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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Indonesia’s president told survivors of last week’s devastating floods that help was arriving to those in need Monday as Asian governments scaled up their responses to a …
Read More »Death toll in Hong Kong apartment complex blaze rises to 146 as the city mourns
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed …
Read More »Death toll in Lisbon funicular accident rises to 17 as rescue crews prepare to make way for investigators
The death toll in the crash of a famous Lisbon streetcar popular with tourists rose to 17 Thursday after two of the 23 injured people died, an emergency services official said. The dead were all adults, Margarida Castro Martins, head of Lisbon’s Civil Protection Agency, told reporters. She didn’t provide …
Read More »Death toll in Ukraine’s capital rises to 23 after Russian attack, peace talks stalled
The death toll in a major Russian missile and drone strike on the Ukrainian capital rose to 23, including four children, officials said Friday, as U.S.-led efforts to end the three-year war remain stuck in apparent limbo. Authorities in the Kyiv region declared Friday an official day of mourning. Flags …
Read More »Angry students confront Bangladesh officials as plane crash death toll rises to 31
Hundreds of students protested near the site of the crash of a Bangladesh air force training jet into a school in the nation’s capital, demanding accountability, compensation for victims’ families and the halt of training flights. The death toll from the crash rose to 31 on Tuesday, including 25 students, …
Read More »Search teams scour Air India plane crash site as death toll rises to 270, relatives press for answers
Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday. The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in …
Read More »Death toll rises to 221 in Dominican roof collapse
Memorials were taking place Thursday for a merengue star and others killed when a cement roof collapsed at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic, as the number of dead surged to 221 and crews completed their search for bodies. Mourners clad in black and white streamed into Santo Domingo’s …
Read More »South Korea’s fertility rate rises for the first time in 9 years
South Korea’s fertility rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, supported by an increase in marriages, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, in a sign that the country’s demographic crisis might have turned a corner. The country’s fertility rate, the average number of babies a woman is …
Read More »Death toll in Spanish flooding rises past 200
The death toll from historic flash floods in Spain climbed to least 205 people on Friday, with many more believed to be missing, as the initial shock gave way to anger, frustration and a wave of solidarity. Spanish emergency authorities said 202 of the victims were in the eastern region of Valencia, and officials …
Read More »Brandon, Man. creates arson task force as number of suspicious fires rises – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 16, 2024 12:26 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size In response to an increase in the number of suspicious fires, the City of Brandon, along with the local police and fire departments, have set up an …
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