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Carbon monoxide poisoning suspected in deaths of couple | NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa. (AP) — Carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected in the deaths of an elderly couple in western Pennsylvania, authorities said.
The bodies of Joseph and Freda Polinski, both 88, were found late Thursday night after a relative unable to contact them went to their North Huntingdon Township home, the Wes... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Climate crisis: Madagascar drought worsens | Women, children have to walk for hours to get to food distribution points; families living on raw red cactus fruits, wild leaves and locusts By Anshika Ravi Published: Thursday 15 July 2021 South Madagascar is experiencing its worst drought in four decades: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned th... | Droughts | null | null |
Aeroflot Flight 663 crash | Aeroflot Flight 663 was a Soviet passenger flight from Tbilisi International Airport to Krasnodar International Airport that crashed on 24 August 1963, in the Kutaisi region. The crash involved an Aeroflot Avia 14. All 27 passengers and 5 crew on board were killed. The aircraft had a serial number of 602107 and was rel... | Air crash | null | null |
Famine-stricken Madagascar donations pour in from ‘World News Tonight’ viewers | (NEW YORK) — Donations have poured in from thousands of “World News Tonight” viewers in the wake of our report on Southern Madagascar, a country on the verge of the world’s first climate change-induced near-famine in modern history. Unlike other countries, where extreme hunger and near-famine conditions are caused by ... | Famine | null | null |
Montana Tech Will Study Ground at Collapsed Mine | Experts from Montana Technological University will soon begin to analyze the what lies underground in Black Hawk neighborhood where homes have been evacuated because ground over an abandoned mine collapsed. Montana Tech Will Study Ground at Collapsed Mine BLACK HAWK, S.D. (AP) — Experts from Montana Technological Unive... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Florida Man Kills Woman After Early Release From 40-Year Sentence for Murder | Police in South Florida charged a man on Saturday for the murder of a single mother, about a year after he was released from prison early. Eric Pierson is charged with first-degree murder for the death of Erika Verdecia, according to News4Jax. Verdecia's corpse was found outside Fort Lauderdale on Saturday after a thre... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
Asiana Airlines Flight 162 crash | Asiana Airlines Flight 162 was a regular short-haul international passenger flight from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea, to Hiroshima Airport in Hiroshima, Japan. [1] On 14 April 2015, the Airbus A320-232 aircraft touched down short of the runway, struck the localizer array, skidded onto the runwa... | Air crash | null | null |
1967 anti-Chinese riots in Myanmar | Burmese population against Chinese people in Burma. The trouble flared in Rangoon on 26 June 1967, largely in response to the People's Republic of China's attempt to spread the cultural revolution ideology amongst Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asian countries such as Burma. The riots caused a deterioration in Sino-Burm... | Riot | null | null |
2006 Shree Air Mil Mi-8 crash | On 23 September 2006, a Shree Air Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed on a chartered flight from Phungling to Ghunsa in Eastern Nepal. The accident killed all 24 passengers and crew on board, including an expedition of World Wide Fund for Nature. [1]
The helicopter involved with the accident was a Mil Mi-8 MTV 1. On board the... | Air crash | null | null |
Daeyeonggak Hotel fire | Coordinates: 37°33′39″N 126°58′58″E / 37.560882°N 126.982714°E / 37.560882; 126.982714
The Daeyeonggak Hotel fire was a skyscraper fire in Seoul, South Korea on 25 December 1971, that killed 164 people and injured 63 people. [2] It remains the deadliest hotel fire in world history. The 22-storey Daeyeonggak Hotel (... | Fire | null | null |
Four mine workers trapped, feared dead in Orkney | Four mine workers are trapped and feared dead at the Tau Lekoa mine in Orkney, following "seismic activity" on Friday afternoon. National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu confirmed the incident, saying the seismic activity took place at 12:00 on Friday afternoon. As a result, five mine workers... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
The world's first wooden satellite will launch this year | WISA Woodsat, a nanosatellite that measures 4 by 4 by 4 inches (10 by 10 by 10 centimeters) and weighs about 2.2 lbs. (1 kilogram), uses a special type of coated plywood (called WISA) for its surface panels. The wooden satellite will launch as part of a mission, designed by Arctic Astronautics, a Finnish company manufa... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
President Donald Trump’s diplomatic debut | “We’ll be watching this meeting very closely” to judge its execution, said one official from a major U.S. ally whose leader will likely meet with President Donald Trump soon. | Getty
It's President Donald Trump’s diplomatic debut. And the world is holding its breath.
Trump’s meeting on Friday with British Prime Ministe... | Diplomatic Visit | null | null |
GBI Investigates Officer Involved Shooting in Camden County | Waverly, GA (December 10, 2021) – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an officer involved shooting investigation in Waverly, Camden County, GA. On Friday, December 10, 2021, the Camden County Sheriff’s Office asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to investigate the incident that occurred on Amber Driv... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Victoria’s Belt and Road deal with China torn up | The Australian government has torn up Victoria’s controversial Belt and Road agreement with China, saying it falls foul of the country’s national interest, in a move that will further inflame tensions between Canberra and Beijing.
China’s foreign mission reacted swiftly on Wednesday night, warning the decision would pu... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
A Franklin woman is accused of stealing from and fatally poisoning a friend with eyedrops | A Franklin woman allegedly stole thousands of dollars from a family friend she was caring for, fatally poisoned her with eyedrops, and staged the scene to look as if an overdose occurred, according to a criminal complaint.
Jessy R. Kurczewski, 37, has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide, theft of movea... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Mississippi flood of 1973 | The Mississippi flood of 1973 occurred between March and May 1973 on the lower Mississippi River. [1] The flooding was the third most severe along the U.S.'s Mississippi River during the 20th century. A series of unusually cold winters in the river basin concluded in the winter of 1972-1973, when high precipitation sat... | Floods | null | null |
First moments of violent Markham bank robbery caught on surveillance video | New surveillance video exclusively obtained by CP24 captures the initial moments of a violent bank robbery in Markham that injured four employees Wednesday night. The incident occurred at an RBC bank near 16th Avenue and Markham Road shortly after 8 p.m. on Wednesday. In the video, the suspects are seen getting out o... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
US announced it will withdraw from the UNESCO | The US has announced it will withdraw from the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), accusing the body of “anti-Israel bias”. Heather Nauert, US state department spokesperson, said on Thursday the US would establish an “observer mission” to replace its representation at the Paris-based agency. I... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Chinese-owned Ramu Nickel plant spills 200,000 litres of 'toxic' slurry into the sea |
A Chinese nickel mine operator has apologised after accidentally spilling an estimated 200,000 litres of toxic slurry into a bay in Papua New Guinea's Madang province, turning the water bright red and staining the shore.
Mining authorities in PNG said the spilled material was a mineral-rich slurry that had been piped ... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
1981 Hong Kong riots |
Multiple disturbances broke out on Christmas Day of 1981 and New Year's Day of 1982 in Hong Kong. Since the majority of the participants were youths, the riots were also named as the Christmas youth riots of 1981 and New Year youth riots of 1982. The riots had a long-term impact on the government's youth policy. A r... | Riot | null | null |
American west stuck in cycle of ‘heat, drought and fire’, experts warn | As fires propagate throughout the US west on the heels of record heatwaves, experts are warning that the region is caught in a vicious feedback cycle of extreme heat, drought and fire, all amplified by the climate crisis. Firefighters are battling blazes from Arizona to Washington state that are burning with a worrying... | Droughts | null | null |
14 Celebrities You Didn't Know Have Been Divorced | We may think we know everything there is to know about our favourite celebrities, but every now and then a little factoid will pop up that surprises us.
Whether it's an unexpected child (did you know Alfie Allen AKA Theon Greyjoy was a dad ?) or a Las Vegas wedding , there are certain things those in the public eye cho... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Ansei great earthquakes | The Ansei great earthquakes (安政の大地震, Ansei no Dai Jishin) were a series of three major earthquakes that struck Japan during the Ansei era (1854–1860). The earthquake was blamed on a giant catfish (Namazu) thrashing about. [by whom?] Ukiyo-e prints depicting namazu became very popular around this time. 1854 Iga-Ueno ear... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Indus Mining Services fined $60,000 over bee sting death at Western Australian mine | 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
A mining contractor has b... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Malaysian workbarge sinks, 121 crew rescued | An offshore workbarge sunk at the Baram field in Malaysian waters this morning, sparking a huge rescue operation. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency has confirmed that offshore vessel Sapura Constructor reported that it had received an emergency signal from the sinking Dayang Topaz, located around 7.7 nautical m... | Shipwreck | null | null |
India's Chandrayaan-2 Moon Orbiter Releases Vikram Lunar Lander | On Sept. 2, the Indian Space Research Organisation's Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter successfully released its Vikram lander in lunar orbit as seen in this illustrated depiction. The two halves of India's moon mission have parted ways in preparation for the tensest moment of the entire endeavor. Today (Sept. 2), the Chandr... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
France accuses Biden of sinking Australia submarine deal | French FM says US-UK-Australia defence deal was a ‘stab in the back’, as he draws parallels between Biden and Trump.
France has accused US President Joe Biden of acting like his predecessor Donald Trump after Paris was pushed aside from a lucrative defence deal that it had signed with Australia.
Foreign minister Jean-Y... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Florida Gulf Coast University Athletics | (Seymour, Ind./Columbus East HS) among the group. The award annually recognizes student-athletes who excel in the classroom, on the court, in the community, and display high character. Dana Axner (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman HS) became the first representatives from the volleyball program to be recognized among the i... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
Empath Health’s Executive Team Takes Shape Following Merger with Stratum | Empath Health is assembling its senior leadership team as it moves forward with integration following last year’s move to merge with Stratum Health. Executive-level positions will oversee strategy and integration, operations, legal affairs and finance areas of the recently created nonprofit hospice provider. The two F... | Organization Merge | null | null |
FBI seeks men wanted for takeover bank robbery in Escondido | and last updated 2019-11-07 15:37:04-05 ESCONDIDO, Calif. (KGTV) - The FBI and Escondido Police asked Thursday for the public’s help to find three men suspected of robbing a North County bank. The takeover-style robbery happened just before 10 a.m. on May 23, according to FBI Special Agent Davene Butler. The group back... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Augusta fire of 1916 | A fire destroyed much of Augusta, Georgia on March 22, 1916. Photographs captured the event. [1] The fire was blamed on an unattended iron in a tailor's shop. It was the worst fire in Augusta's history and impacted 25 blocks from 8th Street to East Boundary Street, including portions of downtown and Olde Town. No one w... | Fire | null | null |
Simply Energy fined $2.5 million after agents fraudulently switched customers' accounts | A Victorian-based energy company has been fined $2.5 million over a scam involving door-to-door sales agents allegedly switching people to a new energy provider without their consent.
Simply Energy was hit with 125 penalty notices by the Essential Services Commission over the actions of two sales agents between July 20... | Organization Fine | null | null |
A landslide in Mocoa, Colombia killing more than 300 people | In April 2017, a landslide in Mocoa, Colombia, ripped through a local town, killing more than 300 people. Nicolás Pérez-Consuegra grew up about 570 miles north in Santander, Colombia, and was shocked as he watched the devastation on television. At that time, he was an undergraduate intern at the Smithsonian Tropical Re... | Mudslides | null | null |
Southeast Missouri State University to distribute COVID-19 relief funds to students | CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - The pandemic has caused many financial disruptions for students pursuing a higher education, but some relief is on the way. Southeast Missouri State University will distribute more than $10 million in Higher Education Emergency Relief funds directly to students. “I think it’s amazing that t... | Financial Aid | null | null |
2016 Azerbaijani protests | The 2016 Azerbaijan Protests - Protests against price increases, unemployment and the social situation in Azerbaijan since January 12, 2016. On January 12, 2016, protests were held in Lankaran, Fizuli and Siyazan in connection with the social situation. Residents of Lankaran's Liman settlement closed the Alat-Astara ro... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Canadian Reverse Mortgage Industry Leader to be Acquired by Teachers’ Pension Organization | HomeEquity Bank (HEB), a Canadian federal bank and the leader of the nation’s reverse mortgage industry, announced on Wednesday that it will be acquired by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board which is responsible for administering defined-benefit pensions for school teachers of Ontario, the Canadian province which... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Japan military joins historic Philippine war games | SAN ANTONIO, Philippines: Japanese troops stormed a beach in the Philippines Saturday in joint exercises with US and Filipino troops that officials said marked the first time Tokyo’s armored vehicles rolled on foreign soil since World War II. The small Japanese contingent played a humanitarian support role in the dri... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372 crash | On 15 July 1960, at 09:04, Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372, a C-47 Skytrain registered as ET-T-18, took off from Bulki, Ethiopia, on a short-haul flight to Aba Segud Airport, Jimma, Ethiopia. There were eight passengers, three crew and a cargo of coffee on board. At 09:40, the pilot requested the activation of the Jimma... | Air crash | null | null |
1949 Sabena DC-3 Crash crash | The 1949 Sabena DC-3 Crash was the crash of a Douglas DC-3 of the Belgian airline Sabena in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France, on 18 December 1949. None of the eight people on board survived the incident. [1]
The Douglas DC-3 involved was built in 1946 with serial number 10241 and registration OO-AUQ and was used by the Belgia... | Air crash | null | null |
Invergordon Mutiny |
The Invergordon Mutiny was an industrial action[citation needed] by around 1,000 sailors in the British Atlantic Fleet that took place on 15–16 September 1931. For two days, ships of the Royal Navy at Invergordon were in open mutiny, in one of the few military strikes in British history. The mutiny caused a panic on ... | Strike | null | null |
2013 CHC Helicopters Eurocopter AS332 crash | On 23 August 2013, a Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma helicopter belonging to CHC Helicopters crashed into the sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) from Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, while en route from the Borgsten Dolphin drilling rig. The accident killed four passengers; twelve other passengers and two cre... | Air crash | null | null |
2014 IIHF World Championship Division II |
The 2014 IIHF World Championship Division II was a pair of international Ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Belgrade, Serbia, running from 9 to 15 April 2014 and Group B was contested in Jaca, Spain, running from 5 to 11 April 2014. [1] Divisions II A... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Civica Rx has been formally established as a nonprofit organization | A coalition of hospital groups made good on its plan to set up a nonprofit generic drugmaker Thursday. Civica Rx has been formally established as a nonprofit organization headquartered in Utah. Seven health organizations representing 500 hospitals – Catholic Health Initiatives, HCA Healthcare, Intermountain Healthcare,... | Organization Established | null | null |
Carlton Barber's Shop fire | The Carlton Barber's Shop fire was an act of mass murder that killed twenty people and injured seven others in the Carlton Barber's Shop (Chinese: 卡爾登理容院), a massage parlor in Taipei, Taiwan on May 12, 1993. The perpetrator, 52-year-old Liang Hsin-teng (Chinese: 梁興登), had an argument with the shop's owner. He set himse... | Fire | null | null |
More than 2,000 people have fled from a volcano eruption that has filled the air near the Philippine capital with toxic gas, officials said on Saturday | MANILA (AFP) - More than 2,000 people have fled from a volcano eruption that has filled the air near the Philippine capital with toxic gas, officials said on Saturday (July 3). Taal volcano, which sits in a picturesque lake, has been belching sulphur dioxide for several days, creating a thick haze over Manila and sever... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
King Felipe and Queen Letizia head to La Palma following volcanic eruption | King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain have visited the island of La Palma following a volcanic eruption last week. Their Majesties visited the island to learn more about how the people are coping and what emergency services are doing to help. The King and Queen went to evacuation centres and spoke to those impacted b... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
2017–2019 Romanian protests |
There were numerous protests against the Romanian Government between 2017 and 2019. In January 2017, days after the government of the Grindeanu Cabinet was sworn into office in Romania, protests took place throughout the country against ordinance bills that were proposed by the Romanian Ministry of Justice regardin... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Fremantle Prison riot |
The Fremantle Prison riot was a prison riot that occurred on 4 January 1988 at Fremantle Prison, in Western Australia. The riot was organised as a diversion for an escape that was to take place. Prisoners created a fire as part of the diversion, and temperatures inside the cells were recorded at 52.2 °C (126 °F). 3 d... | Riot | null | null |
Guy-Greenbrier earthquake swarm | The Guy-Greenbrier earthquake swarm occurred in central Arkansas beginning in August 2010. [2] The epicenters of earthquakes in the swarm showed a linear distribution, with a clear overall shift in activity towards the southwest with time,[3] and the largest event in the swarm was the 2011 Arkansas earthquake, at 4.7 o... | Earthquakes | null | null |
UK miners' strike (1969) | The UK miners' strike of 1969 was an unofficial strike that involved 140 of the 307 collieries owned by the National Coal Board, including all collieries in the Yorkshire area. [1] The strike began on 13 October 1969 and lasted for roughly two weeks, with some pits returning to work before others. The NCB lost £15 mil... | Strike | null | null |
Ex-NPA rebels, residents of Bacolod village avail of gov’t aid | GOV’T AID. Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia (center), with village chief Ricky Mijares (left) and DILG-Bacolod Director Ma. Joy Maredith Madayag (right), join the beneficiaries of medical and burial assistance in Barangay Banago, during the distribution rites held at the Banago Elementary School I Gym on Sept. 22, 2... | Financial Aid | null | null |
The Straits Times | SINGAPORE - Seven family members of a 38-year-old Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer who was earlier diagnosed with Covid-19 are confirmed to have the virus, and were likely to have caught it during a gathering last Sunday (April 25).
The Health Ministry (MOH) gave this update on Thursday night, addin... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Montenegro officially joins NATO | What's the point of NATO? 01:23
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Montenegro was formally invited to join the alliance in 2015
Monday's event comes on the heels of Trump's controversial appearance at a NATO meeting last month
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NATO officially welcomed Montenegro as its 29th member on Monday during a ceremony at the US S... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
Old National and First Midwest Announce Merger to Create a Premier Midwestern Bank | EVANSVILLE, Ind. & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Old National Bancorp (“Old National”) (NASDAQ: ONB) and First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (“First Midwest”) (NASDAQ: FMBI), jointly announced today they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals transaction with a total market valu... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Climate causes famine in Southern Madagascar | ANTANANARIVO – As climate talks get underway in Glasgow, families in Southern Madagascar, where climate is driving famine-like conditions, brace themselves for yet another harsh year ahead as the ongoing drought shows no signs of abating, signaling deteriorating hunger. Severe hunger has touched over 1.1 million people... | Famine | null | null |
New testimony reveals what happened before the Golden Ray capsized off the Georgia coast | Updated 0455 GMT (1255 HKT) September 22, 2020 People walk the beach near the Golden Ray cargo ship on February 27, 2020, in Jekyll Island, Georgia. The vessel capsized in St. Simons Sound in 2019. Plans to cut it into segments and lift it out of the water have been on hold because of coronavirus. (CNN) For the first t... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Myanmar ethnic groups sign ceasefire agreement | The government of Myanmar has signed a ceasefire agreement with eight armed ethnic groups, that may end years of fighting around the country's borders.
The signing ceremony in the capital Nay Pyi Taw is the result of two years of negotiations. Seven major insurgent groups have refused to sign - saying the deal does not... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
Colin Powell had blood cancer that made it harder to fight infections, reports say | Former Secretary of State Colin Powell reportedly had been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer that made it difficult to fight infections before his Monday death from what his family described as complications related to COVID-19.
More: Colin Powell, first Black secretary of state, dies from COVID-19 complications
Mu... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
Motorists urged by Number 10 to 'shop for fuel as usual' as BP shuts some petrol stations | The company insists it has plenty of fuel but too few delivery drivers to keep up with demand as petrol provision becomes the supply chain problems described as a "cocktail of chaos". By James Sillars and John-Paul Ford Rojas, business reporters Friday 24 September 2021 07:49, UK Motorists have been urged by the gove... | Organization Closed | null | null |
HealthEngine, medical booking app, facing multi-million-dollar fines for selling patient data | 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
Australia's biggest medic... | Organization Fine | null | null |
1945 Mikawa earthquake | The 1945 Mikawa earthquake (三河地震, Mikawa jishin) occurred off Aichi prefecture, Japan at 03:38 AM on January 13. As it occurred during World War II, information about the disaster was censored. [1] Efforts at keeping the disaster secret hampered relief efforts and contributed to a high death toll. The Mikawa earthquake... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen train collision | The Garmisch-Partenkirchen train collision took place on 12 December 1995, when a Regio Express train running from Innsbruck to Munich departed from the station of Garmisch-Partenkirchen against a red light due to distraction, colliding with a tourist train, killing one person and injuring 51 others. The first train wa... | Train collisions | null | null |
Four dead and 141 in hospital in Louisiana for carbon monoxide poisoning following Hurricane Ida | Officials advise against keeping power generators within 20 feet of homes, as 400,000 wait for electricity to be resorted
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Four people have died and 141 have been hospitalised from carbon monoxide... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Great Fire of 1901 |
The Great Fire of 1901 was a conflagration that occurred in Jacksonville, Florida on Friday, May 3, 1901. It was one of the worst disasters in Florida history and the third largest urban fire in the U.S., next to the Great Chicago Fire, and the 1906 San Francisco fire. [1]
In 1901, Jacksonville was a city which cons... | Fire | null | null |
Great Hinckley Fire |
The Great Hinckley Fire was a conflagration in the pine forests of the U.S. state of Minnesota in September 1894, which burned an area of at least 200,000 acres (810 km2; 310 sq mi)[1] (perhaps more than 250,000 acres [1,000 km2; 390 sq mi]), including the town of Hinckley. The official death count was 418; the actua... | Fire | null | null |
Ådalen shootings | The Ådalen shootings (Swedish: skotten i Ådalen) was a series of events in and around the sawmill district of Ådalen, Kramfors Municipality, Ångermanland, Sweden, in May 1931. During a protest on 14 May, five people were killed by bullets fired by troops called in as reinforcements by the police. As a response to a dra... | Strike | null | null |
Christmas flood of 1964 | The Christmas flood of 1964 was a major flood in the United States' Pacific Northwest and some of Northern California between December 18, 1964, and January 7, 1965, spanning the Christmas holiday. [1]
Considered a 100-year flood,[2]
it was the worst flood in recorded history on nearly every major stream and river in c... | Floods | null | null |
China floods: Henan mother dies after saving baby from mudslide | Rescuers in China say a woman who flung her baby to safety, just as a mudslide and floods hit their home, has died. The baby girl was pulled out alive on Wednesday after more than 24 hours buried under rubble. Reports said heavy rains had triggered the landslide at Wangzongdian village in Henan province. The region has... | Mudslides | null | null |
Denguin rail crash | The Denguin rail crash occurred on 17 July 2014 when a TER passenger train collided with a SNCF TGV express train near Denguin, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. Forty people were injured, four seriously. A high-speed TGV train on the Pau-Bayonne line was transporting 178 people when a regional TER train carrying 60 passen... | Train collisions | null | null |
2011 Nations Cup |
The 2011 Nations Cup (also known as the Carling Nations Cup after its headline sponsor) was a round-robin football tournament between the Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales national teams. [1] The first set of two games were played in Dublin in February, with the remaining four games played in... | Sports Competition | null | null |
More than 12 million people in Syria and Iraq are losing access to water, food and electricity | More than 12 million people in Syria and Iraq are losing access to water, food and electricity and urgent action is needed to combat a severe water crisis, 13 aid groups working in the region warn today. Across the region, rising temperatures, record low levels of rainfall, and drought are depriving people of drinking ... | Droughts | null | null |
NYC School Closes After First Week of Classes Due to COVID Cases, Will Go to Remote Learning | A school in New York City was forced to close after its first week of classes due to 19 staff members testing positive for COVID-19. P.S. 79 in East Harlem will shut down starting Monday until September 28 due to "possible widespread exposure and transmission in the school," according to Manhattan Borough President Gal... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Firefly has struggled to reach orbit using its centerpiece Alpha rocket | A roughly $30 million handshake between two rivals is the latest display of consolidation in the small launch industry Astra, the small launch company that recently went public, has signed a roughly $30 million deal for the rights to manufacture Firefly Aerospace’s Reaver rocket engines in-house, according to a documen... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Brazilian bank robbers invade another city, sowing chaos and death | For the second night in a row, heavily armed bank robbers invaded a midsize city in Brazil, taking residents hostage as they looted a bank. The violence in the Amazonian city of Cameta came just one day after criminals struck another midsize city in a similar bank robbery on the opposite side of the country. The public... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
1968 Detroit riot | The 1967 Detroit Riot, also known as the Detroit Rebellion and the 12th Street Riot, was the bloodiest incident in the "Long, hot summer of 1967". Composed mainly of confrontations between black residents and the Detroit Police Department, it began in the early morning hours of Sunday July 23, 1967, in Detroit, Michiga... | Riot | null | null |
Downunder Hostel fire |
The Downunder Hostel Fire was a lethal fire on 17 September 1989, set shortly before 5:00 am in a backpackers hostel on Darlinghurst Road in the Kings Cross area of Sydney, Australia. [1] Kings Cross is a very popular destination with international backpackers visiting Australia. The fire was the fifth most deadly di... | Fire | null | null |
Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking crash | The Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking occurred on 11 December 1969. The aircraft, a Korean Air Lines NAMC YS-11 flying a domestic route from Gangneung Airbase in Gangneung, Gangwon, South Korea to Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, was hijacked at 12:25 PM by North Korean agent Cho Ch'ang-hŭi (조창희). [1][2] It was car... | Air crash | null | null |
Dubai’s recipe for a sustainable future | The UAE currently imports approximately 87 per cent of its total food supply – but aquaculture and hydroponic farming could help build a more sustainable future, all while facilitating fresher, better-tasting dishes. Atlantis, The Palm is one hotel that’s committed to putting locally sourced produce on the menu in Dub... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Trump abandons INF treaty | Trump has announced that he will withdraw the US from the INF treaty. This treaty has been a bedrock of nuclear arms control, having eliminated thousands of deadly nuclear missiles in Europe. This is a very dangerous moment for the whole world. A new nuclear arms race is emerging and the threat of nuclear war grows by ... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
3 local development organizations merge to create Evansville Regional Economic Partnership | EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Merging the Southwest Indiana Chamber of Commerce and two other agencies will create a leaner, more effective organization to recruit new local jobs and investment, officials said. The new organization is to be called Evansville Regional Economic Partnership. Its area of focus is Vanderburgh, Gibson,... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Denmark: Three die of salmonella poisoning linked to herbal remedy | Three people have died in what Danish health authorities say is a large outbreak of salmonella that has left 33 people ill.
Nineteen people have been treated in hospital, according to Denmark's SSI health agency. Those involved in the outbreak are aged between two and 92.
All those affected ate Husk brand psyllium husk... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Archaeologists uncover remains of Lithuania's 'Jerusalem' destroyed during World War 2 | The Great Synagogue of Vilna was once known as the "Jerusalem of Lithuania," but was destroyed by the Soviets in 1956 after it had been burned down. Now, 64 years later, excavations of the site have meant spectacular elements of the Synagogue have been rediscovered. This includes the remains of ark and bema, which is ... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
US withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council | The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday accusing it of a “chronic bias against Israel,” a move that activists warned would make advancing human rights globally even more difficult. Standing with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Haley slammed Russia, China, Cuba and Egypt fo... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Joint US-Moroccan military exercise to be held June 7-18 | RABAT - The joint US-Moroccan exercise “African Lion 2021” will take place on June 7-18, 2021, in the regions of Agadir, Tifnit, Tan Tan, Mehbes, Tafraout, Ben Guerir and Kenitra, and will involve thousands of troops from several countries and a very large number of land, air and sea equipment, reported Morocco’s offic... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Lufthansa Flight 649 crash | The hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 615 was an act of terrorism committed by a Palestinian group that occurred on 29 October 1972 and aimed at the liberation of the three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre from a West German prison. When the Lufthansa airplane was seized by sympathisers of the Black September ... | Air crash | null | null |
1979 Mosfellsheiði air crashes crash | The 1979 Mosfellsheiði air crashes where two aviation accidents in Iceland that occurred about four hours apart on 18 December 1979 on a heath between Reykjavík and Þingvellir. [1] The first accident occurred when a Cessna F172M Skyhawk aircraft, with four on board, crashed into the heath. The second accident occurred ... | Air crash | null | null |
Yemeni children suffer record rates of acute malnutrition, putting ‘entire generation’ at risk | Yemeni children are suffering acute malnutrition at unprecedented rates as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis grinds on and funding falls far short of what is needed to offset the effects of conflict and economic collapse, UN agencies said in a statement on Tuesday. New analysis from the Integrated Food Security ... | Famine | null | null |
2011 Southeast Asian floods | The 2011 monsoon season saw one record flood event in Indochina across several countries and a few separate limited flood events parts of the same nations: Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar and heavy flooding in Vietnam. Meanwhile, Laos also sustained flood damage. By late October 2011, 2.3 million people have been hit by... | Floods | null | null |
2021 TAF AS532 crash | The 2021 Turkish Air Force Eurocopter AS532 Cougar crash occurred on 4 March 2021, when a Turkish Air Force (TAF) Eurocopter AS532 Cougar, en route to Tatvan District in Bitlis, Turkey, crashed in Bitlis Province. Eleven Turkish servicemen on board were killed in the crash, while two other servicemen survived the crash... | Air crash | null | null |
Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983 | The Arizona copper mine strike of 1983 began as a bargaining dispute between the Phelps Dodge Corporation and a group of union copper miners and mill workers, led by the United Steelworkers. The subsequent strike lasted nearly three years, and resulted in replacement of most of the striking workers and decertification ... | Strike | null | null |
ABC News president calls for independent investigation in sexual assault case - source | The logo of the ABC television network is pictured during the ABC network presentation to the Television Critics Association in Pasadena, California July 19, 2006. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo
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World's largest aircraft carrier, Indian warships conduct naval exercise together. See pics | World's largest aircarft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) along with Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), participated in joint naval exercises with the Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean starting... | Military Exercise | null | null |
2021 South Sudan Supreme Airlines Let L-410 Turbolet crash | By David Kaminski-Morrow4 March 2021
South Sudan’s leader has ordered the suspension of local operator South Sudan Supreme Airlines after the fatal crash of a Let L-410 turboprop. President Salva Kiir Mayardit says he is directing the ministry of transport and the civil aviation authority to “suspend” the carrier’s op... | Air crash | null | null |
American Ryan Crouser breaks 31-year-old shot put world record | The record was older than he is. When Ryan Crouser broke it, "it felt like it was a huge weight lifted."
The 28-year-old who built a training ring at his home in Arkansas to stay on point during the coronavirus pandemic shattered a shot put world record Friday night that was set 2 1/2 years before he was born.
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Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement | The Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM) was an organization of African-American workers formed in May 1968 in the Chrysler Corporation's Dodge Main assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit labor activist Martin Glaberman estimated at the time that the Hamtramck plant was 70 per cent black while the union loca... | Strike | null | null |
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Sydney McLaughlin breaks own world record to earn 400m hurdles title | Sydney McLaughlin's world record-breaking race comes after Norway's Karsten Warholm also broke his own world record in the men's 400m hurdles on Tuesday; American compatriot Dalilah Muhammad took silver and Femke Bol of the Netherlands earned the bronze medal
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Sydney McLaughlin clinches gol... | Break historical records | null | null |
2017 Guatemala orphanage fire |
The 2017 Guatemala orphanage fire occurred on 8 March 2017, at the Virgen de la Asunción Safe Home in San José Pinula, Guatemala. Forty-one girls, aged between 14 and 17 years old, were killed when a fire broke out at the orphanage. The girls had been locked in a schoolroom following protests, riots and an escape att... | Fire | null | null |
Coronavirus pandemic will cause global famines of 'biblical proportions,' UN warns | The world is facing multiple famines of "biblical proportions" in just a matter of months, the UN has said, warning that the coronavirus pandemic will push an additional 130 million people to the brink of starvation. Famines could take hold in "about three dozen countries" in a worst-case scenario, the executive direc... | Famine | null | null |
West Las Vegas riots | The West Las Vegas riots were sparked on April 29, 1992, after the Rodney King verdict, where all four white Los Angeles Police Department officers were acquitted for the beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles, California. After the Los Angeles riots were sparked, Black residents of West Las Vegas started to loot and bu... | Riot | null | null |
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