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Kim Jae Ryong appointed head of new “Organization Administrative Department” | "The role of the new OAD is similar to that of the Party's Central Administrative Department, which was headed by Jang Song Taek," a source told Daily NK North Korea recently established a new Central Committee agency called the “Organization Administrative Department” (OAD) that handles surveillance and “party control... | Organization Established | null | null |
2010 Indiana earthquake |
The 2010 Indiana earthquake registered 3.8 on the moment magnitude scale and struck near Greentown and Kokomo on December 30, 2010 at 12:55:21 UTC at a depth of 3 mi. [1][2] The quake occurred approximately 50 miles north of Indiana's capital, Indianapolis. [1] It joins only three other earthquakes that have affected... | Earthquakes | null | null |
NAFTA is officially gone. Here's what has and hasn't changed | The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement takes effect Wednesday, fulfilling President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign pledge to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement -- which he's often referred to as " the worst trade deal ever made ." The new agreement was signed by Trump and his Mexican and Canadian counterparts in 201... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
The timing couldn’t be any better for soldiers of the Indonesian Army (TNI AD to take part in a joint military exercise with their United States counterparts | The timing couldn’t be any better for soldiers of the Indonesian Army (TNI AD) to take part in a joint military exercise with their United States counterparts, now underway until Aug. 14. Three days after the 15th Garuda Shield ends, the TNI AD soldiers will join the nation in commemorating the 76th anniver... | Military Exercise | null | null |
2013 Alberta floods |
In the days leading up to June 19, 2013, Alberta, Canada, experienced heavy rainfall that triggered catastrophic flooding described by the provincial government as the worst in Alberta's history. Areas along the Bow, Elbow, Highwood, Red Deer, Sheep, Little Bow, and South Saskatchewan rivers and their tributaries wer... | Floods | null | null |
Recession possible as 'profound' economic downturn driven by COVID lockdown hits Australia | We're in a different type of economic struggle now: It's less acute, more drawn out and with deep-seated anxiety. "My sense is that last year it was short, sharp pain, and then the government came in and supported," lead economist at Equity Economics, Angela Jackson, says. "This time around it's much longer, and I thin... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
2019 Moscow protests | Starting from July 2019 numerous approved and unapproved rallies in Moscow (also known as part of the political crisis[2][3]) began, caused by the situation with the 2019 Moscow City Duma elections. Widespread public protests were triggered by numerous authorities' violations, claimed by the independent opposition cand... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
2011 Zhongshan riot | The 2011 Zhongshan riot occurred on November 12, 2011 in Zhongshan, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. The case began in August 2011 when villagers tried to block production at the Jinrui Industrial park by extending a land leasing row. [1] Claims were made that the protest came after Dongsheng government official... | Riot | null | null |
Strictly's Janette Manrara and Aljaz Skorjanec share intimate photo from home | Strictly Come Dancing stars Janette Manrara and Aljaz Skorjanec moved into a property together in London in December 2018, and a former photo shared by Janette shows how the couple like to relax at home. MORE: Strictly's Janette Manrara and Aljaz Skorjanec's beautiful home revealed Last year, Janette posted the image ... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
On Thursday 71 people, thought to be Syrians, were found dead in a lorry in Austria. Some 200 others are feared dead after two boats sank off Libya. | The UN has said "much more is required" to prevent the deaths of migrants fleeing to Europe after hundreds were reported dead in recent days.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a "collective political response" to avert "a crisis of solidarity".
He called on states involved to "expand safe and legal channels of m... | Shipwreck | null | null |
School closes after almost half of pupils and teachers test positive for Covid | A whole primary school has been sent home in Powys after almost half the school tested positive for Covid.40% of pupils and half of staff have tested positive at Cradoc Primary School in Brecon over the last few weeks. The local authority said the school was left with no alternative but to close.Lynette Lovell, interim... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Tokyo Olympics: Indian 4x400m Relay Team Breaks Asian Record But Fails To Qualify For Final | The Indian 4x400m relay quartet shattered the Asian record with an effort of just over three minutes in the Olympics heat race but failed to qualify for the final round by a whisker in Tokyo on Friday. The quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Noah Nirmal Tom, Arokia Rajiv and Amoj Jacob set a time of 3:00.25 to finish four... | Break historical records | null | null |
Marşandiz train collision | On 13 December 2018, a high-speed passenger train and a locomotive collided near Yenimahalle in Ankara Province, Turkey. Three cars (carriages/coaches) of the passenger train derailed in the collision. Three railroad engineers and five passengers were killed at the scene, and 84 people were injured. Another injured pas... | Train collisions | null | null |
Yemenis displaced by conflict now face threats of looming famine | This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. A 12-year-old displaced Yemeni boy stands inside the tent he shares with his family at the hosting site for the internally displaced in Marib, Y... | Famine | null | null |
World record-breaking relay team take Paralympic gold in Tokyo | The British Mixed S14 4x100m Freestyle Relay team set a new world record on their way to becoming Paralympic champions in Tokyo.
The quartet of Reece Dunn, Bethany Firth, Jessica-Jane Applegate and Jordan Catchpole broke the previous world record, also set by Great Britain, by 1.58 seconds.
They won the final by a huge... | Break historical records | null | null |
U.S. withdraws from UN Human Rights Council | The United States is set to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, with the U.S. ambassador to the UN calling the organization a "protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias". Ambassador Nikki Haley said the withdrawal was not a retreat from the U.S.'s commitment to human rights, ... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Aeroflot Flight 6833 crash | Aeroflot Flight 6833,[1] en route from Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, to Leningrad, Russian SFSR, with an intermediate stop in Batumi, was the scene of an attempted aircraft hijacking by seven young Georgians on 18–19 November 1983. The crisis ended with a storming of the Tu-134A airliner by Alpha Group that resulted in eight ... | Air crash | null | null |
Atlanta transit strike of 1950 |
The Atlanta transit strike of 1950 was a lengthy transit strike that lasted from May 18, 1950, to November 16, 1950, in Atlanta, Georgia. A month after author Margaret Mitchell was struck and killed by a taxi during a year when trolleys had killed five, there was a call in the city to increase safety on city street... | Strike | null | null |
Lunar Eclipse 2021 Date: First Lunar Eclipse Or Blood Moon Of The Year | Lunar Eclipse 2021:The first Lunar Eclipse of the year will take place on May 26. It will be a total Lunar Eclipse as the Full Moon will pass through the Earth's dark umbral shadow. This Lunar Eclipse will be the first total eclipse of the moon since January 21, 2019. A total Lunar Eclipse is often called the Blood Moo... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
7 killed in fire, explosion caused by leaking LPG cylinder in Gujarat | Seven persons have succumbed to the burn injuries after leakage of gas from an LPG cylinder triggered fire and explosion inside a room on the outskirts of Gujarat's Ahmedabad city, police have said.
The incident took place on Tuesday night (July 20), but the victims - labourers and their family members - died over the ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Apricot kernels are being recalled over risk of cyanide poisoning | TORONTO -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a nationwide recall for a brand of apricot kernels, warning that they may cause cyanide poisoning.
The Bitter Apricot Kernels and the Extremely Bitter Apricot Kernels from the brand Our Father's Farm have been affected by this recall. The products in qu... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
SpaceX announced on Monday that it will launch four private individuals on a Crew Dragon capsule into orbit around the Earth | SpaceX announced on Monday that it will launch four private individuals on a Crew Dragon capsule into orbit around the Earth, dubbed “the world’s first all-civilian mission.” It is scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter of 2021. The company’s spacecraft will be commanded by Jared Isaacman, the founder and CEO of Shi... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
See the Sun plunge into total darkness | On August 21, 2017 215 million Americans watched in awe as the Sun briefly went dark in a total solar eclipse. The sheer number of people who gathered to witness this cosmic phenomenon eclipsed the turnout for the 2020 presidential vote — a testament to how the universe can move us even when our terrestrial concerns ca... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Sri Lanka's withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council resolution: what it means for survivors | Sri Lanka, under Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has withdrawn from a Human Rights Council resolution which shows commitment to reconciliation, accountability and human rights. Find out why this withdrawal is so significant for both survivors of torture and the future of human rights in Sri Lanka. In November 2019, Sri Lanka elec... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 to test NATO readiness and military mobility | NATO exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 kicks off this month, bringing together more than 20 NATO Allies and partners from North America and Europe1. “Exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 will test NATO’s readiness and military mobility – with forces deploying across land and sea, all the way from North America to the Blac... | Military Exercise | null | null |
1902 eruption of Mount Pelée | Mount Pelée or Mont Pelée (/pəˈleɪ/ pə-LAY; French: Montagne Pelée [mɔ̃taɲ pəle], meaning "bald mountain" or "peeled mountain")[3] is an active volcano at the northern end of Martinique, an island and French overseas department in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the Caribbean. Its volcanic cone is composed of strat... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
2016 European Lacrosse Championship | The 2016 European Lacrosse Championship was the 10th edition of the European Lacrosse competition for national teams. It was played in Budapest, Hungary from 28 July to 6 August 2016. [1][2]
The draw was held in Budapest on 10 January 2016. [3]
The four first qualified teams (England, Ireland, Sweden and Netherlands)... | Sports Competition | null | null |
1905 Tsetserleg earthquake | The 1905 Bolnai earthquake occurred in or near the Asgat Sum of Zavkhan Province in Mongolia on 23 July. The earthquake has been estimated at 8.25[3] to 8.4[2] on the moment magnitude scale. The Bolnai earthquake is believed to be a strike-slip rupture of a branch of the Bolnai Fault, extending about 300[3] to 375[4] k... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Gas Explosion at Mexico City Hospital Kills 3 and Wounds Dozens | MEXICO CITY — A gas refueling truck exploded outside a maternity and children’s hospital here on Thursday, killing three people, two of them babies, and leaving dozens injured in the destruction of nearly the entire building.
Babies cried in the rubble, as neighbors rushed to pull them to safety. Mothers sobbed as they... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Volunteers build ramp for 4 siblings recovering at home after Waukesha parade | Nearly three weeks after the tragedy at the Waukesha Christmas parade, volunteers are hard at work building a wheelchair ramp at Dylan Yourell's home. Posted at 10:25 PM, Dec 10, 2021 and last updated 2021-12-10 23:25:54-05 WAUKESHA, Wis. — Nearly three weeks after the tragedy at the Waukesha Christmas parade, voluntee... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
2009 Summer Universiade | The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Province), close to Belgrade. It was the largest sporting event ever to be organ... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Hootie’s Homegrown concert not happening, Firefly fall series postponed due to COVID-19 | Updated: November 16, 2021 @ 5:07 pm An Igali king in Nigeria has just been coronated. That means… One of country music's newest stars who earlier this year fa… Darius Rucker typically performs for the Hootie and the Blowfish Homegrown Concert at the former Volvo Car Stadium, now Credit One Stadium. Here, he performs ... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Saltmarshes vital to keep coastal ecosystems healthy and blue carbon storage in place |
Often dismissed as hostile environments full of mosquitoes and swamps, saltmarshes play a vital role in keeping coastal ecosystems healthy. But with climate scientists predicting rising sea levels in the next century, saltmarsh environments are increasingly under threat.
Now a new computer-modelled study by Natural Re... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Dubai doctor's sense of smell still affected 15 months after Covid | Dr Tamer Abbas Saafan, a bariatric surgeon, said his sense of smell is still distorted 15 months after having Covid-19. Leslie Pableo for The National More than a year after recovering from Covid-19, a distorted sense of smell persists for Dr Tamer Saafan, 43. In September 2020, the consultant surgeon from Dubai's Sau... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
Car crash near Loon Lake kills two, closes highway for hours | LOON LAKE, Wash. — Two people were killed in a one-car crash west of Loon Lake on Tuesday. The crash closed down state route 292 in both directions for nearly four hours. The road was reopened at approximately 9:30 p.m., according to WSDOT East. According to Stevens County Fire District 1, a pickup truck with two passe... | Road Crash | null | null |
40 dead, many feared buried in mud after Brazil dam collapse | BRUMADINHO, Brazil (AP) -- 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 laboring in deep mud uncovered more bodies. An estimated 300 people were still missing and authorities expected the death toll to... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
As it happened: Trump announces US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal | Saul Loeb, AFP | US President Donald Trump announces the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal at the White House, Washington, May 8, 2018. US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the US will withdraw from the six-nation nuclear deal with Iran and will introduce new sanctions on Tehran. Follow the announcem... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
2020–2021 New Caledonian protests | The 2020 protests in New Caledonia began on 28 October 2020 over a plan to sell a Vale-owned nickel and cobalt mine to a consortium led by Trafigura. The nickel mine and plant is known as the Goro mine. Independence leaders and pro-independence protesters wanted for the nickel plant to be owned by citizens of New Caled... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
1932 Colonial Building riot | The Colonial Building riot was a riot that occurred in front of the Colonial Building in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada on April 5, 1932. Prompted by the Great Depression and corruption in the Squires administration, a peaceful protest degenerated into riots and violence. The riots led to the fall of the Squires gove... | Riot | null | null |
A year after Abule Ado explosion, victims struggle to move on | The Group Managing Director (GMD) of NNPC, Mele Kyari, while commiserating with victims on March 15, 2020, referred to the incident as “unfortunate but completely avoidable.”
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Sunday, March 15, 2020, would remain a black day for the residents of Ado Soba in the Abule Ado Abule Ado community of ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Lesmurdie fatality: Woman, 23, killed in Perth Hills power pole crash, driver in hospital | A young woman has died following a major car crash in the Perth Hills this morning. Emergency services were called after a gold Hyundai Accent crashed into a power pole along Welshpool Road East, near Melaleuca Road, in Lesmurdie about 11.25am. A 23-year-old passenger received critical injuries and was rushed to Royal ... | Road Crash | null | null |
Redcar Council buys M&S shop to demolish as part of revamp | A council has bought an empty Marks & Spencer shop which could be demolished as part of a town revamp. The former store in High Street, Redcar, previously had a guide price of £1.29m. Redcar and Cleveland Council would not disclose what it paid, describing it as "commercially sensitive". The local authority has receive... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Toxic chemicals in Katherine's drinking water could exceed new safety guidelines |
Katherine's drinking water may not be safe to consume at certain times of the year, according to new safety guidelines released by the Federal Government.
A new report commissioned by the Health Department has significantly stepped up safety guidelines for the amount of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in d... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Red Spears' uprising in Shandong (1928–1929) | National Revolutionary Army (NRA)
The Red Spear Society staged a major uprising in 1928–1929 against the rule of Liu Zhennian, the Nationalist government-aligned warlord ruler of eastern Shandong province in Republican China. Motivated by their resistance against high taxes, rampant banditry and the brutality of Liu'... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
LANSA Flight 501 crash | LANSA Flight 501 was a domestic flight from Lima to Cusco operated by a Lockheed L-749 Constellation aircraft registration OB-R-771. On 27 April 1966 flight 501 crashed into a mountain side in Tomas District. [1]
The plane radioed a distress call 10 minutes after takeoff. At least four Americans, two Swiss, one Canadi... | Air crash | null | null |
An ordinary taxpayer considers Brexit: 23 June 2016 | An on-going journal of one British taxpayer's evolving thoughts and reactions to Britain's referendum on 23 June 2016 of continued membership of the European Union. Sunday, 2 February 2020 Britain has left the European Union Britain left the European Union at 23:00 on Fri 31Jan2020. As at the date & time of this blog: ... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
2012 El Salvador earthquake | The 2012 El Salvador–Nicaragua earthquake and tsunami occurred on the 26th of August at 22:37 local time (Central Standard Time) or 04:37 UTC on August 27. This earthquake, located off the coast of El Salvador measured magnitude 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw) and had a focal depth of 28 km. [1]
No deaths were r... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Oil, gas drilling plan raises concerns for outback Coober Pedy's underground water supply | The outback town of Coober Pedy's council is concerned that the town's water could become undrinkable if a plan to drill for commercial quantities of oil and gas goes ahead.
Mining company Tri-Star has proposed to do a stimulation drill to determine if commercial resources are in the Arckaringa Basin, an underground wa... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Delaware Humane Association to merge with the Delaware SPCA | The decision whether to go to the Delaware Humane Association (DHA) or the Delaware SPCA for animal welfare services is going to get a lot easier. The two organizations plan to merge. Both are non-profit, no-kill animal welfare agencies. Officials announced Wednesday the two are combining their resources and boards of ... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Biden charts a path to a post-pandemic normal, with July 4 as his target | Biden marked a grim anniversary but has hope for the future in his first primetime address.
President Joe Biden said he sees life in America returning to some semblance of a post-pandemic normal by July 4, predicting that Americans will be able to safely gather in small groups to celebrate Independence Day.
“After this... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
Palaeontologists announce the discovery of the Tiktaalik genus, an important fossil link between fish and land animals. | Scientists have discovered fossils of a 375 million-year-old fish, a large scaly creature not seen before, that they say is a long-sought "missing link" in the evolution of some fishes from water to a life walking on four limbs on land. In addition to confirming elements of a major transition in evolution, the fossils ... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Muslim Youth uprising | The Muslim Youth uprising is the official name given to an unsuccessful[1] "Islamic revolution" that was set to take place in Egypt on November 28, 2014. The Salafist Front, an Islamist organization which is part of the now banned Muslim Brotherhood-led Anti-Coup Alliance, had initially planned for the uprising earlier... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Trump Hates International Treaties. His Latest Target: A Nuclear-Weapons Deal With Russia. | The next casualty of President Trump’s suspicion of multilateral deals could be a 30-year-old arms accord with Russia. When Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev solemnly signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty at the White House, the leaders of the world’s superpowers hailed the transition from an era of “mo... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
US withdraws from UN human rights council, calling it bias against Israel | US withdraws from UN human rights council, calling it bias against Israel US withdraws from UN human rights council, calling it bias against Israel Speed News Desk | Updated on: 20 June 2018, 10:51 IST The United States has officially withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council alleging it of being bias ... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
1834 Jerusalem earthquake |
The 1834 Siege of Jerusalem took place during the Peasants' revolt in Palestine, which erupted following the entry of Egyptian general Ibrahim Pasha into Ottoman Syria and his subsequent military conscription demand upon the Arab villagers of the region. The siege was engaged by local Arab peasant rebels upon a... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Rescue workers are trying to reach at least 15 miners trapped in a flooded gold mine in north-western Colombia. | Rescue workers are trying to reach at least 15 miners trapped in a flooded gold mine in north-western Colombia.
The mine collapsed apparently due to flooding caused by drilling holes to extract the mineral.
Officials said some of the miners were trapped at a depth of around 17 metres (55 feet).
They said it may take th... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
A private expedition starts examining the sunken MS Estonia | The relatives of the MS Estonia victims announced in early September they had established a foundation – Mare Liberum – to support their expedition and privately investigate the wreck of MS Estonia that sank on route from Tallinn to Stockholm on 28 September 1994 with a loss of 852 lives, the second-deadliest peacetime... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Albania, Croatia become NATO members | World
Albania, Croatia become NATO members
Albania and Croatia became NATO's newest members Wednesday in a historic expansion into the volatile western Balkans where the alliance fought its first war a decade ago.
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Albania and Croatia became NATO's ne... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
Great fire of Tirschenreuth | The Great fire of Tirschenreuth took place on 30 July 1814 and destroyed nearly all of Tirschenreuth, a small town and regional centre in the east of Bavaria, close to the frontier with Bohemia. [1] The great fire was the greatest catastrophe in the town's history apart from the invasion by Swedish troops that took p... | Fire | null | null |
2013 Seddon earthquake |
The 2013 Seddon earthquake measured 6.5 on the Mww scale and was centred in New Zealand's Cook Strait, around 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the town of Seddon in Marlborough. The earthquake struck at 5:09:30 pm on Sunday 21 July 2013 (05:09 UTC) at a depth of 13 kilometres (8 mi), according to Geonet. [2] The United ... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Sunken treasure: Volunteers, researchers excavate on Crescent Beach to unearth a shipwreck | Researchers from the St. Augustine Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) are out in the field this week excavating what they believe is a centuries-old shipwreck that came ashore near Crescent Beach in November 2020 after a nor’easter pushed sand off part of the ship’s hull. The remnants of the 19th-century... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Bengal Bubble of 1769 | The Bengal Bubble, caused by the increasing overvaluation of the East India Company stock between 1757 and 1769, led to the Great East Indian Crash, a major financial crisis that occurred in 1769. The bubble and crash occurred in the wake of the conquest of Bengal by the East India Company in 1757 by Robert Clive. Foll... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
The gun battle near the town of Salman Pak, in an area known as Iraq's "triangle of death", continued for over two hours, according to police sources. | The gun battle near the town of Salman Pak, in an area known as Iraq's "triangle of death", continued for over two hours, according to police sources.
Three people also died in a car bomb in the capital, and the bodies of 20 truck drivers were found south of Baghdad.
It comes as a recount of votes cast in the country's... | Armed Conflict | null | null |
US Withdrawal from UNESCO Will Undermine Collaboration on Science and Culture | The Trump Administration’s war on science has intensified with the announcement that the US is withdrawing from UNESCO, the international organization that works to promote peace & security through international cooperation on education, science and cultural programs. Founded in 1945, when nations were seeking ways to... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Two local nonprofits announce merger | RISE-Stand Strong leadership team pictured L-R (name, current title and new title with merged organization): Stand Strong – David Fields (Finance Director), now CFO, Karen Borges (Associate Director), now COO, Jennifer Adams (Executive Director), now CEO, – RISE – Jane Pomeroy (Executive Director), now CPO, Susan Lamo... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Meteors Great and Small | Abundant streaks of light have raced across the night sky this week during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. The light show happens every year in mid- to late-August when Earth’s orbit intersects with the trail of debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle. While the Perseids and other major showers (Geminids, Orionids, an... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Multiple mudslides closed Highway 285 in Chaffee County after severe thunderstorm Tuesday night | CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - Multiple mudslides closed down part of Highway 285 in Chaffee County after a severe thunderstorm Tuesday night. Colorado State Patrol reported a series of large mudslides just north and south of Poncha Springs at approximately 9:15 p.m. Tuesday night. The closure is from milepost 121 to 1... | Mudslides | null | null |
Pan Am Flight 202 crash | Pan American World Airways Flight 202 was a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser aircraft that crashed in the Amazon Basin about 281 nautical miles (520 km) southwest of Carolina, Brazil on April 29, 1952. [1] The accident happened en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, during the third leg of... | Air crash | null | null |
UW emergency pandemic aid creates equity, could use more vetting | The University of Wisconsin recently started distributing $28.6 million in emergency pandemic aid to students. The money comes from the third round of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund in the American Rescue Plan Act Congress passed in March, which allotted UW $53.4 million in spending money. UW is required to... | Financial Aid | null | null |
2009 Iranian presidential election protests |
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Protests against the results of the highly controversial 2009 Iranian presidential election (Persian: پیامدهای انتخابات ریاستجمهوری دهم ایران), a disputed victory by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, occurred in maj... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Thinking clearly about social aspects of infectious disease transmission | Social and cultural forces shape almost every aspect of infectious disease transmission in human populations, as well as our ability to measure, understand, and respond to epidemics. For directly transmitted infections, pathogen transmission relies on human-to-human contact, with kinship, household, and societal struc... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Nailsea school closed by flooding to reopen by Sept. 29th | A special school which shut after being flooded by heavy rain is set to reopen next week. Pupils at Ravenswood in Nailsea, Somerset, were sent home a day after the term started when the deluge poured into classrooms and damaged the electrics. Another downpour days later causing further damage. The council said pupils... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Woman 'shocked' to find plastic in endangered eastern quoll scats |
A Tasmanian woman says she was shocked to discover pieces of blue plastic in quoll scats left around her property, with a wildlife expert calling for people to be more mindful of how they dispose of their waste.
Elaine McDonald said she often spotted quoll scats on her property at Nichols Rivulet in Cygnet, south of H... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Young Juventus loanee diagnosed with neuropathy | In 2019, Daouda Peeters completed the move from Sampdoria to Juventus, joining the club’s U23 side.
The 22-year-old is currently spending the season on loan at Standard Liege, but unfortunately, his campaign has been interrupted by a rare medical condition.
According to JuveNews, the young Belgian has been diagnosed wi... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
2019 Honduran protests | The 2019 protests in Honduras corresponded to a series of protests and riots that occurred in October, that called for the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernández; this as a direct consequence of the trial on drug trafficking charges against his brother Tony Hernández, carried out in the United States. These pr... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Cristiano Ronaldo breaks all-time Euro goals record | Updated 6:57 PM, 16 June, 2021
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Cristiano Ronaldo became the top scorer in the history of the European Championship when he scored a brace in the final minutes of Portuga... | Break historical records | null | null |
The science of tsunamis and what parts of New Zealand are most at risk | EXPLAINER: The earthquake struck on a Wednesday in March at 8:32am, 50 kilometres off the coast of Gisborne near the Hikurangi Trough . Even though it registered magnitude 7.1, it was not widely felt along the coast. The shaking caused no damage. Thirty minutes later, enormous waves rushed in. There was almost no warni... | Tsunamis | null | null |
Charing Cross (Northern line) tube crash |
The Charing Cross (Northern line) tube crash occurred at 08:32 hours on 10 March 1938, when a Northern line train ran into the rear of a stationary train near Charing Cross (now Embankment). Twelve people were slightly injured. The accident was caused by a signal technician carrying out a temporary repair to a faulty... | Train collisions | null | null |
1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships |
The 1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 59th such event sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams representing 39 countries participated in several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for group placements in the 1996 competition. The top Champio... | Sports Competition | null | null |
2001 Omsk An-70 crash | On 27 January 2001, an Antonov An-70 prototype crashed close to Omsk Tsentralny Airport, Russia during testing of the aircraft. All 33 passengers and crew on board the aircraft survived. The accident involved the sole surviving An-70 prototype, as the first prototype had been destroyed in a mid-air collision six years ... | Air crash | null | null |
Naval forces from the United States, Israel and two Gulf Arab states are taking part in a joint security drill in the Red Sea | A sweeping measure was introduced in the Senate Friday that could open up health care and disability compensation to a huge swath of veterans made sick by burn pits and other toxic exposures during military service. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., reintroduced the Presumptive Benefits for War... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Guinea declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak | Brazzaville/Conakry, 16 September 2021 – Guinea today declared the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak having recorded no new cases over the past 42 days—two incubation periods, or the time between infection and the onset of symptoms. The virus was confirmed on 9 August, marking the first time the disease emerged... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Chude and Ego Foundation set to transform low-income communities | GMD/CEO VFD Group Limited, Nonso Okpala has announced the launch of the Chude and Ego Foundation in honor of his parents—Late Nze Chude O. Okpala, and Theresa Nwakego Okpala. Chude and Ego Foundation set to transform low-income communities The Foundation was launched with the sole aim to transform low-income communitie... | Financial Aid | null | null |
ACC establishes task force to prepare for high-end fight | Several F-15E Strike Eagles, assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing, sit on the ramp for Agile Flag 21-2 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., April 30, 2021. Air Combat Command developed the experiment to create a lead wing, aligning squadrons from different locations under a single commander, enhancing their readiness as a team... | Organization Established | null | null |
While negotiators from the United States and the European Union (EU) declared victory in rescuing global trade talks in the early hours on Sunday | While negotiators from the United States and the European Union (EU) declared victory in rescuing global trade talks in the early hours on Sunday at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) denounced the results as a sell-out of poor countries and the environment... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission adjusts orbit to prepare for a Red Planet landing | China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft now orbiting Mars is slated to perform systematic checks of onboard equipment after adjusting its orbit in preparations for the country's first Martian landing attempt later this year. The Tianwen-1 orbiter used its 3,000-newton engine on Feb. 15 to place itself into a polar orbit around t... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Russia Sentences Blogging Couple to Prison for X-Rated Cathedral Photo Op | A Moscow court has sentenced two bloggers to nearly a year in prison for staging an X-rated photoshoot across from St. Basil’s Cathedral near the Kremlin, the state-run TASS news agency reported Friday. Ruslan Bobiyev, an internet prankster from ex-Soviet Tajikistan, stirred outrage last month with the photo of himself... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 crash | Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 was a scheduled flight from Addis Ababa to Milan via Rome on 17 February 2014. [1][2] The aircraft, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300ER, was hijacked by the unarmed co-pilot, Hailemedhin Abera Tegegn, en route from Addis Ababa to Rome, and landed at Geneva. All 202 passengers and crew w... | Air crash | null | null |
Watch Chinese Weightlifter Shi Zhiyong Break a World Record to Win Weightlifting Gold | Zhiyong's victory means that of the five Chinese lifters who have competed so far in Tokyo, the nation now has four gold medals and a silver
The fact that weightlifter Shi Zhiyong is taking home a gold medal isn't all that surprising. After all, he hasn't been in an international competition since he made his debut in ... | Break historical records | null | null |
Dumped horse carcasses in Darwin's rural area spark contamination investigation |
Dozens of horse carcasses, car bodies and dangerous substances are being illegally dumped in a catchment area for Darwin's water supply, prompting concerns about potential contamination.
The issue at the McMinns and Howard East borefields near Howards Springs has triggered an investigation by the Northern Territory En... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
1984 Romeoville petroleum refinery disaster | On July 23, 1984, an explosion and fire took place at a Union Oil petroleum refinery in Romeoville, Illinois, outside Chicago, killing 17 people and causing major property damage. [1] The explosive force propelled the upper portion 14 metres (46 ft) of the vessel a distance of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from its original lo... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Boston Police Strike |
Boston police officers went on strike on September 9, 1919. They sought recognition for their trade union and improvements in wages and working conditions. Police Commissioner Edwin Upton Curtis denied that police officers had any right to form a union, much less one affiliated with a larger organization like the Ame... | Strike | null | null |
Cleveland FBI looking for suspect who may be involved in two robberies | CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW)– The Cleveland Division of the FBI is looking for a suspect who they say could be involved in two bank robberies. The first robbery happened Friday at around 5:30 p.m. at Dollar Bank on Fulton Parkway. According to the FBI, the suspect gave a note indicating a bank robbery. No weapon was seen. The... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
2017 World Cup of Pool |
The 2017 World Cup of Pool was the eleventh edition of the tournament. The event was held in York Hall, London, England, from 13 to 18 June. A total of 32 two-player teams participated in the tournament. [1]
A total of $250,000 constituted the prize fund. [1]
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The final was played between the U... | Sports Competition | null | null |
US’ Georgia Army National Guard to Join African Lion Military Exercise | Rabat - The US’ Georgia Army National Guard has announced its participation in the annual US-Morocco joint military exercise known as African Lion, due to take place in June.According to a press release from the Georgia Army National Guard, more that 700 troops will travel to North Africa to participate in the US-Moroc... | Military Exercise | null | null |
The dominant Chinese women's sprint team looked a bit vulnerable at the world championships last year in Berlin | IZU, Japan -- The dominant Chinese women's sprint team looked a bit vulnerable at the world championships last year in Berlin, when Germany took the gold medal on home soil and the reigning Olympic champions had to settle for bronze.
That was the world championship, though.
The Chinese are still the queens of the Olymp... | Break historical records | null | null |
Impact of U.S. Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal | The Situation: On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, President Trump announced that the United States has withdrawn from the Iran Nuclear Deal and will fully reimpose its suspended sanctions targeting Iran.
The Result: All currently suspended U.S. sanctions in respect of Iran, including sanctions applicable to non-U.S. persons, wil... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
1994 European Cup Winners' Cup Final |
The 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match on 4 May 1994 contested between Arsenal of England and Parma of Italy. It was the final match of the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 34th European Cup Winners' Cup final. The final was held at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, and Arsenal won 1–0... | Sports Competition | null | null |
1980 Kano riot | The Kano 1980 riot was a riot in Kano, Nigeria led by Maitatsine and his followers and the first major religious conflict in postcolonial Kano.
Over 4,177 civilians, 100 policemen and about 35 military personnel were killed, including Maitatsine himself, and is generally regarded as marking the beginning of the Yan T... | Riot | null | null |
2006 H5N1 outbreak in India |
An outbreak of the H5N1 virus in India in 2006 negatively affecting the people living in the area as the poultry industry was their main source of income at the time. [1] Soon after many birds were reported dead in the village of Navapur, in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, the government intervened, first co... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
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