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Great Barrier Reef: Coal spillage discovered from ship loader at mining port, Government says |
A Queensland Government investigation has found a large spillage of coal at a mining port in waters near the Great Barrier Reef.
The investigation, which found the spillage from a ship loader at the Port of Hay Point, was launched after complaints that coal and fine black dust were washing up at East Point beach near ... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Abrolhos Islands attracts Clean Up Australia Day volunteers to try return it to its pristine best | Abrolhos Islands attracts Clean Up Australia Day volunteers to try return it to its pristine best
At a glance the crystal-clear waters and rugged coral coastlines of the Abrolhos Islands are some of the most pristine in the world, but when you scratch the surface the archipelago is suffering the effects of pollution. ... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
The Egyptian army has intensified the military exercises and drills recently as a “deterrent message” to some regional powers | The Egyptian army has intensified the military exercises and drills recently as a “deterrent message” to some regional powers, and an assurance of the armed forces’ readiness against any threats, according to political and military experts. “The four strategic directions of Egypt, the Mediterranean at north, Sinai... | Military Exercise | null | null |
JMBG protests | The JMBG protests were demonstrations in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina between June–July 2013. The acronym JMBG stands for Jedinstveni matični broj građana (English: Unique Master Citizen Number), the identification number granted to citizens. Due to political bickering along ethnic lines, the assignment of JMBG was... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Death toll in Brazil dam collapse rises to 40, many feared buried in mud | The death toll from the collapse of a dam holding back mine waste in southeastern Brazil rose to 40 on Saturday as searchers flying in helicopters and rescuers labouring in deep mud uncovered more bodies. AP | Brumadinho (Brazil) | January 27, 2019 10:13 am People from the community of A... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
1932 European Rowing Championships |
The European Rowing Championships is an international Rowing regatta organised by FISA (the International Rowing Federation) for European rowing nations, plus Israel which, though not a member of the European federation is treated as a European nation for competition purposes. [1]
The championships date back to 1893... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 protests |
The Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 protests were anti-government protests that swept Iran in January 2020 after it was revealed that Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran while the Iranian government covered it up. On 8 January 2020, the ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Driver who fled Trenton crash before deputy’s death charged | TRENTON, Maine (WABI) - A man involved in a crash in Trenton that lead to the death of Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Luke Gross is facing charges. State police say 20-year-old Thorin Smith of Bar Harbor is charged with leaving the scene of an accident, illegal use of drug paraphernalia and illegal possession of alcoh... | Road Crash | null | null |
Karsten Warholm sets Tokyo on fire with world record | Karsten Warholm of Norway celebrates next to the scoreboard showing his world record as he wins the gold medal in the final of the men's 400-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics. - AP He had broken Kevin Young's 29-year-old world record last month and everybody expected Karsten Warholm to repeat it at the Toky... | Break historical records | null | null |
Volcanoes of the world | Ever since our distant ancestors roamed the Earth, volcanoes have been feared for death and destruction they bring, wreaking havoc on a local, regional and occasionally global scale. Major number of volcanoes are located in developing countries and are poorly studied. But now volcanologists, from around the world are k... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
See 2021’s Only Total Solar Eclipse. It’s Over The World’s Newest Ocean | Eclipse-watching is on the minds of many given June 10’s “ring of fire” annual solar eclipse. The most spectacular eclipses are total solar eclipses and the entire decade of the 2020s will have only six. The next one is on December 4, 2021 and there’s only one place in the world where you’ll be in the path of totality:... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Gulf of Sidra incident (1981) crash | In the first Gulf of Sidra incident, 19 August 1981, two Russian-made[1][2] Libyan Su-22 Fitters fired upon and were subsequently shot down by two U.S. F-14 Tomcats off the Libyan coast. Libya had claimed that the entire Gulf was their territory, at 32° 30' N, with an exclusive 62 nautical miles (115 km; 71 mi) fishing... | Air crash | null | null |
2018 U.S. Air National Guard C-130 crash | On May 2, 2018, a Lockheed WC-130H transport aircraft of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed in the US state of Georgia, shortly after departing from Savannah Air National Guard Base (which is located at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport). [2][3] The aircraft crashed on Georgia State Route 21 at 11:26 l... | Air crash | null | null |
2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake | The 2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake occurred in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on September 10 at 10:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time. The intraplate earthquake measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale and its epicenter was located about 250 miles (400 km) west-southwest of Anna Maria, Florida. The event was felt throughout mu... | Earthquakes | null | null |
South32's Dendrobium Mine coal sludge discharge reinforces concern around mine transparency |
A pollution incident that saw black sludge wash down a suburban creek in the centre of suburban Wollongong has raised wider concerns about the transparency around mining.
On August 8 and 9 heavy rainfall caused pockets of flooding around the Illawarra.
But at the Dendrobium coal mine, owned by South32 and located at M... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Harlem riot of 1943 |
A race riot took place in Harlem, New York City, on August 1 and 2 of 1943, after a white police officer, James Collins, shot and wounded Robert Bandy, an African-American soldier; and rumors circulated that the soldier had been killed. The riot was chiefly directed by black residents against white-owned property in ... | Riot | null | null |
1907 Sydney bathing costume protests |
The 1907 Sydney bathing costume protests were a response to a proposed ordinance by the Waverly Shire Council to require the wearing of a skirt-like tunic by male bathers. On the morning of Sunday 20 October, thousands of surf bathing enthusiasts poured onto the sands of Bondi, Manly, and Coogee beaches in various ty... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Northern lights may be visible in Virginia this weekend, forecasters say | The National Weather Service in Omaha provided this graph detailing the visible range of the northern lights Saturday evening. Soon a ghostly wisp will stretch across the night sky. Forecasters say the astral phenomenon known as the aurora borealis will appear this weekend and may be visible as far as Virginia. The Nat... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
October 1999 Mexico floods | In October 1999, severe flooding affected portions of eastern Mexico and Central America. Rainfall in September preceded the primary event in Mexico, which moistened soils. On October 4, Tropical Depression Eleven developed in the Gulf of Mexico, which drew humidity from the gulf and the Pacific Ocean to produce torren... | Floods | null | null |
2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash | On 19 August 2002, a group of Chechen separatists armed with a man-portable air-defense system brought down a Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter in a minefield, which resulted in the death of 127 Russian soldiers in the greatest loss of life in the history of helicopter aviation. It was also the most deadly aviation disaster... | Air crash | null | null |
GBI investigates officer involved shooting in DeKalb County | LITHONIA — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in Wednesday to investigate the 89th officer involved shooting in Georgia this year. The incident took place in Lithonia. One man died in the incident, and two deputies were injured.
According to the GBI, preliminary information indicates that at around 7:30 a.m... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Heysham explosion: Cut gas pipe caused fatal blast, say police | An explosion that killed a child was caused by a gas pipe being cut inside a neighbouring house, police said.
Two-year-old George Hinds died in the blast in Mallowdale Avenue in Heysham, Lancashire, on 16 May.
Four other people were also hurt in the explosion which destroyed two homes and seriously damaged a third.
Lan... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Japan, US, France hold military drill eyeing China presence | Dozens of Japanese, American and French troops have continued to hold their first-ever joint drills on Japanese soil KIRISHIMA TRAINING AREA, Japan -- Dozens of Japanese, American and French troops landed amid pouring rain from a CH-47 transport helicopter onto a grassy field at a training area in southern Japan, part ... | Military Exercise | null | null |
The Biggest Celebrity Splits Of All Time | Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why trust us? Still not over Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan. Celebrity breakups happen all the time, so it's hardly mind-blowing when you hear another famous couple has called it quits. Still, some famous coupl... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Patients in Germany 'infected with UK COVID-19 variant in November' |
The long-awaited post-Brexit trade deal has been signed by EU heads and was overwhelmingly approved by British MPs.
UK lawmakers backed the agreement on Wednesday afternoon by 521 votes to 73.
Officially called the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, it has taken months of negotiation to agree.
European Council Pre... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
2012 Catalan independence demonstration |
The 2012 Catalan independence demonstration was a protest march which occurred in central Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, on 11 September 2012 during the National Day of Catalonia. [4][5][6] The protestors demanded the independence of Catalonia and its establishment as a sovereign state under the slogan "Catalonia, ne... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Ransomware attack leads to shutdown of major U.S. pipeline system | A ransomware attack led one of the nation’s biggest fuel pipeline operators to shut down its entire network on Friday, according to the company and two U.S. officials familiar with the matter. While it is not expected to have an immediate impact on fuel supply or prices, the attack on Colonial Pipeline, which carries a... | Organization Closed | null | null |
1990 Dushanbe riots | The 1990 Dushanbe riots were an anti-government unrest in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, from February 12–14, 1990. In 1988, in the aftermath of the Sumgait pogrom and anti-Armenian riots in Azerbaijan, 39 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan were temporarily resettled in Dushanbe. [1] In 1990, the Armenian influx b... | Riot | null | null |
2020 Malian protests |
National Committee for the Salvation of the People[1]
Government of Mali
Protests in Mali began on 5 June 2020 when protesters gathered in the streets of Bamako, calling for Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to resign as president of Mali. The protests ended after a coup d'état on 18 August. Both the president and prime mini... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
February Strike | The February Strike (Dutch: Februaristaking) was a general strike in the German-occupied Netherlands in 1941, during World War II, organised by the then-outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands in defence of persecuted Dutch Jews and against the anti-Jewish measures and activities of the Nazis in general. The direct... | Strike | null | null |
Sri Lanka, World Bank Sign Agreement to Expand Water Supply and Sanitation Coverage for More than 1 Million People |
COLOMBO, September 10, 2021 - The Government of Sri Lanka and the World Bank recently signed a $40 million additional financing for the ongoing Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project (WaSSIP), to increase access to the piped water services and improved sanitation. This additional financing will expand water s... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
Below Deck’s Captain Lee Recovers From Surgery –‘This Will Pass’ | Captain Lee Rosbach from Below Deck is recovering from surgery to repair severe spinal stenosis. Rosbach, who usually comments during Below Deck episodes, was sidelined and in the hospital this week, sharing that he’s still recovering. The surgery comes after he arrived late to the season after having routine heart sur... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
Anchorage man’s magic mushroom selling leads feds to swastika stickers, charges say | The Anchorage Police Department released photos of a person of interest in its investigation into the placement of swastika stickers on two Anchorage buildings in May. While similar stickers were allegedly found in Luke Foster’s possession, it’s unclear if Foster is the man in the photo or whether he’s been linked to t... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Street of Dreams arson fires | On March 3, 2008, four multimillion-dollar homes were set on fire in Echo Lake, Washington, on Echo Lake Road, off State Highway 522. [1] Slogans spray-painted on one of the burned houses' fences attributed the arson to the Earth Liberation Front, with words such as "Built Green? Nope black! McMansions in RCDs r not gr... | Fire | null | null |
Now that prosecutors have put Doc Gallagher in prison for life, focus turns to his mistress | Now that prosecutors have put Doc Gallagher in prison for life, focus turns to his mistress Watchdog Dave Lieber reveals evidence prosecutors have that allegedly shows Debra Carter was deeply involved in Gallagher’s Ponzi scheme. Doc Gallagher, whose real name is William Neil Gallagher, is escorted to his sentencing he... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
Delaware Humane Association, SPCA to merge | DELAWARE – Two organizations in the First State are teaming up in an effort to help take care of more animals in the state and help them find a loving home. The Delaware Humane Association and The Delaware SPCA announced they’ll be merging together this year, creating one organization dedicated to serving animals. Patr... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Disease outbreaks more likely in deforestation areas, study finds | Tree-planting can also increase health risks if it focuses too narrowly on small number of species, paper says Last modified on Fri 29 Oct 2021 13.28 BST Outbreaks of infectious diseases are more likely in areas of deforestation and monoculture plantations, according to a study that suggests epidemics are likely to inc... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Grunwick Dispute |
The Grunwick dispute was a British industrial dispute involving trade union recognition at the Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories in Chapter Road, Dollis Hill in the London suburb of Willesden, that led to a two-year strike between 1976 and 1978. [1]
During a decade of industrial unrest, the Grunwick dispute becam... | Strike | null | null |
Penrith Panthers handed NRL breach notice, fined $25,000 after incident in Parramatta semi-final | Penrith has come to the defence of Pete Green, insisting the club trainer and physiotherapist was just doing his job when he stopped play in the dying minutes of the Panthers' NRL semi-final win.
The Panthers have been fined $25,000 and Green suspended for the rest of the season for breaching NRL rules in the controver... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Issue Briefs | "[The Arms Control Association is an] 'exceptional organization that effectively addresses pressing national and international challenges with an impact that is disproportionate to its small size.'"
Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation
Volume 10, Issue 5, April 30, 2018
President Donald Trump’s unrealistic demands that Congr... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Oxygen leak leaves 22 covid patients dead at a hospital in India | NEW DELHI — At least 22 covid-19 patients died Wednesday at a hospital in India after an oxygen tank ruptured, leaving critically ill patients gasping for breath.
A faulty valve in the hospital’s oxygen tank caused the leak, said Suraj Mandhare, a senior district official in Nashik, the city in western India where the ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
What It’s Like to Hike to See Iceland’s Erupting Volcano | On May 24, 2021, hikers could watch the Geldingadalsgos eruption in Iceland from just hundreds of feet away. One way to break out of that pandemic funk: watching lava flow in Iceland right now. Despite this being an otherworldly experience, it begins, like many adventures, in a car park. Ever since the Gerlingadalur e... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
After Months Of A Racing Heart And Burning Feet, A COVID Long-Hauler Gets A Diagnosis | Jennifer Minhas had been a nurse for years when she contracted COVID-19 in 2020. Since then, lingering symptoms — what's known as long-haul COVID-19 — made it impossible for her to work. For months, she and her doctors struggled to understand what was behind her fatigue and rapid heartbeat, among ot... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Broadlands: Fears over ticket refunds for postponed concert | The organiser of a star-studded concert on a Hampshire estate has not paid refunds nearly two months after the event was postponed, some ticket-holders have said. Park Proms at Broadlands, Romsey, was due to feature Pixie Lott, James Morrison and other well-known artists. Ticket-holders say they had a five-day window t... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Qantas Flight 1 crash | Qantas Flight 1 (QF1, QFA1) was a Qantas passenger flight between Sydney and London that was involved in a runway overrun accident at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on 23 September 1999 as it was landing for a stopover. [2]
Qantas flights travel between London and Australia on a route known as the "Kangar... | Air crash | null | null |
Pakistan Navy Atlantic shootdown crash | Indian Air Force
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Pakistan Navy Atlantic shootdown incident happened on 10 August 1999, when a Breguet Atlantic maritime patrol aircraft of the Pakistan Naval Air Arm was shot down by a MiG 21 fighter of the Indian Air Force over the Rann of Kutch, on the bo... | Air crash | null | null |
Oil washed up on Fraser Island identified as from large trading ship, investigation continues |
The type of oil that washed ashore polluting Fraser Island off Queensland's coast last month has been identified as being from a large trading ship but pinpointing the culprit will be difficult, the Queensland Government says. An analysis was done of samples taken from small oil patties that washed up along a 50-kilo... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
BBC Celebrity MasterChef: Gregg Wallace's four wives including 'probably shortest marriage ever' | MasterChef's Gregg Wallace has been enjoying his summer holiday in Ireland with his wife Anne-Marie Sterpini. But the TV host has been several relationship struggles before meeting his current partner, having been married four times and divorced three times. Here's a lookback at Gregg's rocky road to love. Read more:Jo... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
United Airlines Flight 663 crash | The United Airlines Flight 663 incident was a "minor international incident" in 2010 involving Qatari diplomat on the leg of a United Airlines flight from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (Washington, DC) to Denver International Airport (Denver, Colorado). [1] The diplomat prompted a mid-air terrorism alert a... | Air crash | null | null |
Peloton and celebrity yoga instructor Kristin McGee files for divorce | According to court records, celebrity fitness instructor Kristin McGee has filed for divorce from her husband. Kristin McGee
Peloton and celebrity yoga instructor Kristin McGee has filed for divorce from her investment-banker husband, Manhattan court records show.
McGee — whose website touts famous clients including Em... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Cammell Laird Shipyard Occupation |
The Cammell Laird Shipyard occupation was a 1984 labour dispute that took place at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England. The despute was result of compulsory redundancies at the shipyard and involved the occupation of two vessels to prevent them being removed. The protestors were arrested and later jaile... | Strike | null | null |
This man got Rs 10 lakh compensation after wife died in gas cylinder blast | "Since the manufacturer is vicariously liable and the opposite parties have failed to discharge the burden of any negligence on part of the complainants (Sanjeev and his family members), I am of the considered opinion that IOCL and Alok Gas Agency are guilty of 'deficiency in service'," the commission's member N P Kaus... | Gas explosion | null | null |
LDH: Carbon monoxide poisoning increasing, 4 people have died, 141 taken to the hospital | BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Louisiana Department of Health has released new, eye-opening details this week. Since Hurricane Ida passed and left behind a path of destruction, four people have died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
They said 141 people have been taken to a hospital for the same thing.
Fire crews cannot s... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Kyōhō famine | The Kyōhō famine (享保の大飢饉, Kyōhō no daikikin), was a famine on the Japanese island of Kyushu during the reign of Emperor Nakamikado in the Edo period. It is estimated that 12,172-169,000 people died from starvation. [1] The famine, named after the Kyōhō era (1716–1736), is considered to have begun in 1732 and lasted unt... | Famine | null | null |
Police say the vehicle blew up in al-Sadriya district as people bought food ahead of a night-time curfew. | Police say the vehicle blew up in al-Sadriya district as people bought food ahead of a night-time curfew. It shattered stalls and left a huge crater in the street, in the heavily populated, predominantly Shia area.
Only the Sadr City bombings in November, which killed more than 200 people, have claimed more lives.
Reg... | Armed Conflict | null | null |
Japan Airlines Flight 472 (1977) crash | Japan Airlines Flight 472 was an aircraft hijacking carried out by the Japanese Red Army (JRA) on 28 September 1977. The Douglas DC-8, en route from Paris to Haneda Airport in Tokyo with 156 people on board, stopped in Bombay, India. Shortly after taking off from Bombay, five armed JRA members, led by Osamu Maruoka, hi... | Air crash | null | null |
2019 Northrop N-9M crash | On April 22, 2019, a Northrop N-9MB aircraft crashed in Norco, California, United States, killing the pilot. The aircraft was the last survivor of four built. It was destroyed in the post-crash fire. Shortly after take-off from Chino Airport,[1] the aircraft was reported to have crashed into the grounds of the Californ... | Air crash | null | null |
Dunbeath air crash | The Dunbeath air crash involved the loss of a Mark 3 Short S.25 Sunderland that crashed in the Scottish Highlands on a headland known as Eagle's Rock (Creag na h-Iolaire) near Dunbeath, Caithness, on 25 August 1942. [1][2] The crash killed 14 of 15 passengers and crew, including Prince George, Duke of Kent, who was on ... | Air crash | null | null |
Saint John City Hall fire | The Saint John City Hall fire also known as the Saint John jail fire was a building fire which occurred in Saint John, New Brunswick's city lockup on June 21, 1977—which at that time was located on the ground floor of the Saint John City Hall. The fire, which had been started by prisoner John Kenney, killed 21 men who ... | Fire | null | null |
Poinsettia Fire | The Poinsettia Fire was the second most destructive of the May 2014 San Diego County wildfires. [4] It caused property damage estimated at $22.5 million,[3] as well as the only reported fatality in the San Diego County series of wildfires. As of July 10, 2014, the cause of the fire is listed as "undetermined", which al... | Fire | null | null |
Navy to launch new unmanned and AI systems task force in the Middle East | An MQ-9 Sea Guardian unmanned maritime surveillance aircraft system flies over Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Coronado during U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem 21 on April 21, 2021. (Shannon Renfroe/U.S. Navy) WASHINGTON — The Navy will launch its first task force dedicated ... | Organization Established | null | null |
Four dead, 141 treated in hospitals for carbon monoxide poisoning since Ida, Health Department says | The Louisiana Department of Health announced Monday afternoon that four people have died of carbon monoxide poisoning and 141 people have been treated for inhalation of the deadly, odorless gas since Hurricane Ida.
When the storm left nearly 600,000 people without power, many looked to the portable generator — a tried ... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Pet Helpers spay/neuter clinic temporarily closed due to understaffing | by: Chase Laudenslager Puppies are shown at the Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Thursday, May 5, 2011. A constant flow of people searching for their lost animals following last weeks tornado visit the shelter each day. (AP Photo/Dave Martin) CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Pet Helpers on Monday announ... | Organization Closed | null | null |
1821 Holmfirth floods | The Holmfirth floods refers to a number of instances when severe flooding had occurred in the Holme Valley, West Yorkshire, England affecting Holmfirth and other settlements in the valley. The earliest record dates from 1738 and the latest from 1944. The most severe flood occurred early on the morning of 5 February 185... | Floods | null | null |
2021 Dutch curfew riots |
The 2021 Dutch curfew riots (Dutch: avondklokrellen) were a series of riots in the Netherlands that initiated as protests against the government's COVID-19 prevention measures and specifically the 21:00–4:30 curfew that was introduced on 23 January 2021. The police have described the events as the "worst riots" in th... | Riot | null | null |
Protests against Faure Gnassingbé |
Protests against Faure Gnassingbé have occurred throughout Togo, starting when President Faure Gnassingbé assumed power after the death of his father Gnassingbé Eyadéma in February 2005. Opposition protesters have called on the Togolese government to establish presidential term limits according to the 1992 constituti... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash | The 2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash occurred on 19 February 2003, when an Ilyushin Il-76 crashed in mountainous terrain near Kerman in Iran. The Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps aircraft, registration 15-2280, was flying from Zahedan to Kerman when it crashed 35 kilometres (22 mi; 19 nmi) southea... | Air crash | null | null |
Shropshire Star | Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister criticised the UK Government’s approach to negotiations on the Irish Sea trade arrangements.
A UK move to suspend parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol could see the EU doing likewise with the Brexit trade deal, Ireland’s foreign minister has warned.
Simon Coveney said it appeared th... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
TACA Flight 390 crash | TACA Flight 390 was a scheduled flight on May 30, 2008, by TACA Airlines from San Salvador, El Salvador, to Miami, Florida, United States, with intermediate stops at Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula in Honduras. [2] The aircraft, an Airbus A320-233, overran the runway after landing at Tegucigalpa's Toncontín Internationa... | Air crash | null | null |
10 years after tsunami: A Japanese town rebuilds its homes and heart | When the most powerful tsunami in Japanese history struck, few places were hit as hard as Minamisanriku. A wall of water obliterated the town, claiming the lives of 820 people. After the unthinkable human loss and almost total physical destruction, some wondered whether Minamisanriku would continue to exist as a town a... | Tsunamis | null | null |
Two people trapped in multiple car crash along Forrest Highway, Eaton | One person has been airlifted to Perth while another has been taken to Bunbury hospital after a car rolled in head-on collision just outside Eaton in WA’s South West. The incident occurred along Forrest Highway near the intersection of Hynes Road, just before 10.30am. Emergency services rushed to the scene with initial... | Road Crash | null | null |
Charlotte Pride Parade, concert, festival canceled, changed to hybrid virtual/in-person smaller events due to COVID-19 | Charlotte Pride says they will transition those larger events in October and November to hybrid virtual/in-person smaller events. By WBTV Web Staff Published: Sep. 20, 2021 at 3:17 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Charlotte Pride Parade, concert and festival, sc... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Dolphins sign first player; ex-Dogs star’s career lifeline finally emerges: Transfer Whispers | The Dolphins have made their first signing in club history and it’s no marquee man - this young gun hasn’t even played in the NRL.
Dylan Napa’s time in the NRL is all but over with the star prop likely to ink a deal with a Super League club, while the Sharks and Warriors are in a tug of war over a 22-year-old rookie.
D... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
2012 Guerrero–Oaxaca earthquake |
The 2012 Guerrero–Oaxaca earthquake struck southern Mexico with a moment magnitude of 7.4 at 12:02 local time on Tuesday, 20 March. Its epicenter was near Ometepec, in the border between the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca. With a shallow focus of 15 to 20 km, the earthquake caused strong shaking over a large area alon... | Earthquakes | null | null |
2021 South Kalimantan floods |
The 2021 South Kalimantan floods were a series of floods in the South Kalimantan province of Indonesia. It was the worst flood to affect the region in the last ten years, and the first major flood in the past fifty years. [1] Most of the region affected had never experienced such a flood before. [2] As of 18 January ... | Floods | null | null |
Swarms of locusts attack crops across Saudi Arabia | Arab News |
Swarms of locusts attack crops across Saudi Arabia
The huge number of locusts and the speed of the wind helped the swarms to spread in regions such as Al-Qassim, Hail and the Eastern Province
Updated 20 February 2020
MAKKAH: Locusts have invaded every region across the Kingdom. The insects arrived from nearby countrie... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
PM Modi pays tribute to Georgia's Saint Queen Ketevan, lauds Goa for preserving her relics | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to Georgia's Saint Queen Ketevan during his monthly Mann ki Baat program pointing out how "extremely emotional" the people of the country are for her. India's External minister Dr S Jaishankar had visited the country earlier this month and handed over the rel... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Air Tahoma Flight 185 crash | Air Tahoma Flight 185 was a scheduled cargo flight from Memphis to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport conducted by Air Tahoma as part of a contract to freight parcels for courier firm DHL. On August 13, 2004, the flight crashed during approach to landing just one mile short of the runway. The Convair 58... | Air crash | null | null |
Chicago flood |
The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 m... | Floods | null | null |
GPS data reveal possible earthquake, tsunami hazard in northwestern colombia | Data from a GPS network in Colombia have revealed a shallow and fully locked part on the Caribbean subduction zone in the country that suggests a possible large earthquake and tsunami risk for the northwest region. The locked patch south of Cartagena city is capable of generating a magnitude 8.0 earthquake every 600 ye... | Tsunamis | null | null |
The massive, yet invisible cost of keeping schools closed | The impact of school closures on children and young people across the world is gigantic. The prolonged closures of schools since March 2020 resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the most serious education crisis in the last 100 years. As Chile's Minister of Education Raul Figueroa said when he explained his ... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Crews use dogs, drones, dive teams in Poudre Canyon search for woman still missing in July mudslide | Crews use dogs, drones, dive teams in Poudre Canyon search for woman still missing in July mudslide KMGH By: The Denver7 Team , Pattrik Perez Posted at 3:39 PM, Sep 18, 2021 and last updated 2021-09-18 19:14:12-04 DENVER – A crew of 120 people searched an 18-mile stretch of Poudre Canyon Saturday for... | Mudslides | null | null |
2014 Jinggu earthquake | The 2014 Jinggu earthquake occurred on October 7, 2014 at 21:49 (UTC+8). The epicenter was located in Jinggu, Pu'er, Yunnan, People's Republic of China. The earthquake killed at least 1 person and injured at least 324 others. [4] The magnitude of the earthquake was placed at Ms 6.6 by the China Earthquake Data Center w... | Earthquakes | null | null |
2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake |
An earthquake measuring 6.6 MW on the moment magnitude scale struck Iburi Subprefecture in southern Hokkaido, Japan, on 6 September 2018 at 3:08 a.m. JST. The earthquake's epicenter was near Tomakomai and occurred at a depth of 35.0 kilometers (21.7 mi). The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) registered a magnitude of... | Earthquakes | null | null |
2010–11 Southern Africa floods |
The 2010–2011 Southern Africa floods were a series of floods across three countries in Southern Africa. Linked to a La Niña event, above-average rains starting in December led to widespread flooding. Thousands of people were displaced and evacuations of more continued. As of 24 January 2011[update], at least 141 peop... | Floods | null | null |
Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63 crash | Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63, registration JA8764, was a NAMC YS-11A-217 en route from Chitose Airport near Sapporo, Japan to Hakodate Airport. The plane left Chitose Airport on a scheduled flight at 08:30. After arriving in Hakodate airspace, the plane was descending below 1800 metres when it crashed at 09:05 into ... | Air crash | null | null |
Bhoja Air Flight 213 crash | Bhoja Air Flight 213 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight operated by the Pakistani airline Bhoja Air from Karachi to Islamabad. On 20 April 2012, the Boeing 737-200 aircraft serving the route crashed in bad weather during its final approach to land. All 121 passengers and 6 crew members aboard were killed. It was... | Air crash | null | null |
This list of earthquakes in Taiwan | This list of earthquakes in Taiwan charts significant earthquakes which have affected the island of Taiwan. Taiwan is in a seismically active zone, on the Pacific Ring of Fire, and at the western edge of the Philippine Sea Plate. [1] Geologists have identified 42 active faults on the island, but most of the earthquakes... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Aussie swimmer McKeown breaks Olympic record to win women's 100m backstroke | Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown claimed the women's 100m backstroke gold in an Olympic record time of 57.47 seconds at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Tuesday.
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Olympics 2021 qualification: Indian swimmers may ... | Break historical records | null | null |
1942 Ruislip Wellington accident crash | The 1942 Ruislip Wellington accident occurred on 18 October 1942 when a Vickers Wellington 1C medium bomber of No. 311 Squadron RAF crashed near South Ruislip station, Middlesex, on approach to RAF Northolt. The crash killed all 15 people aboard the aircraft, and six civilians on the ground including four children. [1]... | Air crash | null | null |
The worst speech of Biden's presidency | Updated 1327 GMT (2127 HKT) July 10, 2021 JUST WATCHED MUST WATCH Biden defends pulling US out of Afghanistan as Taliban advances Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is author of the forthcoming book "The Rise and ... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
Nacogdoches Sheriff’s Office releases IDs of 3 dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning | Updated: Feb. 21, 2021 at 10:53 AM CST
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NACOGDOCHES COUTNY, Texas (KTRE) - The Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the three Melrose residents who died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.
The victims have been identified a... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Woman donates carbon monoxide detectors after family members die of CO poisoning | After losing five family members to carbon monoxide poisoning, a Louisiana native is making sure no one else falls victim to the deadly gas.
Brundidge's relatives made it through Hurricane Laura last August, but says the next day a gust of wind blew the garage door shut, trapping a generator and its fumes inside and ki... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
1953 Nutts Corner BEA Vickers Viking accident crash | On 5 January 1953, a Vickers Viking airliner operated by British European Airways crashed on approach to Belfast Nutts Corner Airport, Northern Ireland. [1][2] The aircraft was on a domestic flight from London Northolt Airport with 31 passengers and 4 crew on board. Twenty-four of the passengers and three crew members ... | Air crash | null | null |
Kalamazoo ‘Bark in the Park’ event canceled amid parvo outbreak | Updated: Aug. 25, 2021, 4:33 p.m. | Published: Aug. 25, 2021, 4:33 p.m. July 29 2011 Kerry, a seven-year-old lab, jumps through an obstacle at the grand opening of Fairmount Dog Park on July 29, 2011. The park previously required membership fees, but effective March 2019, the park is free to use. (Jonathon Gruenke / K... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Sealand Youth Training Center Fire | The Sealand Youth Training Center was a summer educational camp for young children, located near Hwaseong, South Korea. In the early morning hours of June 30, 1999, the dormitory, housing approximately 430 children and their teachers, was consumed by fire. Nineteen children and four adults died. Eighteen of the childre... | Fire | null | null |
Alight highlights world-class board of directors for post-merger public company | LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alight Solutions, a leading cloud-based provider of integrated digital human capital and business solutions, today highlighted the full board of directors of Alight, Inc., which will be effective at the closing of Alight’s business combination with Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. ... | Organization Merge | null | null |
1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash | On 5 May 1998 a Boeing 737-282, leased from the Fuerza Aérea del Perú (Peruvian Air Force) and servicing a charter flight for Occidental Petroleum, crashed in rainy weather while on approach to Andoas Peru, killing 75 people on board; eleven passengers and two crew members survived. [1]
Occidental Petroleum chartered ... | Air crash | null | null |
2013 European Mixed Curling Championship | The 2013 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 14 to 21 at the Murrayfield Curling Rink in Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] Due to an issue with the ice chilling plant, play was postponed from Saturday night until Sunday night. [2]
Germany's Andy Kapp defeated defending champion Scotland's Ewan MacDonald... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Trump was planning to withdraw US from Nato and ditch South Korea alliance, according to new book | Trump was planning to withdraw US from Nato and ditch South Korea alliance, according to new book July 14, 2021, 2:35 AM 46th and current president of the United States Trump threatened to withdraw from Nato, according to new book Donald Trump was considering pulling out of Nato and cutting the US’s alliance with So... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
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