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kitchen cylinder explosion kills 1, injures 1
A kitchen cylinder explosion in a house in the Mexican city, Apodaca, left 1 dead and 1 injured.
One person in the house had burns on his body, and a person living in the house next door was crushed to death by a wall that collapsed in…
SpaceX launches “SES 03b mPOWER” mission
Elon Musk's space transportation company SpaceX sent 2 internet satellites into space as part of the SES O3b mPOWER mission. The Falcon-9 rocket carrying the satellites of the Luxembourg-based telecommunications company, SES, was…
Landing Helicopter crashes in Russia, kills 3 aboard
Three people were killed when a MI-8 helicopter caught fire while landing at Baikal Airport in Russia's Autonomous Republic of Buryatia. According to Russian officials, the newly manufactured helicopter had not yet been delivered to its…
Massive cylindrical aquarium explodes in Berlin
In Berlin, Germany, the world's largest cylindrical aquarium at the Dom Aquaree entertainment complex exploded. The explosion of the AquaDom aquarium, which contains 1 million liters of water and 1,500 fish, injured 2 people, according to…
Madrid subway station flooded amid heavy rains
Heavy rains from Storm Efrain flooded metro stations in Madrid, Spain's capital. Flooding alerts were issued in 35 provinces across the country. The Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) had warned its citizens against floods caused…
Landslide in Malaysia camping area kills at leaast 16
A landslide occurred at a camping area in Selangor state's Batang Kali district, about 50 kilometers north of Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur. At least 16 people were killed, including a 5-year-old boy, 7 others were taken to hospitals,…
Fire at Panama Canal Miraflores lock
A fire broke out in one of the machinery tunnels in the upper chamber of the Panama Canal's Miraflores locks, according to a written statement issued by the Panama Canal Administration. The passage of ships through the canal's Miraflores…
F-35 fighter jet crashes during vertical landing at US airbase
An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet crashed and hit its nose while making a vertical landing at the US naval airbase in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The pilot had ejected successfully from the plane, the jet’s manufacturer Lockheed Martin said,…
Russia shares video of thermonuclear ballistic missile loaded near Moscow
The Russian Ministry of Defense shared a video of a large Yars intercontinental ballistic missile being loaded in a silo. The missile was located in the Kozelsky military district in the Kaluga oblast, southwest of Moscow. With a range of…
2 killed after fire at Russian oil plant
A fire at an oil facility near Russia's Irkutsk oblast killed 2 people and injured 4 others, according to Russian officials. The fire covered an area of 2,500 square meters, and the flames were brought under control after long efforts by…