The crash took place on Interstate 65 near Greenville, Alabama, on Saturday, with officials telling local media that the two vehicles involved likely hydroplaned on the storm-soaked road and hit each other. A father and 9-month-old girl in one car were killed, as were eight minors traveling in another vehicle, …
Read More »Foreign workers among 11 killed & 25 missing after landslide & floods hit Nepal, officials say (VIDEO)
Speaking to Reuters on Friday, district official Baburam Khanal said the bodies of three workers had been found near the town of Melamchi in Sindhupalchowk district, a mountainous area bordering the Tibet region of China. One of the bodies was identified as an Indian worker and the other two as …
Read More »Brazilian president Bolsonaro among top officials FINED for not wearing masks at biker rally in his support
Bolsonaro, along with three ministers and six deputies, will have to pay roughly $110 each after the authorities hit them with a fine for violating Covid-19 restrictions at Saturday’s mass gathering. The president had ridden his bike amid a crowd of other motorcyclists in the city of Sao Paulo before …
Read More »Biden to discuss cyberattacks with Putin in Geneva among other topics, White House says
Cyberattacks – including recent hacks disrupting the largest US transporter of refined fuels and the world’s biggest meatpacker – “will certainly be a topic of discussion” when President Joe Biden meets with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on June 16 in Geneva, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in …
Read More »UK’s pricey new tanks are so loud that they’ve caused health problems among troops – media
The UK government ordered 589 Ajax armoured fighting vehicles from US-based General Dynamics in 2014, but the military hardware, costing over £3.2 billion ($4.5 billion), appears to be far from battle-ready. According to the Times, trials launched in November were paused until March after soldiers testing the vehicles became sick. …
Read More »Cases of heart inflammation among young people who received Covid-19 vaccine being investigated by CDC
There have been “relatively few” cases of young people developing heart symptoms following their inoculations, but the CDC is requesting that “information about this potential adverse event” be provided to clinicians to “enhance early recognition and appropriate management of persons who develop myocarditis symptoms.” Myocarditis is an inflammation in the heart …
Read More »9 dead after cable car plunges in Italian Alps, children among injured passengers
The incident happened on Sunday in the Italian Alps on the cableway line which connects the commune of Stresa near Lake Maggiore with the top of Mount Mottarone. A car which was carrying 11 people fell near a pylon in one of the highest points of the cableway close to …
Read More »Iran’s ex-President Ahmadinejad among political heavyweights vying for presidency ahead of upcoming elections
Iran is heading for presidential elections scheduled for June 18 that will determine a successor to the incumbent President Hassan Rouhani. The president is considered a moderate politician who led Iran into the 2015 nuclear deal. He cannot seek re-election since he is barred from running for a third consecutive …
Read More »Covid-19 could cause strokes among young & healthy people, including in asymptomatic cases – study
One in four post-Covid stroke patients is younger than 55, according to the comprehensive international study published in the peer-reviewed journal Stroke. This is considered unusually high, given that normally only between 10% and 15% of stroke patients are aged between 18 and 50. More alarmingly, the researchers say that …
Read More »The battle is won but not the war – football fans must fight on against the gall and greed among the game’s elite
Protest turned to jubilation in west London on Tuesday night as Chelsea fans learned their club was pulling out of the European Super League. Not long afterwards, Manchester City confirmed they were walking away, sheepishly followed by the rest of England’s disgraced ‘Big Six’ as the rebels turned their backs …
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