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Auction being held to support injured New Iberia firefighters | and last updated 2021-09-21 14:57:46-04
The Louisiana State Firemen's Association is helping out a local fire department, raising money for their injured crew.
In July, three New Iberia firefighters were injured in a gas explosion at a local business. The association shared a link to an auction with items that can be b... | Gas explosion | null | null |
1933 Imperial Airways Diksmuide crash | On 28 March 1933, an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy II passenger aircraft, named City of Liverpool and operated by British airline Imperial Airways, crashed near Diksmuide, Belgium, after suffering an onboard fire;[1] all fifteen people aboard were killed, making it the deadliest accident in the history of British civil av... | Air crash | null | null |
1970 Tonghai earthquake |
The 1970 Tonghai earthquake (Chinese: 1970年通海地震) occurred at 01:00:41 local time on January 5 with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The strike-slip rupture originated on the Red River Fault, which had not experienced an earthquake above magnitude 7 since 1700, and affected To... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Aeroservicios Ecuatorianos Flight 767-103 crash | Aeroservicios Ecuatorianos Flight 767-103 was a scheduled freight flight from Miami in the United States to Guayaquil, Ecuador with an intermediate stop in the Ecuadorian capital Quito. On 18 September 1984 the flight was being operated by a Douglas DC-8-55F jet (registered in Ecuador as HC-BKN). [1][2][3] It failed to... | Air crash | null | null |
IMF Survey: Tuvalu Becomes IMF's 187th Member | Tuvalu joined the IMF on June 24, becoming the institution’s 187th member.
Tuvalu’s Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Lotoala Metia, signed the IMF’s Articles of Agreement at IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C. Afelee Pita, the country’s Ambassador to the United Nations also attended the signing ceremony.
A ... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
Dr. Oz and wife's unique marriage revealed - everything you need to know | Hannah Hargrave Dr. Oz and his wife, Lisa, have been married for more than three decades and there are some surprises up their sleeves when it comes to their relationship Dr. Oz isn’t just a much-loved TV doctor, he's a proud father-of-four and a doting husband to his wife, Lisa. The couple have a wonderful life at th... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Trump’s company puts D.C. hotel lease up for sale, again, with many hotels closed by COVID-19 | Former president Donald Trump’s company has again hired a broker to sell the lease to its D.C. hotel, according to two people familiar with the discussions, a second attempt to unload the property after the pandemic thwarted a previous effort. The Trump Organization previously listed the Pennsylvania Avenue hotel, in ... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Marise Payne doesn't expect Beijing to retaliate over the axing of Victoria's Belt and Road deal. | Marise Payne doesn't expect Beijing to retaliate over the axing of Victoria's Belt and Road deal. Australia's foreign minister has defended her decision to tear up Victoria's Belt and Road agreement with China, saying she doesn't expect retaliation from Beijing. Marise Payne announced on Wednesday night the infrastruct... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Gretchen Whitmer creates Food Security Council with executive order | Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order to create the Food Security Council within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), her office announced in a press release on Friday. The council, created by Executive Order 2020-167, was established by the governor to address food insecurity in... | Organization Established | null | null |
Warrants issued for bank robbery suspects | Arrest warrants have been issued for two men from NSW suspected of recent bank robberies in the Riverland, in South Australia's south-east. Local detectives say the men are wanted over the hold-up of the Westpac Bank at Barmera in January and attempted hold-up in March. The men are also suspects in the robbery of the R... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
1 dead, 12 crewmembers missing after boat capsizes in rough seas off Louisiana | The Coast Guard searched for 12 people missing off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday after finding one dead crewmember and pulling six survivors from rough seas when their commercial platform vessel capsized in hurricane-force winds. Coast Guard Capt. Will Watson said winds were 80 to 90 mph when the vessel overturne... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Potential Consequences of the U.S. Withdrawal from the JCPOA | On May 8, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump announced his decision to end the extension of waivers on nuclear sanctions against Iran, in effect, withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), almost a week before the deadline. Under the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Altamirano rail disaster | The Altamirano rail disaster occurred in 1964 in the city of Altamirano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, when a passenger train collided head on with a freight train, killing 34 people. [1][2]
On the morning of February 1, 1964, a diesel-hauled[1] twelve-carriage holiday excursion train left the seaside resort of Mar Del Pla... | Train collisions | null | null |
United Airlines has placed its largest order ever for a total of 270 Airbus and Boeing jets | United Airlines has placed its largest order ever for a total of 270 Airbus and Boeing jets. (Boeing) United Airlines placed the largest combined order in the Chicago-based air carrier's history for 270 new Airbus and Boeing aircraft. The order includes 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8s, 150 737 MAX 10s, and 70 Airbus A321neos, wi... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
2005–06 Niger food crisis | The 2005–2006 Niger food crisis was a severe but localized food security crisis in the regions of northern Maradi, Tahoua, Tillabéri, and Zinder of Niger from 2005 to 2006. It was caused by an early end to the 2004 rains, desert locust damage to some pasture lands, high food prices, and chronic poverty. In the affected... | Famine | null | null |
1947 Gisborne earthquakes and tsunami |
The 1947 Gisborne earthquakes and tsunami occurred east of Gisborne and offshore from New Zealand's North Island. Both the two earthquakes are estimated to have measured at most 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale. [1]
The first earthquake, which struck offshore Poverty Bay on 26 March 1947 at 8:32 am NZST, seemed lik... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Controversial celebrity marriages | It's hard enough to date in Hollywood without choosing a partner who brings the wrong kind of attention to the relationship… Wonderwall.com is taking a look back at some of the most controversial marriages over the years, starting with this whopper: In 1997, Woody Allen married Soon-Yi Previn, the adopted daughter of h... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
April 2011 Fukushima earthquake | The April 2011 Fukushima earthquake (福島県浜通り地震, Fukushima-ken Hamadōri jishin, lit. "Fukushima Hamadōri earthquake"[2]) was a potent magnitude 6.6 Mw intraplate aftershock that occurred at 17:16 JST (08:16 UTC) on 11 April, in the Hamadōri region of Fukushima, Japan. With a shallow focus of 13 km (8.1 mi), the earthquak... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Locust invasion warning: China on the brink of ‘disaster’ – officials on alert | A swarm of yellow-spined bamboo locusts have decimated large areas of land in the southern city of Pu’er. The invasion of crop-eating pests embarked on its path of destruction for more than 200 miles from China’s border with Laos. Local officials confirmed up to 26 square miles of fields have already been destro... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Rally death attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning | STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say the death of a Nebraska man at the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota is apparently due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
The Omaha man, who has not been identified, was found dead in his motor home at the rally on Tuesday. The Meade County coroner is investigating.
Offici... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Gunman Robs Bank in Sterling | The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery of a Sterling bank that occurred Saturday morning. According to the report, the man entered the Bank of America on Dulles Crossing Plaza at approximately10:30 a.m. Jan. 2 and approached a teller. He displayed a firearm and demanded cash. The suspect ... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
2020–21 Alabama aluminum plant strike |
The 2020 Alabama aluminum plant strike is a labor strike that occurred in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States from December 2020 to January 2021. The strike involved approximately 400 members of the United Steelworkers Local 200, over alleged unfair labor practices by Constellium, a multinational producer of alumin... | Strike | null | null |
LifePoint Health purchases post-acute services company Kindred Healthcare, commits to 3-year, $1.5B investment | LifePoint Health is set to acquire post-acute healthcare services company Kindred Healthcare and invest $1.5 billion over three years across the combined organization, the Tennessee-based for-profit provider announced. The purchase adds 62 long-term acute care facilities, 25 inpatient rehabilitation facilities, more th... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Golden Ray catches fire off St. Simons Island during salvage effort, no injuries reported | A live video feed of the Golden Ray, a cargo ship that capsized Sept. 8, 2019, off St. Simons Island, shows smoke pouring from the ship on Friday afternoon. The fire began smoldering around noon Friday and increased in intensity around 1 p.m., said Tyler Jones, spokesman for the Coastal Resources Division of the Georgi... | Shipwreck | null | null |
A mine in the northwest Xinjiang region experienced an underground flood | A mine in the northwest Xinjiang region experienced an underground flood on Saturday evening, affecting 29 workers. Eight workers have been rescued and the remaining 21 are still trapped. The accident occurred at the Fengyuan Coal mine in Hutubi County as upgrades were being conducted. According to the Times, the coal ... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Anthracite Coal Strike |
The Coal strike of 1902 (also known as the anthracite coal strike)[1][2] was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners striked for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel s... | Strike | null | null |
Happy Olympic Day! | The Olympic men's 100 metres title, property since 2008 of Jamaican icon Usain Bolt, has now passed, most unexpectedly, to Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who clocked a European record of 9.80sec to complete an extraordinary Italian double following his team mate Gianmarco Tamberi's sharing of the men's high jump title.
Tamberi... | Break historical records | null | null |
Liverpool dockers' strike (1995–98) |
The Liverpool Dockers' dispute was a lengthy dispute between dockers, their employers Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC) and Torside Ltd, which lasted for twenty-eight months between 1995 and 1998 in Liverpool, England. Although considered a strike, it was strictly a lockout as the employers, Mersey Docks, sacke... | Strike | null | null |
Healthcare Companies and Health Systems Continue to Grow Through Mergers and Acquisitions Despite COVID-19 Pandemic | Consolidation of hospitals and health systems means consolidated medical laboratory services as well, and that impacts laboratory revenue and staff Though COVID-19 shifted many healthcare systems’ priorities in 2020—including quite dramatically altering the priorities of the nation’s clinical laboratories—the SARS-CoV... | Organization Merge | null | null |
Coal-fired power pollution from Ipswich's Swanbank power station a 'toxic time bomb' for nearby residents |
Nearly a decade after the Swanbank A coal-fired power station closed, the toxic pollution left behind is yet to be properly dealt with.
Experts have raised concern this poses a "ticking time bomb" for nearby residents and local wildlife in Collingwood Park, west of Brisbane.
Toxic by-products from burning fuel in the ... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
DOJ announces three indicted on Bissonnet ‘Blade’ sex trafficking charges | Three people were indicted Wednesday for sex trafficking charges involving young runaway minors on the Bissonnet ‘Blade’ in southwest Houston, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice Southern District of Texas.
Authorities stated in the release that Chantel Deshay Collins, 28, of Houston, and A... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
1894 Atalanti earthquakes | The first of the 1894 Atalanti earthquakes occurred on 20 April 1894 at 16:52 UTC, with a magnitude of 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of X on the Mercalli intensity scale. It was followed seven days later on 27 April at 19:42 UTC by the second, with a magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum ... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Klamath Theater Complex Fire | The Klamath Theater Complex Fire, also known as the Bear Wallow Complex Fire, was the largest wildfire of the 2008 California wildfire season. [4][1] The complex fire originated as 11 separate wildfires, before merging into a single massive complex fire that burned 192,038 acres (777.15 km2) in Northern California, and... | Fire | null | null |
Venezuelan bank robbers arrested, hostages freed | Venezuelan police have swooped on an ambulance used by robbers escaping a bank siege in the town of Altagracia de Orituco, arresting four men and freeing a group of hostages held in the getaway vehicle. The four men had botched a robbery at the bank in the sleepy central Venezuelan farming town early on Monday and seiz... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Gibraltar becomes Uefa's 54th member despite Spain's past objections |
Gibraltar becomes Uefa's 54th member despite Spain's past objections
Application rejected first in 1999 and most recently 2007
Victories in court of arbitration paved way for move
Gibraltar should soon be hosting senior football matches after being admitted fully to Uefa. Photograph: Design Pics Inc/Rex Features
Gibr... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
South Sudan: A year after averting famine, ‘food insecurity outlook has never been so dire,’ UN warns | One year after famine was declared in parts of South Sudan, three United Nations agencies warned on Monday that without sustained humanitarian assistance and access, more than seven million people in the crisis-torn country– almost two-thirds of the population – could become severely food insecure in the coming months.... | Famine | null | null |
2016 Summer Olympics |
The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016),[c] officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Portuguese: Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and commonly known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i... | Sports Competition | null | null |
The COVID lab-leak hypothesis: what scientists do and don’t know | The Wuhan Institute of Virology has carried out research on coronaviruses for years because these pathogens are endemic to the region where it's located.Credit: Kyodo News via Getty Debate over the idea that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus emerged from a laboratory has escalated over the past few weeks, coinciding with the... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
At Least 18 Gas Cylinders Explode in Illegal Refilling Shop, Watch Video | Gonda: As many as 18 cooking gas cylinders exploded in an illegal refilling shop in Umri Begumganj police circle on Sunday. Due to the massive explosion, roof of the shop was blown off and nearby shops had to be evacuated immediately. Meanwhile, a video of the blast where the cylinders can be heard exploding one after ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Russian Gold Mine Accident Kills Two | At least two miners died after a rockfall at a Trans-Siberian Gold company-owned mine on Russia’s Pacific coast, emergency officials said Wednesday.
Three of the five engineers who were installing ventilation systems at the Asacha deposit in the Kamchatka region climbed out on their own, the Emergency Situations Minist... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Carbon monoxide poisoning proving to be main danger in hurricane aftermath; one dead, dozens hospitalized | Updated: 2:11 PM CDT September 1, 2021
LOUISIANA, USA — In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, a silent yet deadly danger creeping up on residents is carbon monoxide poisoning.
In just the two days after Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana, nearly four dozen people have been hospitalized and one person has died from carbon monoxi... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Hewa Bora Airways Flight 122 crash | On 15 April 2008, Hewa Bora Airways Flight 122, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 plane crashed into a residential and market area of Goma of the Democratic Republic of the Congo immediately south of Goma International Airport. [1][2]
The eastern part of the DRC had been war-torn for decades, as various factions sought cont... | Air crash | null | null |
Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer Are Engaged—Plus, Every Celebrity Engaged Right Now | As far as the love lives of your favorite celebrities are concerned, several A-list couples have made things official by getting engaged in recent months. It seems that nearly every week, a new celebrity couple gets engaged and inspires some major engagement ring envy. So far in 2021, the celebrity proposals have been ... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
1889 Kumamoto earthquake | The 1889 Kumamoto earthquake occurred at 11.40 p.m local time on July 28 in the western part of Kumamoto. It was also called the Kinpozan earthquake (or Kinbozan earthquake, since its epicenter was the southern-eastern foot of Mount Kinpu) and its magnitude was 6.3. Twenty people died (5 in Kumamoto City and 15 in Akit... | Earthquakes | null | null |
1996 Nazca earthquake | The 1996 Nazca earthquake occurred on November 12 at 16:59 UTC (11:59 local time). [1] The earthquake was located offshore near Nazca, Peru. [2] It has a magnitude of Mw 7.7. Fourteen people were reported dead. Four-thousand houses collapsed and 11,000 were partially damaged. Nazca and Acarí were the most affected citi... | Earthquakes | null | null |
August 2018 Venezuela earthquakes | On August 21, 2018 a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck just off the northern coast of Venezuela, near Cariaco, Sucre. [1] The earthquake is thought to be the largest in the country since the 1900 San Narciso earthquake. [2] It prompted evacuations in Caracas, and caused shaking in Colombia, Guyana, Brazil,[3] Grenada, Do... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Middletown fifth-grader wins top prize in national stock market game | Macdonough Elementary School Investwrite state winner Pusadee (Fiona) Shear shows off her trophy Wednesday on Main Street in Middletown. John Ferrero / Contributed photo MIDDLETOWN — A Macdonough Elementary School fifth-grader claimed first prize in both the year-long and spring sessions of the SIFMA Foundation’s Stock... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
Smoke headed for Metro Vancouver, Stanley Park closed overnight as 241 wildfires burn across B.C. | Wildfire smoke is in the forecast for B.C.'s south coast this weekend, in addition to a heat wave, which in the wake of last month's fatal heat dome prompted warnings Friday from health officials. Metro Vancouver is expected to see smoke roll in this weekend, joining communities across the province that have been blan... | Organization Closed | null | null |
A distress call about a migrant boat sinking in the Mediterranean Sea with 300 people on board has been made to authorities in Rome. | Surviving immigrants lie on the deck of Italian coastguard ship Bruno Gregoretti in Senglea, in Valletta's Grand Harbour REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 1/1
Surviving immigrants lie on the deck of Italian coastguard ship Bruno Gregoretti in Senglea, in Valletta's Grand Harbour REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi April 20 2015 11... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Beijing choked by worst dust storm in decade |
The Chinese capital Beijing has been shrouded in thick brown dust due to heavy winds blowing in from the Gobi Desert and parts of north-western China and creating what the weather bureau has called the biggest sandstorm in a decade.
Skyscrapers in the centre of Beijing appeared to drop from sight amid the dust and san... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
The Irish Times view of famine in Ethiopia: No natural disaster | As famine once again stalks Ethiopia, aggravated, in good measure, by ethnic violence and a deepening economic crisis, voters are going to the polls. Prime minister Abiy Ahmed desperately seeks a popular mandate to bolster his position against growing international and domestic criticism. H... | Famine | null | null |
South Korea, US Prepare to Conduct Joint Military Exercise | Between talks with North Korea and the COVID-19 pandemic, this will reportedly be the third year in a row where exercises are held only via computer simulation. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, United Nations Commander, Combined Forces Commander, and United States Forces Korea commander; and Gen. Leem Ho Young, Combined Forces ... | Military Exercise | null | null |
MP calls for urgent review after plain-clothes police fine Roma pub for COVID-19 breach | 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
Federal MP David Littlepr... | Organization Fine | null | null |
1944 Ilford rail crash |
The 1944 Ilford rail crash occurred on 16 January 1944 when, in darkness and dense fog, an express passenger train passed a signal at danger and collided with another passenger train that was stopped at Ilford railway station in Essex, England. The collision killed nine people, including three United States Army pers... | Train collisions | null | null |
Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire |
The Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire on 23 June 2000 killed fifteen backpackers – nine women and six men – at the former Palace Hotel in the town of Childers, Queensland, Australia, which had been converted into a backpacker hostel. [1][2] Robert Paul Long was arrested for lighting the fire and charged with mu... | Fire | null | null |
Gas explosion at Iran medical clinic kills 19 | Gas leak at Sina At’har clinic in northern Tehran kills 15 women and four men, say fire officials
An explosion from a gas leak in a medical clinic in northern Tehran has killed 19 people, Iranian state TV has reported.
Video posted online appeared to show more than one explosion and thick black smoke rising from the S... | Gas explosion | null | null |
1946 Pilbara strike |
The 1946 Pilbara strike was a landmark strike by Indigenous Australian pastoral workers in the Pilbara region of Western Australia for human rights recognition, payment of fair wages[1] and working conditions. [2][3][4] The strike involved at least 800 Aboriginal pastoral workers[2] walking off the large pastoral sta... | Strike | null | null |
1976 Anapa mid-air collision crash | The 1976 Anapa mid-air collision was the collision of Aeroflot Flight 7957 (an Antonov An-24RV) and Aeroflot Flight 31 (a Yakolev Yak-40) on 9 September 1976, off the coast of Anapa in the Soviet Union. All 70 people on the two aircraft were killed in the crash. The primary cause of the accident was determined to be er... | Air crash | null | null |
Horse graves on the steppes as Kazakhstan is battered by one of worst droughts in living memory | Dead horses are strewn across the arid steppes of Kazakhstan as parts of the country suffer through what has been called one of its worst droughts in living memory. Much of Central Asia, including western Kazakhstan, has been gripped by a months-long drought. A dry winter and spring were followed by a heat wave that st... | Droughts | null | null |
Pompeii’s fast food joint unearthed in 2019 opens to public | Frescoed relic frozen by ash from Vesuvius eruption reveals snack bar used by poor residents of Roman city An ancient thermopolium, or fast food eatery, that was unearthed in Pompeii in 2019 will open to the public this week. The frescoed relic, which had been preserved by ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
2012 South African Air Force C-47 crash | On 5 December 2012, a Douglas C-47TP Dakota of the South African Air Force crashed in the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa, killing all eleven people on board. The aircraft was on a flight from AFB Waterkloof to Mthatha Airport when it crashed near Giant's Castle in the Drakensberg, killing all eleven people on boar... | Air crash | null | null |
2018 United States gun violence protests |
In 2018, protests against gun violence in the United States increased after a series of mass shootings, most notably at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14 that year. An organized protest in the form of a national school walkout occurred on March 14. March for Our Lives was held on March 24. Anoth... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Experts with Memorial Hermann Warn Against Carbon Monoxide Poisoning During Winter Storm | HOUSTON (Feb. 16, 2021) – Memorial Hermann Health System has seen an increased amount of patients suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning within the past 24 hours due to the unsafe use of generators or grills. There has also been an increase in burns caused by space heaters.
“If you’re using generators to supply power... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Gas explosion collapses coal mine in Pakistan, 7 killed | 16 March 2021 Last Updated at 10:20 pm | Source: PTI The explosion took place Monday night, causing a coal mine to collapse in the district of Harnai in Baluchistan province, trapping several miners, according to a provincial chief inspector of mines, Shafqat Fayyaz. Fayyaz said rescuers retrieved the bodies of the ... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Safety sake cited for Ford’s low-key explosion site visit | Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Copy Url
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s unannounced visit to the downtown Wheatley explosion site on Tuesday was kept quiet until after the fact due to safety concerns... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Glenbrook rail accident |
The Glenbrook rail accident occurred on 2 December 1999 at 8:22 am on a curve east of Glenbrook railway station on the CityRail network between Glenbrook and Lapstone, in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. Seven passengers were killed and 51 passengers were taken to hospital with injuries[1] when a C... | Train collisions | null | null |
A man sentenced to five years' jail for robbing a bank | SINGAPORE - David James Roach, the Canadian sentenced to five years' jail and six strokes of the cane for robbing a bank of more than $30,000 in 2016, has been spared the cane. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Sunday (July 25) that Roach, who committed the Standard Chartered Bank robbery on July 7, 2016, had ... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
Boeing Machinists Strike of 2008 |
A strike by about 27,000 machinists at Boeing over outsourcing, job security, pay, and benefits began 7 September 2008. [1]
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The union, International Association of Machinists, and Boeing appeared unwilling to compromise to settle the strike. The company had 3,700 jets on back order, which union members hoped ... | Strike | null | null |
Paul Vaughan complained he was ‘underpaid’ and almost let slip illegal lockdown party hours earlier | Paul Vaughan joked about being ‘underpaid’, whinged about a young teammate earning too much, and nearly revealed his party plans in a radio interview hours before the party that would see his $800,000-a-year contract torn up.
The St George-Illawarra Dragons prop was sacked on Tuesday after a board meeting decided to t... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes | Starting on December 28, 2019,[4] and progressing into 2021, the southwestern part of the island of Puerto Rico was struck by an earthquake swarm,[5] including 11 that were of magnitude 5 or greater. [6] The largest and most damaging of this sequence was a magnitude 6.4 Mw, which occurred on January 7 at 04:24 AST (08:... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Food security, nutrition & sustainable agriculture | Photo: A mother waits to receive food for her child in drought-affected southern Madagascar. © WFP/Fenoarisoa Ralaiharinony By Thalif Deen* NEW YORK (IDN) — A recent joint press release by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had an arresting headline: Famine Relief Blocked by ... | Famine | null | null |
Etna: Life beneath the volcanic dust of repeated eruptions | Irene Corsaro will never forget her first driving lesson under a rain of black ash from Mount Etna. Like many Sicilians from Catania, the 18-year-old has learnt quickly how to make her way home on a road covered in volcanic dust during one of the volcano's 11 eruptions in the past three weeks. A 12th eruption was under... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
2020–2021 Belarusian protests |
Coordination Council (since 14 August)[6]National Strike Committee (since 18 August)[7]
Belarusian democracy movement[8][9][10]
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The 2020–2021 Belarusian protests are a series of ongoing political demonstrations and protests against the Bela... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
British European Airways Flight 706 crash | British European Airways Flight 706 (BE706/BEA706) was a scheduled flight from Heathrow Airport in London, United Kingdom to Salzburg-W. A. Mozart Airport in Salzburg, Austria. The flight was operated by a Vickers Vanguard with a U.K registration of G-APEC. On 2 October 1971, whilst en route at 19,000 ft (5,791 m), 35... | Air crash | null | null |
2006 Oaxaca protests |
The Mexican state of Oaxaca was embroiled in a conflict that lasted more than seven months and resulted in at least seventeen deaths[1]:195 and the occupation of the capital city of Oaxaca by the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO). The conflict emerged in May 2006 with the police responding to a strike ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Kraft State Bank robbery | The Kraft State Bank robbery occurred on October 20, 1931 in Menomonie, Wisconsin when Charles Preston Harmon, Frank Webber, Francis Keating and Tommy Holden stole US$90,000 ($1,421,094.08 in 2016[1]) dollars from the Kraft State Bank. [2]
At 9:15 am, the three men drove up to the Kraft State Bank in a 1928 Phaeton mo... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
CZU Lightning Complex fires | The CZU Lightning Complex fires were wildfires that burned in Northern California starting in August 2020. The fire complex consisted of fires in San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties,[1] including fires that had previously been separately tracked as the Warnella and Waddell fires. [2] The firefighting effort was primaril... | Fire | null | null |
USGS Raises Volcano Alert Level to WARNING; Color Code RED | After a day of exhibiting unrest, satellite data has confirmed the presence of a plume of ash at the Semisopochnoi Volcano, prompting the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) to elevate the previous color code / alert level from ORANGE / WATCH to RED / WARNING. A continuous cloud of ash now extends more than 200 miles fro... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Air Algérie Flight 5017 crash | Air Algérie Flight 5017 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers, Algeria, which crashed near Gossi, Mali, on 24 July 2014. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 twinjet with 110 passengers and 6 crew on board, operated by Swiftair for Air Algérie, disappeared from radar about fif... | Air crash | null | null |
5 Biggest Splits of South Celebs Till Samantha Akkineni and Naga Chaitanya's Divorce | Many celebrity splits have rocked the South film industry over the years. This past weekend, Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu announced that they were parting ways as husband and wife after four years of marriage. Samantha and Chaitanya had tied the knot in 2017; they first met back in 2010 on the sets of Gautha... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Whitmer establishes Food Security Council | A council that examines causes of food insecurity in Michigan and suggests policy solutions to combat them has been created within the state Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS), according to a Friday executive order from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Established through EO 2020-167, the Food Security Council is “ta... | Organization Established | null | null |
China Airlines Flight 120 crash | China Airlines Flight 120[2] was a regularly scheduled flight from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), Taiwan to Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. On August 20, 2007, the Boeing 737-800 aircraft operating the flight caught fire and exploded after landing and taxiing to the gate area... | Air crash | null | null |
After 162 years, department store stalwart Robinsons is throwing in the towel | SINGAPORE - After 162 years, department store stalwart Robinsons is throwing in the towel. It said on Friday (Oct 30) it is closing its last two department stores here at The Heeren and Raffles City Shopping Centre. The retailer said the decision to liquidate its stores was prompted by a range of factors, including cha... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Los Alfaques disaster |
The Los Alfaques disaster was a road accident and tanker explosion which occurred on 11 July 1978 in Alcanar, near Tarragona, in Spain. The tanker truck was loaded with 23 tons of highly flammable liquefied propylene. 217 people (including the driver) were killed and 200 more severely burned. Most of the victims were... | Gas explosion | null | null |
1971 RAF Hercules crash | On 9 November 1971, a Royal Air Force Lockheed Hercules C.1 crashed into the sea off the coast of Livorno by Meloria shoal, Italy, killing all 46 passengers and 6 crew. [1] At the time it was described by Italian officials as the worst military air disaster in Italy in peacetime. [2]
The Hercules serial number XV216, ... | Air crash | null | null |
1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake | The 1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake occurred at 21:06 local time (19:06 UTC on 18 March in the province of Çanakkale and Balıkesir in the Marmara Region at western Turkey. It had a magnitude 7.5 on the surface wave magnitude scale and a maximum felt intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It caused wide... | Earthquakes | null | null |
1984 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crash | On 5 August 1984, a Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27-600 crashed into a marsh near Zia International Airport (now Shahjalal International Airport) in Dhaka, Bangladesh while landing in poor weather. [1] The aircraft was performing a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Patenga Airport, Chittagong and Zia Int... | Air crash | null | null |
Federal government tears up four Victorian government deals with foreign nations leading to rebuke from Chinese embassy | Federal government tears up four Victorian government deals with foreign nations leading to rebuke from Chinese embassy
The federal government has torn up four deals between Victoria and foreign nations, including the state's controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) agreement with China — prompting a strong rebuke ... | Tear Up Agreement | null | null |
Thorpe rail accident |
The Thorpe rail accident occurred on 10 September 1874, when two trains were involved in a head-on collision at Thorpe St Andrew in the English county of Norfolk. [1]
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The accident occurred on what was then a single-track rail line between Norwich railway station and Brundall. The two trains involved were the 20:... | Train collisions | null | null |
UC San Diego physicist who ‘lost’ the Nobel Prize tells us what to expect in this year’s winners | The glow of cellphones will shine before dawn in bedrooms all over La Jolla this week in a ritual that helps define San Diego as a mecca for science and medicine. Everyone from physicists to bioengineers will go online for the announcement of this year’s Nobel Prizes , six of which will be given out over an eight-day ... | Awards ceremony | null | null |
Ladhowal train fire |
The Ladhowal rail disaster on 23 May 2003, was a flash fire which began at 4am on the Frontier Mail train service in India, and engulfed three carriages before it could be extinguished. 39 people lost their lives and another 15 were hospitalised with severe burns. The train service from Mumbai to Amritsar, had just p... | Fire | null | null |
2020 Yemen flood | The 2020 Yemen flood was a flash flood that killed at least 172 people in Yemen and damaged homes and UNESCO-listed world heritage sites across the country, officials said. [1]
In the mainly government-held Maʼrib Governorate east of the capital Sanaa, 19 children were among 30 people killed by the floods, a governmen... | Floods | null | null |
Drought in parts of Kenya is declared a national disaster | On 8 September 2021, President Uhuru Kenyatta officially declared drought in parts of Kenya a national disaster. A collective group of national and international NGOs has been following the worsening drought conditions and predicted below average rainfall for the short rains in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) ... | Droughts | null | null |
PM postpones visit to Britain | The UK govt wanted to limit premier’s visit to the cricket match and a meeting with Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to postpone his visit to Britain scheduled for the next month, indicating that the two governments could not agree on the schedule, sources said on Monday.
Sources in the PM office tol... | Diplomatic Visit | null | null |
1967 Plainfield riots | The Plainfield riots was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967". This riot was a series of racially charged violent disturbances that occurred in Plainfield, New Jersey, which mirrored the 1967 Newark riots in nearby Newark. Two days after some African American... | Riot | null | null |
UNANIMOUS ASSEMBLY DECISION MAKES TIMOR-LESTE 191ST UNITED NATIONS MEMBER STATE | UNANIMOUS ASSEMBLY DECISION MAKES TIMOR-LESTE 191ST UNITED NATIONS MEMBER STATE
Angola, Chile, Pakistan, Germany, Spain
Elected Non-Permanent Members of Security Council from 1 January 2003
By unanimous decision of the General Assembly, Timor-Leste became the 191st United Nations Member State this morning.
While acknow... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
Eastern Air Lines Flight 45 crash | Eastern Air Lines Flight 45 was a domestic commercial airline flight that had a mid-air collision with a USAAF A-26 Invader bomber over northeastern South Carolina on July 12, 1945, forcing an emergency landing in a field by the airliner, and resulting in the crash of the bomber. One airline passenger and two bomber cr... | Air crash | null | null |
1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships | The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1991 WJHC) was the 15th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth overall, while the Soviet Union won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze. The ... | Sports Competition | null | null |
2009 Workington floods |
During the twenty-four hours before Friday 20 November 2009, rainfall of over 300 mm was recorded in Cumbria. Flooding along the Borrowdale and Derwent Valley meant that some areas were up to 8 feet (2.44 m) deep in water. The surge of water off the fells of the Lake District which flowed into Workington down the Riv... | Floods | null | null |
Native trees deliberately poisoned along Hobart's Bellerive beach | A southern Tasmanian council is investigating the deliberate poisoning of almost a dozen trees that authorities suspect were targeted to improve the coastal view.
The Clarence City Council said the trees at Second Bluff, on Hobart's eastern shore, were found drilled with holes of varying sizes for the purpose of admini... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
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