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numerous wooden sculptures burned on last day of spain’s fallas festival
The two-week-long annual festival, Fallas, which is celebrated in Spain's Valencia to commemorate Saint Joseph, ended yesterday. As part of the traditional festival, parodic papier-maché, cardboard, and wooden sculptures that were displayed…
Arrest warrant for Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Khan canceled
Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistani Justice Movement Party (PTI) leader Imran Khan, who was issued with arrest warrant on March 13 for not attending the two hearings of the cases opened for the charges of selling state gifts and…
presidential election begins in Montenegro
Montenegrins went to the polls to elect the country's eighth president. A total of 532,599 registered voters will cast their votes between 9:00 and 22:00 at the ballot boxes in the country and abroad. There are seven candidates competing in…
Car driver pushes motorcyclist towards barriers in Taiwan
A car driver on a highway in Taiwan's Hsinchu city steered toward a motorcycle driver he overtook. Deliberately pushing him towards the barriers for not making way, the car driver caused the man on the bike to fall into the ground and…
bus rolls down into ditch in Bangladesh: 19 dead
A passenger bus with more than 40 people rolled into a ditch in the Bangladeshi city of Shibchar. According to initial reports, 19 people died in the accident. Authorities stated that the accident occurred as the driver lost control of the…
police brutality protested in Paris
Hundreds of people gathered in Republique Square in Paris, the capital of France, to protest police violence and demand those responsible for the killings in custody be brought to justice. The demonstrators held banners saying, "We want…
high school girl arrested for causing classmate’s death in mexico
Azahara Aylin, a 14-year-old high school student who hit her classmate, Norma Lizbeth, on the head with a stone during a fight in Teotihuacan, Mexico, on February 21, was arrested after trying to flee to the United States with her mother…
Truck crashes into 6 vehicles in Mexico: 4 dead, 25 injured
On a highway in the city of Oxchuc, Chiapas state of Mexico, a truck with a burst brake went downhill and crashed into a total of 6 vehicles, including 2 cars, 2 motor taxis, 1 passenger van and 1 truck. Four people lost their lives and 25…
6.7 magnitude earthquake hits Ecuador: at least 16 dead
The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a 6.7-magnitude earthquake occurred 6 kilometers northeast of Balao, Ecuador, yesterday afternoon. At least 16 died and 381 injured. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.7 kilometers and did…
croatian health workers demand rise and improvement in sector
Hundreds of physicians and medical personnel from throughout Croatia marched to Saint Mark's Square in Zagreb to protest the government and the Ministry of Health. The demonstrators demand higher wages, improved working conditions, and…