Month September 2023

8 people electrocuted as heavy rainfall and flooding sweep South African settlements

Eight people including four children were killed by electrocution in two separate events after days of heavy rain caused floods in impoverished informal settlements near the South African city of Cape Town, emergency services said on Tuesday. Four people died… Continue Reading →

Central Greece braces for new storm as flood recovery efforts continue

Emergency services in central Greece were on alert Tuesday as storms headed toward areas hit by massive floods this month. Municipal and military crews using excavators reinforced flood defenses along rivers near the central cities of Larissa and Trikala. Flooding… Continue Reading →

Pakistani military raid kills 3 militants in former Taliban stronghold

Pakistani troops raided a suspected militant hideout in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold near the border with Afghanistan, triggering a shootout that killed three militants, the military said Tuesday. A militant commander was among those killed in the shootout late… Continue Reading →

2 men in Puerto Rico plead guilty to hate crime involving transgender woman

Two men in Puerto Rico on Monday pleaded guilty of conspiring to commit a hate crime involving a transgender woman who was killed more than three years ago. The men were accused of threatening and using a paintball gun to… Continue Reading →

2 private planes collide and crash, killing 5 in Mexico’s Durango state

Five people, including one child, were killed when two private planes crashed Monday morning in the Mexican northern state of Durango, state authorities said. The crash occurred on a small dirt airstrip in the town of La Galancita, in western… Continue Reading →

Serbia’s president calls for NATO troops to take over security in Kosovo amid rising tensions

Serbia’s president demanded on Tuesday that NATO-led troops stationed in Kosovo take over the security from police in the north of the country, days after violent clashes between armed Serbs and Kosovo police left one officer and three gunmen dead…. Continue Reading →

Bull gores, kills man at festival in Spain

A Spanish man has died from his injuries after a bull gored him in the street during a festival in eastern Spain, authorities said. The 61-year-old man died at a hospital after a bull called “Cocinero” gored him during a… Continue Reading →

Trudeau torched as ’embarrassment,’ Canada’s House speaker faces growing calls to resign for honoring Nazi

Canada’s House speaker is facing a growing chorus of opposition lawmakers demanding his resignation after a Nazi fighter was honored during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Parliament last week, as Prime Minister Justice Trudeau is also being torched by… Continue Reading →

2 powerful explosions rip through Sweden, injuring at least 3

Two powerful explosions have ripped through dwellings in central Sweden, injuring at least three people and damaging buildings, with bricks and window sections left spread outside. Late Monday, an explosion occurred in Hasselby, a suburb of the capital, Stockholm. In… Continue Reading →

German police find 100 Syrian citizens during raids to find smuggled migrants

Police in Germany found more than 100 Syrian citizens inside apartments and other buildings that were searched Tuesday in connection with the suspected smuggling of migrants, German news agency dpa reported. More than 350 German federal police officers searched locations… Continue Reading →

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