A tour boat collided with a water taxi as it passed under the Erasmus Bridge on the Nieuwe Maas River in Rotterdam, Netherlands. While the tour boat stopped after a while, the water taxi sank. Rescue team was dispatched to the area. 6 people, including 1 child, were taken out of the water from the […]
Police rescued a 6-month-old baby in a parked car on Orlicka Street in Prague, Czechia. Baby’s mother came to the scene after the incident, saying she left her baby on board for a swift shopping and leaving the front car window so that the baby could breathe. “The person who reported the situation said she […]
A tornado struck Lianyungang City in east China’s Jiangsu Province on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring 25, according to the local emergency management bureau. The tornado swept through 11 villages in four Lianyungang townships. The disaster affected over 2,200 villagers and damaged over 640 houses and approximately 250 hectares of farmland. Emergency personnel responded […]
Sparks from electric wires ignited 100 acres of stubble and wooded area in Çorlu, Tekirdağ, Turkey. Sparks from electrical wires allegedly caused a fire in the wheat field. Firefighters were called after farmers in the area noticed the fire. The fire was extinguished before it spread to the cultivated fields. The owner of the field, Fatih […]
A ceremony was held in the Sri Lankan parliament yesterday for the newly elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Wickremesinghe, 73, took the oath of office before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya. Wickremesinghe will rule until November 2024, when the mandate of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned in the aftermath of the protests, […]
The number of cases in Turkey has increased in recent days in the fight against Covid-19. The Ministry of Health announced that a booster shot has been defined for those over 50 years old and in the risk group, as well as people who have not vaccinated in the last 6 months. Health Minister Fahrettin […]
The forest fires caused by the severe drought and heat wave that affected Europe continue. About 600 firefighters and helicopters have been battling the flames since Sunday in the western central European country of Slovenia. The villages of Sela na Krasu, Hudi Log, Korita na Krasu and Nova Vas were evacuated due to the fire […]
A fire broke out in a 9-storey apartment building last night in Moscow, Russia. About 400 people were evacuated due to the fire on Leninsky Prospekt, a major street southwest of the city center, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said. According to eyewitnesses, the fire started on the building’s roof and spread to individual […]
A bus crashed into a gas station in Bijnor, located in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. One person injured in the incident, where the bus seen crashing into a vehicle next to fuel pump. At the time of the accident, one person narrowly escaped getting pressed between the vehicle and fuel pump, which was […]
A mass grave was found in a field near the city of Zapopan in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The dead bodies of 16 people were initially found during the first excavations. In the ongoing excavations, the number of bodies found yesterday increased to 25, authorities said. There would be more bodies in the field […]