MORBI, India — Police in western India arrested nine people on Monday as they investigated the collapse of a newly repaired 143-year-old suspension bridge in one of the country’s worst accidents in years, officials said. The collapse Sunday evening in Gujarat state plunged hundreds of people into a river, killing at least 134. As families […]
BBC News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Morbi district in western Gujarat state where a bridge collapse killed 135 people in one of India’s worst accidents in years. The 140-year-old bridge over the Machchu river gave way on Sunday, days after it reopened following repairs. Search and rescue operations on the river resumed on […]
ABC News HELSINKI — A helicopter on a leisure flight crashed in central Norway Tuesday killing both passengers and severely injuring the pilot, authorities said. Norwegian police identified the dead passengers as a Norwegian man and a woman in their 60s. The pilot was found alive at the crash site just outside the town of […]
BBC News: A rescue operation – begun after a pedestrian suspension bridge collapsed in India’s western state of Gujarat – has been scaled down as hopes fade of more survivors being found. Officials say 141 people – most of them women, children or elderly – died after the bridge collapsed on Sunday evening. The 140-year-old […]
BBC News: On a bright and cloudless October afternoon, Lee Insook marched into a grassy field in the middle of Seoul, sat down, and began to wail. Clutching a handmade sign that said “I’m so sorry, guys”, she directed her piercing cries at a large stage covered in flowers – a public altar honouring the […]
Reuters: Oct 31 – Canada on Monday imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, marking the fourth package of sanctions it has implemented for alleged human rights violations in that country, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The latest sanctions target four individuals and two entities, including senior officials and Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces, which Canada […]
Reuters: SAO PAULO, Oct 31 – Farmers in Brazil’s biggest farm state are concerned that agricultural exports could be affected by road blockades by truckers protesting the result of Sunday’s election, the head of a state farm lobby told Reuters on Monday. Normando Corral, president of farm group Famato, said the roadblocks in the top […]
Reuters: KYIV, Oct 31 – Russia fired dozens of missiles at Ukrainian energy facilities including hydroelectric power stations on Monday, causing widespread blackouts, mobile phone outages and reductions in water supplies. Explosions rocked Kyiv and thick black smoke billowed over the capital in a wave of attacks on Monday morning that Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal […]
ABC News: MORBI, India — At least 132 people were killed after a century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into a river Sunday evening in the western Indian state of Gujarat, sending hundreds plunging in the water in one of the worst accidents in the country over the past decade, officials said. Authorities said the 19th-century, […]
BBC News: A Swiss railway operator has set a new record for completing a journey with the world’s longest passenger train. The 1.9km (1.2 mile) train, which is composed of 100 coaches, completed a spectacular 25km (15.5 mile) journey through the Alps. The world record attempt took place to highlight Switzerland’s engineering achievements, as well […]
ABC News: SEOUL and NEW YORK — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday declared a period of national mourning after a stampede left at least 153 people dead and 82 injured during Halloween festivities in Seoul. Two Americans were among the 19 foreign nationals who died, ABC News confirmed. The victims were largely in […]
