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Police Devoted A Lot Of Effort To Investigating Raeesah Khan’s False Claims, Many Officers Involved | On 3 Aug, then Sengkang MP Raeesah Khan gave a speech that contained untruths in Parliament, which involved the Singapore Police Force (SPF).
But on 9 Dec, Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh said he didn’t feel that her lie did a wrong to the police.
In front of the Committee of Privileges (COP) , he also questione... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Archaeology breakthrough: 'Fascinating' Roman discovery under Devon bus station–new report | The remains were found during the construction period for Exeter's state-of-the-art bus station two years ago, with the site being opened to passengers last month. At the time of the findings, the remains, which form part of Exeter's history, were described as "very important and completely unexpected", and a new repo... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Authorities: Arrest Made In Flagstaff Bank Robbery | The Flagstaff Police Department says it has made an arrest in a bank robbery that happened at the Wells Fargo Bank on Milton Road last week. On Thursday, April 30, 2020 shortly after 12:30 p.m., Flagstaff Police were called to the 1200 Block of S. Milton Road for a Bank Robbery report that had just occurred at the Well... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Teens charged with murdering Fairfield Spanish teacher ask to be released without bail | The two 16-year-olds facing murder charges in the death of a Fairfield High School teacher have asked a judge to release them, without bail. On Tuesday, defendant Jeremy Everett Goodale, formally waived his right to a public hearing in which prosecutors would have had to show they had enough evidence for the case to mo... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
2010 Karachi riots | The 2010 Karachi riots started on August 3, 2010, after the assassination of Parliament member Raza Haider, a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement political party, on the night of August 2, 2010, in Karachi, Pakistan. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) represents the Urdu-speaking Muhajir and is a political rival o... | Riot | null | null |
China launches twin radar satellites for 3D mapping | A Chinese Long March 4B carrying two Tianhui-2 radar-mapping satellites.lifts off from Tiayuan on Aug. 19, 2021 local time to deliver the twin satellites into orbit. China conducted its 29th orbital launch of a busy year to boost the country’s remote sensing and satellite mapping capabilities. A Long March 4B rocket l... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crash | Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) Flight 831 was a flight from Montréal–Dorval International Airport to Toronto International Airport on November 29, 1963. About five minutes after takeoff in poor weather, the jet crashed about 20 miles (32 km) north of Montreal, near Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec, Canada, killing all 1... | Air crash | null | null |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) In Drug Discovery Global Market Report 2021: COVID-19 Growth And Change To 2030 | Major players in the artificial intelligence (AI) in drug discovery market are IBM Corporation, Microsoft, Atomwise Inc. , Deep Genomics, Cloud Pharmaceuticals, Insilico Medicine, Benevolent AI, Exscientia, Cyclica, and BIOAGE. New York, Sept. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the r... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Alleged bank robber knew victim, court told | A former financial planner with Bank SA has gone on trial over his alleged role in a robbery where he is said to have known one of the victims. Justin Robert Lundberg, 35, is accused of tying up two staff at the Bank SA branch at Mannum and stealing more than $120,000 in a robbery in December 2009. In the Adelaide Dist... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
EgyptAir Flight 321 crash | EgyptAir Flight 321 was a Cairo-Luxor Egyptian flight which was hijacked by three armed terrorists claiming to be from the Abd Al-Nasir Movement. After hijacking the aircraft, the terrorists demanded to be flown to Libya. The terrorists agreed to land in Luxor instead, after being persuaded that the aircraft needed to ... | Air crash | null | null |
Nonsmoker, 38, diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer shares story: 'I had no idea' | In early 2018, Abigail C. Marean, then 38, developed a “violent” cough. She was treated for pneumonia but she never improved. She followed up with a pulmonologist who eventually diagnosed her with stage 4 lung cancer. She couldn’t believe it — she had never smoked.
“When you receive a cancer diagnosis, your mind immedi... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
2008 Market Rasen earthquake |
The 2008 Market Rasen earthquake occurred at 00:56:47.8s GMT on 27 February 2008. According to the British Geological Survey the earthquake registered a reading of 5.2 on the Richter scale, with its epicentre 2.5 miles (4 km) north of Market Rasen and 15 miles (24 km) south-west of Grimsby. [1]
The duration of the ear... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Factbox: What a Joe Biden win could mean for financial policy | NOWADAYS THE Bank of England, like most rich-country central banks, has two main functions: maintaining monetary stability and ensuring the soundness of the financial system. For most of its life, though, it was also responsible for managing government debt. (Thankfully, the original reason for the bank’s creation in 1... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
Happy Olympic Day! | American sprinter Nick Mayhugh twice broke the world record in the men's T37 100 metres on the first day of athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games here at the Olympic Stadium.
He first ran 10.97sec in the heats and then improved to 10.95 in the final.
The top three all set area records, as Andrei Vdovin of the Ru... | Break historical records | null | null |
Police investigate bank robbery with sledgehammer | Gold Coast police are continuing investigations into the robbery of a bank at the Isle of Capri yesterday. Two men menaced staff at the Suncorp Bank after smashing their way through a rear window with a sledgehammer and crowbar. Detective Inspector John Hartwell says it is important bank staff do not try to fight back.... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Hemus Air Flight 7081 crash | Hemus Air Flight 7081 was the hijacking of a Tupolev Tu-154 operated by Hemus Air on 3 September 1996. The incident occurred on-route from Beirut International Airport in Lebanon to Varna Airport in Bulgaria. The hijacker, Palestinian Hazem Salah Abdallah, a defector of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine... | Air crash | null | null |
Ongoing Iceland volcanic eruption now the longest in 50 years | It has become a major tourist attraction according to Iceland's tourist board, attracting potentially upwards of 300,000 visitors. Monday 20 September 2021 14:09, UK Image: The eruption began near Fagradalsfjall, a mountain on the Reykjanes Peninsula An ongoing volcanic eruption in Iceland is now the longest the count... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Colgan Air Flight 9446 crash | Colgan Air Flight 9446 was a repositioning flight operated by Colgan Air for US Airways Express. On August 26, 2003, the Beech 1900D crashed into water 100 yards offshore from Yarmouth, Massachusetts shortly after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis. [1] Both pilots were killed. [3][4][5]:85[6]
Fli... | Air crash | null | null |
1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games |
The Commonwealth Paraplegic Games were an international, multi-sport event involving athletes with a disability from the Commonwealth countries. The event was sometimes referred to as the Paraplegic Empire Games and British Commonwealth Paraplegic Games. Athletes were generally those with spinal injuries or polio. Th... | Sports Competition | null | null |
N-able Wins Comparably Award for Best Companies for Compensation | DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--N-able, Inc. (NYSE: NABL), the purpose-built technology partner for managed services providers (MSPs), announced today that the company won an award for Best Compensation (Large Companies) in 2021 from Comparably, one of the fastest-growing compensation, culture, and career monitoring sit... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
Azad Maidan riots |
Azad Maidan Riot refers to a protest by Indian muslims, organised in Azad Maidan on 11 August 2012 to condemn the Rakhine riots and which later turned into a riot. The riot reportedly began as the crowd got angry either after hearing an inflammatory speech or after seeing photographs of Rakhine state riots. The riot ... | Riot | null | null |
December we have a chance to see one of our favorite meteor showers – the Geminids | Every December we have a chance to see one of our favorite meteor showers – the Geminids. The shower is currently active until Dec. 17 and will peak on the night of Dec. 13 into the morning of Dec. 14, making those hours the best time for viewing the meteor shower. All meteors appear to come from the same place in the ... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Reichstag fire |
The Reichstag fire (German: Reichstagsbrand, listen (help·info)) was an arson attack on the Reichstag building, home of the German parliament in Berlin, on Monday 27 February 1933, precisely four weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. Hitler's government stated that Marinus van der Lubbe, a D... | Fire | null | null |
Rennert railroad accident |
The Rennert railroad accident occurred in Rennert, North Carolina on 16 December 1943, 74 people were killed on the Atlantic Coast Line when the northbound Tamiami Champion struck the derailed rear three cars of its southbound counterpart. It remains the deadliest train wreck ever in North Carolina. [1]
The southboun... | Train collisions | null | null |
Thousands of Indonesian seaweed farmers set to gain compensation over Australia's Montara oil spill |
Thousands of Indonesian seaweed farmers have won a long-running case in the Federal Court and stand to gain substantial compensation over Australia’s worst offshore oil spill, which destroyed their crops in 2009.
On Friday, the Federal Court upheld a claim by Daniel Aristabulus Sanda, who led a class action on behalf... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Scooter rider demands compensation after SA police car sends him flying onto road | A scooter rider is demanding compensation and an apology from SA Police after an officer’s dodgy driving caused him to crash his vehicle and significantly injure himself. As seen in the video above, Daniel Daw, 25, was driving his scooter along Halifax Street in Adelaide’s inner city when a police patrol car crossed an... | Road Crash | null | null |
2004 Boscastle flood |
The 2004 Boscastle flood (Cornish: An Lanwes Kastel Boterel 2004) occurred on Monday, 16 August 2004 in the two villages of Boscastle and Crackington Haven[1] in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The villages suffered extensive damage after flash floods caused by an exceptional amount of rain that fell over eight ho... | Floods | null | null |
Aeroflot Flight 315 (1959) crash | Aeroflot Flight 315 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow to Lviv Airport in Lviv, Ukraine. On 16 November 1959, the Antonov An-10 operating this flight crashed short of the airport runway while on final approach. All 32 passengers and eight crew m... | Air crash | null | null |
Mitsotakis’ tour of Ground Zero church canceled | A tour by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas at Ground Zero in New York, due to take place on Friday, has been canceled. The prime minister, who is in New York to attend the 76th UN General Assembly, was to be guided through the structure by Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Am... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Sudan Leaders Say They Thwarted Coup Attempt by Loyalists of Former Dictator | Government officials blamed the bid on supporters of longtime ruler Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who was overthrown in 2019 by a military takeover prompted by widespread popular protests. Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, on Tuesday. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said the attempted coup was an effort by military and civilian eleme... | Regime Change | null | null |
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: TPLF says 150 have died of starvation | About 150 people died of starvation in Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region in August, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has said. These are the first hunger-related deaths that the TPLF has reported since its fighters recaptured most of the region from federal forces in June. There is no independent confirmation... | Famine | null | null |
1914 World Figure Skating Championships | The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. Men's competitions took place from February 21 to 22 in Helsingfors (Helsinki), Finland. This was the first time that more than te... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Opinion: South Sudan’s government-made famine | Official, U.N.-declared famines are a rare phenomenon. The last one worldwide was six years ago, in Somalia. Famines are declared officially when people have already begun to starve to death. It is the diplomatic equivalent of a seven-alarm fire. That is where the youngest country in the world, South Sudan, finds itsel... | Famine | null | null |
Watch: Keni Harrison breaks 100-meter hurdles world record | Your teams on the go or at home. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android.
American record holder Keni Harrison can now add world record holder to her resume, as she broke the women's 100-meter hurdles world record with a 12.20 run at the London Diamond League meet on Friday evening.
The previous worl... | Break historical records | null | null |
FlyMontserrat Flight 107 crash | FlyMontserrat Flight 107 was a short-haul flight from V. C. Bird International Airport, Antigua to John A. Osborne Airport, Montserrat. On 7 October 2012, the Britten-Norman Islander twin-engine aircraft serving the route crashed shortly after take off, near the end of the runway. Three of the four occupants were kille... | Air crash | null | null |
Rogue tyre recycler Tony Di Carlo hit with $200k fine over 'catastrophic fire risk' | 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
'Rogue Queensland busines... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Biden’s Higher Ed Budget Moves Ahead in House | Higher education organizations were generally pleased with the House Appropriations Committee’s draft spending bill, but several believe more could still be done. The House Appropriations Committee is planning to mark up an initial draft of its funding bill for federal higher education programs on Thursday for fiscal ... | Financial Aid | null | null |
Drought puts 2.1 million Kenyans at risk of starvation | National disaster declared as crops fail after poor rains and locusts, while ethnic conflicts add to crisis Last modified on Wed 15 Sep 2021 07.02 BST An estimated 2.1 million Kenyans face starvation due to a drought in half the country, which is affecting harvests. The National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) said... | Droughts | null | null |
Police look for bank robber | The man walked into the Westpac branch on St Georges Terrace on Wednesday, handed the teller a note demanding money and left with a quantity of cash. He told the teller he had a gun. Police have released video footage of the man in an attempt to find him. He is described as 190 centimetres tall, fair skinned and was we... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
2017 Batumi hotel fire | A fire in the Leogrand Hotel & Casino in Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi occurred on the night of 24 to 25 November 2017. It left 11 people dead. After the incident, the hotel rebranded itself as Welmond. [1]
The fire in the 22-storey five-star hotel broke out around 20:00 local time, with many strongly suspecting ... | Fire | null | null |
Woman died of carbon monoxide toxicity at Norfolk public housing community | by: Adrienne Mayfield NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Carbon monoxide poisoning caused the death of a woman in the Oakleaf Forest public housing community in December, according to the Tidewater Chief Medical Examiner’s Office.
31-year-old Ariel Cherry died inside a home in the 1700 block of Greenleaf Drive on Dec. 20. Police... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
1991 Uttarkashi earthquake |
The 1991 Uttarkashi earthquake (also known as the Garhwal earthquake) occurred at 02:53:16 20 October local time with a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). This thrust event was instrumentally recorded and occurred along the Main Central Thrust in the Uttarkashi and Gharwal regio... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Watford rail crash |
In the early evening of 8 August 1996, a Class 321 passenger train operated by Network SouthEast travelling from London Euston on the West Coast Main Line Down Slow line at around 110 km/h (68 mph) passed a signal at danger. Having applied the brakes it eventually stopped 203 m (222 yards) past the signal and was tra... | Train collisions | null | null |
UK rocket launches from Western Isles ahead of planned spaceport opening | Spaceport 1's site at Scolpaig, North Uist is one of several proposed locations for licenced spaceports in the UK. In Scotland, these include Unst in Shetland, the A' Mhoine peninsula in Sutherland, Prestwick in South Ayrshire and Campbeltown in Argyll and Bute. A commercial rocket has launched from the UK ahead of th... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Pakistan, China Began Joint Air Exercise Shaheen (Eagle)-IX On Wednesday | The air forces of Pakistan and China on Wednesday commenced a joint exercise designed to deepen practical cooperation and improve the actual-combat training level of the two sides. The joint air force exercise "Shaheen (Eagle)-IX" started on Wednesday at an operational air base of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in Sindh ... | Military Exercise | null | null |
South32 Dendrobium coal mine fined $15,000 for pumping sludge into Mount Kembla creek |
The environmental watchdog has fined an Illawarra mine for breaching the conditions of its licence after a faulty sediment basin released millions of litres of coal sludge into local waterways.
Concerned residents near the Dendrobium mine at Mount Kembla observed thick black sludge in Brandy and Water creeks last Augu... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
1987 Meerut communal riots |
The 1987 Meerut masscacre were a series of violent communal disturbances between Hindus and Muslims in the northern Uttar Pradesh town Meerut which occurred from March to June 1987,[1][2] which resulted in the death of more than 100 people. [3]
The tension started in 1986 when the black seal of the disputed structur... | Riot | null | null |
1964 Niigata earthquake |
The 1964 Niigata earthquake (Japanese: 新潟地震) struck at 13:01 local time (04:01 UTC) on 16 June with a magnitude of either 7.5 or 7.6. The epicenter was on the continental shelf off the northwest coast of Honshu, Japan in Niigata Prefecture, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of the city of Niigata. The earthquake cause... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Horizontal Integration | Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School for Social Research and Doctor of Philosophy in English literature from NYU. Horizontal integration is the acquisition o... | Organization Merge | null | null |
The US withdrawal from the Iran deal: One year on | On 8 May last year, US President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States would pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which sets limits on Iran’s nuclear programme to ensure that it cannot produce nuclear weapons. Despite the US withdrawal, the JCPOA remains in force; it is a multilateral ... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
American Sydney McLaughlin Breaks World Record in 400m Hurdles at Olympics | McLaughlin and Muhammad, a New York City native who went to Southern Cal, have been trading the record, and the wins, for two years. Muhammad first broke the mark at U.S. Nationals in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2019, then lowered it again. to 52.16, at the world championships in Doha.
McLaughlin broke that record earlier thi... | Break historical records | null | null |
Macron Says Australian PM Lied to Him Over Subs Spat | French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said Australia’s prime minister outright lied to him over a canceled submarine deal, deepening an already fraught diplomatic crisis.
“I don’t think. I know,” Macron said when asked by Australian media if Scott Morrison was untruthful in their private dealings.
Both leaders are... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Overworked Mom, 39, Seeking Treatment For Persistent Sore Throat Diagnosed With Advanced Kidney Cancer Before Having Symptoms | A stressed mother who visited her doctor desperate to know the reason for her persistent sore throat left with a kidney cancer diagnosis.
Arlene Gilchrist, 39, hoped to get an antibiotic but soon found herself undergoing multiple tests that eventually detected cancer.
“I’d had no symptoms at all, no urinary tract infec... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Aurora borealis could be visible over Oregon for Halloween weekend | The Northern Lights seen over Mt. Hood from trillium Lake on June 23, 2015. A geomagnetic storm this Halloween weekend may be a trick or treat for Oregonians. The Space Watch Prediction Center on Friday issued a geomagnetic storm watch for Oct. 30, predicting a strong G3 storm that could disrupt communications and pow... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
2004 Al Hoceima earthquake | The 2004 Al Hoceima earthquake occurred on 24 February at 02:27:47 local time near the coast of northern Morocco. The strike-slip earthquake measured 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum perceived intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. Between 628 and 631 people were killed, 926 were ... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crash | Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah. On August 31, 1988, the flight, using a Boeing 727-200 series aircraft, crashed during takeoff, resulting in 14 deaths and 76 injuries of the 108 people on board . [1]
The aircraft was a Boe... | Air crash | null | null |
Pentagon forms new task force to investigate UFOs | WASHINGTON —The Pentagon is forming a new task force to investigate UFO sightings that have been observed on several occasions by U.S. military aircraft. The creation of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, or UAPTF, continues an effort begun in recent years to investigate unexplained aerial incidents encounte... | Organization Established | null | null |
2006 Surat flood | The 2006 Surat flood occurred over 7–10 August 2006, which affected Surat, India, and nearby villages. About 80–95% of Surat was flooded. [6][7]
The sudden release of a large amount of water into the Tapti River from the Ukai Dam caused the flood. The Government of Gujarat described the flood as a natural disaster, wh... | Floods | null | null |
Africa was already threatened by another plague, the biggest locust outbreak in the last 70 years | Weeks before most of the world began to take the spread of COVID-19 seriously, Africa was already threatened by another plague, the biggest locust outbreak in the last 70 years. Locusts swarmed into Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, and South Sudan in January and February this year. Those hordes of voracious locusts la... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
University and Cairngorms National Park sign agreement | The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) and Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) have signed an agreement to work together.
The organisations said the new memorandum of understanding formalised a long-standing relationship.
UHI and CNPA said areas they worked together on include forestry, land use and co... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
US shot putter Ryan Crouser wins gold, breaks own Olympic record | Gold medalist Ryan Crouser, of the United States, poses during the medal ceremony for the men's shot put at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
By: The Associated Press & Scripps National
Posted at 8:49 AM, Aug 05, 2021
and last updated 2021-08-05 10:50:42-04
Ryan Cro... | Break historical records | null | null |
Southwest Inn fire | The Southwest Inn fire in Houston, Texas on May 31, 2013 was a fire in an Indian restaurant that spread to an adjoining hotel. The fire claimed the biggest casualty loss for the Houston Fire Department since its inception. Four firefighters were killed and 13 others were injured that day while fighting the five-alarm f... | Fire | null | null |
Basketball Hall of Famer Abdul-Jabbar will deliver Commencement address to Class of 2021 | NBA great and social justice advocate Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will deliver the 2021 Commencement address for Washington University in St. Louis, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced in a video message to members of the class.
With guidance and approval from St. Louis regional health authorities, the university plans to ho... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
Blackwater Fire of 1937 |
On August 18, 1937, a lightning strike started the Blackwater Fire in Shoshone National Forest, approximately 35 miles (56 km) west of Cody, Wyoming, United States. Fifteen firefighters were killed by the forest fire when a dry weather front caused the winds to suddenly increase and change direction. The fire quickly... | Fire | null | null |
Air France Flight 1611 crash | Air France Flight 1611 (AF1611) was a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III en route from Ajaccio, in the island of Corsica, to Nice, France, on 11 September 1968 when it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off Nice, killing all 95 on board. According to the official report, the crash was non-survivable. [2] The Ajaccio-Nic... | Air crash | null | null |
1962 Royal Nepal Airlines DC-3 crash | On 1 August 1962, a Douglas DC-3 operated by Royal Nepal Airlines crashed in Nepal en route from Tribhuvan International Airport to Palam Airport on an international scheduled passenger flight. The wreckage of the aircraft, registration 9N-AAP, was found near Tulachan Dhuri[where?]. All 10 passengers and four crew aboa... | Air crash | null | null |
Tiger King's Joe Exotic asks for release from jail after cancer diagnosis | Tiger King's Joe Exotic has asked to be released from prison after being diagnosed with "aggressive" prostate cancer. He's currently serving a 22-year sentence for his involvement in a murder-for-hire plot and animal abuse. Netflix show Tiger King tells the story of Exotic's rivalry with Florida animal sanctuary owner,... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Alert level raised as volcano erupts in southwestern Japan | A volcano on a southwestern Japan island erupted late Tuesday, sending large rocks nearly 1 kilometer from the crater, prompting the weather agency to raise its alert level. The eruption occurred at the crater of Mt. Otake on Suwanose Island of Kagoshima Prefecture at 10:05 p.m. There were no immediate reports of injur... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
2016 gas explosion still killing our people — Akwa Ibom community laments | Obotim Nsit community in Nsit Ibom Local government area of Akwa Ibom state has lamented that the effects of the gas pipeline explosion that occurred in 2016 in the community is still killing people and destroying economic trees and livelihoods.
It was gathered that the gas pipeline which run through the community from... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 crash | Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia travelling about 625 km (388 mi; 337 nmi) from Ampenan to Yogyakarta. On January 16, 2002, the flight encountered severe thunderstorm activity during approach to its destination, suffered flameout in both en... | Air crash | null | null |
Fat Trel released from prison | D.C. rapper Fat Trel has been released from prison. On Friday (Oct. 15), footage circulated of the emcee as he made his way out of the prison facility. “You know what the fuck it is,” he’s heard saying in the clip. “The king of Northeast is back nigga, and you know what the fuck is up with me nigga.” Trel, born Martrel... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Teenage swimmer Kaylee McKeown breaks three Australian records at Sydney Open | Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown has remarkably broken three national records in three days, dominating the Sydney Open over the weekend.
McKeown has proven why she’s considered one of Australia’s gold medal hopefuls for this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo with three blistering swims at Sydney Olympic Park.
On Friday, ... | Break historical records | null | null |
Explosion In Residential Building Near Moscow Kills At Least Three | An explosion in a residential building in the town of Khimki near the Russian capital, Moscow, has killed at least three people, including a child.
The directorate for the Emergency Ministry in the Moscow region said on March 19 that four people were also hospitalized after a natural-gas leak caused the explosion in an... | Gas explosion | null | null |
1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing crash |
The 1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing was an incident that occurred on 7 January 1992, during the Croatian War of Independence, in which a European Community Monitor Mission (ECMM) helicopter carrying five European Community (EC) observers was downed by a Yugoslav Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich M... | Air crash | null | null |
Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 crash | Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight in Alaska that crashed into Pedro Bay on 2 December 1968, killing all 39 on board. [1][2] The Fairchild F-27B aircraft was operated by Wien Consolidated Airlines and was en route to Dillingham from Anchorage, with three intermediate stops. T... | Air crash | null | null |
Sheffield mum and disabled son suffer carbon monoxide poisoning after council workers 'wrecked' house | A furious mother has accused workers of ‘wrecking’ her council house in Sheffield, leaving her and her disabled son with carbon monoxide poisoning.
By Lloyd Bent
Friday, 15th October 2021, 4:50 pm
Lauren Jade Bradwell’s council house on Kenworthy Road, Stocksbridge, needed repairs doing for a rising damp issue, and she... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
McKee says time has come to start spending $1.1B COVID aid | Gov. Dan McKee says Rhode Island has sat on its $1.1 billion in federal COVID aid for too long, and he wants to start spending some of it on small-business assistance, housing and child care. Rhode Island is the only state in the Northeast not to have spent any of its share of money from the American Rescue Plan, which... | Financial Aid | null | null |
the Kelly Clarkson Show host, 39, is "facing forward" and focusing on her the former couple's kids River Rose, seven, and Remington Alexander, five | According to People , the Kelly Clarkson Show host, 39, is "facing forward" and focusing on her the former couple's kids River Rose, seven, and Remington Alexander, five.
It comes days after Clarkson was ordered to pay Blackstock, 44, $US200,000 (approx. $272,000) a month in spousal and child support.
Kelly Clarkson is... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
NASA TV to Air Landsat 9 Launch, Prelaunch Activities | This advisory was updated Sept. 20 to update the list of participants in the Friday, Sept. 24, science briefing. NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the Landsat 9 satellite, a joint NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mission that will continue the legacy of monitoring Ear... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 crash | Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 was a flight from Taiwan Taipei Songshan Airport to Kaohsiung International Airport that crashed on 22 August 1981, killing all 110 people on board. The Boeing 737-222 aircraft disintegrated in midair and crashed in the township of Sanyi, Miaoli. It is also called the Sanyi Air Disa... | Air crash | null | null |
2011 Missinippi Airways Cessna 208 crash | On July 4, 2011, a Missinippi Airways Cessna 208 Caravan passenger aircraft with nine people on board crashed while attempting to take off from Pukatawagan Airport in Manitoba, Canada. One passenger was killed and the other eight occupants were injured. [1][2]
At around 4PM local time on July 4, the Cessna Caravan wa... | Air crash | null | null |
Philippine volcanic eruption caused widespread damage | The eruption of the Taal Volcano in the Philippines on January 12 caused widespread damage and forced the evacuation of several towns in the Batangas and Cavite Provinces. However, due to the low take-up of insurance in the country, the event will be of minimal effect to insurers, according to an expert. “The main issu... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Senior recalls similar blast in downtown Wheatley caused by gas leak in 1936 | As Wheatley residents still reel from an explosion that destroyed two buildings in its downtown, there are still some who recall a blast that destroyed a building nearby more than 80 years ago.
"I remember the ... bricks being out on the street and right across the street the roads were blocked off, so that's as far a... | Gas explosion | null | null |
1982 garment workers' strike |
The 1982 garment workers' strike, organized by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), was the largest strike in the history of New York City's Chinatown. [1]
In 1982, New York City's Chinatown was home to approximately 500 garment factories employing 20,000 members of the ILGWU Local 23-25. [2] Most... | Strike | null | null |
KLM Flight 633 crash | KLM Flight 633 was a passenger flight from Amsterdam to New York City. On 5 September 1954, immediately after takeoff from Shannon Airport, the Super Constellation Triton ditched on a mudbank in the River Shannon. 28 people were killed in the accident. It was caused by an unexpected re-extension of the landing gear, po... | Air crash | null | null |
4 notable outbreaks in the last decade | This decade contained many large disease outbreaks that put the nation's infection control efforts to the test. Below are four notable outbreaks that occurred since 2010: 1. Ebola — 2014 West Africa's Ebola outbreak sparked international concern in 2014, killing more than 11,310 people and infecting more than 28,000. ... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
ER Doctor Who Diagnosed First Confirmed NYC COVID-19 Case Reflects 1 Year Later | Dr. Angela Chen, an emergency physician at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, diagnosed the city's first confirmed COVID-19 case last March.
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Dr. Angela Che... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Experts report increase in young kids ingesting hand sanitizer | Georgia Poison Center reports a 45% increase in hand sanitizer-related calls this year, compared to pre-pandemic numbers.
Author: Liza Lucas
Published: 7:28 AM EDT September 16, 2021
Updated: 8:28 AM EDT September 16, 2021
ATLANTA — Many people keep hand sanitizer around our homes, in a purse or car, within a child's r... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Air India Flight 245 crash | Air India Flight 101 was a scheduled Air India passenger flight from Bombay to London. On the morning of 24 January 1966, the aircraft operating the flight accidentally flew into Mont Blanc in France. The accident was caused by a misunderstood verbal instruction from the radar controller to the pilot in lieu of VOR dat... | Air crash | null | null |
CFMEU slapped with $800,000 fine over building site shutdowns, 'threatening' behaviour | 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
The CFMEU and 19 of its o... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Egypt unveils 59 ancient coffins in major archaeological discovery | CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Saturday put on show dozens of coffins belonging to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500 years ago, with archaeologists saying tens more were found in the vast Saqqara necropolis just days ago. The 59 coffins were discovered in August at the UNESCO world heritage site south o... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Tokyo Olympics 2021: Ryan Crouser breaks shot put world record during U.S. Olympic Trials | On the very first day of the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, a native son of the Beaver State punched his ticket to the Tokyo Olympics by shattering a world record that had stood even longer than he has been alive. And that achievement will set the tone for his Olympic title defense.
On Friday, Ryan Crouser brok... | Break historical records | null | null |
Israel to Withdraw from UNESCO | Israel announced on Friday that it will leave the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) by the end of 2018. The decision was made due to attempts by UNESCO to “disconnect Jewish history from the land of Israel,” and in an expression of gratitude to the United States. “UNESCO, led by ... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
At least 4 dead, 6 missing after collapse of Cebu mine | OPERATION. Together with the city’s disaster risk reduction and management office, Carmen Copper Corporation and response teams from other government agencies have set up an incident command post in the site. Photo from Toledo City PIO CEBU CITY, Philippines Carmen Copper Corporation, which owns the mining pit, is the ... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami | The 2010 Mentawai earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.8[1] on 25 October off the western coast of Sumatra at 21:42 local time (14:42 UTC). [4] The earthquake occurred on the same fault that produced the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. It was widely felt across the provinces of Bengkulu and West Sumatra and r... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Sempati Air Flight 304 crash | Sempati Air Flight 304 (SSR304) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight, flying from Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung, West Java to Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta. On 17 July 1997, the aircraft operating the flight, a Fokker F27 Friendship 600 leased from Trigana Air Service, registered PK... | Air crash | null | null |
Alaska Airlines Flight 779 crash | Report released on October 10, 1962. File No. 1-0002
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD
AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT
ADOPTED: October 5, 1962
RELEASED: October 10, 1962
ALASKA AIRLINES, INC., DOUGLAS DC-6A, N 6118C,
SHEMYA, ALASKA. JULY 21, 1961
SYNOPSIS
An Alaska Airlines, Inc., Douglas DC-6A, N 6118C, Flight CKA 779 of July 2... | Air crash | null | null |
Facebook could be fined $156 million by Belgium for breaching privacy laws | A Belgian court has threatened Facebook with a fine of up to 100 million euros ($156 million) if it continued to break privacy laws by tracking people on third-party websites.
In a case brought by Belgium's privacy watchdog, the court also ruled that Facebook had to delete all data it had gathered illegally on Belgian ... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Man who kept waking up in the night sweating is diagnosed with rare cancer | Geoff Melling was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour after experiencing night sweats. He had surgery and after a period of recovery, he began working for the NHS
A man has spoken of his experience after his frequent night sweats turned out to be a rare form of cancer.
Geoff Melling, 63, began experiencing the sympt... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
1925 Kita Tajima earthquake | The 1925 North Tajima earthquake (Japanese: 北但馬地震[8]) was an earthquake that occurred on May 23, 1925 at Toyooka, Hyōgo in Japan. This earthquake's epicenter was in the Maruyama River estuary. [9]
According to the Japanese government's official report, there were 428 human fatalities, 1,016 people injured, 7,863 build... | Earthquakes | null | null |
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