Tag: Accidents and disasters
Hurricanes’ Teravainen out for road trip due to concussion
RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour says winger Teuvo Teravainen is sidelined with a concussion.
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Nigerian military plane crashes near capital airport, 7 dead
LAGOS, Nigeria — A military plane crashed in Nigeria on Sunday, killing all seven people on board, said officials.
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Former Polish dissident Litynski drowns trying to save dog
WARSAW, Poland — Rescue officials were searching Monday for the body of Jan Litynski, a Polish communist-era dissident and democracy-era politician who drowned in...
Influential mayor of Mozambique city dies of COVID-19
JOHANNESBURG — Daviz Simango, the leader of Mozambique's opposition MDM party and the mayor of the major port city of Beira, died Monday in...
Zookeeper attacked by lion in Germany suffers injuries
BERLIN — A zookeeper in northwestern Germany was attacked Sunday by a lion as she cleaned its cage, authorities said.
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Italian vessels rescue 47 migrants after small boat capsizes
ROME — Italy’s coast guard and border police motorboats rescued 47 migrants whose small wooden boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea south of a...
Italy taps German archaeologist to oversee Pompeii ruins
ROME — A German-born archaeologist has been chosen to be the next director of Pompeii, which is still revealing its ancient mysteries centuries after...
10 years after quake, Christ Church Cathedral finally rising
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Christ Church Cathedral was arguably New Zealand's most iconic building before much of it crumbled in an earthquake 10...
10 years after Christchurch quake, survivors share stories
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — One woman channeled her anger to ensure buildings are safer. Others have found peace after heartbreaking losses. Ten years after...
VIRUS DIARY: It’s mud, mud everywhere in UK’s 3rd lockdown
LONDON — It's apparently not enough for Britons to endure almost 120,000 COVID-19 deaths and face a new variant of the virus that scientists...
