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World·Video More than 2,000 people were buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea last week, the national disaster centre said on Monday, as treacherous terrain and the difficulty of getting aid to the site raises the risk few survivors will be found. United Nations agency previously put death toll atContinue Reading

World 12 injured after Dublin-bound Qatar Airways flight hits turbulenceThe incident with the Qatar Airways plane comes five days after a British man died of a suspected heart attack and dozens of people were injured when a Singapore Airlines flight from London hit severe turbulence. ‘Matter is now subject toContinue Reading

World Powerful storms kill at least 18 across multiple states in southern U.S.Powerful storms killed at least 18 people and left a wide trail of destruction on Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during theContinue Reading

World More than 670 people believed killed in Papua New Guinea landslide, says UN agencyMore than 670 people are assumed to have died in Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide, the United Nations migration agency estimated on Sunday as rescue efforts continued. Mountainside debris up to 8 metres deep across 200 square kilometresThomsonContinue Reading

World Palestinian health and civil emergency service officials said at least 35 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike Sunday on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The Israel Defence Forces said it struck a Hamas compound in Rafah and that it was carried out with “precise ammunition and onContinue Reading

The United States was growing desperate, months before its entry into the Second World War. It was gravely short of aluminum, and scrambling for suppliers. Its solution: turn north to Canada.  American public money flooded into Quebec, building the aluminum industry that supplied raw materials for Allied planes and tanks.Continue Reading

After 14 years of Conservative rule, British voters may just be looking for a change in leadership when they go to the polls on July 4, regardless of the issues at play. Earlier this week, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called an election — hoping, perhaps, to capitalize on some positive recent economic news, consideringContinue Reading

World Richard M. Sherman, Oscar-winning songwriter behind Disney hits spanning decades, dead at 95Richard M. Sherman, together with his late brother Robert, won two Academy Awards for Walt Disney’s 1964 smash Mary Poppins — best score and best song, Chim Chim Cher-ee. They also picked up a Grammy for best movie orContinue Reading

World A major fire broke out Saturday at an amusement park in Gujarat state in western India, killing at least 27 people, including several children, police and media reports said. Police in Rajkot say they’ve detained owner, manager of park for questioningThe Associated Press · Posted: May 25, 2024 12:59Continue Reading