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by Remi BANET with Fanny CARRIER in Rome Agence France Presse GENOA, Italy (AFP) — A state funeral service was underway Saturday in Italy to commemorate dozens of people killed in Genoa’s bridge disaster, as some outraged relatives shunned official ceremonies and rescuers pulled more bodies from the wreckage. The service, which coincides with a national day of mourning, came as firefighters still searching for five missing people discovered a car with human remains […]
by Remi Banet Agence France-Presse Gênes, Italy (AFP) – Rescuers used diggers to claw through mountains of rubble, calling out in the hope of finding survivors as a desperate search for victims of the viaduct collapse entered its fourth day Friday with up to 20 people still missing. Italy’s government has intensified its attacks on the operator of the decades-old Morandi bridge, which buckled without warning on Tuesday, sending cars, trucks and huge chunks of concrete […]
MARACAIBO, Venezuela (AFP)–Venezuelans are concerned over the safety of a “twin” viaduct of the collapsed Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, after a fire on the concrete structure caused a major blackout. The 8.6 kilometer (five mile) General Rafael Urdaneta viaduct links second city Maracaibo with the rest of Venezuela. Designed by Italian structural engineer Riccardo Morandi, it predates by five years his 1967 bridge in Genoa that collapsed this week causing the death of 39 […]
https://youtu.be/hzHhk8iNv-Y GENOA, Italy (AFP) — Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte declared Wednesday a 12-month state of emergency in Genoa following the collapse of a motorway bridge that killed at least 39 people. “A cabinet meeting took place in which we have decreed a 12-month state of emergency and made available a first allocation worth five million euros ($5.7 million) for the national emergencies fund,” Conte said in a press conference in the northwestern port […]
ROME, Italy (AFP)–Genoa’s Morandi motorway bridge, a 200-metre (650-foot) portion of which collapsed on Tuesday killing dozens of people, has been riddled with structural problems since its construction in the 1960s, which has led to expensive maintenance and severe criticism from engineering experts. – Celebrated designer – The Morandi bridge was built between 1963 and 1967. It has a maximum span of 219 metres, a total length of 1.18 kilometres, concrete piers (vertical structures that […]
GENOA, Italy (AFP) — As many as 30 people were killed on Tuesday when a giant motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa in northwestern Italy. Here’s what know about the bridge, the collapse and the response: – The bridge – The Morandi viaduct, less than five kilometres (three miles) to the west of Genoa’s old port, was built in the 1960s and completed in 1967. The flyover of the A10 motorway, named after the architect who designed […]
by Anna Malpas Agence France Presse Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday is set to unveil a 19-kilometer-long bridge between southern Russia to the Crimean peninsula, a highly symbolic project he has personally championed. Known as the Crimean Bridge, at nearly 12 miles it will be the longest not only in the country but also in Europe, overtaking the Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon. Built at a cost of 228 billion rubles ($3.69 billion), […]
(Eagle News) — Two congressmen and the mayor of Zamboanga were injured on Thursday, April 26, after the wooden bridge they were on while they were inspecting houses intended for the victims of the Zamboanga siege gave way. Those who sustained minor injuries in the incident were Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez, chair of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development; Zamboanga City Rep. Celso Lobregat; and Mayor Beng Climaco. In a Facebook post, […]
ZHUHAI, China (CCTV) — The construction of a primary underground tunnel of the cross-sea HK-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in Zhuhai City of south China’s Guangsong Province was linked up on Monday, marking a milestone toward completing one of the world’s longest bridges. Construction of the Gongbei Tunnel has been one of the most difficult parts of building the 55-kilometer bridge. The 2,741-meter tunnel connects Zhuhai City to the main bridge. “The completion means the key techniques we […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A banner reading “Build bridges not walls” was draped across London’s Tower Bridge on Friday (January 20) as part of a series of events across the world aimed at expressing displeasure at the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president. Protesters on the iconic bridge held up pink letters reading “Act now!” soon after sunrise while others unfurled the banner over the railings and a speedboat with a black flag […]
by Sonia Vivas, with Esteban Rojas in Caracas Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Thousands of Venezuelans crossed into Colombia on Tuesday to buy food and medicine after their government partially reopened the border following a messy crackdown on what it called currency hoarders. The border with Brazil was also partially reopened, officials in Brasilia said. “Thank God the border is open again,” one 29-year-old, Christian Sanchez, told AFP. “A lot of people have […]
