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KALYNIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) — Explosions at a military ammunition depot in central Ukraine were seen in the early hours of Wednesday (September 27), 240 kilometers (168 miles) from the capital. Blasts also occurred late on Tuesday (September 26) at the military base near Kalynivka in the Vynnytsya region, 270 kilometers (168 miles) west of Kiev, Ukrainian emergencies service said in a statement. One person was injured, it said. Rescue teams were evacuating nearby villages in the […]
A Philippine coach sustained minor injuries after two buses carrying Southeast Asian Games players and officials figured in an accident. Also slightly injured in the accident that saw one bus rear-ending the other were seven Myanmar players, including two—Aye Aye Thin and Ei Ei Pyone—who have since withdrawn from the women’s squash tournament doubles. They are resting at their hotel, and will be replaced in the mixed doubles, said the Games’ sports and technical committee secretary, […]
(Reuters) — Ten sailors are missing after a United States warship collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore on Monday (August 21), the US Navy said, the second accident involving US Navy destroyers in Asian waters in little more than two months. Still photographs released by the Malaysian Royal Navy, which is involved in the search and rescue along with Singaporean ships, helicopters and tug boats, as well as US Navy aircraft, showed damage to […]
UTTAR, India (CCTV) — At least 23 people were killed and over 90 others injured after a passenger train derailed in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. According to an Indian railway spokesperson, 14 coaches of the train derailed during the accident, which took place in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, around 100 kilometers from New Delhi, India’s national capital. One derailed coach hit a nearby house, causing a huge amount of […]
(Eagle News) — One person, and not two as earlier reported by authorities, was killed and four others were injured after a cement mixer fell on its side and crushed a car in Quezon City on Tuesday. Celine Pialago, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority spokesperson, said the incident in front of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology on Mindanao Ave. took place past 4 p.m. The complete name of the fatality who was the driver […]
DUBAI, UAE (Reuters) — A massive blaze was engulfing one of the world’s tallest residential buildings in Dubai early Friday (August 4), residents said, but authorities said the tower had been evacuated and no injuries were reported. Flames shot up the sides of the Torch tower in the upscale Marina district in the second blaze at the building since 2015, with burning debris flying down the sides of the building. Residents and eyewitnesses have been posting […]
DURHAM, North Carolina (Reuters) — A Hypochlorite spill in the pool pump room at the YMCA in Durham, North Carolina, sent 23 people to local hospitals on Wednesday (August 2), authorities said. Many of the injured were taken to the hospital for breathing difficulties, an NBC affiliate station reported. Among the injured were six children who were reported to be in serious condition, according to local news outlets. A lifeguard detected a strong odor coming […]
by Josep Lago with Diego Urdaneta in Madrid Agence France Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — A commuter train slammed into the end of the platform during the morning rush hour at a busy station in the Spanish city of Barcelona on Friday, leaving 54 people injured, emergency services said. One person was seriously injured, 19 were injured “less seriously” including the driver and 34 were lightly injured, local emergency services said on Twitter. The regional […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — At least 20 people were injured Friday in a train accident at a station in the center of the Spanish city of Barcelona, civil protection services said. The regional train was arriving at the busy Francia station from Sant Vicenc de Calders, a spokesperson for the civil protection services said. “No one was killed but there are 20 injured, we don’t know how seriously.” Regional authorities said there were at […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Justin Bieber left a photographer with minor injuries after accidentally striking him with his vehicle near Los Angeles, police said Thursday. The pop star hit the 57-year-old male pedestrian, who was hospitalized with non-threatening injuries, at approximately 9:24 pm (0424 GMT) on Wednesday evening, Beverly Hills police detective Chris Coulter told AFP. Bieber, 23, “was cooperative and was released,” Coulter said. No citations were issued at the scene. The […]
MUMBAI, India (AFP) — Rescuers were frantically searching for up to 40 people feared trapped in a four-storey building that collapsed Tuesday in India’s financial capital of Mumbai, officials said. The city’s chief fire officer, Prabhat Rahangdale, said nine people had been rescued but dozens more were believed missing under rubble after the structure gave way mid-morning in the northern suburb of Ghatkopar. “Entire ground and four floored residential building collapsed. About 30 to 40 […]
HANGZHOU CITY, China (CCTV) — Two people have been killed and 55 others injured in a gas blast in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, on Friday morning, according to local police. The sudden blast occurred after 08:30 at a noodle restaurant in a residential community, resulting in a heavy fire and shattering windows of nearby vehicles. More than 20 passengers on a bus that was in range of the blast were injured. […]
