPDATE – 6:30 p.m. Saturday — A safety closure is expected to continue through the weekend for Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon. According to a Saturday evening update posted to the Colorado Department of Transportation Facebook page, crews removed more than 135 truck loads of mud and debris Saturday. “There are severe... | Mudslides | null | null |
25 Celebrity Divorces You Totally Forgot About | Celebrity divorces seem to occur at a rate faster than those of us mere mortals. Why this is remains unclear. What's cooking in Hollywood that makes so many people want to tie the knot before barely learning their partner's last name? It happens so often that you may have forgotten about a few A-list unions that were s... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
2006 Dalit protests in Maharashtra |
The Kherlanji massacre (or Khairlanji massacre) refers to the murders of four Scheduled Caste citizens by villagers of Khairlanji in September 29, 2006. [1][2] The killings took place in a small village in India named Kherlanji, located in the Bhandara district of the state of Maharashtra. On 29 September 2006, four ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Oregon bill funds ‘benefits navigators’ at public universities, colleges | The passage of a bill Wednesday will require each of Oregon’s public universities and community colleges to hire a “benefits navigator” to help students access aid programs, such as food and housing assistance. House Bill 2835 allocates nearly $5 million to the state’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission, which wi... | Financial Aid | null | null |
Aeroméxico Flight 576 crash | AeroMéxico Flight 576 was a Mexican domestic passenger flight from Cancún to Mexico City that was hijacked on 9 September 2009. The plane was flown to Mexico City International Airport where the passengers were released. A short while later, the crew was also released and authorities detained five men in connection wit... | Air crash | null | null |
2019 Sichuan earthquake | An earthquake measuring 5.8 Mw struck the province of Sichuan in China at 22:55 local time (14:55 UTC), 17 June 2019. [1] Changning and Gong counties in Yibin were particularly affected. 13 people died and more than 200 others were injured. [2]
Sichuan lies within the zone of complex tectonics caused by the continuing... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Kilbirnie Street fire |
The Kilbirnie Street fire, on Friday 25 August 1972, was a warehouse fire in the Port Eglinton area, on the south side of Glasgow, Scotland, which killed seven Glasgow Fire Service firemen in a flashover while they were trying to rescue a trapped colleague. [1] What started as a routine industrial premises fire resul... | Fire | null | null |
Navies of 21 countries kick off US-led drills in Southeast Asia | SEACAT exercises under way in Singapore and virtually as Beijing and Moscow also hold drills in China’s Ningxia. The United States-led Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) military exercises are under way in Singapore and online. Now in its 20th year, the annual drills began on Tuesday and involve the navie... | Military Exercise | null | null |
King Fire | The King Fire was a wildfire that scorched over 97,000 acres (390 km2) of land in El Dorado County, California in the fall of 2014. The fire, which was named because it started off King of the Mountain Road in Pollock Pines, started on September 13, 2014 near Pollock Pines, California, to the east of Sacramento. [3]
O... | Fire | null | null |
ALM Flight 980 crash | ALM Antillean Airlines Flight 980 was a flight scheduled to fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, on 2 May 1970. After several unsuccessful landing attempts, the aircraft's fuel was exhausted, and it made a forced ... | Air crash | null | null |
2013 Polar Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash | On 2 July 2013, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter operated by Polar Airlines crashed near Deputatsky, an urban locality of Ust-Yansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, with 25 passengers (including 11 children) and three crew members on board. [1][2] According to a Ministry of Emergency Situations spokesman, 24 people died i... | Air crash | null | null |
Springfield race riot of 1908 | The Springfield holocaust of 1908 turned 2,000 black citizens into refugees. Approximately 5,000 white Americans and European immigrants in Springfield, Illinois participated in targeting African Americans during August 14th - August 16th, 1908. Two black men had been arrested as suspects in a rape, attempted rape, and... | Riot | null | null |
The present drought in US Southwest may last at least into 2022, potentially longer | Human-caused climate change has intensified the withering drought gripping the Southwestern United States, the region's most severe on record, with precipitation at the lowest 20-month level documented since 1895, a US government report said on 21 September. Over the same period, from January 2020 through August 2021,... | Droughts | null | null |
Police investigate after girls pour bleach on student in Beersheba | Updated: DECEMBER 16, 2021 18:10
A GROUP of junior high school students are demanding the government fulfill its educational duty to them.
(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
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The Israel Police has opened an investigation after receiving a complaint from a girl who claimed to have been abused within the wal... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
EntertainmentNEWS | Choi Jong-hoon, 31, former leader of K-pop band FT Island, was released from prison on Nov. 8 after serving two and a half years in prison for gang rape. On May 9, 2019, Choi Jong-hoon was arrested on charges of gang rape and illegal filming of women along with Jung Joon-young, former mainstay of the Korean TV show “2 ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
2010 Central European floods | The 2010 Central European floods were a devastating series of weather events which occurred across several Central European countries during May and June 2010. Poland was the worst affected. Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia were also affected. At least thirty-seven people died in the floods and app... | Floods | null | null |
Sky Watch: November’s treats include a partial lunar eclipse and that sweet extra hour of sleep | When night falls in early November, look to the southwest to find the brilliant, neighboring planet Venus. It’s exceptionally bright and easy to spot at dusk. Venus hangs out in the constellation Sagittarius and starts the month at -4.6 magnitude, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. There’s more: It gets brighter ... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
1988–1989 Montenegrin protests |
The anti-bureaucratic revolution (Serbian: Антибирократска револуција, romanized: Antibirokratska revolucija) was a campaign of street protests by supporters of Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević that ran between 1988 and 1989 in Yugoslavia. The protests overthrew the governments of the Serbian autonomous provinces ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Birmingham bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games | The Birmingham bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games was a bid by Birmingham, England and Commonwealth Games England to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [1] On 21 December 2017 it was announced that the bid has been successful. [2]
Birmingham was actually planning to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games. On 13 March 201... | Sports Competition | null | null |
U.S. withdrawal from WHO over claims of China influence to take effect July 2021: U.N. | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States will leave the World Health Organization (WHO) on July 6, 2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday, after receiving notification of the decision by President Donald Trump, who has accused the agency of becoming a puppet for China during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump, who announc... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Doctors and patients offer hope for women with metastatic breast cancer | / Updated:
Oct 13, 2021 / 07:18 AM EDT
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and October 13 is Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. This day focuses on the less common, but more deadly form of the disease.
Metastatic breast cancer is when the cancer spreads, typically to the liver, lungs... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Officers have released further details after an explosion and fire at a farmhouse occurred in the town of Coolidge on Sunday morning, August 15. | Coolidge, AZ (August 18, 2021) – Officers have released further details after an explosion and fire at a farmhouse occurred in the town of Coolidge on Sunday morning, August 15.
Deputies with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) said that two people were dead and one other victim was hospitalized with severe burns.... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Kristof Milak breaks Olympic record for 200m butterfly gold | Hungary's Kristof Milak was unable to break his own world record, but he still managed to grab gold in the men's 200m butterfly -- in an Olympic record-worthy 1:51:25. It was the Hungarian's third-fastest swim ever.
Japan's Honda Tomoru and Italy's Federico Burdisso finished second and third, respectively, with 1:53:7... | Break historical records | null | null |
Over 1 Million People In Madagascar In Need Of Urgent Relief | Amnesty International has asked the world and Madagascar’s government to step up relief efforts for over a million people affected by drought in southern Madagascar. More than a million people on Madagascar’s parched southern tip are on the brink of famine and some are already dying, the global rights watchdog said in ... | Famine | null | null |
Death toll rises to 90 in Surfside condo collapse | The death toll in the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, rose to 90 on Sunday, officials said in a news conference.
Seventy-one of the victims have been identified and their next of kin have been notified, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said.
There are now 217 people accounted for and 31 others "potenti... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Bali beaches swamped by garbage as tourists, hotel workers sweep up each morning | It's garbage season in Bali, as an annual and worsening tide of trash swamps the beaches of the holiday island.
From December to March, thousands of tonnes of plastic debris are washed onto the island's main tourist strip, polluting the sand and making the prospect of a swim less than appealing.
The shocking sight is h... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Brexit vote: Good Friday Agreement ripped up, says SNP | MPs, including the DUP, backed an amendment by Conservative MP Sir Graham Brady by 317 votes to 301. It is not binding but Prime Minister Theresa May has said the vote gives her a mandate to return to Brussels to seek changes to the legal text. The Good Friday Agreement is an internationally binding treaty that was sig... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
1952 San Juan earthquake | The 1944 San Juan earthquake took place in the province of San Juan, in the center-west area of Argentina, a region highly prone to seismic events. This moderate to strong earthquake (estimated moment magnitudes range from 6.7 to 7.8) destroyed a large part of San Juan, the provincial capital, and killed 10,000 of its ... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Critical Event Management (CEM) Leader Everbridge Completes Acquisition of xMatters to Accelerate Digital Transformation for Enterprise IT and Cyber Resilience | Everbridge combines with xMatters to create industry’s most robust enterprise-wide platform for managing both digital threats and physical security via a common operating environment – powering the next generation Fusion Center BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in cr... | Organization Merge | null | null |
2009 El Ayyat railway accident |
The El Ayyat train collision killed at least 50 people and injured 30 others on 24 October 2009. [1] The incident occurred in El Ayyat, 6th of October Governorate, located 50 km south of Cairo. [2][3][4] The official death toll has increased and might increase further. [5][6][7][8] One of the trains was going southwa... | Train collisions | null | null |
Northwest Airlines Flight 2 crash | Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2 was a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser aircraft that was ditched into Puget Sound, just off Maury Island at the Point Robinson Light, shortly after takeoff from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) on the morning of Monday, April 2, 1956. [2][3][4]
The plane flew over Normandy Park... | Air crash | null | null |
Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike of 1894 |
The bituminous coal miners' strike was an unsuccessful national eight-week strike by miners of bituminous coal in the United States, which began on April 21, 1894. [1]
The panic of 1893 hit the coal mining industry particularly hard. Wage cuts in the industry began immediately, and wages were slashed again in early... | Strike | null | null |
USAir Flight 5050 crash | USAir Flight 5050 was a passenger flight that crashed on takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York. As the plane took off from LaGuardia's runway 31, the plane drifted to the left. After hearing a loud bang, the pilots attempted to abort the takeoff, but were unable to stop the plane short of the end of the ru... | Air crash | null | null |
Biden Offers a Can-Do Unity Vision With Rich Paying ‘Fair Share’ | President Joe Biden declared the U.S. has turned the corner on a pandemic that’s killed more than half a million Americans and crippled the economy, promising tax increases on the wealthy to pay for ambitious plans to spend trillions on infrastructure, education and other Democratic priorities.
“America is on the move ... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
2003 Congo air disaster crash | The 2003 Congo air disaster occurred on 8 May 2003 when a cargo door of an Ilyushin Il-76 owned by Ukrainian Cargo Airways accidentally opened mid-flight while the aircraft was flying over Mbuji-Mayi with more than 160 people on board. The flight was conducting a civilian transport from Kinshasa in the southwest of the... | Air crash | null | null |
Etna volcano update: Lava fountains light up Sicily's sky during Etna's 3rd paroxysm in May 2021 | After a period of mild activity during the last days of April, the volcano had been again calm until yesterday evening, when intermittent mild strombolian activity returned once again to the New SE crater. ... Fri, 30 Apr 2021, 16:37 Etna volcano (Italy): swarm of tiny earthquakes under eastern flank A swarm of small ... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
With its ad hoc rescues and bailouts of regional lenders, the country’s central bank risks fueling a larger financial crisis | With its ad hoc rescues and bailouts of regional lenders, the country’s central bank risks fueling a larger financial crisis. By October 27, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT The East is Red ink. Photographer: Giulia Marchi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Anjani Trivedi is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering industrial companies in Asia... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
2 women freed from ongoing Minnesota bank robbery standoff | Officers stand near an entrance to the Wells Fargo branch Thursday May 6, 2021, in south St. Cloud, Minn. following a reported hostage situation. Police in Minnesota were on the scene Thursday of a reported bank robbery with hostages. (Dave Schwarz/St. Cloud Times via AP) ST. CLOUD, MINN. -- A standoff between Minneso... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final |
The 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 18th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Women's Cup to the UEFA Women's Champions League. This was the f... | Sports Competition | null | null |
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