A powerful explosion was reported on Monday morning in Melitopol, a Russian-controlled city in Ukraine’s Zaporozhye Region. It is believed to have been caused by a car bomb. The local administration blamed the incident on Ukrainian “saboteurs,” who they claimed had targeted aid workers in what they consider to have …
Read More »Blast rocks Russian mine
An explosion hit a copper and zinc mine in Orenburg Region, Russia near the border with Kazakhstan at 8:50am local time on Saturday. There were 91 miners underground at the moment of the blast, which happened at a depth of 1.2km. Three people were killed, while 88 others were able …
Read More »New blast at chemical plant reported in Ukraine’s east
A holding tank containing hazardous materials has been destroyed at a chemical plant in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) town of Rubezhnoye, both local and Kiev-appointed officials said on Saturday. The blast comes days after a similar incident occurred at the facility amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. …
Read More »Powerful blast rocks nightclub
The blast rocked the venue in the center of the capital of Azerbaijan late on Saturday night. According to photos and videos circulating on social media, the explosion was so powerful it completely destroyed the entrance to the club and caused a fire inside. The health ministry said 24 people were …
Read More »Republicans blast Jan 6 as possible ‘Fedsurrection’
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) theorized on the anniversary of the January 6 Capitol riot that the federal government may have played an active role in the day’s events. During a Thursday press conference, the two firebrand Republicans once again rejected Democrats referring to the …
Read More »MPs blast government inaction on Julian Assange
After a British court ruled on Friday that Assange could be extradited to the US, parliamentarians have called on Canberra, and Morrison in particular, to intervene during what Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt described to The Guardian as a “critical moment in the fight against suppression of press freedom.” Assange’s …
Read More »900+ US professors blast efforts to abolish advanced math in schools to level playing field
Warning that the US would be put at a disadvantage internationally, 911 professors in math, science, and engineering – including professors from Ivy League universities such as Harvard and Yale – expressed their opposition to proposed policies that would make all students take the same level of mathematics regardless of …
Read More »Iran explains blast heard near major nuclear facility
A loud explosion northeast of Natanz nuclear power plant was reported by multiple Iranian outlets late on Saturday. The blast, said to be accompanied by a flash of light, was heard near the town of Badrud, some 20 kilometers away from the facility. Speaking to Fars news agency, the governor …
Read More »Survivor found alive hours after horror blast kills more than 50 at Russian coal mine
In a statement on Friday morning, Alexander Chupriyan, the acting Minister of Emergency Situations, told reporters that an employee of the Listvyazhnaya mine had been found in the wake of Russia’s worst mining disaster in a decade. “Our team has just come across another miner, alive,” he said. The man …
Read More »3 terror suspects arrested over UK hospital blast
The unnamed men – aged 21, 26, and 29 – were arrested in Liverpool’s Kensington area in connection with the explosion, which took place outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital just before a two-minute silence for Remembrance Sunday was about to start. A passenger of the taxi died in the blast, while …
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