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India nightclub fire kills 23 in Goa
AFP, Published on 07/12/2025
» MUMBAI (INDIA) - A fire at a nightclub in the west Indian state of Goa has killed at least 23 people, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and other officials said early Sunday.
Rock and ice prevent rescue work after Swiss glacier collapse
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» FERDEN (SWITZERLAND) - Swiss authorities said Thursday that rock and ice piles from a collapsed glacier that destroyed a village were preventing emergency services from working, but that they were cautiously optimistic no more homes were at risk.
Collapsing glacier buries Swiss village
Reuters, Published on 29/05/2025
» WILER, Switzerland - The army was deployed and rescue specialists were airlifted in to search for a man still missing on Thursday after a huge chunk of a glacier crashed down a mountain in Switzerland, burying much of a picturesque Swiss Alpine village.
Canada PM Carney to call April 28 snap election
AFP, Published on 21/03/2025
» OTTAWA - New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call a snap election for April 28, triggering an intense campaign dominated by how to react to President Donald Trump's trade war and demands to turn the close US ally into a 51st state.
WHO warns of falsified cough syrup ingredients seized in Pakistan
Reuters, Published on 16/04/2024
» The World Health Organization issued an alert on Monday warning drugmakers of five contaminated batches of propylene glycol, an ingredient used in medicinal syrups, that appear to have been falsely labelled as manufactured by Dow Chemical units in Asia and Europe.
About 1,000 tourists trapped in Xinjiang after avalanches
Reuters, Published on 16/01/2024
» BEIJING - Around 1,000 tourists remain stranded in a remote holiday village after avalanches hit China's northwestern Xinjiang region with metres-high snow and fickle weather impeding evacuation, state TV reported on Tuesday.
Pakistan seizes poisonous solvent used in cough syrup
Reuters, Published on 11/01/2024
» ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has seized a batch of contaminated propylene glycol solvent that was labelled as manufactured by Dow Chemical, Thailand, the country’s drug regulatory authority said on Thursday.
Life of pain for toxic syrup survivors
Reuters Special Report by Stanley Widianto, Willy Kurniawan, Kate Lamb and Jennifer Rigby, Published on 23/12/2023
» JAKARTA - Devouring books from a young age, Sheena Almaera Maryam had been excited about her first day of kindergarten near Jakarta.
Man in a wooden suit: Finnish craftsman turns bark to art
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» ASIKKALA (FINLAND) - In his rustic cabin in the forests of southern Finland, 87-year-old Erkki Pekkarinen carves delicate strips of birch bark with his knife, before intricately weaving them into beautiful objects.
Deadly Indonesian cough syrup was almost pure toxin: court papers
Reuters, Published on 13/10/2023
» JAKARTA: An Indonesian drugmaker whose cough syrup is among products linked to the deaths of more than 200 children last year used ingredients with toxin concentrations of up to 99% in 70 batches of medicine, prosecutors said in a court filing.