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Contaminated water kills 9 and hospitalises 200 in India
Reuters, Published on 02/01/2026
» NEW DELHI — At least nine people have died and more than 200 have been hospitalised in the central Indian city of Indore after a diarrhoea outbreak that officials said was linked to contaminated drinking water, according to a lawmaker and local health authorities.
Toxic cloud forces 160,000 Spaniards to stay inside after fire
Reuters, Published on 10/05/2025
» MADRID — Around 160,000 people in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region were warned to stay inside on Saturday after a fire at an industrial estate caused a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area, emergency services said.
Syrian medics say were coerced into false chemical attack testimony
AFP, Published on 24/12/2024
» DOUMA (SYRIA) - Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack.
China delivers relief materials to Myanmar to help cyclone victims
Xinhua News Agency, Published on 23/07/2023
» YANGON: China has delivered around 190 tons of relief materials to help victims of Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar.
Massive Australia wildfires increased Antarctic ozone hole: study
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» PARIS: Smoke from monster wildfires in Australia caused a chemical reaction that widened the ozone hole 10 percent, researchers said Wednesday, raising fears that increasing forest fires could delay the recovery of Earth's atmospheric protection against deadly UV radiation.
Syria blamed for 2018 chlorine attack
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» THE HAGUE: The global chemical weapons watchdog blamed Syria on Friday for a 2018 chlorine attack that killed 43 people, in a long-awaited report on a case that sparked tensions between Damascus and the West.
Mould and red tape: Ukrainians hosted in UK struggle to find own housing
AFP, Published on 29/11/2022
» LONDON - Viktoriya arrived in the UK in March after fleeing war-torn east Ukraine with her two sons and their cat and dog.
Jordan toxic gas blast kills 10, injures over 200
AFP, Published on 28/06/2022
» AMMAN: A toxic gas explosion killed 10 people and injured more than 250 on Monday, authorities said, when a cloud of yellow gas suddenly enveloped Jordan's Aqaba port.
Spraying deemed 'pointless' against Covid
AFP, Published on 14/05/2022
» SHANGHAI: Leaving a fine mist of disinfectant in their wake, China’s hazmat-clad health workers are cleaning homes, roads, parcels and even people — but more than two years into the pandemic, experts say it is a futile measure against Covid-19.
Syria used chemical weapons in 2018 attack: OPCW probe
AFP, Published on 12/04/2021
» THE HAGUE: The Syrian regime's air force used the chemical weapon chlorine in an attack on the town of Saraqib in 2018, the global toxic arms watchdog said on Monday after an investigation.