The story has been well documented in the media. On 2 November, Peng Shuai, a leading Chinese tennis player, posted a lengthy message on her Weibo account, accusing Zhang Gaoli, a former senior Chinese vice premier and high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), of sexual assault. This was the first time a member …
Read More »‘Items’ belonging to Gabby Petito’s missing boyfriend Brian Laundrie found in Florida swamp, medical examiner on scene
Laundrie and Petito were on a cross-country road trip, but he unexpectedly returned home by himself in early September. Petito’s body was later found in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. Her cause of death was eventually revealed to be strangulation. The FBI has since gone looking for the 23-year-old …
Read More »Candace Owens skewers MSNBC’s Reid over ‘missing white woman syndrome,’ points to disparities in reporting of police violence
“Yesterday, I learned about missing white woman syndrome,” Owens said on Wednesday in a Twitter post, referring to the line Reid used in complaining about overheated media coverage of Petito’s disappearance. “Can someone let me know what syndrome it is that causes us to ignore every white person that is …
Read More »At least 21 dead in Tennessee floods as dozens remain missing after torrential rains
The death toll in Humphreys County climbed to 21 as of Sunday afternoon, according to the local emergency management agency, and 45 people were still missing as crews went house to house. It’s not clear whether there have been any deaths in neighboring counties. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a …
Read More »8 missing after helicopter carrying tourists crashes into lake in Russia’s Far East
The helicopter, operated by Vityaz-Aero company, was carrying 13 tourists, including a child, and three crew members as it fell into Kuril Lake early on Thursday. Eight people died in the crash, health officials told Interfax news agency, adding that the bodies are likely to be found at the bottom …
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 »59 killed, 1,300 missing after catastrophic floods slam western Germany (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Days of extreme weather resulted in major flooding in western Germany this week, with the death toll climbing to 59 on Thursday – 31 of which occurred in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, while another 29 victims were found in Rhineland-Palatinate, according to local media reports. The widespread devastation was …
Read More »1 dead, 2 missing as deluge floods cities in several German states (VIDEOS)
Storms and heavy rainfall between Tuesday and Wednesday prompted the German Weather Service to issue severe weather warnings for the states of Saxony, Thuringia, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and Bavaria. A fireman was killed while performing rescue work in Altena, North Rhine-Westphalia, with police on Wednesday calling his death a “tragic …
Read More »‘No chance of life’ for dozens missing in Miami high-rise collapse, fire dept says, as rescue effort shifts to recovering remains
“We noticed the stress, the force of the pressure of the walls and the floors just pretty much… sustained no chance of life,” Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told victims’ family members on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. He added that, given the low likelihood of finding additional …
Read More »Plane with 29 people on board goes missing in Russia’s Far East
Authorities are currently “looking for details” about the aircraft’s whereabouts, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Kamchatka Territory said. It’s believed that there are 23 people and six crew members on board the plane. Russian officials are investigating whether the plane’s disappearance …
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