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 […]
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, […]