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Bus crash in Bangladesh kills at least 19

Mar 19, 2023 Editor Desk

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Spread the love In this representational image, healthcare workers can be seen taking a patient in the ambulance. — Unsplash/File Toll to rise further as some of passengers in critical condition, says police. “Bus carrying more than 40 passengers fell about 9 metres roadside ditch.” Cause of the accident under investigation, says police. DHAKA: A speeding bus veered off a major expressway in central Bangladesh and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens, police said. The death toll could rise further as some of the…

Strong earthquake kills at least 14 in Ecuador, 1 in Peru

Mar 19, 2023Mar 19, 2023 Editor Desk

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Spread the love A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and fallen power lines. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of about 6.8 that was centered just off the Pacific Coast, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second-largest city. One of the victims died in Peru, while 14 others died in Ecuador, where authorities also reported that at least 126…

Southern Ecuador earthquake kills at least 12

Mar 18, 2023Mar 18, 2023 Editor Desk

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Spread the love A strong earthquake off Ecuador’s southern coast left people trapped in collapsed houses. Source link

Ecuador earthquake kills at least 12, causes wide damage

Mar 18, 2023Mar 18, 2023 Editor Desk

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Spread the love Comment on this story Comment QUITO, Ecuador — A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least a dozen people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and fallen power lines. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of about 6.8 that was centered just off the Pacific Coast, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second-largest city. Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso in a televised event said the earthquake killed…

Teen allegedly shoots mom, kills 2 officers in west Canada

Mar 17, 2023Mar 17, 2023 Editor Desk

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Spread the love A 16-year-old wounded his mother with a firearm and then killed two police officers before taking his own life in western Canada early Thursday, officials told The Associated Press. A police official and a senior government official said the male suspect shot and wounded his mother in Edmonton, Alberta. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as each was not authorised to speak publicly on the matter. Earlier, Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee said the two officers were fatally shot when they arrived at an apartment building…

Colombian coal mine explosion kills 11, search ongoing for survivors

Mar 15, 2023Mar 15, 2023 Editor Desk

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Spread the love A powerful explosion in a coal mine in central Colombia that affected four other mines linked by tunnels has killed at least 11 people and left others missing, the government said Wednesday. President Gustavo Petro said on his Twitter account that rescuers were making every effort to reach the trapped miners. The blast took place Tuesday night in the municipality of Sutatausa in Cundinamarca province. Cundinamarca Gov. Nicolás García Bustos initially reported four deaths with two people recovered alive and 17 still trapped in the mine. COLOMBIA’S…

Cyclone Freddy kills at least 99 in Malawi | CNN

Mar 13, 2023Mar 13, 2023 Editor Desk

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Spread the love CNN — At least 99 people were confirmed dead on Monday after Cyclone Freddy slammed into southern Malawi, the country’s Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs, Charles Kalemba, told CNN. Most of the deaths happened in Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial capital, according to Kalemba. “We have recorded 99 people dead in about seven councils, with Blantyre city as the highest with 85 dead and about 134 people in Blantyre alone hospitalized,” Kalemba told CNN on Monday evening. He warned the number of dead and injured could rise. Malawi’s government has declared a “state of disaster” in the…

Texas girl, 3, shoots and kills 4-year-old sister after finding loaded gun in home

Mar 13, 2023Mar 13, 2023 Editor Desk

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Spread the love A three-year-old girl accidentally shot and killed her four-year-old sister Sunday night at an apartment in Houston, Texas. The incident was reported shortly before 8 p.m. local time, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said at a news conference. The two girls and five adults, all of whom were family and friends, were spending time at an apartment on Bammel North Houston Road near Tomball Parkway when the shooting occurred. According to Gonzalez, the girls and their parents lived at the apartment. EXECUTION DELAYED FOR TEXAS CHILD KILLER…

California’s ordeal continues as latest storm kills two

Mar 11, 2023Mar 11, 2023 Editor Desk

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Spread the love PARARO: During the overnight hours leading into Saturday, another severe storm pummeled Californiaresulting in the evacuation of thousands of people, causing a levee to collapse in Monterey County’s coastal area, and leading to the loss of at least two lives. “We were hoping to avoid and prevent this situation, but the worst case scenario has arrived with the Pajaro River overtopping and levee breaching at about midnight,” Luis Alejo, a Monterey County supervisor, said Saturday on Twitter. On Friday, state emergency services director Nancy Ward announced that…

Stroke Second Most Common Cause Of Death In India, Kills One Person Every 4 Minutes: AIIMS Neurologist

Mar 10, 2023Mar 10, 2023 Editor Desk

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Spread the love Stroke, which is the second commonest cause of death in India, kills one person in India every 4 minutes, Prof. M. V. Padma Srivastava, a neurologist at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said. “About 1,85,000 strokes occur every year in India with nearly one stroke happening every 40 seconds,” the Padma Shri recipient said at an event held at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. According to the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), India has 68.6 percent incidence of stroke, 70.9 percent stroke deaths, and…