A bus carrying predominantly South African mine workers collided head-on with another vehicle Sunday afternoon, resulting in at least 20 dead. Initially, 18 employees and the driver of the other vehicle lost their lives, while four sustained serious injuries and were hospitalized, Murray & Roberts, a South African…
Read MoreAt least 7,000 people are believed to have been killed as a result of biblical flooding in Libya as of Thursday, with officials saying the death toll could climb to 20,000, according to multiple reports. The exact number of fatalities is difficult to calculate due to ongoing search-and-rescue…
Read MoreAn outbreak of botulism at the Tchin Tchin Wine Bar in France has left one dead and at least eight individuals in intensive care, according to a Tuesday press release and a report from CBS News. French health authorities have confirmed 12 total cases of foodborne botulism primarily…
Read MoreAn intense earthquake in Morocco on Friday killed over 1,000 people and injured hundreds more, Reuters reported. Rescue workers are scrambling to find survivors after buildings came crashing down in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains during the earthquake that took place late Friday night, Reuters reported. At a magnitude…
Read MoreAt least two people died during historic floods plaguing Hong Kong on Thursday and Friday. More than 100 people were injured and at least two killed in Hong Kong on Friday as a series of major typhoons plagued the financial hub, causing widespread flooding and damage to property,…
Read More“Mrs Mohamed Al Fayed, her children and grandchildren wish to confirm that her beloved husband, their father and their grandfather, Mohamed, has passed away peacefully of old age on Wednesday August 30, 2023,” Al Fayed’s family said in a statement, per the BBC. “He enjoyed a long and…
Read MoreAuthorities say an out-of-service train killed a group of five workers in northern Italy while they were performing overnight maintenance Thursday, according to multiple reports. The train was transporting wagons on the Milan-Turin line around midnight and was not in commercial service, The Guardian reported, citing local police.…
Read MoreA fire broke out early Thursday at a five-story apartment in an inner-city area in South Africa, killing at least 73 people and injuring 55 others, according to several reports. At least 200 people, most of them homeless and foreign nationals, were estimated to be living in the…
Read MoreU.S. officials are still determining the cause of the plane crash that likely killed Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, according to the Pentagon. Prigozhin, along with Wagner ally Dmitry Utkin and eight other people, was presumed dead after the plane suddenly plummeted out of the sky and crashed…
Read More“All possible assistance is being given to those affected,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office said in a statement, per BBC. In the same statement, the government also pledged to pay 200,000 rupees ($2,400) to the next of kin of those killed, the outlet reported. In June, 288…
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