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Six arrested for Indian stampede tragedy
Published on 04/07/2024
» NEW DELHI - Indian police said on Thursday that they had arrested six people in connection with the stampede at a Hindu religious event in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in which 121 people were killed.
Women, children trampled in Indian religious stampede
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2024
» HATHRAS, India - The death toll in the stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in northern India has risen to 121, news agency ANI reported on Wednesday, as police said the venue was greatly overcrowded at triple its permitted capacity.
More than 100 killed in Indian stampede
Published on 02/07/2024
» NEW DELHI - At least 107 people were feared dead in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, the broadcaster NDTV reported.
Myanmar generals sentenced to death as 2 die in passport queue
Published on 19/02/2024
» Myanmar's junta has given death sentences to three brigadier generals who surrendered with hundreds of troops and handed over a strategic Chinese border town to rebel fighters last month, military sources informed AFP on Monday, as two people were killed in a crush as hundreds queued for passports to leave the neighbouring country
Stampede kills 37 during Congo army recruitment drive
AFP, Published on 21/11/2023
» BRAZZAVILLE - Thirty-seven people were trampled to death in a stadium in the Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville, officials said Tuesday, in one of the deeply poor country's worst tragedies in years.
Grief and anger at mass for victims of Iraq wedding fire
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» QARAQOSH, Iraq - Survivors of a fire that ripped through an Iraqi wedding and those mourning the more than 100 people who died filled the pews of a Christian mass Thursday, two days after the disaster.
Time isn't on Guyana's side for oil income
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 21/09/2023
» Guyana is not a "hellhole country" of the sort Donald Trump complained about when he said he wanted immigrants to come to the US from white places like Norway instead, but it did used to be poor, tropical and largely populated by people of colour.
Catch the innovations from Taiwan at Bitec
Life, Published on 17/07/2023
» The Taiwan Excellence Pavilion will take centre stage at "Taiwan Expo 2023", which will take place at Bitec Hall 100, Bang Na-Trat Road, daily from 10am to 6pm starting Thursday to Saturday.
Don’t miss out on the event of the year for the latest Taiwan Innovations & Products @ Taiwan Expo
Published on 07/07/2023
» The “Taiwan Excellence Pavilion” is back this year at the Taiwan Expo, bringing together over 28 exhibitors and 64 highlight products, direct from Taiwan to present the latest innovative products, solutions, and technologies focused on green energy.
Crowds 'stone the devil' in final hajj ritual
AFP, Published on 28/06/2023
» MINA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Massive crowds of robed Muslims gathered for the "stoning of the devil" ritual in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic draws to a close.