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2019 South Asia floods | In mid-July 2019, monsoonal downpours caused widespread flooding and landslides across South Asia. As of 14 July, at least 89 people died across Bangladesh, China, India, and Nepal. Hardest-hit is Nepal, where at least 55 deaths occurred. Heavy rains battered Bangladesh since early July, with the monthly rainfall in Co... | Floods | null | null |
Cicadas Expected to Invade the Southeast in Mass Numbers ... | Cicadas Expected to Invade the Southeast in Mass Numbers This Spring
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Georgia and the Carolinas will be invaded by mass numbers of cicadas this spring.
The '17-year' locusts have a lifespan of about 4 to 6 weeks above ground.
It may seem like only yesterday to some, but it's time once again for the mass in... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
‘Vera Dreams Of The Sea’ wins top prize at Tokyo International Film Festival | Kaltrina Krasniqi’s Vera Dreams Of The Sea was awarded the Tokyo Grand Prix at the close of the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) on Monday night. Set in Kosovo, the film follows a woman who discovers she may lose her house after her husband dies by suicide. The film received its world premiere in the Horizons s... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
2020 Cuban protests | The 2020 Cuban protests were a series of peaceful demonstrations nationwide in Cuba between June 29, 2020, and December 2, 2020, as a result of the death of Hansel Hernández, which took place on June 24, 2020, in the La Lima district, Guanabacoa, Havana, following an altercation with the local police. The reason for th... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
SA's Schoenmaker wins GOLD, smashes world record to make history in Tokyo | Star swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker claimed South Africa's first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo as she won the women's 200m breaststroke final on Friday, setting a new world record in the process.
ALSO READ | Sparkling Schoenmaker stands tall as SA's new Olympic hero: 'It just doesn't seem real'
Swimming in lane 4, Schoenma... | Break historical records | null | null |
Stay Ahead! | August 5th 2021 at 03:15:19 GMT +0300 | Athletics Kenyan youngster Abel Kipsang set a new Olympic record as he raced to the final of the 1,500m.
Kipsang who raced in the second heat of the semi-finals broke off from the rest in the last 100m to set the new Olympic record in 3:31.65.
The old record of 3:32.07 was set b... | Break historical records | null | null |
US Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the US’ withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday. The decision to leave the international body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights around the world, according to a US State Department official, w... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
PFAS discovery in fish and water near Mackay Airport leads to concern for children's health |
Samples of fish and water taken from Mackay's Shellgrit Creek, an area popular with recreational fishers, show elevated levels of a substance used in firefighting foam.
The discovery has prompted a warning from Queensland Health that people not consume seafood caught in the area.
PFAS, or per- and poly-fluoroalkyl, is... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Autopsy results released for 11-year-old who died during the Texas winter freeze | CONROE, Texas — Conroe Police on Wednesday released the autopsy results for an 11-year-old boy who died Feb. 16 during the winter storm.
Police say Christian Pavon died of carbon monoxide poisoning. His family believed he died of hypothermia after their mobile home lost power.
Christian’s family is suing ERCOT and Ente... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Death toll rises to 58 as hope dims after Brazil dam collapse | Brazilian rescuers searched into the night on Sunday for hundreds of people missing after a burst mining dam triggered a deadly mudslide, as the death toll rose to 58 people and was expected to keep climbing more than two days after the disaster. Rescuers worked past sunset to search a bus that is thought to have bodi... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
1931 Dogger Bank earthquake |
The Dogger Bank earthquake of 1931 was the strongest earthquake recorded in the United Kingdom since measurements began. It had a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter magnitude scale, and it caused a shaking intensity of VI (strong) to VII (very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale. [1][2] The location of the earthquak... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Cape Town water crisis |
The Cape Town water crisis in South Africa was a period of severe water shortage in the Western Cape region, most notably affecting the City of Cape Town. While dam water levels had been declining since 2015, the Cape Town water crisis peaked during mid-2017 to mid-2018 when water levels hovered between 15 and 30 per... | Droughts | null | null |
Air France Flight 358 crash | Air France Flight 358 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, to Toronto Pearson International Airport in Ontario, Canada. On the afternoon of 2 August 2005, while landing at Pearson Airport, the Airbus A340-313E operating the route overran the runway and crashed ... | Air crash | null | null |
Judge ignores plea agreement, sentences pursuit driver to 4 years in prison | A man who confessed to authorities he was trying to get law enforcement to shoot and kill him during a pursuit on Interstate 77 earlier this year, was sentenced to four years in prison Monday in the Guernsey County Common Pleas Court. Emerson Jeffrey, 31, of Jefferson, previously plead guilty to single counts of failur... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
1962 Godthab Catalina crash | On 12 May 1962, an Eastern Provincial Airways Canso amphibian flying boat sank at Godthåb (now Nuuk) in Greenland, causing the death of 15 passengers. [1]
The Catalina was operating a scheduled flight from Kangerlussuaq Airport to Godthåb for Greenlandair with 21 on board, while landing on the water at Goodthab harbou... | Air crash | null | null |
People's Uprising rally, 2013 |
The People's Uprising rally or Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat (Malay) was a rally that was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 12 January 2013. The rally was held by various Malaysian opposition friendly non-governmental organisations and opposition parties in opposition to many of the government policies and decisions th... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
On Sunday, August 19, 1962, a group of six men, with help of a bank’s safe-keeper, robbed a local branch of the National Bank of Poland, located in the town of Wołów in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (southwestern Poland). | On Sunday, August 19, 1962, a group of six men, with help of a bank’s safe-keeper, robbed a local branch of the National Bank of Poland, located in the town of Wołów in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (southwestern Poland). Altogether, 12,531,000 złotys were stolen,[1] which in late 2000s (decade) prices, would make some 18... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
1981 Sirch earthquake | The 1981 Sirch earthquake occurred at 00:22 local time (17:22 UTC) on July 28. It had a magnitude of 7.1 on the surface wave magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The epicentre was in the province of Kerman in eastern Iran. The earthquake caused the destructi... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Brazil dam disaster death toll mounts as arrests warrants issued | Rio de Janeiro -- Brazilian authorities have issued arrest warrants for five people in connection with a dam collapse that killed at least 65 people as it plastered part of a city with reddish-brown mud and mining waste. Police issued the warrants on Tuesday in Sao Paulo and in the state of Minas Gerais, where ... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Super Junior’s Shindong Halts Activities After Being Diagnosed With COVID-19 | On November 12, Super Junior’s agency Label SJ officially confirmed, “On November 11, Shindong’s COVID-19 test results came back positive, and he is currently in self-quarantine.”
According to the agency, after learning that he had come into close contact with someone who was later diagnosed with COVID-19, Shindong und... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
1959 Uruguayan flood | In April 1959, Uruguay suffered floods (Spanish: Inundaciones de abril de 1959 en Uruguay) that were the most severe in the modern history of Uruguay. Rainfall lasted from March 24 till April 23 and as a consequence the Río Negro suffered an overtopping. Waters passed over the Dam of Rincón del Bonete. | Floods | null | null |
Deadly Lumpy Skin Disease outbreak spreads to cattle in 5 Gujarat districts | Gujarat is the latest victim of the emerging viral disease outbreak in cattle, Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), which has already been reported in at least 12 other States in the country. According to sources in the State animal husbandry department, several cattle in at least five districts have been infected with the incur... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Oakey contamination: Land valuations decreased after public backlash |
The Queensland Government has decreased land valuations on almost 30 properties near a contaminated aviation base on the Darling Downs after a public backlash. Many residents living near the base have been unable to use or build on their land after groundwater near the Oakey Army Aviation Base was contaminated by toxi... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Rare Natural Event in Alaska: 3 Volcanoes Erupted at The Same Time | Three volcanoes in the Alaskan chain of Aleutian islands are currently erupting, and two others are rumbling with disquiet. According to a report by NBC, it's been at least seven years since three Aleutian volcanoes erupted simultaneously. This increased volcanic activity, at this point, is not causing any disruptions,... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Aeroflot Flight 63 crash | Aeroflot Flight 63 was a scheduled Antonov An-24 flight from Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport to Vinnitsa Airport. The flight proceeded routinely through takeoff and cruise, but started to enter trouble when on final approach due to the bad weather; this included freezing rain with fog and low clouds. The first landing attempt w... | Air crash | null | null |
2013 Castelar rail accident | The 2013 Buenos Aires rail disaster occurred on 13 June 2013 at about 07:30 local time (10:30 UTC), in Castelar, Buenos Aires Province, about 30km (19 miles) west of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A passenger train travelling in the morning rush hour hit a stationary train that was empty. At least 3 people were killed and an... | Train collisions | null | null |
The Future of Pandemics | In December 2019, a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 ) was identified in Wuhan, China. By the 11th of March of 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. A year later, more than 2.5 million deaths worldwide have been attributed to infection of the new viral strain and over 113 mil... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
1985 Nahanni earthquakes | The 1985 Nahanni earthquakes is the name for a continuous sequence of earthquakes that began in 1985 in the Nahanni region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. [1] The largest of these earthquakes occurred on December 23, reaching 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale. [1] This is one of the most significant earthquakes i... | Earthquakes | null | null |
1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident crash | On 2 August 1947, Star Dust, a British South American Airways (BSAA) Avro Lancastrian airliner on a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile, crashed into Mount Tupungato, in the Argentine Andes. An extensive search operation failed to locate the wreckage, despite covering the area of the crash site, and... | Air crash | null | null |
This Week's Total Lunar Eclipse: When to Watch (And What to Look for) in San Diego County | “Early Wednesday morning we’ll start to see the Earth’s shadow stretching over the moon. Now, the first shadow is the Earth’s penumbra, that’s not really seen very easily, but it’s kind of the outer shadow – the lighter shadow – and that’s going to be just before 3 a.m.,” Parveen explained. The entire process will last... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
2019–2020 Catalan protests |
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The sentencing of nine Catalan independence leaders in a 2019 trial by the Supreme Court of Spain triggered protests in Catalonia. They were convicted of sedition and other crimes against the Spanish state ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Iowa girl dies of carbon monoxide poisoning while cleaning Iowa hog confinement building | Carbon monoxide is an invisible, odorless, colorless gas created when fossil fuels burn. In the home, heating and cooking equipment are possible sources of carbon monoxide.
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ALGONA, Ia. — A 17-year-old Iowa girl who died after helping to clean a hog confinement building in Kossuth County was overcome by carbon... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Gas company Cadent remain on scene of explosion at Argyle Industrial Estate Birkenhead | At around 5am on Wednesday, September 15, police and firefighters were called to Argyle Industrial Estate, Appin Road, following reports of a blast. Once on scene they confirmed there had been an explosion in a unit approximately 50m by 10m in size.
READ MORE:Man suffers life changing injuries in city centre bar attac... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Fagradalsfjall volcano (Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland): eruption continues with regular pulses of lava fountains | The Icelandic Institute of Natural History(IINH), an agency of the Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources, published a new model of the eruption so far, based on imagery collected 8 Aug 2021: Fagradalsfjall volcano update: New lava erupts from small side vent next to main crater The eruption picked up agai... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Biblical locust plague: Swarms in East Africa spark global food catastrophe panic | Swarms of locusts are sweeping across countries in East Africa, sparking panic on the ground in these regions. Last month, a state of emergency was declared in Somalia as the country struggled to contain the locust swarms of biblical proportion. Kenya is now suffering the brunt of the locusts, as farmers fear another ... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
IMA Establishes Sustainable Business Management Global Task Force | Last month IMA (Institute of Management Accountants) announced the establishment of a Sustainable Business Management Global Task Force (IMA.SBM.GTF) to speak on behalf of the management accounting profession, accountants, and finance professionals in business. This comes as governments, regulators, and standard-setter... | Organization Established | null | null |
Barcelona tram strike | The Barcelona tram strike was a strike in Barcelona, Spain, that took place on March 1, 1951. [1] During the strike, citizens boycotted the Barcelona tram service, protesting a plan by local authorities to increase tram fares by up to 40%. [2] Although the strike did not achieve all of its goals, it was successful in ... | Strike | null | null |
Asian Project Market: Jero Yun’s ‘Secret of My Father’ Wins Busan Award | “Secret of My Father,” by Busan-native filmmaker Jero Yun was announced Thursday as the winner of the Busan Award, the top prize at the Busan International Film Festival ’s Asian Project Market . Calling the project, the “last story in a family trilogy,” Yun said: “I have been dealing with the essential questions of th... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
Contractor to pay millions as death toll spirals from tragedy offshore India | Afcons and operator ONGC compensate for lives lost from vessels sinking at Mumbai High field while relatives reportedly consider legal action India’s state-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and barge charterer Afcons are to pay compensation to the families of the victims and to the survivors of last week’s ves... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Covid LIVE: Kerala CM rules out complete lockdown for economic reasons | Last Updated at September 3, 2021 23:22 IST #COVID19: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has ruled out a complete lockdown in the state stating that it will create a huge crisis for the economy and livelihoods, as per CMO (File photo) pic.twitter.com/ack5M6r1q2 Over 1.53 lakh anti-Covid vaccine jabs were admini... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
1909 European Figure Skating Championships | The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. Men's competitions took place on February 7–8 in Stockholm, Sweden. Ladies' competitions took place on January 23–24 in Budapest, ... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Rescuers are searching for scores of migrants missing in the Mediterranean after their boat capsized off the south Italian island of Lampedusa. | Rescuers are searching for scores of migrants missing in the Mediterranean after their boat capsized off the south Italian island of Lampedusa.
Italian coast guards rescued 48 and three were saved by a fishing boat, but 20 deaths were confirmed and at least 130 people are unaccounted for.
Officials say the boat left tw... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Brexit is complete: Britain officially breaks from European Union | LONDON — Britain’s long and sometimes acrimonious divorce from the European Union ended Thursday with an economic split that leaves the EU smaller and the U.K. freer but more isolated in a turbulent world. Britain left the European bloc’s vast single market for people, goods and services at 11 p.m. London time, midnigh... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
U.S. abandons Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty | President Donald Trump hopes to sign the new agreement; he said Russia was ready to take steps in this direction as well 09:33, 2 August 2019 Deutsche Welle August 2, the United States left the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty . Voice of America quoted president Donald Trump who addressed the topic. "Russia wou... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Cops Facing Murder Charges Booked In, Released In Dead of Night | ATLANTA — A pair of law enforcement officers indicted last week on murder charges turned themselves in early Wednesday morning while Atlanta recovered from Braves revelry and election watching. Eric Heinz, a U.S. Marshals assistant chief inspector, and Clayton County Police officer Kristopher Hutchens both were charged... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
15 people killed in Guinea gold mine collapse | At least 15 people were killed in a landslide at a gold mine in the West African nation of Guinea, according to officials.
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At least 15 people were killed in a landslide at a gold mine in the West African nation of Guinea, according to officials.
The Tatakourou mine collapsed on Saturday, killing the miners i... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Aeroflot Flight 36 (1960) crash | Aeroflot Flight 36 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Cairo International Airport to Bykovo Airport. On 17 August 1960, the Ilyushin Il-18 operating this flight crashed after an engine fire. All 27 passengers and seven crew members were killed. The Air Accident Investigation Commissio... | Air crash | null | null |
Badrashin railway accident |
The Badrashin railway accident took place near Badrashin station in Giza, Egypt, on 15 January 2013. A train en route to Cairo from Sohag derailed, leaving at least 19 people dead and 120 injured. [1][2]
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi visited victims of the crash on 15 January, pledging to hold those responsible ... | Train collisions | null | null |
COVID-19 outbreak prompts school closure in Chilliwack | An elementary school in Chilliwack, B.C., is shifting to online classes effective immediately as a result of an outbreak of COVID-19 among staff and students. An announcement on Promontory Heights Elementary School's website Wednesday said the school will be temporarily closed and in-person learning will be paused. Fr... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Remote South Pacific island has highest levels of plastic rubbish in the world |
A remote and uninhabited island wilderness in the South Pacific is literally a garbage dump.
The beaches of World Heritage-listed Henderson Island, in the Pitcairn Group off South America, contain an estimated 37.7 million items of debris together weighing 17.6 tonnes, a new study has revealed.
Australian researcher D... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Jayuya Uprising |
The Jayuya Uprising, also known as the Jayuya Revolt or El Grito de Jayuya, was a Nationalist revolt that took place on October 30, 1950, in the town of Jayuya, Puerto Rico. The revolt, led by Blanca Canales, was one of the multiple revolts that occurred throughout Puerto Rico on that day against the Puerto Rican gov... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Kano air disaster crash | The Kano air disaster was a chartered Boeing 707 passenger flight on 22 January 1973 that crashed while attempting to land at Kano International Airport. It is the deadliest aviation disaster ever to take place in Nigeria,[1] as 176 passengers and crew perished in the crash. There were 26 survivors. The aircraft involv... | Air crash | null | null |
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American Railway Union | The American Railway Union (ARU) was briefly among the largest labor unions of its time and one of the first industrial unions in the United States. Launched at a meeting held in Chicago in February 1893, the ARU won an early victory in a strike on the Great Northern Railroad in the summer of 1893. This successful stri... | Strike | null | null |
The Only Total Lunar Eclipse of 2021 Is Coming Next Month | A total lunar eclipse will be visible in less than one month, and it's a sight that you won't want to miss: We'll have to wait until 2024 to see another total solar eclipse again. Want to make sure you catch this? Mark your calendar for Wednesday, May 26, 2021, when the total lunar eclipse will be visible from the west... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Stockton train wreck | The Stockton train wreck occurred on August 4, 1944 at 11.45 p.m. on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at Stockton, Georgia and killed 47 people, mostly black labourers returning home to Alabama for the weekend. [2][3]
The 14 car train, en route from Waycross, Georgia, to Montgomery, Alabama, was traveling westbound on... | Train collisions | null | null |
2 Killed, 2 Hospitalized After Gas Explosion in Collin County | Two people are dead and two others are injured after an explosion Monday afternoon in Collin County, officials say.
Two people are dead and two others are injured after a natural gas explosion Monday afternoon in Collin County, officials say.
The explosion happened at about 3:35 p.m. in the 14000 block of Farm-to-Marke... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Verizon Strike of 2000 | The Verizon strike 2000 took place on August 5, 2000, in New York. Nearly 85,000 unionized Verizon workers went on strike to protest Verizon's plan to shut down their factory and move to non-union areas. [1]
On August 5, 2000, 85,000 union workers walked out on Verizon and began to strike. There were two union groups ... | Strike | null | null |
1973 International Seven-a-side Tournament |
The 1973 International Seven-a-side tournament was the first rugby sevens tournament to feature national representative teams,[1] predating the first official Rugby World Cup Sevens by twenty years. Held in Scotland as part of the Scottish Rugby Union's centenary celebrations, the tournament featured players from all... | Sports Competition | null | null |
1949 Olympia earthquake |
The 1949 Olympia earthquake occurred on April 13 at 11:55:44 local time with a moment magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VIII (Severe). The shock was located in the area between Olympia and Tacoma, and was felt throughout the state, as well as parts of Oregon, British Columbia, Idaho, and Montana. I... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Alleged Plumpton bank robber to face court today | A 20-year-old man is due to face Parramatta Local Court today charged over a bank robbery in Sydney's west yesterday. The man allegedly entered a Commonwealth Bank branch at a shopping centre in Plumpton and took a female staff member hostage before stealing cash. Police say that when some members of the public realise... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
A four-day joint China-Russia military exercise at the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) training base in China’s northwest Ningxia province | A four-day joint China-Russia military exercise at the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) training base in China’s northwest Ningxia province will Photo: Xinhua A four-day joint China-Russia military exercise at the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) training base in China’s northwest Ningxia province will conclude today. The ... | Military Exercise | null | null |
North West Afghanistan hit by plague of locusts - Times of Malta | Afghan authorities are examining the extent of an unprecedented locust infestation that has prompted local officials in some areas to offer wheat as a reward to residents for killing the insects.
Some 300 tonnes of locusts have been killed by people in the northwestern province of Badghis alone in recent weeks, Abdul G... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Ray J divorces Princess Love for the third time | Celebrity | 1,700 units of housing are set to vanish in the next 5 years. There’s little Philly officials can do | Local News Ray J reportedly filed for a third divorce from Princess Love while fighting pneumonia.
The “One Wish” singer is currently hospitalized in the COVID-19 ward, but is not believed to be infected with the cor... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
2005 Hindu Kush earthquake |
The 2005 Hindu Kush earthquake hit northeastern Afghanistan with a magnitude of 6.5 on December 12 at 21:47 (UTC). According to the United States Geological Survey's ShakeMap and Did You Feel It? products, the maximum Mercalli intensity was V (Moderate) at Chitral. Five people were killed in the Hindu Kush region and... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Crown Heights riot |
The Crown Heights riot was a race riot that took place from August 19 to August 21, 1991, in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York City. Black residents turned against Orthodox Jewish Chabad residents, resulting in a deterioration of already tense racial relations in the densely populated community. The rio... | Riot | null | null |
President Pedro Castillo to face questioning over corruption allegations | Today, federal prosecutors are set to investigate Peruvian President Pedro Castillo for a scandal involving improperly promoting military officials. Elected
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Today, federal prosecutors are set to investigate Peruvian President Pedro Castillo for a scandal involving improperly promoting military of... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests |
The 2008 Cameroon protests were a series of violent demonstrations in Cameroon's biggest cities that took place from 25 to 29 February 2008. The protests followed on the heels of a strike by transport workers, who were opposing high fuel prices and poor working conditions. Further political turmoil had been caused by... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad | The second unofficial Chess Olympiad was a team chess tournament held in Budapest from June 26 to July 15, 1926, during the third FIDE Congress. [1] Six teams applied to contest the team tournament but Austria and Czechoslovakia withdrew before the start. Hungary won the tournament ahead of Yugoslavia, Romania and Germ... | Sports Competition | null | null |
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Delta Air Lines Flight 821 crash | On March 25, 1969, Luis Antonio Frese hijacked a Delta Air Lines flight 821 (DC-8) from Dallas, Texas to Havana, Cuba. [1][2] Frese was indicted in Texas but never returned to the United States to face prosecution. [2] He reportedly died in Cuba in 1975. [1][2]
The plane was en route from Newark to Los Angeles with st... | Air crash | null | null |
1971 January 31 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash | The 1971 January 31 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash occurred on 31 January 1971, when an Aeroflot Antonov An-12B, aircraft registration CCCP-12996, flying from Roshchino International Airport, Tyumen, in the Soviet Union's Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR), crashed 13.6 km (8.5 mi) short of the ru... | Air crash | null | null |
'African Lion': Hundreds of National Guard troops from Georgia to train in Morocco | ATLANTA — More than 700 Georgia Army National Guard troops will go to North Africa in June for a training exercise in Morocco. The training program will be called "African Lion 21" and it will be conducted between June 7-18 in Tantan, Morocco. The exercise will also take the troops into Tunisia and Senegal, a release s... | Military Exercise | null | null |
1877 St. Louis general strike |
The 1877 St. Louis general strike was one of the first general strikes in the United States. It grew out of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. The strike was largely organized by the Knights of Labor and the Marxist-leaning Workingmen's Party, the main radical political party of the era. The Long Depression, sparke... | Strike | null | null |
The Northern Lights May Come Out This Weekend | Remember that mountaintops and fire lookouts—and the roads you use to reach them—are likely coated with snow. More exciting than a sunny weekend after a bomb cyclone full of Seattle rain: The northern lights might be making a Halloween appearance. The Space Weather Prediction Center from the National Oceanic and Atmos... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
1997 Harnai earthquake | The 1997 Harnai earthquake occurred on February 27 at 21:08 UTC near Harnai, Pakistan, and felt throughout much of central Balochistan,[3] with a magnitude estimated at 7.0 on the Mw scale. [4] A 2016 study[5] determined that this was a doublet earthquake, the Ms 6.4 shock that hit 22 minutes later being a continuation... | Earthquakes | null | null |
The Pentagon launched a task force to investigate UFO sightings by military aircraft | The Pentagon launched a task force to investigate UFO sightings, according to a Friday Department of Defense news release. Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist will assist in overseeing the task force. Previously, the US Navy led any efforts to investigate unidentified aerial phenomena because many of the encount... | Organization Established | null | null |
Locust and coronavirus crises are threatening to drive large-scale famine in Africa | The arrival of locusts is an ominous and eerie sight. It's like a cloud has moved across the sun. The sky starts to darken, you hear a "clackety-clack" sound, and millions of locusts fly overhead. There are an incredible 80 million insects in a one kilometre swarm — and some stretch for several kilometres. They look ra... | Famine | null | null |
Australia’s Emma McKeon and Brendon Smith break Oceania records as Tokyo Olympics swimming begins | Australia’s Emma McKeon and Brendon Smith have broken Oceania records in heats of their respective events on the first day the Tokyo Olympics swimming schedule.
Smith qualified fastest for the final of the men’s 400m individual medley after swimming 4:09.27 on Saturday, which eclipses his national record of 4:10.04 he ... | Break historical records | null | null |
Farmers fight back: Making animal feed from a locust plague | Kenya is battling locust plagues, spurred on by unusual weather patterns, caused by climate change, which have created ideal breeding conditions.
Start-up 'The Bug Picture' is helping local communities profit from the pests.
The Bug Picture is paying local communities to harvest the insects and mill them, turning them ... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
USGS Raises Volcano Alert; More Explosive Activity Possible | A volcano that has been exhibiting off-again, on-again seismic activity this year is exhibiting significant unrest once again, forcing scientists with USGS and the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) to raise the volcano alert level of the Semisopochnoi Volcano. According to the AVO, “Detection of multiple, discrete, e... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
EU welcomes 10 new members | EU welcomes 10 new members
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AeroUnion Flight 302 crash | AeroUnion Flight 302, operated by an Airbus A300B4-203F cargo aircraft, crashed in poor weather on final approach at General Mariano Escobedo International Airport, Monterrey, Mexico around 23:18 CDT on 13 April 2010, after a flight from Mexico City. All five people on board were killed, as well as one on the ground. [... | Air crash | null | null |
Nobel UN food agency warns 2021 will be worse than 2020 | The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the U.N. agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going to be worse than this year UNITED NATIONS -- The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the U.N. agency a spotlight and megaphone t... | Famine | null | null |
Dozens dead and hundreds missing after dam ruptures at Brumadinho mine in Brazil | A dam that held back mining waste has collapsed in Brazil, inundating a nearby community with reddish-brown sludge, killing at least 34 people and leaving hundreds of others missing. About 300 people are still missing, while firemen running the rescue effort in the town of Brumadinho say nearly 200 people have been re... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
1966 NASA T-38 crash | The 1966 NASA T-38 crash occurred when a NASA Northrop T-38 Talon crashed at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 28, 1966, killing two Project Gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett. The aircraft, piloted by See, crashed into the McDonnell Aircraft building where their Gemini 9 spacecraft was b... | Air crash | null | null |
South Sudan joins World Bank, IMF | WASHINGTON: Oil-rich South Sudan, the world's newest nation and one of the least developed countries, has joined the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund.
The country's formal inclusion in the IMF and the World Bank Group took place yesterday after South Sudan Minister of Finance and Economic Planning K... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
Italians aghast as mafia boss convicted of murder released from prison | FILE PHOTO: Anti-Mafia police wearing masks to hide their identity, escort top Mafia fugitive Giovanni Brusca. 01 Jun 2021 06:24PM (Updated: 02 Jun 2021 09:02AM) LinkedIn ROME: Italians were outraged on Tuesday (Jun 1) after a notorious mob boss was released from prison, where he served 25 years for a string of grim cr... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Flagship Airlines Flight 3379 crash | Flagship Airlines Flight 3379 was a scheduled American Eagle flight from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Raleigh–Durham International Airport during which a British Aerospace Jetstream crashed while executing a missed approach to the Raleigh-Durham airport on the evening of Tuesday, December 13, 1994. The two p... | Air crash | null | null |
Japan to hold first drills with UK aircraft carrier off Africa | TOKYO -- Japan will hold joint exercises with the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time in waters off the coast of the Horn of Africa, likely next week, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi told reporters Friday. Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force will partner with the U.K. carrier strike gr... | Military Exercise | null | null |
At least 36 people are now known to have died in a landslide that struck a village in southern China on Tuesday. | At least 36 people are now known to have died in a landslide that struck a village in southern China on Tuesday. State-run local media also report that 15 people have been missing since a wave of mud buried more than 20 houses in the province of Guizhou. Chinese authorities told Xinhua news agency that another 40 peopl... | Mudslides | null | null |
Flow-on effect of Williamtown contamination fishing ban hurting people outside red zone |
Almost a year after chemical contamination originating in the New South Wales Hunter region was revealed, a commercial fisherman says the effects of a fishing ban could see him lose half his income for a second year running.
In September 2015, chemical contamination around the Williamtown Royal Australian Air Force (R... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Madagascar on brink of famine caused by climate crisis | Madagascar is facing a famine caused by the climate crisis, as United Nations warns over 500,000 children are already malnourished. Get the latest news straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter According to Arduino Mangoni, the World Food Programme's (WFP) Deputy Country Director in Madagascar, pockets of famin... | Famine | null | null |
2008 Conviasa Boeing 737 crash | Updated on 30th January 2010
The Boeing 737-200 owned by Venezuela's state-owned airline Conviasa took off from Caracas's Maiquetia airport, Venezuela, and was bound to Latacunga, Ecuador, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Quito. Three crew members (a captain, a first officer and a mechanic) were onboard. The plane cr... | Air crash | null | null |
'Starving to death': Pollution blamed for killing off Florida's manatees in record numbers |
More manatees have died in waters around Florida this year than at any previous time on record, according to conservationists.
Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute said 841 of the marine mammals had died so far this year.
"Most deaths occurred during the colder months when manatees migrated to and through th... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
South of Madagascar teetering on the brink of starvation | Media Contact: Claire Garmirian +1.203.209.8545 (M) FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Aug. 1 2021)—Children in Madagascar are wasting away as families in the South teeter on the brink of starvation, with the country facing its worst hunger situation in two generations, Save the Children said today. The agency is warning that without ... | Famine | null | null |
Aeropesca Colombia Flight 221 crash | Aeropesca Colombia Flight 221 was an internal scheduled passenger flight from Florencia Airport to Neiva Airport in Colombia. On 26 August 1981 it was being operated by a Vickers Viscount turboprop airliner registered in Colombia as HK-1320 when it collided with Mount Santa Elana, an Andean mountain peak, destroying th... | Air crash | null | null |
Matei Balș hospital fire |
On 29 January 2021, a fire broke out at the COVID-19 facility in Matei Balș hospital in Bucharest, Romania, killing five people. [1] On 4 February 2021, the death toll on the fire was reported to have risen to 12. [2][3] The death toll rose again to 14 on 6 February 2021,[4] with one more death added to the death tol... | Fire | null | null |
City of Austin cancels festival, charity run days before events begin | by: Billy Gates, Tahera Rahman AUSTIN (KXAN) — Bat Fest 2021, an outdoor celebration of the famed Mexican free-trailed bats that reside underneath the Congress Avenue bridge, was canceled Wednesday after the City of Austin denied event organizers a special event permit. French Smith, the owner of Roadway Productions... | Organization Closed | null | null |
U.S. says to withdraw from arms control treaty in six months | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced on Friday it will withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia in six months unless Moscow ends its alleged violations of the landmark 1987 arms control pact.
The United States would reconsider its withdrawal if Russia, which denies violating ... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
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