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Paris to kick off 2024 Games under tight security
Reuters, Published on 26/07/2024
» PARIS: France aims to wow the world on Friday with an extravagant Olympics opening ceremony through the heart of Paris, officially kicking off a Games fraught with security risks at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions.
Fragile unity pushes Myanmar junta to the brink
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2024
» MYAWADDY - Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized from the ruling junta last week, offers a glimpse of dynamics playing out across the Southeast Asian country as its vaunted military reels from battlefield losses.
Baltimore rescuers lose hope for more survivors from bridge collapse
Reuters, Published on 27/03/2024
» BALTIMORE - Rescuers have lost hope of finding more survivors of the Baltimore bridge collapse, the coast guard said, as efforts switched on Wednesday to looking for bodies of the missing and more answers to why a container ship smashed into the span.
Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses after ship collision
Reuters, Published on 26/03/2024
» BALTIMORE - The 3-kilometre (1.6-mile) long Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland collapsed into the water overnight after a cargo ship collided with it, Fox Baltimore reported on Tuesday.
Factbox: Century-old India hanging bridge collapsed days after repair
Reuters, Published on 31/10/2022
» NEW DELHI: A suspension bridge in western India that collapsed on Sunday, killing at least 134 people, was built under British colonial rule and reopened only last week after repairs. Here are some details about the bridge:
Taiwan divers search for trapped fisherman after bridge collapse
Reuters, Published on 02/10/2019
» TAIPEI: Rescuers in Taiwan searched on Wednesday for the last fisherman believed to have been crushed in his boat when a bridge collapsed into a harbour, killing at least five people, as questions were raised about construction standards.
Venezuelan opposition to flood streets
Reuters, Published on 24/01/2019
» CARACAS: Venezuelans prepared for a major march on Wednesday after dozens of violent protests overnight, as the opposition sought to force President Nicolas Maduro from office amid global criticism of the socialist leader.
Italy motorway bridge collapses, 'dozens' feared dead
Reuters, Published on 14/08/2018
» ROME: A motorway bridge collapsed on Tuesday over the northern Italian port city of Genoa in what the transport minister said was likely to be "an immense tragedy".
Stampede in Mumbai kills at least 22
Reuters, Published on 29/09/2017
» MUMBAI: A stampede broke out on a crowded pedestrian bridge connecting two railway stations in Mumbai during the Friday morning rush, and at least 22 people were killed in the crush while another 27 were injured, officials said.
Malaysia scraps $20bn bank merger
Reuters, Published on 13/01/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia will scrap a proposed $20 billion merger that would have created the country's biggest bank, after CIMB Holdings and RHB Capital failed to agree on new deal terms, people familiar with the matter said.