Indian army digs by hand to free 41 trapped tunnel workers
SILKYARA TUNNEL , India, Nov 27, 2023 (AFP) - Indian military engineers were preparing to dig by hand Monday to…
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India contacts Thai cave experts in bid to free trapped tunnel workers
DEHRADUN, India, Nov 15, 2023 (AFP) - India has sought advice from the Thai company that rescued children from a…
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At least one dead after under-construction Bangkok highway collapses
BANGKOK, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - At least one person has died after a huge construction girder over a busy…
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Building fever grips Greece as tourism booms
by Hélène COLLIOPOULOU Agence France-Presse PAROS, Greece (AFP) -- It's early morning in the picturesque village of Naoussa on the…
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Two more survivors pulled from China building collapse, dozens still missing
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- |Rescuers pulled a pair of survivors from a collapsed building in central China on…
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‘Trash has value’: Kenyan inventor turns plastic into bricks
by Nick Perry Agence France-Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) - "Plastic still has value," said Nzambi Matee of the mountains of…
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Search for survivors ends as Uganda building collapse kills six
KAMPALA, Uganda (AFP) -- Rescuers in Kampala called off the search for survivors on Monday after six people were killed…
5 years ago
Toll hits 28 as work resumes at collapsed Florida apartment
by Gianrigo MARLETTA SURFSIDE, United States (AFP) -- The death toll climbed to 28 Monday in the collapse of a…
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Rest of collapsed Florida apartment block to be demolished overnight
by Gianrigo MARLETTA SURFSIDE, United States (AFP) -- The remaining section of the collapsed apartment block in Surfside, Florida will…
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Biden offers comfort as rescue suspended at Florida building collapse
by Chris Stein with Sebastian Smith in Washington SURFSIDE, United States (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden hailed the "resilience"…
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Engineers inspect Chinese skyscraper after shaking triggers panic
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Engineers were inspecting a skyscraper in southern China on Wednesday, a day after it triggered widespread…
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Senegal capital fights shoreline developers
by Emmet LIVINGSTONE Agence France-Presse DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) — It took one morning in late May to cut a large chunk…
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