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Massive, Army-led NATO exercise Defender Europe kicks off | One of the largest U.S.-Army led military exercises in decades has kicked off and will run until June, with 28,000 total troops from 27 nations taking part. Defender Europe 2021 will include “nearly simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas” in a dozen countries. The exercise is the deployment of a div... | Military Exercise | null | null |
2015 FIL Women's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship | The 2015 FIL Rathbones Women's U-19 World Lacrosse Championship was the sixth FIL Women's Under-19 World Lacrosse Championship, an international field lacrosse tournament that is held every four years and is sponsored by the Federation of International Lacrosse. It took place from 23 July to 1 August 2015 in Edinburgh,... | Sports Competition | null | null |
2011 Wollongong floods |
The 2011 Wollongong floods, beginning in March 2011, were a series of floods occurring throughout Wollongong and the Illawarra regions of New South Wales, Australia. The floods were the result of a storm cell covering most of the southern regions of the state and torrential rain in suburban Sydney and nearby regional... | Floods | null | null |
United Airlines Flight 175 crash | United Airlines Flight 175 was a domestic passenger flight that was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The flight's scheduled plan was from Logan International Airport, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles, Californi... | Air crash | null | null |
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crash | Delta Air Lines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled Delta Air Lines domestic service from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Los Angeles with an intermediate stop at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). On August 2, 1985, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar operating Flight 191 encountered a microburst while on approach to... | Air crash | null | null |
2018 Derry riots |
The 2018 Derry riots were riots and civil disturbances taking place in Derry, Northern Ireland from 8 July 2018, before the Protestant Orange Order parade. It was the first 12 July parade to take place in Derry for five years. Violence broke out in the republican Bogside area in what has been called the worst in the ... | Riot | null | null |
Beijing suspends China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue | China's government has announced it is indefinitely suspending all activities under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue – the first formal freeze of a diplomatic mechanism since relations between the two countries soured.
Analysts say the move, by China's main planning body, the National Development and Ref... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Hitrino train derailment | On 10 December 2016, a freight train derailed, exploded and caught fire in the village of Hitrino in Shumen Province, Bulgaria, killing at least seven people and injuring 29 others. At 05:37 local time (03:37 UTC) on 10 December 2016,[2] a Bulmarket freight train travelling from Burgas to Ruse derailed in Hitrino, Shum... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Dead carp wash up on Hindmarsh Island, resident told no help available to clean up 'smelly' mess | Dead carp wash up on Hindmarsh Island, resident told no help available to clean up 'smelly' mess
Hundreds of fish have washed up on Hindmarsh Island in South Australia as blackwater continues to move through the River Murray system.
Blackwater has been working its way down the river system since last year's floods, wi... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Bay View Tragedy | The Bay View massacre (sometimes also referred to as the Bay View Tragedy) was the result of a strike held on May 4, 1886, by 7,000 building-trades workers and 5,000 Polish laborers who had organized at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to strike against their employers, demanding the enforcement o... | Strike | null | null |
COVID-19 Case Total Update for September 20 | As of 5 PM, Monday, September 20, Russell County has had 1,001 total positive cases of COVID-19 since tracking began, an increase of 11 cases since Friday, according to the Russell County Health Department. The current active and in isolation case count is 35 with 938 recovered cases, 68 hospitalizations with two curre... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
A disease surveillance system, for the future | A defining moment in the history of epidemiology was the removal of the handle of a water pump. This is a spectacular story. In 1854, when a deadly outbreak of cholera affected Soho area of London, John Snow (1813-1858), a British doctor and epidemiologist, used the health statistics and death registration data from th... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
1943 University of Oslo fire | The 1943 University of Oslo fire (Norwegian: aula-brannen) was a fire in the ceremony hall (Universitetets Aula) of the University of Oslo in 1943. Its direct consequences were the closing of the university, and the arrest of 1,166 people; these were chiefly male students. Of these, 644 were sent to German "readjustmen... | Fire | null | null |
Norway Cancels Big Military Exercise After 1,000 US Marines Arrive in Country | After the Norwegian government canceled an international military exercise this week, the U.S. Marine Corps is determining what to do with the 1,000 Marines who arrived there earlier this month to train. Norwegian Defence Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen canceled the exercise on Tuesday, citing spikes in coronavirus cases i... | Military Exercise | null | null |
23 COVID outbreaks reported in N.J. schools, up from 6 last week | There were 23 school outbreaks involving a total of 102 students, teachers and staff who tested positive for COVID-19, state officials reported Wednesday. The number of New Jersey schools reporting COVID-19 outbreaks has jumped to 23 as a rising number of students and teachers are catching the virus in the classroom or... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Earl Spencer on his obsession with finding the shipwreck that changed the English monarchy forever | The Earl 'couldn't have been more excited' as his lifetime obsession - a story to rival Game of Thrones - became tangible in French waters As a young boy, my enthusiasm for history was awakened by Henrietta Marshall's Our Island Story, a celebration of 2,000 years of England's past. In that book, the sinking of the Whi... | Shipwreck | null | null |
2015 Blackbushe Phenom 300 crash | On 31 July 2015, an Embraer Phenom 300 business jet crashed into a car park next to Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire, United Kingdom, while attempting to land. The only pilot and all three passengers on board were killed. The three passengers were members of the bin Laden family. [1][2][3][4]
The subsequent inquiry fou... | Air crash | null | null |
Hackers access program controlling Florida's town water in attempts to poison it with harmful chemical |
Hackers have broken into a water treatment facility that serves the town of Oldsmar in Florida and attempted to poison the water supply.
The hackers remotely gained access to a software program, named TeamViewer, on the computer of an employee at the facility to gain control of other systems, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri sai... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Lunar Eclipse 2021: Dos and Don’ts One Should Follow During Chandra Grahan | A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth comes in between the Sun and the Moon. During the phenomenon, the Earth moves in between the Sun and Moon and obstruct the sunlight reflected by the Lunar surface. The first lunar eclipse of 2021 is going to happen on Wednesday, May 26. But this is going to be an especially super l... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Carbon monoxide poisoning increases due to residents without heat | This is causing people to use alternative ways to stay warm and unfortunatly are putting themselves at risk for carbon monoxide poisoning.
It's silent, deadly and you don’t know it's happening. The Texas Panhandle Poison Center has received over 400 calls related to carbon monoxide poisoning since Sunday.
The temperatu... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
2011 Thailand floods |
Severe flooding occurred during the 2011 monsoon season in Thailand. The flooding began at the end of July triggered by the landfall of Tropical Storm Nock-ten. These floods soon spread through the provinces of northern, northeastern, and central Thailand along the Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins. In October floo... | Floods | null | null |
The annual Red Dragon chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear training excercise was held Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, at Fort McCoy | The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, the 9/11 and Global War on Terrorism Remembrance Task Force, and the Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum will mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with an event open to the public on the Minnesota State Capitol grounds on Sept. 11. The “9/11 Day of Remembrance” will feature... | Military Exercise | null | null |
TWA Flight 529 crash | TWA Flight 529 was a Lockheed Constellation L-049 propliner, registration N86511, operating as a scheduled passenger service from Boston, Massachusetts to San Francisco, California. On September 1, 1961, at 02:05 CDT, the flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport (ICAO: KMDW) in Chicago, killing all 73 p... | Air crash | null | null |
1958 BOAC Bristol Britannia crash | G-AOVD was a Bristol Britannia 312 operated by BOAC which crashed near Christchurch, Dorset in the south of England on Christmas Eve 1958, killing two of the five crew and all seven passengers. [1]
On 24 December 1958 much of the south of England was covered in thick fog making travel by any means hazardous. Many airc... | Air crash | null | null |
Cash-Laden Companies Are on a Mergers and Acquisitions Spree | Businesses spent $1.74 trillion on mergers and acquisitions involving U.S. companies during the first six months of the year—the highest amount in more than four decades—as finance chiefs tapped into cheap funding options to acquire technologies, services and other assets. Such transactions surged in value in the first... | Organization Merge | null | null |
2006 labor protests in France |
The 2006 youth protests in France occurred throughout France during February, March, and April 2006 as a result of opposition to a measure set to deregulate labour. Young people were the primary participants in the protests as the bill would have directly affected their future jobs in a way that they considered negat... | Strike | null | null |
2020 European Men's Handball Championship | The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament and the first to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted for the first time in three countries – Austria, Norway and Sweden – from 9 to 26 January 2020. [1]
Spain won their second consecutive title by defeating Croatia 22–20 i... | Sports Competition | null | null |
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crash | West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 was a West Caribbean Airways charter flight that crashed in northwest Venezuela in the early hours of Tuesday, 16 August 2005, killing all 160 passengers and crew on board. The plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration HK-4374X, was en route from Tocumen International Airport (PTY... | Air crash | null | null |
1992 India–Pakistan floods | The 1992 India–Pakistan floods was a deadliest flood caused by a five days long heavy monsoon rains and severe weather that occurred on 7 September 1992[5][6] across the north-Pakistan of Azad Kashmir, North-West Frontier Province and Indian administered state of Jammu and Kashmir. Severe floods left more than 2,500 fa... | Floods | null | null |
1950 Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crash | Northeast of San Francisco, California, on 5 August 1950, a United States Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber carrying a Mark 4 nuclear bomb crashed shortly after takeoff from Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base with 20 men on board. Twelve men were killed in the crash, including the commander of the 9th Bombardment... | Air crash | null | null |
What students can expect from the American Rescue Plan Act | The University of Pittsburgh will distribute $31.9 million in funds to more than 30,000 students on all five campuses as part of the latest coronavirus relief package that was approved earlier this year, the University announced today. On March 21, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was signed into law. The bill... | Financial Aid | null | null |
2019 Durham gas explosion |
On April 10, 2019, a gas explosion occurred near downtown Durham, North Carolina at the 115 block of North Duke Street in the Brightleaf District. The blast destroyed several buildings and damaged dozens of others,[4] killing two people and injuring 25 others, including 9 firefighters. [5] City officials have cited... | Gas explosion | null | null |
The 75th anniversary of a tragic gas explosion in Onset | Librarian Steven M. Miller Jr. provided the display and excellent compilation of the tragic event from 75 years ago.
Frank Mulligan, Wicked Local
ONSET – Sunday, July 18, was the 75th anniversary of a horrendous gas explosion in Onset Center that killed nine people, injured 60 more, and demolished four buildings – lift... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Horsham company convicted, fined $100,000, over fatal Ballarat wall collapse | An excavation company in regional Victoria has been fined $100,000 over the death of a senior employee when a brick wall collapsed on him at a residential building site two years ago.
Horsham Backhoe entered a plea of guilty after a 56-year-old man was crushed by a brick wall in Ballarat in September 2019.
The deceased... | Organization Fine | null | null |
1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash | On 26 June 1950, a Douglas DC-4 Skymaster[Note 1] aircraft departed from Perth, Western Australia for an eight-hour flight to Adelaide, South Australia. It crashed 22 minutes after take-off, 35 miles (56 km) East from Perth Airport. All 29 occupants were killed in the accident; one initially survived, but died six days... | Air crash | null | null |
Woman, 61, killed in ‘gas blast’ which destroyed her home was on FaceTime to boyfriend at time of explosion | This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.
A WOMAN killed in a suspected gas blast that destroyed her home was on FaceTime to her boyfriend at the time of the explosion, an inquest heard.
Hazel Wilcock, 61, was found in the rubble of her home in Bury, Gre... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Emma McKeon breaks Olympic 100m freestyle record in Tokyo, Ariarne Titmus to challenge for third gold | Emma McKeon breaks Olympic 100m freestyle record in Tokyo, Ariarne Titmus to challenge for third gold
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Australia's Emma McKeon has sent a warning to her rivals in the women's 100 metres freestyle after setting an Olympic record in the heats i... | Break historical records | null | null |
LPG leakage triggers blast, 4 of family injured | Kolkata: A suspected gas leak — resulting in formation of a vapour cloud inside a small room — led to a blast on the ground floor of a five-storey building at Ahiripukur Lane in Beckbagan around 5.45am on Thursday. The explosion injured four of the same family. It is believed the explosion took place when one of the re... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Corning train wreck | The Corning train wreck (also known as the Gibson train wreck) was a railway accident that occurred at 5.21 a.m. on July 4, 1912, on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad at East Corning freight station in Gibson three miles east of Corning in New York State, leaving 39 dead and 88 injured. [1][2]
At 3:50 a.m.... | Train collisions | null | null |
2016 Tunisian protests | Tunisia
In January 2016, protests erupted in the Kasserine region of Tunisia over unemployment. These unemployment rates were 30% in the region as compared to the national 15.3%. [2] In particular, there was high youth unemployment. The protests consisted of violence against the police and marching on Tunis. The inci... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
2007 Mogadishu TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash | The 2007 TransAVIAexport Airlines Il-76 crash refers to an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft operated by that Belarusian airline that crashed in the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, on 23 March 2007, during the Battle of Mogadishu. The plane was carrying repair equipment and humanitarian aid. According to a spokesperson fo... | Air crash | null | null |
SpaceX's Star Wars Day launch puts 60 Starlink satellites in orbit, lands rocket | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a full stack of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Tuesday afternoon (May 4) and then stuck its landing at sea to top off a successful mission. The veteran Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Pad 39A here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:01... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
1923 Kraków riot | The 1923 Kraków riot was a violent riot that took place during a strike on 6 November 1923 in Kraków, Poland. The incident is also called the 1923 Kraków uprising, particularly by Marxist sources. Demonstrators took control of the Main Market Square area and disarmed some troops. [3][4] Eventually troops and police w... | Riot | null | null |
Montenegro Joins NATO, First New Member in a Decade | U.S. news
Montenegro Joins NATO, First New Member in a Decade
NATO welcomed the tiny country of Montenegro, as its 29th member Monday — the first new member in nearly ten years.
Prime Minister of Montenegro Dusko Markovic, center, shakes hands with U.S. Under Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, right, with NATO Secretar... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
Local | A 91-year-old woman and her caretaker were found dead inside a home, where firefighters said there were dangerous levels of carbon monoxide.
Two women who were killed due to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide at a residence in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, have been identified by local police.
Doris Gariepy, 91, who li... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
The Straits Times | Two historical shipwrecks have been excavated from Singapore's waters. Ceramic pieces dating back to the 14th century have been salvaged. Here are details of their discovery and their significance to the island city's maritime heritage. A Singapore-registered barge carrying two bulk loader cranes encountered bad weathe... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Swarms of brown locusts seen in parts of the Northern Cape | Swarms of brown locusts seen in parts of the Northern Cape
By Staff Reporter - 05 January 2022 - 21:34
Brown locust swarms were seen in parts of the Northern Cape on Wednesday. File picture.
Image: Tatiana Zherebtsova/123rf
Large swarms of brown locusts could be seen in a number areas in the Northern Cape on Wednesday.... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Olympic champion Thompson-Herah keeping Flo-Jo's time in view | Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica crosses the finish line first to win the gold medal in the women's 100m final at the Tokyo Olympics. - REUTERS Given the perfect conditions, Elaine Thompson-Herah believes she can break Florence Griffith Joyner's 33-year-old record in the 100 meters.
Don't expect it to happen in Lau... | Break historical records | null | null |
North Sea flood of 2007 | Cyclone Tilo[2] (also known as Cyclone Andrea in Norway)[3] was a European windstorm which affected northern and western Europe in early November 2007. Combining with the remnants of Hurricane Noel, Tilo's storm surge led to the North Sea flood of 2007, affecting the coastlines of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, G... | Floods | null | null |
Boles Fire | The Boles Fire was a wildfire that burned in Siskiyou County during mid-September 2014. On September 15, at 1:38 p.m. PDT, the Boles Fire ignited near Weed, California. Later on the same day, at 10:30 p.m. PDT, the Boles Fire was reported at 350 acres and 15% containment. [2] Over 100 structures were reported damaged o... | Fire | null | null |
After E.U. imposes fine over coal mine, Poland PM Mateusz Morawiecki defiant | | Poland now faces a half-a-million-euro fine for every day the disputed coal mine remains open. Photo: Slaevk Ruta/ZUMA Wire/imago images Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was defiant on September 21 after a top E.U. court demanded his country shut down a mine near the Czech border. "We are not going to turn of... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Topanga History: The 1930 Shipwreck of the Ameco | The Malibu community needs trustworthy reporting—but good journalism isn’t free. Please help keep us in print by making a contribution. Three survivors of the Ameco tragedy, including the boat’s captain, Bill Lightfoot (right) A photo of survivors from 1930 Malibu’s H... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Air China Flight 112 crash | Air China Flight 112 was a scheduled international passenger flight on 15 March 2003 that carried a 72-year-old man infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). This man would later become the index passenger for the infection of another 20 passengers and two aircraft crew, resulting in the dissemination of ... | Air crash | null | null |
High-level Side Event during the White House COVID-19 Summit on the margins of the UN General Assembly | Africa CDC, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies delegation to the African Union (IFRC), and the U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) are organizing a High-level Side Event on the margins of the UN General Assembly with a theme: ” Saving lives – Saving livelihoods” Achieving high-lev... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
2017 United Arab Emirates Air Force Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk crash | On 11 August 2017, a Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force crashed while on a Saudi-led mission in Shabwa, Yemen, killing four of the soldiers on board. Emirates News Agency reported that the crash was due to a "technical malfunction". [1]
One of the soldiers who survived... | Air crash | null | null |
Morocco/US’s African Lion: ‘The largest US military exercise ever conducted on this continent’ | Posted on Friday, 11 June 2021 12:55 Morocco and the US launched a series of joint military exercises near the Sahara on 7 June. Touted as the largest US military exercise conducted on Africa, they are due to wrap-up on 18 June. “The largest US military exercise ever conducted on this continent.” This is how US Major G... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Death of two teenagers brings WA weekend road toll to five | Two teenagers have died after a car they were travelling in crashed in Western Australia's South West on Saturday night, taking the state's weekend road toll to five. Police said the car was travelling along Brownes Road, in Coolup — a rural lane about 100 kilometres south of Perth — at about 8:00pm when it left the r... | Road Crash | null | null |
Cubana de Aviación Flight 310 crash | Cubana de Aviación Flight 310 was a scheduled international flight from José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba, to Arturo Michelena International Airport, Valencia, Venezuela, which crashed near Bejuma, Venezuela, on 25 December 1999. All 22 people on board were killed. The aircraft involved was a Yakovlev Yak-... | Air crash | null | null |
Coronavirus isn't an outlier, it's part of our interconnected viral age | As Coronavirus spreads, so does the sobering reality that epidemics will become more common with our increasingly connected age. In our global society, outbreaks of infectious disease can move from a remote village to a major city on the other side of the world in under 36 hours. Understanding this new reality will be ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Child killed, four others hurt in Fitzroy Crossing crash off WA's Great Northern Highway | A child has been killed and four others have been injured in a crash in Western Australia's Kimberley. WA Police said a gold Nissan X-Trail turned off Great Northern Highway and rolled on a sand track in Fitzroy Crossing about 9:55pm last night. Seven children aged between 12 and 16 were travelling in the four-wheel dr... | Road Crash | null | null |
Sakha Avia Flight 301 crash | Sakha Avia Flight 301 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Kutana to Aldan via Uchur in Russia. On 26 August 1993 the Let L-410 Turbolet operating the flight crashed on approach to Aldan airport, killing all 24 people on board. It is the deadliest aviation disaster involving the Let L-410 Turbolet. [1][2]
Th... | Air crash | null | null |
Defender-Europe 21 Military Exercises Come to an End after 2 Months | The US-NATO joint military exercise known as Defender-Europe 21 has concluded after 2 months of operations and the US forces have been redeployed to the US. According to U.S. Army Europe and Africa, more than 28 thousand forces from 26 nations participated in the exercise and conducted “simultaneous operations across m... | Military Exercise | null | null |
5 killed, 28 injured in building explosion due to gas leak in Karachi | At least five people were killed and 28 others sustained injuries in a massive explosion due to a gas leak in a multi-storey residential building near Maskan Chowrangi in Karachi's Gulshan-e-Iqbal
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1994 Páez River earthquake | The Páez River (Río Páez[1] Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o ˈpaes]) is a river in southwestern Colombia. It is a tributary of the Magdalena River[2] which drains into the Caribbean Sea. It flows into the Magdalena just south of the village of Remolino del Vicho. [3]
On 6 June 1994, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake stuck in the... | Earthquakes | null | null |
A coordinated, long-term effort to mitigate the impact of natural disasters | The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami resulted in widespread loss of human life and livelihoods, severe damage to infrastructure and ecosystems and large economic costs. Following this disaster, there was a strong recognition across the AsiaPacific region of the need to undertake a coordinated, long-term effort to mitigate the... | Tsunamis | null | null |
4 NW Houston family members rushed to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning | Updated: 10:21 PM CST December 22, 2020
HOUSTON — Four members of a northwest Houston family were rushed to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning Tuesday afternoon.
Cy-Fair Fire Department crews found the victims inside the home in the 17000 block of Cairnlassie .
One of the patients is a 3-year-old child, accor... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Somers Isles Trading Wins Best New Store Award | The Somers Isles Trading Company Ltd won the Best New Store Award on a worldwide stage in the DFNI Frontier Awards 2021.
A spokesperson said, “Every year the Frontier Awards celebrate the very best of innovation, creativity and excellence within the global travel retail sector. The 2021 winners were announced in a live... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
Astonishing aurora awed skywatchers Wednesday night | One of the most intense displays of northern lights in years delivered a superb sky show to the northern United States, Canada and other high-latitude locations across the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday night into Thursday. Arriving on the heels of a disappointing display of auroras over Halloween weekend, this secon... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Sunflower Student Movement |
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The Sunflower Student Movement is associated with a protest movement driven by a coalition of students and civic groups that came to a head between March 18 and April 10, 2014, in the Legislative Yuan and, later, also the Executive Yuan of Tai... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
1995 Air St. Martin Beech 1900 crash | On December 7, 1995, a chartered twin-turboprop Beechcraft 1900D commuter aircraft registered as F-OHRK and owned and operated by Air Saint Martin crashed near Belle-Anse, Haiti. The flight was en route from Cayenne, French Guiana and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and had been chartered by the Go... | Air crash | null | null |
1981 Playa Azul earthquake | The 1981 Playa Azul earthquake occurred on October 24, 1981, at 21:22 local time (03:22 UTC on October 25). It was located near Playa Azul, Michoacán, Mexico. The magnitude of the earthquake was Mw 7.2, or Ms 7.3. [1] Three deaths were reported, two from Michoacán and one from Mexico City. Some buildings were damaged ... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Titanic wreckage set to become a tourist attraction with paid expeditions on offer to wealthy tourists | Titanic wreckage set to become a tourist attraction with paid expeditions on offer to wealthy tourists Follow all the action of the Tszyu v Inoue super welterweight contest in our live blog Follow our live coverage for the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic The Titanic is disappearing. The iconic ocean liner that ... | Shipwreck | null | null |
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's 'royal' visit to New York. Video / ABC
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In 1989, when Diana, Princess of Wales made her famous trip to New York (and which was recently revived in the public imagination by The Crown) her first daytime engagement was to visit the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side, ... | Diplomatic Visit | null | null |
Iranian authorities have recently discovered 81 ancient relics dating back to the Seljuk era (1037–1194) in the city of Gorgan | TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently discovered 81 ancient relics dating back to the Seljuk era (1037–1194) in the city of Gorgan, the northern province of Golestan. The objects were found in an illegally-excavated well, Amir Rahmatollahi, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage said on... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Covid-19 clusters at malls: Some retail workers worry about getting infected, hope to get priority for vaccine | SINGAPORE — When the Covid-19 cases in the community stabilised at the end of last year, staff members at Shunji Matsuo Hair Studio had, like many others, started to let their guard down, believing that the situation here had mostly returned to normal. That was until last month, when a customer they served at their sal... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Police investigating armed robbery at a Scone bank | Around 11.15am (AEDT) a man armed with a shotgun entered a bank on Kelly Street at Scone, and threatened attendants. He was handed cash before leaving the scene in a blue vehicle, which headed west on Kingdon Road. Police say none of the bank attendants were injured. The man is described as being of a large build, wear... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Jewish Theological Seminary library fire | The Jewish Theological Seminary library fire was discovered on Monday, April 18, 1966, at 10:15 AM when smoke was seen pouring from one of the small upper windows of the Jewish Theological Seminary Library tower at Broadway and 122nd Street at the in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City. The tower, with only f... | Fire | null | null |
United Airlines Flight 823 crash | United Airlines Flight 823 was a scheduled flight from Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania to Huntsville International Airport, Alabama with 39 on board. On July 9, 1964 at approximately 18:15 EST, the aircraft, a Vickers Viscount 745D, registration N7405,[2] crashed 2.25 mi (3.62 km) northeast of Parrotts... | Air crash | null | null |
UN World Food Programme Warns Of Approaching Hunger Catastrophe | 9 days ago Mon 08th November 2021 | 04:58 PM MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 08th November, 2021) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday of an approaching hunger catastrophe as the number of people who find themselves at the verge of famine has risen to 45 million in 43 countries. "The Unit... | Famine | null | null |
B.C. Premier John Horgan diagnosed with cancer, to begin radiation treatment | B.C. Premier John Horgan says he has been diagnosed with cancer after a biopsy of a growth on his throat late last week.
In a statement Thursday, he said pathology reports following his surgery confirmed the mass was cancerous.
"My prognosis is good and I expect to make a full recovery," wrote Horgan, 62.
"The surgery ... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Guildford and Redhill hospitals sign radiotherapy agreement | Cancer patients in Surrey will have a greater choice over where they receive radiotherapy treatment following a £10m agreement between two hospital trusts.
From the end of 2013, patients who are currently treated at The Royal Surrey County Hospital, in Guildford, will be able to use East Surrey Hospital, in Redhill.
It... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
Peace Mission-2021: India takes part in SCO joint military exercise in Russia | India participated in the sixth edition of multinational military exercise organised by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Russia's Oregon, the Army said in a statement on Wednesday. "The Indian military contingent comprising an all arms combined force of 200 personnel including 38 personnel from the Indian... | Military Exercise | null | null |
1982 Bristow Helicopters Bell 212 crash | On 14 September 1982 a medical evacuation helicopter flight operated by Bristow Helicopters crashed during the early hours of the morning in driving rain and poor visibility over the North Sea. All six crew members on board died when their aircraft plunged into the sea near the Murchison platform[a] while trying to loc... | Air crash | null | null |
United Arab Airlines Flight 869 (1963) crash | United Arab Airlines Flight 869 was an international scheduled passenger de Havilland Comet 4C flight from Tokyo, Japan, to Cairo via Hong Kong, Bangkok, Bombay and Bahrain. [1][2] On 28 July 1963 it was being operated by a de Havilland Comet registered as SU-ALD, when on approach to Bombay's Santa Cruz Airport it cras... | Air crash | null | null |
Iowa flood of 2008 |
The Iowa flood of 2008 was a hydrological event involving most of the rivers in eastern Iowa beginning around June 8, 2008 and ending about July 1. Flooding continued on the Upper Mississippi River in the southeastern portion of the state for several more days. The phrase "Iowa's Katrina" was often heard. [2]
The fl... | Floods | null | null |
Guildford A3 murder probe continues as CCTV images of witnesses released | Police would like to speak to a number of witnesses who could hold vital information regarding Helen Anderson's death Share Click to playTap to play The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Images of several witnesses who could have vital information which could help police investigating a murder have been release... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Landmark, Countryside cooperatives merge into new cooperative, Alcivia | Landmark and Countryside Cooperatives, which merged in March this year, have announced the name of their new combined cooperative – Alcivia. President and CEO of the new cooperative, Jim Dell, who was also CEO of Landmark Cooperative, said the new name represents a feeling of togetherness among its employees, members a... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Locust PLAGUE threatens Africa: UN warns 7 million people at risk from ravenous insects | The locust warning comes after billions of desert locusts invaded East Africa earlier this year. Locust swarms of "biblical" proportions have also overrun parts of India, blotting out the skies over Gurgaon. Swarms of the winged pest can consume food for 2,500 people in a single day, making already vulnerable regions ... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Woman, 23, diagnosed with terminal cancer after lump 'dismissed as hormonal' | The family of a woman who has “untreatable” breast cancer claim doctors missed diagnosing her when they dismissed a lump in her breast as “hormonal”.
Tasmin Gooding, 23, of Ramsgate, Kent, was told her cancer was incurable after it was found to have metastasised to her neck, hips and spine.
Her family have been left st... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Vaccination Tracker | KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): Malaysia's Covid-19-linked fatalities fell 19% to 2,326 in the week of Sept 17 to 23, compared with the record high of 2,869 in the previous week. This came as daily reported deaths declined to a two-month low of 116 on Thursday (Sept 23). Of the 2,326 weekly deaths, 575 or 24.72% were brought-i... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Power outages possible across B.C. when drought-weakened trees are hit by fall storms, hydro provider warns | Residents across British Columbia are being advised to prepare a well-stocked emergency kit for what BC Hydro warns could be a stormy fall and winter made worse by the effects of a severe summer drought. The latest report from the Crown utility says record-breaking heat between June and August in man... | Droughts | null | null |
2013 Anti–Sri Lanka protests |
The 2013 Anti–Sri Lanka protests are a series of student protests and agitations initiated by the Students Federation for Freedom of Tamil Eelam in Tamil Nadu, India, against war crimes committed against Sri Lankan Tamil people by Sri Lankan army during the Eelam War IV. The protesters demanded that the Government of... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
2006 Nukuʻalofa riots | The 2006 Nukuʻalofa riots, also known as the Tongan riots,[1] started on 16 November, in the Tongan capital of Nukuʻalofa. The Legislative Assembly of Tonga was due to adjourn for the year and despite promises of action, had done little to advance democracy in the government. A mixed crowd of democracy advocates took t... | Riot | null | null |
1999 Pentecost flood | The 1999 Pentecost flood (German: Pfingsthochwasser 1999) was a 100-year flood around the Pentecost season in 1999 that mostly affected Bavaria, Vorarlberg and Tirol. It was caused by heavy rainfall[1] coinciding with the regular Alpine meltwater. By late May, the annual spring meltwater from the Alps meant many Bavari... | Floods | null | null |
1948 Heathrow Disaster crash | The 1948 Heathrow Disaster was the crash of a Douglas DC-3C of the Belgian airline Sabena at Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom on 2 March 1948. It was the first major accident at Heathrow Airport; of the 22 people on board 20 were killed, of whom most had British nationality. [1]
The DC-3 involved was built in ... | Air crash | null | null |
North Sea flood of 1953 |
The 1953 North Sea flood was a major flood caused by a heavy storm at the end of Saturday, 31 January 1953 and morning of the next day. The storm surge struck the Netherlands, north-west Belgium, England and Scotland. A combination of a high spring tide and a severe European windstorm over the North Sea caused a stor... | Floods | null | null |
Scooter Braun files for divorce from Yael Cohen after 7 years | Music mogul Scooter Braun has filed for divorce from his wife, Yael Cohen — nearly two weeks after Page Six broke the news of their split .
Braun, 40, retained celebrity divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, whose previous clients include Kim Kardashian, Angelina Jolie and Ryan Reynolds.
The court documents filed in Los Angeles... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Nashville woman diagnosed with COVID days before breast cancer surgery | . seek to previous 12… 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% When a Nashville woman was diagnosed with breast cancer, her life took two turns. After that she tested positive for Covid-19 days before surgery. News4's Marissa Sulek talked with this woman today. NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - When one Nashville woman heard she had... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Impunity rules as juntas take over in Mali, Chad, Guinea | Power grabs in West Africa over the past year -- in Chad, Mali and most recently Guinea -- are enjoying newfound impunity, leaving citizens angry and distressed. "What's the use of constitutions, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and international diplomacy if after all anything goes?" asked Ahmed ... | Regime Change | null | null |
Decades-old bottle of Fairy dishwashing liquid found on English beach | A bottle of dishing washing liquid dating back at least 47 years has washed up on a beach in Somerset, England, prompting calls for action to combat the "modern day scourge" — plastic.
The Burnham Coastguard rescue team noticed a significant amount of debris on the shore, washed in by the tides over several days. Most ... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
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