A jaguar attacked Jose, 14, at the Leon City Zoo in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. Jose, who was injured in the attack, received first aid from his family and zoo staff. Jose’s health status has been announced as stable. “The safety barriers surrounding the cages should not be exceeded in order to ensure the […]
Forest fires sparked by the heat wave in Spain continue at various locations. The firefighters were seen struggling due to the strong wind. So far, over 30,000 hectares have burned in Galicia alone. Several houses were severely damaged. Castile, Valdepenas de la Sierra, Castilla–La Mancha, Monsagro in Salamanca, and Caceres in Extremadura also experienced major […]
In the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 400 heavily armed military police carried out an operation against the criminal gangs at Alemao favela. Thousands of people were trapped in their homes for hours during the operation, which claimed the lives of 19 people, including 16 gang members, 2 police officers, and 1 neighborhood resident. […]
Strong winds caused a sandstorm in Qinghai province, northwest China. Due to the storm, the cities of Haixi, Tibet and Mongolia were covered with a cloud of dust. Transportation was disrupted. The wind speed reached 53 kilometers per hour, authorities reported. Visibility dropped to 181 meters, and some areas were plunged into darkness.
A commuter train carrying about 200 passengers in Somerville, Massachusetts, caught fire while crossing the Mystic River on the railway bridge. Panicked passengers jumped out the windows of the train during the incident. A passenger was observed to have jumped into the river and swam to shore. No deaths or injuries were reported. The fire […]
A crane hit 2 women walking on the sidewalk of a road after its brake failed in Çorum, Türkiye. A CCTV showed that the crane maneuvered not to crash into cars, then hit the women who were walking on the sidewalk. The crane eventually stopped after crashing into a malfunctioning car on the side of the […]
India’s Punjab State Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann visited the city of Sultanpur Lodhi to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of its cleansing from the sacred Kali Bein River. Prime Minister Mann drank a glass of water from the river to show that the water is still clean enough to drink at the ceremony held as part […]
Fire and smoke erupted from the debris of silos in the port of Beirut, Lebanon. According to Lebanese authorities, a series of fires have erupted in recent days as a result of the fermentation of grain remains left inside the silos that were destroyed in the 04 August 2020 deadly port explosion. Bassam Mevlevi, Minister […]
A sinkhole opened up in a swimming pool at an Israeli private company’s employee party. One person in the pool died after falling into the sinkhole, and another was injured. The body of one person who fell into the sinkhole was found after a four-hour rescue operation carried out by firefighters who arrived at the […]
Two people were injured in an explosion at a natural gas pipeline owned by state oil company Pemex in the city of Chacaltianguis in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The injured were taken to hospital. 800 people living in the area close to the natural gas pipeline were evacuated for safety reasons. Temporary shelters have […]