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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A fire spread across multiple highrise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex on Wednesday, killing 13 people and leaving others trapped inside, authorities said. Nine …
Read More »Hurricane Melissa leaves 49 dead in Caribbean, churns north
Hurricane Melissa’s confirmed death toll climbed to 49 on Thursday, according to official reports, after wreaking destruction across much of the northern Caribbean and picking up speed as it headed past Bermuda in the North Atlantic. Authorities in Haiti, which was not directly hit but nevertheless suffered days of torrential rains …
Read More »Brazil police operation on gangs in Rio favelas leaves at least 64 people dead
About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects and four police officers dead, officials said. The operation included officers in helicopters and armoured vehicles and targeted …
Read More »Trump’s autism announcement leaves Tylenol’s parent company with PR crisis
Damage control is well underway as Tylenol’s parent company races to dispel U.S. President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that Tylenol use during pregnancy is linked to autism spectrum disorder. “Don’t take it. Fight like hell not to take it,” Trump said on Monday, linking the painkiller’s active ingredient, acetaminophen, to …
Read More »Tour bus rollover on New York state highway leaves 5 dead, dozens injured
A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls, N.Y., with 54 people on board crashed and rolled on its side Friday on an interstate highway, killing five passengers and injuring many others, authorities said. State police Maj. Andre Ray said at an evening news conference that the driver apparently …
Read More »Fatal mishap with explosive drone leaves 2 police officers dead in Haiti
Two Haitian police officers were killed and two others seriously wounded when an explosive drone accidentally detonated at a SWAT base near Haiti’s capital, authorities in the Caribbean nation said on Wednesday. Directed by Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a task force has since March been operating explosive-laden “kamikaze” …
Read More »Fatal Deer Lake plane crash leaves family mourning halfway across the world
Gautham Santosh, 27, from Kerala, India, was killed in the plane crash near Deer Lake Regional Airport in late July. (Submitted by Sonu Prathap) A fatal plane crash in Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador has left a family grieving on the other side of the world. Shock rippled through the …
Read More »No word of ceasefire as Netanyahu leaves White House after 2nd meeting with Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday met for a second time in two days with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Gaza as Trump’s Middle East envoy said Israel and Hamas were closing their differences on a ceasefire deal. The Israeli leader departed the White House on Tuesday evening …
Read More »2 cities, 2 buildings and 1 fugitive landlord leaves tenants in unlivable conditions
A wanted fugitive accused of being the ringleader of a grandparent scam has left tenants in two southwestern Ontario cities with a host of maintenance issues and no one to turn to for help. Gareth West, 45, owns two apartment buildings in London and St. Thomas, according to property records …
Read More »Elon Musk leaves Trump administration after leading effort to slash U.S. government
Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. His departure, announced Wednesday evening, marks the end of a turbulent chapter that included thousands of layoffs, the evisceration of government agencies and reams …
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