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2002 Moldovan protests | The 2002 Moldovan protests were a series of mass protests and growing street opposition demonstrations against the socialist regime and the opposition's ban in elections in Moldova. However, initial protests first began after the government banned Russian and Latin languages[clarification needed] in Moldova, triggering... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
In commencement speech, Gov. Hochul tells SU ’20 grads to make change through activism | Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during the Syracuse University 2020 Commencement in Syracuse. (Mike Groll/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)Mike Groll/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul
Syracuse, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul focused on activism in a campaign-style speech at Syracuse University’s makeup commencement ceremony for 2020 ... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
More Cases, Another Death Reported In NJ Legionnaires' Outbreak | Five more people have contracted Legionnaires’ disease in Mercer County, and there has been a third fatality since the outbreak began last summer, authorities said. A total of nine cases of the disease -- a type of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria -- are under investigation by the New Jersey Department of Health... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
President Eisgruber’s 2021 Commencement Address “Together, Six Feet Apart” | President Christopher L. Eisgruber applauds as he looks out on the crowd from the Commencement stage before his address “Together, Six Feet Apart.”
President Christopher L. Eisgruber’s address “Together, Six Feet Apart,” as prepared for delivery at Princeton University’s Commencement ceremony on May 16, 2021.
Traditio... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
Moranbah mine explosion may have started with 'ignition of gas along coal face', mine safety inquiry under consideration | Moranbah mine explosion may have started with 'ignition of gas along coal face', mine safety inquiry under consideration Queensland Mines Minister Anthony Lynham is flagging a possible inquiry into mine safety after five workers were critically injured in an explosion at Anglo American's Grosvenor coal mine at Moranba... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Aleksandra Miroslaw Breaks Women’s Speed Climbing World Record at Tokyo Olympics – NBC New York | The debut of sport climbing on the Tokyo Olympics has been nothing in need of dramatic and Polish climber Aleksandra Miroslaw contributed to the spectacle Friday by breaking the velocity climbing world report.
In what’s presumably her final worldwide competitors, 27-year-old Miroslaw shed 0.12 seconds off the earlier l... | Break historical records | null | null |
Marsabit appeal for assistance against locust invasion - Kenya ... | Marsabit 0
Trees invaded by desert locusts at Goffi Chobba area in Saku Constituency in Marsabit County. Photo by KNA.
The Marsabit County Director of Agriculture, Julius Gitu, explains about the grave situation following the invasion by desert locusts in Saku and Moyale Sub-counties. The ravaging insects originated... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
2021 has seen a number of celebrity breakups, splits and divorces | 2020 threw everyone’s personal lives for a loop, and celebrities were no exception. Even as red carpets dried up and all but a few celebrities ventured out of their homes into the sight of paparazzo’s prying lenses, celebrity datings rumors kept the gossip columns and tabloid magazines filled with content. The mayhem h... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Trump administration pulls out of Open Skies treaty with Russia | The Trump administration has officially withdrawn from the Open Skies treaty, six months after starting the process to leave. "On May 22, 2020, the United States exercised its right pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article XV of the Treaty on Open Skies by providing notice to the Treaty Depositaries and to all States Parties... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Man detained after attempted bank robbery in El Cajon | A 60-year-old El Cajon resident was arrested on suspicion of attempting to rob a bank in the area Monday afternoon, police said. Police responded to a report of a robbery in progress at the Bank of America on North Second Street near Peach Avenue just after 2 p.m., El Cajon police Lt. Randy Soulard said in an email. ... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
There was success for Britain as the 62nd Cannes film festival rolled up its red carpet this evening. | The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Wednesday 27 May 2009
In the article below we said that Spring Fever by the Chinese director Lou Ye left empty-handed, whereas it won best screenplay. In the Un Certain Regard category, we said "Norwegian drama Dogtooth won th... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
Kader Toy Factory fire |
The Kader Toy Factory fire occurred on 10 May 1993 at a factory in Thailand. It is considered the worst industrial factory fire in history, killing 188 persons, and injuring 469. [1] Most of the victims were young female workers from rural families. More people were killed than in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire... | Fire | null | null |
24 times celebrities opened up about their divorces | Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise were married in 2006 and got divorced in 2012. After their separation, Holmes moved to New York City with her daughter Suri, who was 6 years old at the time. In her 2020 cover story with InStyle , Holmes opened up about that time in her life. "That time was intense. It was a lot of attention... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
China launches commercial asteroid hunter and 3 other satellites into space | China launched four new satellites into orbit on Thursday (June 10), including a commercial satellite for tracking near-Earth asteroids. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China on Thursday at 11:03 p.m. EDT (0303 GMT, or 11:03 a.m. local time Friday, June 11). Footage of th... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
1999 Mauritian riots |
The 1999 Mauritian riots were national-scale rioting and protests in Mauritius following the death of the popular "seggae" musician Joseph Réginald Topize, better known by his stage name "Kaya", in police custody. [2][3] The rioting lasted for four days from 21 to 25 February 1999. Four civilians and one police offic... | Riot | null | null |
Just in time for September's high holidays, a new Jewish organization sets up in Portola Valley | Dassi Brook and her husband Rabbi Mayer Brook are photographed in their Portola Valley home on Aug. 17, 2021. Photo by Magali Gauthier. A drive to Los Altos Hills or Palo Alto used to be required to attend Jewish religious services before Chabad Portola Valley & Woodside (PVW), a new Jewish community center, opened in... | Organization Established | null | null |
1995 Royal Air Force Nimrod R1 ditching crash | On 2 September 1995, a Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Nimrod aircraft crashed into Lake Ontario during an air display, killing all seven crew members on board. This was the second loss of an RAF Nimrod in four months, following the ditching of a Nimrod R1 in May. The aircraft involved was XV239, a Nimrod MR.2 maritime... | Air crash | null | null |
1934 London, Scottish & Provincial Airways Airspeed Courier crash | On 29 September 1934, an Airspeed Courier of London, Scottish & Provincial Airways Ltd crashed just north of Shoreham, Kent. The aircraft was on a scheduled international passenger flight from Heston Aerodrome west of London to Le Bourget Airport, Paris. All four people on board were killed. Two people were injured by ... | Air crash | null | null |
INSPIRESat-1 primed for launch, says Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology | INSPIRESat-1 CubeSat, developed under the International Satellite Program in Research and Education (INSPIRE), is ready for launch, the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) has said. The small satellite that weighs less than 10 kg will be launched aboard an upcoming Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Two new generations of locusts are set to descend on East Africa again—400 times stronger | The locust WhatsApp hotline has been pinging nonstop. Farmers and herders across large swathes of rural Kenya are sending in video clips of massive swarms flying overhead, blocking the light of the sun like a Biblical plague. This infestation of desert locusts first arrived in East Africa last June, feeding on hundred... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
2013 Eberswalde-Finow Zlin crash | The 2013 Eberswalde-Finow Zlin crash was an incident involving a Zlin Z 526 light aircraft which occurred on 29 June 2013 during an unauthorized aerobatics display near Eberswalde Finow Airfield in Germany. [1] The pilot was fatally injured. [2]
The Roadrunner's Paradise Race 61[3] festival was taking place at the Luf... | Air crash | null | null |
Spanish volcano remains volatile, 5 days after eruption | TODOQUE, Canary Islands (AP) — A volcano in Spain’s Canary Islands kept nerves on edge Friday for a fifth day since it erupted, producing loud explosions, a huge ash cloud and cracking open a new fissure that spewed out more fiery molten rock. The archipelago’s emergency services ordered the evacuation of scores of peo... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Air Canada Flight 624 crash | Air Canada Flight 624[1][2][3] was a scheduled Canadian domestic passenger flight from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia. During heavy snow and poor visibility, at 00:43 ADT (03:43 UTC) on March 29, 2015, the Airbus A320-211 landed short of the runw... | Air crash | null | null |
An explosion at a gas plant in China's central Henan province has killed at least 12 people and seriously injured 15 others, | At least 12 people have died in a powerful explosion that ripped through a gas plant in central China. Reports said the force of the blast shattered windows and blew out doors as far as 3 kilometers away.
An explosion at a gas plant in China's central Henan province has killed at least 12 people and seriously injured 1... | Gas explosion | null | null |
2013 Cameron Highlands mud floods |
The 2013 Cameron Highlands mud floods took place on 23 October 2013. Three people died while another was missing due to the mud flood in Bertam Valley, Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. [1] Heavy rain had occurred continuously since 7:00pm the day before, creating a need to alleviate the water in the dam the morni... | Floods | null | null |
3 killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from generator use in Marrero | A family of three from Marrero died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a poorly ventilated emergency generator they were using during the post-Hurricane Ida power outage, Jefferson Parish Coroner Gerry Cvitanovich said Thursday.
He said a woman and her two children had set up the generator against an outside wall of the... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
1964 Philadelphia race riot | The Philadelphia race riot, or Columbia Avenue Riot, took place in the predominantly black neighborhoods of North Philadelphia from August 28 to August 30, 1964. Tensions between black residents of the city and police had been escalating for several months over several well-publicized allegations of police brutality.
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Parent of child with MIS-C encourages others to take advantage of kids' COVID-19 vaccine | Sarah Berestecky is one of many parents happy to be setting appointments and said it was a hope she had been holding on to for the past year.
READ MORE | Hamilton County health officials answer common questions about vaccinating kids 5-11
The mother of three’s experience runs deep.
"You know I'm so relieved and exci... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
2015 Charikot helicopter crash | On 12 May 2015, a US Marine Corps Bell UH-1Y Venom of Camp Pendleton-based HMLA-469 squadron crashed in the Charikot region of Nepal during Operation Sahayogi Haat, a humanitarian relief effort following the earthquake that had struck the region earlier. All 13 occupants were killed. [1]
The following is a statement f... | Air crash | null | null |
Breaking: Paul Okoye’s marriage crashes as wife files for divorce | 7-year old marriage of Paul Okoye, one half of defunct music duo P Square popularly known as Rude boy and his entrepreneur wife, Anita Okoye has crashed as the latter files a petition for a divorce. Details surrounding the crash of the marriage came from the leak of the official petition for the divorce which cited ir... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
April 2010 Sumatra earthquake | The April 2010 Sumatra earthquake occurred on April 7 at 5:15 AM local time with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The shock occurred near Banyak Islands, off the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. A tsunami watch was issued according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hono... | Earthquakes | null | null |
BBC Blankety Blank: Ade Adepitan's marriage to a Scottish singer and their St Paul's Cathedral wedding guestlist from TV presenters to Olympians | Ade Adepitan is a well-known talented athlete who is remembered for his huge victory at the Paralympics games in 2004 representing team GB. Since that time, the 48 year old has ventured into presenting and acting for TV, appearing on our screens as an actor on many of of the nations favourite shows such as Casualty and... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
2013 Rosario gas explosion | A gas explosion caused by a large gas leak occurred in a residential area of Rosario, the third-largest city in Argentina, on August 6, 2013. A nearby building collapsed, and others were at high risk of structural failure. Twenty-two people died, and sixty were injured. Several organizations helped secure the area, sea... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Some 350,000 people experience famine-like conditions in Tigray | G7 leaders meeting this week should galvanize an immediate global response to the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Yesterday, the United Nations and other aid agencies warned that some 350,000 people are already experiencing famine-like conditions in Tigray. Millions of others there are at r... | Famine | null | null |
NASA awards SpaceX the contract to launch its Europa Clipper mission | The Europa clipper orbiter will make about 40 to 50 close passes over Europa to determine whether the icy moon could harbour conditions suitable for life. NASA on Friday said it had selected SpaceX to launch a planned voyage to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, a huge win for Elon Musk's company as it sets its sights deeper ... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Shake Shack manager sues NYPD, New York City over false claims his store poisoned officers | An investigation found “no criminality” by Shake Shack employees, after three New York police officers were hospital after drinking milkshakes in NYC.
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Last June, the manager of a Shake Shack was accused of poisoning three New York City Police Department officers after they complained they were "not feeling well"... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
1903 water riots | The 1903 water riots took place at Port of Spain on March 23rd in the then British colony Trinidad and Tobago. As a result of the riots, the Red House, which was the seat of the Executive and Legislative Council was destroyed. At around 1900, Trinidad had a high consumption of water. In 1874 the yearly water consumptio... | Riot | null | null |
Michigan's attorney general wants to investigate the Oxford school shooting | "I didn't want to see the school district bring in a private law firm ... where they are the client," Nessel said. "I've seen it time and time again, they're not fully independent investigations when that occurs."
"Often times, they're there to represent their client, and the client is the school district," Nessel adde... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
UK miners' strike (1972) | The 1972 UK miners' strike was a major dispute over pay between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Conservative Edward Heath government of the United Kingdom. Miners' wages had not kept pace with those of other industrial workers since 1960. The strike began on 9 January 1972 and ended on 28 February 1972,... | Strike | null | null |
DRC meningitis outbreak: WHO provides more details | In a follow-up on the meningococcal meningitis outbreak reported in Tshopo province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) published more information in a Disease Outbreak News report Monday: In early July 2021, an alert of a suspected outbreak was raised to the Health Division of ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Trump withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership | On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order removing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and declared an end to the era of multinational trade agreements. The TPP is the 12-nation trade deal that included the United States, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, ... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Unbelievably Large Swarm of Locusts Threatens Middle East | A locust plague that’s been growing in the Horn of Africa this month is slated to make its way across Northern Africa and the Middle East, the likes of which have been unseen in the region for over 30 years. In the last month, the locusts have devastated crops in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, and the swarm is still bre... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
A worthless withdrawal: Two years since President Trump abandoned the JCPOA | May 8 marked two years since President Trump formally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal, while maintaining that “[i]t is the policy of the United States that Iran be denied a nuclear weapon and intercontinental ballistic missiles.” Since then, the Trump ... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
'Nothing left': Kenyan mother's fields stripped by locust swarm | Kenyan farmer Mwende Kimanzi tries to chase away individual locusts that remained after a swarm descended on her crops in the region of Kyuso, Kenya, February 18, 2020. Picture taken February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner KYUSO, Kenya, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Kenyan farmer Mwende Kimanzi said planes started spraying as soon ... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Man convicted in 2015 Palmdale murder set to be released following hearing | / Updated: Nov 9, 2021 / 06:08 PM PST A man convicted of murder in a 2015 case is set to be released after a new state law made him eligible to be retroactively sentenced as a juvenile offender. A lawyer for a victim’s family in the case said a Los Angeles County prosecutor purposefully did not call any witnesses at a ... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Locust invasion threatens Somali farmers with starvation | Somali farmers on Saturday urged their government and the international community to help protect their crops from an invasion of locusts that is leaving many unable to feed their families.
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“Locusts already ate our grazing area so we are now fighting to save at least our farm, where we planted watermelon and bean... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Pump crews work at abandoned silver mine to keep toxic spill out of Murray-Darling Basin | .
Queensland Government officials have taken emergency action to stop massive mine storage ponds on the Queensland-New South Wales border discharging heavy metals into the Murray-Darling system, the ABC can reveal.
Heavy rainfall this week threatened to trigger a spill of the processing ponds and dams at the Texas silv... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Local boy diagnosed with brain tumor, fighting for his life at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital | Local boy diagnosed with brain tumor, fighting for his life at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
A local 3-year-old boy, Nathan Johnson, is fighting for his life after being diagnosed with brain cancer.
A GoFundMe has been started to help cover the boy's unexpected medical expenses.
News Channel 3’s Madison Weil s... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
1966 Peru earthquake | The 1966 Peru earthquake occurred on October 17 at 16:41 local time (21:41 UTC). [1] It had a magnitude of Mw 8.1. The epicenter was located offcoast near Huacho. About 100 people were reported dead. Most of the damage was recorded in low buildings. Cracks were reported in higher buildings. The intensity was MM IX in S... | Earthquakes | null | null |
'Australia not targeting China' after controversial Victorian trade deal scrapped | Foreign Minister Marise Payne says the Australian Government is not picking a fight with China after it scrapped Victoria's controversial infrastructure agreement with Beijing. The move, amid already-heightened tensions with China, earned the immediate "strong displeasure and resolute opposition" of the Chinese embassy... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Kristin Cavallari says the thought of marriage right now 'makes me cringe' | "I'm really enjoying where I'm at right now and I'm having a good time. But I am 100 percent single at the moment," she shared. It's been over a year since Cavallari filed for divorce from Jay Cutler. She dated comedian Jeff Dye, with the reality star joking she "got a little lazy last fall" when trying to hide her rom... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Partial solar eclipse to darken Irish skies tomorrow morning | IRISH SKIES WILL darken slightly tomorrow morning as almost half of the sun’s diameter will be covered over in a partial solar eclipse. The astronomical event will happen just before 10am high in the morning sky as the moon moves in between the Earth and our star. David Moore of Astronomy Ireland said it is the... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Westpac annual profit hit by money laundering fine and recession | A Victorian man who flew from Brisbane to Hobart on flight VA702 today has tested positive to COVID-19 and has not been allowed to board a flight to Melbourne
A Watch & Act warning is in place for a fire in the northern parts of Mokine, in WA's Northam Shire. Keep up to date with ABC Emergency
Westpac's annual profit h... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Water district to consider drought rate hikes | Partly cloudy skies early will give way to cloudy skies late. Low 47F. Winds light and variable. Updated: November 17, 2021 @ 3:25 am The Coastside County Water District is considering drought-time rates that would force customers to pay more unless they conserve water during dry months. Adam Pardee / Review The Coast... | Droughts | null | null |
2021 Frito-Lay strike |
The 2021 Frito-Lay strike was a labor strike by employees at the Topeka, Kansas Frito-Lay plant against the company's mandatory overtime policy. The strike began on July 5, 2021 and ended on July 23, 2021. Frito-Lay has a contract with the Local 218 chapter of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Mi... | Strike | null | null |
Two men are dead for vehicle accident | UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 22, 2021 Two men are dead after a wheel fell off the pickup they were in, causing the vehicle to crash near Loon Lake. Driver Oliver G. Reynolds, 52, of Deer Park and passenger Shawn T. Palanuik, 52, of Spokane, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Washington State Patrol. Reynolds w... | Road Crash | null | null |
Osun State Bank robbery update: Ikire, Apomu bank robbers kill pipo, attack police station | Police for Osun state say gunmen kill two if dia officers and two special constables during Wednesday Osun Bank robbery. Di officers lost dia lives during di attack on two banks and police station on Wednesday. Bullets also hit about three civilians during di attack wey start around 6:10pm in di evening, according to p... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Yacolt Burn | The Yacolt Burn is the collective name for dozens of fires in Washington state and Oregon occurring between September 8 and September 12, 1902,[1] causing 38 deaths in the Lewis River area, at least nine deaths by fire in Wind River and 18 deaths in the Columbia River Gorge. [2][3]
The Yacolt Burn (also known as the Y... | Fire | null | null |
1919 Streetcar Strike of Los Angeles | The 1919 Streetcar Strike of Los Angeles was the most violent revolt against the open-shop policies of the Pacific Electric Railway Company in Los Angeles. Labor organizers had fought for over a decade to increase wages, decrease work hours, and legalize unions for streetcar workers of the Los Angeles basin. After havi... | Strike | null | null |
2007 World Judo Championships | The 2007 World Judo Championships are the 25th edition of the Judo World Championships, and were held at the Rio Olympic Arena, usually called Arena Multiuso, that was built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from September 13 to September 16, 2007. The competition gathered the spor... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Photographer captures northern lights dancing over erupting volcano in Iceland | Some people go to a bar, club or restaurant on their birthday. Christopher Mathews celebrated his next to an erupting volcano. The Geldingadalur volcano, in southwest Iceland on the Reykjanes Peninsula, began erupting on March 19, capturing worldwide attention and drawing small crowds to gawk at lava-filled rivers oozi... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
2020 Caribbean earthquake |
At 2:10 p.m. local time (UTC-5) on 28 January 2020, an earthquake of 7.7 Mw struck on the north side of the Cayman Trough, north of Jamaica and west of the southern tip of Cuba, with the epicenter being 80 miles (130 km) ESE of Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands[3] or 83 miles (134 km) north of Montego Bay, Jamaica. [4] Sch... | Earthquakes | null | null |
An Alabama community is marking the 20th anniversary of an underground explosion | An Alabama community is marking the 20th anniversary of an underground explosion that killed more than a dozen coal miners in one of the state's worst mining disasters.
The Alabama Miner's Memorial Foundation planned a remembrance Thursday afternoon at a church in Brookwood, where the blast at Jim Walters Resources Min... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Balboa Park groups merge ahead of Botanical Building repairs | Two well-known Balboa Park groups have officially tied the knot and are celebrating their union with a new name: Forever Balboa Park. Thursday, the nonprofits previously known as the Balboa Park Conservancy and the Friends of Balboa Park, announced the all-new, singular identity following a merger that went into effect... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Dragons board decided to tear up the Vaughan's NRL deal | Paul Vaughan has been sacked by St George Illawarra for hosting a party that breached protocols. St George Illawarra have been forced to admit failings in club culture after Paul Vaughan was sacked on Tuesday for hosting an illegal party at his home with 12 other players at the weekend. In an emergency meeting on Tuesd... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
2016 Kidapawan protests |
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For three days from March 30, 2016, thousands of farmers and their supporters blockaded the Davao–Cotabato Road in Kidapawan, North Cotabato. A day before prior to the road blockade, 500 farmers protest in front of the National Food Authority Offi... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
2021 Russian protests |
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Protests in Russia began on 23 January 2021 in support of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny after he was immediately detained upon returning to Russia after being sent to Germany for treatment following his poisoning the previous year. Prio... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
1962 Turkish Airlines Taurus Mountains crash | The 1962 Turkish Airlines Taurus Mountains crash occurred on 8 March 1962 at 17:43 local time (15:43 UTC) when a Turkish Airlines Fairchild F-27 airliner, registration TC-KOP, on a scheduled domestic flight from Esenboğa Airport (ESB/LTAC) in Ankara to Adana Airport (ADA/LTAF), flew into the Bolkar Mountains on approac... | Air crash | null | null |
2nd set of historical human remains discovered at Lockport construction site | More historical human remains have been discovered near the St. Andrews lock and dam site in Lockport, Man., after an initial discovery was made late last month during construction in the area. Peguis First Nation Chief Glenn Hudson said early investigations suggest the remains belong to two teenagers, found within a f... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
2021 St. Charles Bend strike |
The 2021 St. Charles Bend strike was a labor strike involving technical workers at the St. Charles Medical Center – Bend in Bend, Oregon, United States. The background of the strike began in 2019, when the workers at the hospital unionized with the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals. Following this,... | Strike | null | null |
US, Israel withdraw from UNESCO, accusing the cultural body of 'anti-Israel bias’ | The United States and its ally Israel officially withdrew from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the close of the year 2018. The two nations had announced their intention to quit the international organisation in October 2017, accusing it of anti-Israel bias. The Uni... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Nieuwmarkt riots | The Nieuwmarkt riots (Dutch: Nieuwmarktrellen), also referred to as the Amsterdam metro riots, is a series of serious disturbances in the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. On 24 March 1975, which later became known as Blue Monday,[1] and on 8 April 1975, protests against the planned demolition of hom... | Riot | null | null |
1974 Norfolk mid-air collision crash | The 1974 Norfolk mid-air collision happened on 9 August 1974 at Fordham Fen, Norfolk, England when a Royal Air Force McDonnell-Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR.2 of No. 41 Squadron RAF (41 Sqn) collided with a Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee crop spraying aircraft. [1] All three aviators were killed: the pilot and navigator of the Phan... | Air crash | null | null |
1991 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships |
The 1991 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 55th such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), and at the same time served as the 66th and last Ice Hockey European Championships. Teams representing 25 countries participated in several levels of competition. The competition also se... | Sports Competition | null | null |
1949 Summer Deaflympics | The 1949 Summer Deaflympics (Danish: 1949 Sommer Deaflympics) officially known as the 6th Deaf Olympiad[1] (Danish: 6. DøveOlympiade)is an international multi-sport event that was held from 12 August 1949 to 16 August 1949. This event was hosted in Copenhagen, Denmark. [2]
This Deaflympics was held after 10 years sinc... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Mining death inquest finds lack of signage and deficient record keeping led to suffocation of electrician | Mining death inquest finds lack of signage and deficient record keeping led to suffocation of electrician Follow our live coverage for the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic A coronial inquest into the death of a central Queensland miner who suffocated on lethal gas has found operator Anglo American's record keepi... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
2009 Swan Islands earthquake | The 2009 Swan Islands earthquake occurred on May 28 at 02:24:45 AM local time with a moment magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). The epicenter was located in the Caribbean Sea, 64 kilometres (40 mi) northeast of the island of Roatán, 19 miles northeast of Port Royal, Isla de Bahias, ... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Hanapepe massacre | The Hanapēpē Massacre (also called the Battle of Hanapēpē) occurred on September 9, 1924 when an interethnic dispute amongst Filipino strike organizers in Hanapēpē, Kaua'i resulted in a violent exchange between local police officers and Filipinos. [1] The conflict began when two Ilocano youth, allegedly breaking the Fi... | Strike | null | null |
1974 Lesser Antilles earthquake | The 1974 Lesser Antilles earthquake occurred at 05:50:58 local time on October 8 with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Four people were injured in what the United States' National Geophysical Data Center called a moderately destructive event. While the northern and southern b... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Judges fine Minnesota coffee shop $120K for violating pandemic orders | The owner of the Iron Waffle Coffee Co. is now facing $120,000 in fines for continuing to operate her business without a license after it was revoked for repeated violations of the governor’s pandemic-driven executive orders.
During a Zoom court hearing Thursday, Sept. 9, Ramsey County Judge Laura Nelson agreed with th... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Pedestrian dies after being hit by two cars at Waterloo Corner, north of Adelaide | SA Police (SAPOL) said officers were called to the North South Motorway at Waterloo Corner about 11:30pm on Saturday. Police said the woman, a 28-year-old from Prospect, was struck by a Mitsubishi Pajero and a Toyota sedan. She died at the scene. Major crash investigators examined the scene for several hours, with the ... | Road Crash | null | null |
Newsom’s office crafted law protecting PG&E after company’s crimes killed 84 people | FIRE - POWER - MONEY Investigation | Newsom’s office crafted law protecting PG&E after company’s crimes killed 84 people | FIRE - POWER - MONEY Investigation
Documents reveal how California Gov. Gavin Newsom protected PG&E after the company caused deadly fires and pleaded guilty to the felony killing of 84 people.
Author: Brandon Rittiman
Published: 5:58 ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Android Enjoyed and Camera Sky fined record $3 million for breaking Australian consumer laws | A Victorian man who flew from Brisbane to Hobart on flight VA702 today has tested positive to COVID-19 and has not been allowed to board a flight to Melbourne
A Watch & Act warning is in place for a fire in the northern parts of Mokine, in WA's Northam Shire. Keep up to date with ABC Emergency
An online electronics ret... | Organization Fine | null | null |
2000 commercial actors strike | A nationwide strike by the members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists against the American Association of Advertising Agencies began on May 1st, 2000 and ended October 30th, 2000. [1]
At the time, SAG and AFTRA represented a total of approximately 135,000 actors who ... | Strike | null | null |
Hock Lee bus riots |
The Hock Lee bus workers' strike began on 23 April 1955. The incident was a result of failed negotiations between the Hock Lee Amalgamated Bus Company and its bus workers. The workers wanted better working conditions while the employers wanted to protect their business interests. The strikes eventually escalated and ... | Riot | null | null |
Stratford tube crash |
The Stratford tube crash occurred on 8 April 1953, on the Central line of the London Underground. 12 people died and 46 were injured as a result of a rear-end collision in a tunnel, caused by driver error after a signal failure. This was the worst accident involving trains on the London Underground until the Moorgate... | Train collisions | null | null |
1836 U.S. Patent Office fire |
The 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire was the first of two major fires the U.S. Patent Office has had in its history. It occurred in Blodget's Hotel building, Washington on December 15, 1836. An initial investigation considered the possibility of arson due to suspected corruption in the Post Office, which shared the sam... | Fire | null | null |
Giant clams are a delicacy of the Marshall Islands but illnesses fuel fears of nuclear contamination | Giant clams are a delicacy of the Marshall Islands but illnesses fuel fears of nuclear contamination
Giant clams are a delicacy in the Marshall Islands but they've been found to contain high levels of plutonium — the remnants of a long history of American nuclear tests — prompting fears health issues in the country co... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 crash | Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 was a scheduled international flight with several domestic legs in the United States with the routing Washington, DC–Detroit–Madison–Rochester–Minneapolis-St. Paul–Winnipeg. On 7 March 1950, the flight was operated by a Martin 2-0-2, registered N93050, when it crashed into a house... | Air crash | null | null |
Africa: Cholera outbreaks in Niger and Nigeria | The World Health Organization (WHO) reported today on a new outbreak event in Niger. Officials now report a cholera outbreak in the country, which since June 7, 201 confirmed cases have been reported, including 12 deaths (6% CFR). Maradi and Zinder are the two regions affected with most of the cases being related to th... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
With Texas in a Freeze, Take Steps to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning | TEXAS – Large swaths of Texas are entering a cold snap the likes of which hasn’t been seen in decades.
Numerous power outages have been reported in several regions of Texas already, and things are only going to deteriorate further this coming weekend and into early next week.
That raises the potential for people attem... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Morrison to travel to US for Quad talks after ‘warm conversation’ with Biden | United States President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison have reaffirmed plans for an in-person meeting of the “Quad” alliance within the next three months in their first phone call since the hurried withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Plans to hold the summit – which involves Australia, the US, Japan an... | Diplomatic Visit | null | null |
Young successful feminist activists | By Roger Yates, Executive Director for the Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa for Plan International We applaud young successful feminist activists such as Amanda Gorman, Malala Yousafzai and Greta Thunberg. Yet there is a real danger that the world sits by and watches as adolescent girls bear the brunt of a deva... | Famine | null | null |
Shipwrecked trio stranded on deserted island for 33 days 'survived on coconuts' | The castaways, who waved flags to get a passing helicopter's attention, told rescuers their boat capsized in rough seas and they swam ashore to the uninhabited island between Cuba and the Florida Keys Three people stranded on deserted island for 33 days lived on coconuts A shipwrecked trio who got stranded on a deser... | Shipwreck | null | null |
1955 Connecticut floods | The Flood of 1955 was one of the worst floods in Connecticut's history. Two back-to-back hurricanes saturated the land and several river valleys in the state, causing severe flooding in August 1955. The rivers most affected were the Mad River and Still River in Winsted, the Naugatuck River, the Farmington River, and th... | Floods | null | null |
European Convention on Human Rights snub 'would tear up Good Friday Agreement' | UK proposals to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights would rip up the Good Friday Agreement, Amnesty International has claimed. Home Secretary Theresa May said the convention prevented the deportation of dangerous foreigners. But Amnesty International Northern Ireland director Patrick Corrigan said the... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen disaster crash | The 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen disaster was the crash of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Stockholm via Copenhagen on 26 January. It occurred shortly after the Douglas DC-3 took off from Kastrup Airport in Denmark. All 22 passengers and crew on board were killed. [1]
Among those killed in the ... | Air crash | null | null |
Covid-19 Surpasses 1918 Flu to Become Deadliest Pandemic in American History | But national population numbers have tripled since then. Influenza killed one in 150 Americans, while one in 500 people have died from the coronavirus Elizabeth Gamillo Daily Correspondent The coronavirus pandemic has become the deadliest disease outbreak in recent American history with tolls surpassing the estimated d... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Nine months after the health and economic crisis began, unemployment claims near record high | Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell promised a taper, but not yet. Credit, currency and equity markets responded with a yawn. After nine months of taper talk from the American central bank, markets will not act until the Fed does. Join FXStreet senior analysts Eren Sengezer and Joseph Trevisani for a critique of the Fe... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
1962 LOT Vickers Viscount Warsaw crash | The 1962 LOT Vickers Viscount Warsaw crash occurred on 19 December 1962 when a Vickers Viscount 804, operated by LOT Polish Airlines on a flight from Brussels to Warsaw, crashed on landing. All passengers and crew died. The plane was returning from Brussels, and had a mid-way landing in Berlin from where it took off at... | Air crash | null | null |
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