Tragedy struck on Saturday in the city of Beni, when a terrorist detonated a bomb at the entrance of a crowded bar. According to local authorities, the security guards did not let the suspicious man in, possibly preventing many more casualties. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Officials say the death toll could …
Read More »Drunken sailors may have caused deadly Baltic Sea collision
The two ships collided in the Baltic Sea on Monday, resulting in at least one death from the Danish ship’s crew and another person missing. The Danish ship – Karin Høj – capsized during the incident, while the British ship – the Scot Carrier – and its crew were reported …
Read More »Deadly tornadoes ravage nursing home, Amazon warehouse (VIDEOS)
Violent twisters touched down in Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky on Friday night, prompting widespread tornado warnings. The remnants of a nursing home in Monette, Arkansas – where two were killed and another five wounded – were seen in photos shared on social media, showing a massive emergency response in …
Read More »Covid strain as deadly as Ebola may emerge, top physician warns
Frank Ulrich Montgomery, chairman of the global physicians’ society (WMA), shared his fears with Germany’s Funke media group’s newspapers on Saturday. He stressed the importance of not “giving the virus a chance” to mutate any further. To achieve this, it may be necessary to keep “vaccinating the world for years” …
Read More »I live near Waukesha – here’s how it can recover from the deadly attack that shocked the world
Downtown Waukesha, Wisconsin could stand in for Main Street USA at any Disney theme park. Named after a Native American tribal leader of centuries past, the suburban bedroom community of about 70,000 stands 20 miles west of downtown Milwaukee. Home to a mixed-race, middle-class community, its narrow, one-way streets wind …
Read More »China reports new human case of highly deadly bird flu in southern province
On Thursday, the Health Commission of Guangdong Province said it considered the risk of H5N6 transmission to be low after a local citizen was found to be infected with the bird flu strain. The case was reported in Dongguan, a southern city home to some 10 million people. It is …
Read More »ISIS claims responsibility for deadly suicide attack on mosque in southern Afghanistan
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Fatimiya Mosque in Kandahar province in a statement, distributed on social media by its Amaq news agency. The statement included the names of the two male suicide bombers, saying they first shot and killed the guards at …
Read More »The EU lied, refugees died: Belarus’ deadly game treats desperate people as pawns. But the West sees them as something even worse
The would-be asylum seekers have unwittingly become pawns in a wider geopolitical game. EU states, which stand accused of turning back desperate people along the frontier, have alleged that the Belarusian government has laid on flights to troubled destinations such as Iraq and Afghanistan and is now ‘weaponizing’ refugees to …
Read More »Deadly bat caves & humanized mice tests: Released docs describe ‘HIGHEST RISK’ involved in US-funded coronavirus research in Wuhan
More than 900 pages of material related to this research were published on the non-profit media company’s website on Tuesday. The documents were acquired as part of an ongoing Freedom of Information Act litigation by The Intercept against the National Institutes of Health. The documents detail the work of EcoHealth Alliance, …
Read More »ISIS claims responsibility for deadly blasts outside Kabul airport
In a statement claiming responsibility, IS allegedly accused the Taliban of working “in partnership” with the US military to protect and evacuate “spies” from Afghanistan. IS identified the suicide bomber that attacked Abbey Gate at the airport and left dozens wounded and dead, boasting about “penetrating”security measures in place set up outside …
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