UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Sudanese people “are trapped in an inferno of brutal violence” with famine, disease and fighting closing in and no end in sight, the top U.N. humanitarian official in the war-ravaged country said Wednesday. Clementine Nkweta-Salami told a U.N. press conference that “horrific atrocities are being committed with reckless abandon, reports […]
Meme stocks soared again on Tuesday, as US equities more broadly stayed muted amid a mixed inflation reading. Investors also awaited a Jerome Powell speech that could shed light on the path of interest rates. The S&P 500 (^GSPC), Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) were all little changed at […]
Meme stocks soared again on Tuesday, as US equities more broadly stayed muted in the countdown to fresh inflation data and a Jerome Powell speech that could shed light on the path of interest rates. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) were little changed after the blue-chip benchmark broke an eight-day run of gains on […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — A large billboard collapsed onto people during heavy rain and thunderstorms in India’s western city of Mumbai, killing at least 14 and injuring 74 others, reports said. A rescue operation was ongoing Tuesday morning, and it was unclear how many people may still be trapped. The rains, accompanied by high winds, […]
Pinned under the rubble of a five-storey apartment block that collapsed in South Africa’s coastal city of George, electrician Delvin Safers was trapped next to the motionless, silent body of his colleague. He was dead. Mr Safers was terrified. But most of all, at that moment, he was sad for the man who had become […]
All of the vessels that were trapped in the Port of Baltimore when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed have now left their berths. The last ship in that group departed Monday morning, hours before a planned explosion that will cut apart a section of steel truss draped across the bow of the Dali, officials […]
All of the vessels that were trapped in the Port of Baltimore when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed have now left their berths. The last ship in that group departed Monday morning, hours before a planned explosion that will cut apart a section of steel truss draped across the bow of the Dali, officials […]
MUMBAI (Reuters) – At least four people are dead, 61 injured and more than 40 feared trapped after a massive billboard fell during a rainstorm in India’s financial capital of Mumbai on Monday, local officials said. The rainstorm was accompanied by gusty winds, causing the billboard, located next to a busy road in the eastern […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — A billboard has collapsed and killed three people and injured 59 in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, in thunderstorms and heavy rain, the Press Trust of India reported Monday. Scores of people were thought to be trapped after the collapse in the suburb of Ghatkopar, Mumbai police said on social media platform […]
Rescuers cheered as they found three more survivors trapped under a building which collapsed in South Africa’s coastal city of George on Monday. Among the survivors is Delvin Safers, 29, whose plight was closely followed by South Africans as he sent voice notes from beneath the rubble to his parents and girlfriend, telling them how […]
A rescue operation is continuing in South Africa after a five-storey building under construction collapsed, killing two people and leaving another 53 trapped. Officials in the city of George, Western Cape province, say 22 people have been pulled from the wreckage and taken to hospital. A team of 75 crew were on the site when […]
The captain of a California dive boat who jumped overboard rather than put out a fire that killed 34 people has been jailed. Jerry Boylan was sentenced to four years for criminal negligence over his response after a fire broke out on The Conception in September 2019, killing 33 passengers and one crew trapped below […]