The earthquake was reported early on Saturday morning, with the United States Geological Survey putting its intensity at magnitude 7.2, or “major.” The epicenter was 12km (7.5 miles) northeast of Saint-Louis-du-Sud, a town of more than 50,000 inhabitants. Unconfirmed reports from multiple media outlets suggest several deaths and many injuries. …
Read More »Major warehouse fire sends massive column of black smoke into skies over Istanbul (VIDEOS)
The warehouse, reportedly used to store household appliances, caught fire in the western Istanbul neighborhood of Esenyurt on Friday afternoon. The flames spread extremely rapidly, engulfing the building in mere minutes, local media reported, citing eyewitnesses. Footage from the scene shows a large column of thick black smoke emerging from …
Read More »At least 16 injured & 5 missing after HUGE explosion rocks major German chemicals park as govt warns residents of ‘extreme danger’
The City of Leverkusen said in a statement that 16 people had been injured and that four of them had serious injuries. Five people remained missing, it said, reiterating the contents of an earlier press release by Currenta, the park’s operator. The huge explosion rocked the city of Leverkusen in …
Read More »Major explosion hits waste incineration facility in Germany, residents told to close all windows, doors and stay inside (VIDEOS)
On Tuesday morning, Leverkusen’s Chempark, an industrial complex for the chemicals industry, tweeted that the cause of a huge explosion at a waste incarnation plant was uncertain but called on all residents of the city to stay indoors, keeping all windows and doors firmly shut. The message was reinforced by …
Read More »WATCH: Major BLAZE breaks out close to London’s Elephant and Castle rail station, explosion reported
Thick plumes of black smoke could be seen billowing from the transport hub on Monday in footage of the incident posted on social media. One video showed emergency workers and passersby watching the blaze before a giant fireball suddenly erupts from the side of a building. A total of 10 fire …
Read More »Two people stabbed in Germany’s Erfurt, major search launched for suspect
The incident occurred in the city’s southern district on Wiesenhugel, when the suspect attacked two, apparently random, people near a bus stop. Both victims, aged 45 and 68, have been hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The attacker, described by the police as a man in his twenties, with light hair and …
Read More »Engineer warned of ‘major structural damage’ years before Florida condo complex collapsed – media
A consultant hired in 2018 to inspect the Champlain Towers South condominium complex found evidence of “major structural damage” to the concrete slab below the pool deck and “abundant” cracking and crumbling of columns and other structural support in the parking garage, the Times reported. In his report, the engineer, …
Read More »Russian Navy & Air Force begin major exercise in Mediterranean Sea as supersonic interceptor planes join country’s Black Sea Fleet
According to the Russian military, the exercise will include five ships, including the missile cruiser Moskva and two Guided Missile Frigates Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov. The Moskva is the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, and was initially deployed by the Soviet Navy. In the 1990s, it underwent an …
Read More »Major free speech ruling sees US Supreme Court side with teen who sued school district for suspending her over Snapchat swearing
The Supreme Court ruled in 17-year-old Brandi Levy’s favor by 8-1 on Wednesday – reaffirming American students’ rights to free speech out of school grounds – with only Justice Clarence Thomas siding with the school district. Levy had sent her friends the rant on Snapchat in 2017, when she was …
Read More »Outage: Users report major sites down, including Amazon, Guardian, NYT & Reddit
Some of the internet’s most visited websites, including Amazon, Reddit, Twitch, GitHub, eBay, Etsy, Pinterest, and Stack Overflow, went offline, leaving many users from around the world wondering what happened. American and European news outlets were particularly hard hit, with websites including the New York Times, the Guardian, the Independent, …
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