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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Death toll in Uganda landslides rises to 20 as search for more casualties presses on

KAMPALA, Uganda — More bodies buried under the mud were retrieved in eastern Uganda on Friday and an injured person died in a hospital, bringing the death toll from this week’s landslides to 20, officials said as search efforts pressed on in the stricken area. Heavy rains had triggered the landslides that engulfed six villages in the mountainous district of …

Uganda Bulambuli

1 month, 3 weeks ago

26 Wild Boars Trapped in Uncovered Well in Odisha's Keonjhar, Rescued

New Indian Express

A large group of wild boars fell into an uncovered well in Keonjhar, Odisha, prompting a rescue operation by forest officials. The incident occurred near a crop field, with 27 boars venturing to a farm land and falling into the well. One boarlet died in the incident, while the remaining 26 were safely rescued and released back into the forest.

Law Nature Wildlife Rescue

2 months ago

Over 16 Hours After Airstrike, Rescue Efforts Continue in Crowded Beirut Slum

Associated Press

An airstrike hit a crowded area near Beirut's main public hospital, causing significant damage and resulting in the death of at least 18 people, including four children. The hospital, which was not directly targeted, sustained damage and was forced to close. Rescue teams are still searching for survivors under the rubble, with five bodies recovered so far.

Law Crime Beirut

2 months ago

Desperation amid search for survivors of an airstrike on a crowded area near major Beirut hospital

The Independent

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Strike Hospital Injured Major Beirut

3 months, 1 week ago

The California sand wars: As beaches shrink, neighbors and cities fight for what’s left

LA Times

California is a place of magnificent tectonic forces that lift mountains only for them to be constantly eroded by glaciers, wind and rain, ground down to one of the most basic commodities on Earth: sand. Erosion has become such a problem in Broad Beach that high-profile residents such as Dustin Hoffman, Ray Romano and Pierce Brosnan committed their own money …

Beaches Beach Cities City Fight California Orange County

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Was Maria Callas really a whining, self-pitying, endlessly needy victim? Angelina Jolie stars as revered opera singer in a new biopic that projects little of her cultural stature, writes BRIAN VINER

Daily Mail

Rating: The late shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis would have approved of director Pablo Larrain’s trilogy of films about three of the most iconic women of the 21st century: he slept with two of them. Larrain’s swansong, following Jackie and Spencer, is Maria, starring Angelina Jolie as the revered opera singer Maria Callas. Angelina Jolie's new film presents singer Maria Callas …

Film Opera Jackie Maria Jolie Callas Maria Callas

4 months ago

Proposed design for $130m Royal Hobart Hospital emergency department revamp doesn't meet 'current needs', management tells staff

ABC

The latest proposed design for the long-awaited $130 million redevelopment of the Royal Hobart Hospital's emergency department does not meet current needs, let alone future needs, hospital management has told staff. An email sent to hospital staff by the emergency department management team yesterday noted the redevelopment was on hold and being reworked due to "budgetary issues". "The current design …

Health Design Emergency Hospital Department Plans Meet

4 months, 1 week ago

Guangxi manufacturer shaking up global mining machinery sector

China Daily

Hard as it may be for most companies, Guangxi MESDA Engineering Machinery Co Ltd, once a modest workshop set up by college students to produce mining machinery equipment in 2009, has won itself a major honor — making the list of the Top 10 Global Mobile Crushing and Screening Equipment Manufacturers, rated by global market observer of the sector Ccmobserver …

Global Europe China Products Guangxi Bri Screening

4 months, 1 week ago

Billionaire accused of stealing sand from Malibu’s Broad Beach, lawsuit says

LA Times

A photo of an excavator scooping sand in Broad Beach cited in the lawsuit. A lawsuit filed last week alleges that Mark Attanasio, billionaire businessman and owner of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team, has been using excavators to dig up sand from Broad Beach and carry it back to his house as part of an ongoing construction project. “This case …

Beach Lawsuit California Malibu Broad Sand Broad Beach

4 months, 2 weeks ago

A year after Maui’s deadly fires, the hills are still filled with flammable grass

NPR

A year after Maui’s deadly fires, the hills are still filled with flammable grass toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images LAHAINA, Hawaii — There’s heavy machinery — a large mower and excavator — parked in Gordon Firestein’s neighborhood, just south of Lahaina. “So it’s a high priority for us to deal with the vegetation, especially near the roads.” toggle caption Lauren …

Space Land California Rules Hawaiian Maui Hawaii

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rain hinders rescue efforts as death toll rises in India

China Daily

Indian rescuers cross a temporary bridge to reach a landslide site in Wayanad district, Kerala state, on Wednesday. FRANCIS MASCARENHAS/REUTERS CHOORALMALA, India — Soldiers and rescuers worked through slush and rocks under steady rain, looking for survivors and searching for bodies in the hills of India's Kerala state on Wednesday, a day after more than 167 people were killed in …

India Rescue Kerala

5 months ago

Mines department conducts raids on black stone quarries in Odisha

New Indian Express

JAJPUR: The Steel and Mines department on Thursday carried out extensive raids on black stone quarries located in Dharmasala block of Jajpur district. The raids were conducted following allegations of massive irregularities in mining operations in Dharmasala during the BJD government levelled by Dharmasala MLA Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo. A team of the department led by joint director of mines Nirmalendu …

Mining Mla Jajpur Sahoo Black Stone Quarries Black Stone Stone Quarries

5 months, 1 week ago

Internal inquiry by ward office over Banganga steps demolition raises questions

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: The BMC has appointed engineers from two internal departments of D ward - maintenance and water works - to investigate the demolition of the heritage steps at Banganga last month. A civic RTI activist Santosh Daundkar has written to Ashwini Joshi, additional municipal commissioner, urging that the inquiry be conducted independently and handed over to the BMC’s vigilance department. …

Heritage Inquiry Fir Contractor Banganga Daundkar

5 months, 1 week ago

‘Not aware’: CM Himanta on removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Assam town

Hindustan Times

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that he was unaware of the incident wherein a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was removed in Doomdooma town of Tinsukia district two days ago. The statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Assam’s Doomdooma town before being removed using an excavator crane on Wednesday. That’s why the local municipal body decided to carry …

Assam Gandhi Statue Mahatma Gandhi Gowala Doomdooma Town

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Southeast Delhi residents fearful of heavy rains causing recurrence of sewage backflow into homes

Hindustan Times

New Delhi Workers clean the Taimoor Nagar drain, with encroachments on both sides narrowing the width at multiple points. As a sudden downpour once again crippled the infrastructure in the Capital last week, a kilometre-long stretch of the Taimoor Nagar drain became the single source of torment for residents of thousands of houses across south and southeast Delhi, pushing sewage-mixed …

Delhi Water Friends East Colony Drain Mcd

5 months, 3 weeks ago

ED: Proceeds from sand mining used to pay excavator loans

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: The Enforcement Directorate ’s investigation into the money trail of the alleged Rs 4,730 crore river sand mining scam has indicated that a portion of the cash from the sale of sand was routed through multiple accounts to one primary account, which was used for repaying monthly dues for loans taken to buy excavators. As part of the probe, …

Cash Accounts Sand Sand Mining

5 months, 4 weeks ago

ED sends dossier to DGP, says 23.6L units of sand mined illegally in TN

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: The Enforcement Directorate has sent a dossier to the Tamil Nadu DGP flagging collusion between government officials and excavator-owning private contractors in the alleged Rs 4,730 crore sand mining scam. In the letter sent to DGP a few days ago under Section 66 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the central agency, after their nine-month investigation, pegged the …

Mining Dgp Sand Ed Area

6 months ago

25 days and counting: Missing excavator driver’s family camps at accident site

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: 65-year-old Balchandra Yadav has not slept a wink for the past 25 days. The family of 38-year-old excavator driver Rakesh Yadav waits in hope near Versova bridge, for the rescue work to begin as promised by the CM. Straddling despair and hope Rakesh was working on the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s ₹1,600-crore Surya water supply scheme, which will …

Family Mumbai Work Rescue Operation Yadav Versova Site

6 months ago

Probe ordered after man dies in Gurugram landfill collapse

Hindustan Times

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram on Friday ordered a vigilance probe into the death of a 21-year-old worker, who was buried alive under a pile of garbage on Monday. “A two-member team of chief engineers will investigate the cause and strict action will be taken against anyone found guilty including the private agency,” he said. The incident also sparked outrage …

Death Incident Yadav Gurugram Officials Waste Site

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Search continues for excavator operator trapped under debris in Palghar

The Hindu

A search involving agencies, including the NDRF, to rescue an excavator operator continued on May 31, nearly 36 hours after he was buried under debris following a cave-in at a water project site in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, an official said. The excavator operator was trapped after the soil and wall structure collapsed during work on a tunnel shaft at the …

Water Supply Palghar Excavator Operator

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Excavator driver killed in Vasai landslide, workers trapped

Hindustan Times

An excavator driver was killed, and several workers became trapped under debris following a landslide on Wednesday night in Vasai. The incident occurred at approximately 9:30 pm while the workers were engaged in laying a pipeline for the Surya water supply project along the Versova Bay Bridge. NDRF personnel at the site {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} According to the police …

Workers Excavator Driver Excavator

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Excavator driver killed in Vasai landslide, workers trapped

Hindustan Times

An excavator driver was killed, and several workers became trapped under debris following a landslide on Wednesday night in Vasai. The incident occurred at approximately 9:30 pm while the workers were engaged in laying a pipeline for the Surya water supply project along the Versova Bay Bridge. NDRF personnel at the site According to the police and rescue operation personnel, …

Workers Excavator Driver Excavator

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hopes fade of finding survivors in Papua New Guinea landslide as UN calls emergency meeting

ABC

In short: Hopes of finding survivors of a shocking landslide in Papua New Guinea are fading. Hopes of finding survivors of a shocking landslide in Papua New Guinea are fading. Locals in Papua New Guinea's remote highlands are grieving as their loved ones remain trapped under a massive landslide, with treacherous terrain impeding the arrival of aid as hopes of …

Disaster Remote Reuters Site Landslide Png Guinea

7 months, 4 weeks ago

In 20 pictures: The Asia Pacific this week

ABC

Three baby Asian small-clawed otter brothers, who were born in August, are welcomed by the public at their debut at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, Japan, on April 24. The West Pacific Naval Symposium opened in China's Shandong province on April 22, at an academy that was established in 1953 and has trained more than 100,000 naval officers and sailors — mostly …

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Death toll in Uganda landslides rises to 20 as search for more casualties presses on

26 Wild Boars Trapped in Uncovered Well in Odisha's Keonjhar, Rescued

Over 16 Hours After Airstrike, Rescue Efforts Continue in Crowded Beirut Slum

Desperation amid search for survivors of an airstrike on a crowded area near major Beirut hospital

The California sand wars: As beaches shrink, neighbors and cities fight for what’s left

Was Maria Callas really a whining, self-pitying, endlessly needy victim? Angelina Jolie stars as revered opera singer in a new biopic that projects little of her cultural stature, writes BRIAN VINER

Proposed design for $130m Royal Hobart Hospital emergency department revamp doesn't meet 'current needs', management tells staff

Guangxi manufacturer shaking up global mining machinery sector

Billionaire accused of stealing sand from Malibu’s Broad Beach, lawsuit says

A year after Maui’s deadly fires, the hills are still filled with flammable grass

Rain hinders rescue efforts as death toll rises in India

Mines department conducts raids on black stone quarries in Odisha

Internal inquiry by ward office over Banganga steps demolition raises questions

‘Not aware’: CM Himanta on removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Assam town

Southeast Delhi residents fearful of heavy rains causing recurrence of sewage backflow into homes

ED: Proceeds from sand mining used to pay excavator loans

ED sends dossier to DGP, says 23.6L units of sand mined illegally in TN

25 days and counting: Missing excavator driver’s family camps at accident site

Probe ordered after man dies in Gurugram landfill collapse

Search continues for excavator operator trapped under debris in Palghar

Excavator driver killed in Vasai landslide, workers trapped

Excavator driver killed in Vasai landslide, workers trapped

Hopes fade of finding survivors in Papua New Guinea landslide as UN calls emergency meeting

In 20 pictures: The Asia Pacific this week