Istanbul, Türkiye — A fire ravaged a hotel in a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing 10 people and injuring 32 others, the Interior Minister announced. Witnesses said desperate guests tried to escape using ropes, and video showed sheets hanging from windows. Media reports suggested some people died after trying to reach safety. … Read more
Beijing — A powerful earthquake killed at least 53 people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the region in western China and across the border with Nepal. The official Xinhua news agency said another 62 people were injured, citing the regional disaster relief headquarters. About 1,500 firefighters … Read more
Thirty-two dolphins have died since two storm-hit tankers spilled fuel oil three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, which separates the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula from the southern Russian region of Krasnodar, it was announced on Sunday. an animal protection association. Russia’s Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Center said the deaths were “most likely linked to … Read more
Mexico — Mexican authorities have discovered 12 bodies buried in clandestine graves in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, officials said Thursday. Authorities discovered 11 graves containing 12 skeletons in Ascension Township, near the U.S. border, the state attorney’s office said in a statement. “The discovery was made during tracing operations which took place on … Read more
A bridge connecting two northern Brazilian states has collapsed, killing at least two people and leaving a dozen others missing, police said Monday. A sulfuric acid spill complicates rescue operations. Footage obtained by local residents showed cars and trucks crossing the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge when large sections collapsed into a river on Sunday. … Read more
At least two people died and dozens more were injured after a vehicle crashed into crowds at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. Authorities say the driver of the car has been arrested and it appears to be a deliberate attack. Elaine Cobbe has details.
At least two people were killed and dozens injured after a car crashed into a busy Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday. Authorities said it appeared to be a deliberate attack. The driver of the car was arrested, according to Magdeburg police confirmed. Saxony-Anhalt State Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff told a news conference in … Read more
Two road accidents in southeastern Afghanistan killed a total of 50 people and injured 76, a government spokesperson said Thursday. One of them was a collision between a bus and an oil tanker on the Kabul-Kandahar highway on Wednesday evening, said Hafiz Omar, spokesperson for the governor of Ghazni province. The other, also late Wednesday … Read more
Gisèle Pélicot’s ex-husband was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a French court on Thursday after admitting to drugging her for nearly a decade so he and dozens of men could rape her. 49 other men were also convicted of rape during the trial. Pelicot became a feminist icon after forcing a public trial … Read more
New research suggests that dozens of Bronze Age Britons were killed in an unprecedented attack known to archaeologists studying that period and location. The research into human remains from Charterhouse Warren in south-west England, carried out by a team of researchers from several institutions, including the University of Oxford, was published in antiquitya journal of … Read more