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Over 100 million people in Africa face catastrophic levels of food insecurity | It is a very concerning situation that over 100 million people in Africa are facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification-3 and above) and the situation may worsen in the coming months especially between June and August 2021. The socio-economic impacts of Covid-19 have be... | Famine | null | null |
2019 Ménaka helicopter crash | On 25 November 2019, two French military helicopters, part of Operation Barkhane, crashed in northern Mali, killing 13 soldiers. It was the deadliest incident involving the French military since the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings. A French Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter collided with a Eurocopter AS532 Cougar milita... | Air crash | null | null |
Mountain Fire (2019) | The Mountain Fire was a wildfire in August, 2019 in the area of Jones Valley in Shasta County, several miles east of Redding, California. The fire broke out on Thursday, August 22, 2019, off Bear Mountain Road and Dry Creek Road, north of Bella Vista in Shasta County. Burning within the community of Jones Valley, the f... | Fire | null | null |
Michael Bloomberg urges graduates to 'be present for others' | Entrepreneur, philanthropist, three-term mayor of New York City, and Johns Hopkins University graduate Michael R. Bloomberg returned to campus to address the Class of 2021 at Commencement on Thursday, speaking to the graduates about "the importance of togetherness" after a year largely marked by virtual gathering amid ... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
Great Barrier Reef sediment from small area causing significant harm, but debate rages on best long-term fix | Great Barrier Reef sediment from small area causing significant harm, but debate rages on best long-term fix
Farmers and graziers are angry at proposed new laws to enforce minimum standards for water running off their properties, saying it ignores the reality of farming in reef catchments.
The Queensland Government's ... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Táchira helicopter crash | The Táchira helicopter crash was the loss of a Venezuela Army helicopter and its 18 occupants on 3 May 2009. The helicopter crashed at around midday local time (16.30 UTC) near El Alto de Rubio in the north-western state of Táchira in Venezuela. [1][2] All eighteen people aboard the aircraft were killed. The dead inclu... | Air crash | null | null |
Santander Bank has been robbed | Brockton Police spent hours searching for two men after an armed bank robbery Tuesday morning. Officers said the men, who were dressed in black, hooded sweatshirts, robbed the Santander Bank at 25 Torrey St. at gunpoint at approximately 10 a.m. Responding officers pursued the men after the robbery. "During the pursuit,... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire | The L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire took place around 12:35 a.m. on January 23, 2014, at the Résidence du Havre nursing home in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec, Canada, killing thirty-two people and injuring fifteen. [2][3][4]
The impacted wing of the building burned to the ground, leaving only the elevator shaft intact. A number... | Fire | null | null |
november 2021 lunar eclipse time | Diehard solar-eclipse chasers are scrambling to see one of the events in 2021, because next year offers only two partial solar eclipses ( April 30th and October 25th) — and the next total solar eclipse isn’t until April 20, 2023. It is easy to miss this type of lunar eclipse. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the o... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Germany's Angela Merkel makes last official visit to UK — as it happened | .
The German leader said she will be taking a "step by step" approach to relations with the UK post-Brexit. She discussed the coronavirus pandemic and Northern Ireland with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
German chancellor Angela Merkel said she was 'delighted' to visit Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle
These live update... | Diplomatic Visit | null | null |
In October 1952, Oriedo's skills were put to the test when he was named to lead efforts to stem a major epidemic outbreak of a deadly parasitic visceral leishmaniasis (black fever) in Kenya, Uganda, and the Sudan. |
Dr. Blasio Vincent Oriedo, in full Dr. Blasio Vincent Ndale Esau Oriedo (born 15 September 1931, Ebwali Village in Bunyore, Kenya Colonydied 26 January 1966, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya) was an African epidemiologist and a parasitological scientist known for his contributions to tropical medicine and... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Ten Things You Should Know About The New $39.6 Billion In Higher Education Relief Funding | On May 11, The U.S. Department of Education released its guidance for how emergency funding for higher education institutions will be spent, providing instructions to thousands of colleges and universities for permissible uses of the money. This funding, which when all of it is allocated will total $39.6 billion, is in... | Financial Aid | null | null |
Asbestos-polluted soil being removed from Redlands dam by Seqwater |
Soil contaminated with asbestos is being removed from around the Leslie Harrison Dam on Brisbane's bayside by Seqwater, but the dam operator says there is no threat to local drinking water.
Mike Foster from Seqwater said the company believed the contaminated soil was dumped around the dam by a nearby property owner, a... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Debt-hit Greece was crippled Thursday by an anti-austerity strike that disrupted flights, trains and holiday ferries as thousands demonstrated in Athens and other cities. | Debt-hit Greece was crippled Thursday by an anti-austerity strike that disrupted flights, trains and holiday ferries as thousands demonstrated in Athens and other cities.
More than 80 international and domestic flights were cancelled and 110 were delayed when air traffic controllers joined the strike, aviation official... | Strike | null | null |
Facebook fined $224,000 by French data watchdog over privacy breaches | Facebook has been fined 150,000 euros ($224,000) by France's data protection watchdog for failing to prevent its users' data being accessed by advertisers.
Watchdog CNIL said its fine — which was imposed on both Facebook Inc and Facebook Ireland — was part of a wider European investigation also being carried out in Bel... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Air Algérie Flight 6289 crash | Air Algérie Flight 6289 (AH6289) was a domestic passenger flight which crashed at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Algeria on 6 March 2003, killing all but one of the 103 people on board. [1][2][3]
Witnesses recalled that one of its engines exploded and caught fire just seconds after takeoff. [4][5][6] The la... | Air crash | null | null |
Shipwreck survivor rescues migrants trying to reach Europe | ABOARD THE OCEAN VIKING (AP) — Every time Hassan Ali Salem pulls a man, woman or child from a rickety boat or straight out of the water, he relives his own trauma in the Mediterranean Sea. The Egyptian says he was just 16 when he survived a shipwreck in 2004, saved by another migrant who drowned when a packed wooden bo... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Another rare super moon — super blood moon — is due to grace our skies on May 26 | If you missed April's pink super moon , then wait until you see what tonight has in store for Aussie skygazers. Another rare super moon — dubbed a super blood moon — is due to grace our skies on May 26 . But unlike April's lunar spectacle it will also coincide with a total lunar eclipse, meaning spectators will be able... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
The court said the decision to hand over the data, including addresses and credit card details, lacked an "appropriate legal basis" | The court said the decision to hand over the data, including addresses and credit card details, lacked an "appropriate legal basis".
The US says the information helps identify potential terrorists.
EU and US officials say they are confident a solution can be found to enable the data transfers to continue.
Stewart Baker... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
A Pakistani passenger plane crashed in heavy rain near Islamabad Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board | ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani passenger plane crashed in heavy rain near Islamabad Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board, officials said, in the worst aviation accident in Pakistan.
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The Airbus 321, belonging to a private airline crashed into a heavily wooded and hard-to-acc... | Air crash | null | null |
FALSE: Transporting gas cylinder on motorbike will not cause explosion | An online post claiming that if a gas cylinder is transported on a motorbike it will explode upon usage is false.
The viral post largely shared on WhatsApp groups claimed that if the gas is transported on a motorbike, it should be allowed to settle before it is fixed for domestic use. Part of the post claimed that some... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Fort McMurray Welcome Centre carries on despite its own pandemic challenges | Fort McMurray's Welcome Centre, which helps connect newcomers to non-profits, has been helping fewer people during the pandemic, since the organization has operated virtually without the accessibility of a physical location. The Welcome Centre was previously operating out of the Wood Buffalo Regional Library at MacDon... | Organization Closed | null | null |
US Navy, Marines to Conduct Biggest Exercise in 40 Years | The US Navy and Marines are beginning their largest amphibious exercise in 40 years on August 3. The Large Scale Exercise 2021 (LSE) drill will span 17 time zones and conclude on August 16. LSE is similar in scale to military exercises conducted during the Cold War in the 1980s, the US Naval Forces Europe-Africa/US 6th... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Solar eclipse visible across a quarter of the United States | The sun, moon and Earth will align Thursday morning, creating a solar eclipse visible across a quarter of the United States. The best place to view this eclipse will be from northern Canada, Greenland and Russia. From those locations, people will see an annular, or ring of fire eclipse. This happens when the moon is f... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
2010 Major League Soccer lockout/strike | The MLS Players Association, also referred to as the MLSPA, is the union of professional Major League Soccer players. The MLS Players Association serves as the exclusive collective bargaining agreements representative for all current players in MLS. [1]
The MLS Players Association (formerly MLS Players Union)[2] was f... | Strike | null | null |
Loyal Dog Still Waiting Outside Mexican Coal Mine Where Its Beloved Owner Was Killed In Explosion | The bond between a human being and a dog is unshakable, and there's is something indescribable and unique about it. If anyone needed anymore proof of their undying loyalty, this should serve as one of the biggest examples. A loyal dog makes daily visit to Mexican coal mine to wait for his deceased owner to come home -... | Mine Collapses | null | null |
Kirron Kher returns to work, will join India's Got Talent as judge after blood cancer diagnosis: 'Like coming back home' | Actor and politician, Kirron Kher who was diagnosed with blood cancer earlier this year, will be returning to television as the host of India’s Got Talent Season 9 with Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Badshah.
Kirron Kher who has been associated with India’s Got Talent since it started in 2009, has expressed her excitement a... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
2019 IIHF World Championship Division II | The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Group A tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 15 April, and the Group B tournament in México City, Mexico, from 21 to 27 April 2019. [1]
Serbia and Israel won the Gro... | Sports Competition | null | null |
1983 IIHF European U18 Championship | The 1983 IIHF European U18 Championship was the sixteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships. Played in Oslo, Norway from March 19–25, 1983. Norway was relegated to Group B for 1984. Played in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands from March 21–27, 1983. The Netherlands was promoted to Group A and Hungary was rele... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Inca breakthrough after mummy discovery on Andes stunned researchers: 'So well preserved' | The discovery was heralded as one of the finest and "perfect" of its kind. Researchers climbed 22,000 feet up into Argentina's portion of the Andean mountains onto the world's tallest active volcano before stumbling across the remains. What they found was astonishing: a female teenager, around 13 years old, wrapped in... | New archeological discoveries | null | null |
Tokyo 2020: Allyson Felix's 11th Olympic medal comes in US 4x400 relay | Allyson Felix won her 11th career Olympic medal Saturday, combining with her American teammates to finish the 4x400-meter relay in 3 minutes, 16.85 seconds for a runaway victory.
The team of Felix, Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad and Athing Mu was never in jeopardy in this one. Poland finished second, 3.68 seconds ... | Break historical records | null | null |
2004 Hendrick Motorsports aircraft crash | On October 24, 2004, a Beechcraft Super King Air aircraft, registered N501RH[2] and owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports, crashed into mountainous terrain in Stuart, Virginia, during a missed approach to Blue Ridge Airport in Martinsville, Virginia. The aircraft was transporting eight passengers and two flight cre... | Air crash | null | null |
Chloe Lee, 10, loses fight for life after horror WA crash that also seriously injured her family | A young girl’s parents have tragically kissed their baby goodbye after a horrific car crash that also injured them and her younger brother. A 10-year-old girl has died after a horrific car crash that also seriously injured her younger brother and parents in Western Australia. The crash happened just after 9.30am on Su... | Road Crash | null | null |
LNU Lightning Complex fires |
The LNU Lightning Complex fires were a large complex of wildfires that burned during the 2020 California wildfire season across much of the Wine Country area of Northern California – Lake, Napa, Sonoma, Solano, and Yolo Counties, from August 17 to October 2, 2020. The complex was composed of numerous lightning-sparke... | Fire | null | null |
Podsosenka train disaster | The Podsosenka train disaster happened on March 3, 1992 at 5:15 (local time) near Nelidovo, Tver Oblast in Russia. Passenger train No. 004 en route from Riga to Moscow failed to stop at restrictive signal, and collided with an oncoming freight train No. 3455 at station Podsosenka. The collision of the two diesel locomo... | Train collisions | null | null |
South Lake Tahoe Police searching for bank robber | SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KOLO) - South Lake Tahoe Police hope someone can help identify a bank robber. The man told a teller at the Wells Fargo Bank at the “Y” on Emerald Bay Road that he had a gun. Police say, after the robbery, the man rode away on a BMX style bike. He is described as 5′11″ with short brown hair and... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
2017–2018 Moroccan protests |
The 2017–2018 Moroccan protests, or more commonly known as Hogra was mass demonstrations, popular protests and strike actions carried out by activists, civilians and hundreds of thousands of ordinary Moroccans in Morocco, staring in the town of Jerada protesting the deaths of 2 miners. [1]
The Hirak Rif Movement wa... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Solar Eclipse 2021 on June 10: Important facts about eclipses | Solar Eclipse 2021: The first Solar Eclipse of this year will take place on June 10, which is tomorrow. This celestial event comes just days after the year’s first super blood moon and total lunar eclipse, which took place on May 26. As per the map published by NASA, the solar eclipse will be visible in India, but only... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Ute driver survives crash that turned his Ford Ranger into a twisted wreck in Adelaide Hills | Ute driver survives crash that turned his Ford Ranger into a twisted wreck in Adelaide Hills SA Police say a man is lucky to be alive following a car crash in the Adelaide Hills early this morning. Nearby residents called police at about 12:45am, after his ute hit a tree on Penna Road at Macclesfield. The impact tore t... | Road Crash | null | null |
Lake Tahoe tsunami, while unlikely, still possible, California state geologist says | Frequent earthquakes across Northern California over the last several weeks have spurred questions about the natural disasters ahead. California Geological Survey geologist Steve Bohlen says the region has recently experienced quakes in rapid succession. "We happen to be in a bit of an active period right ... | Tsunamis | null | null |
Hazelwood Power Station operators fined nearly $2 million over 2014 Latrobe Valley mine fire | 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 operators of Victoria... | Organization Fine | null | null |
13 incredible LGBTQ celebrity weddings: Elton John, Ellen DeGeneres, Samira Wiley and more | Chloe Best Gay celebrity weddings: Elton John and David Furnish, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi and more A-list same-sex weddings. Ever since same-sex marriages were legalised in the UK in 2014 and across all 50 states in America in 2015, we've seen several of our favourite celebrity couples – from Ellen DeGeneres... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
2012 Virginia Beach F/A-18 crash | On April 6, 2012, a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet jet fighter of the United States Navy crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach, Virginia, after suffering a dual engine failure shortly after take-off on a training flight. The building involved was extensively damaged, but there were no fatalities in the ... | Air crash | null | null |
Swan River health hangs in balance as climate change and nutrient run-off take toll |
Signs along the banks of the Swan River warning people against fishing have raised fresh concerns about the health of Perth's main waterway and what is being done to protect it.
Health warnings are in place from Nedlands in the western suburbs to the Swan Valley in the east, cautioning against fishing due to harmful a... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Storms Reveal Two Historic Shipwrecks on England’s Eastern Coast | Archaeologists have only gotten a “tantalizing glimpse” of the vessels, which are currently inaccessible due to Covid-19 restrictions Livia Gershon Daily Correspondent Winter storms on England’s Suffolk coast have uncovered the wrecks of two ships possibly dated to the 18th century or earlier, reports Katy Sandalls for... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Macedonia Hosts Joint Military Exercise With US Troops | US and Macedonian troops have started a joint 14-day military excercise in Macedonia aimed at strengthen the operational readiness of Macedonian Army engineers as well as of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence units. The joint exercise held at the country’s Krivolak base will also strengthen the inte... | Military Exercise | null | null |
ITV Beat The Chasers: Mark Labbett's marriage to ex wife and second cousin 27 years his junior and the celebrity contestant he cheekily flirted with | Mark Labbett, who is perhaps better known as 'The Beast', is famous for being extremely fierce and competitive on the hit ITV quiz show The Chase. The 56-year-old star is favourite among the British public who praise him for his extensive knowledge on all most anything you can think of. Off screen, Mark seems have de... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial justice protests |
The 2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest are a wave of local civil unrest, comprising peaceful demonstrations and riots, against systemic racism towards black Americans, notably in the form of police violence. The Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area in U.S. state of Minnesota experienced prolonged unre... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Regulators seek cause of gas leak in Chandler explosion | and last updated 2021-09-01 22:06:38-04
CHANDLER, AZ — The Arizona Corporation Commission is now in charge of the investigation into the last week’s gas leak and explosion in Chandler.
Four people were seriously hurt in the blast at Platinum Printing, located in a shopping center at Rural and Ray roads in Chandler.
Pol... | Gas explosion | null | null |
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