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1 week ago

1 dead after Scorpio overturns as toll workers stone vehicle over unpaid fee in Rajasthan

A dispute over toll payment in Rajasthan led to an altercation at a toll plaza on National Highway 68. Toll workers allegedly threw stones at a Scorpio car after its occupants bypassed the toll without paying the fee. The accident occurred as a group of seven friends from Barmer district were travelling towards Jaisalmer's Sam Sand Dunes to celebrate the …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Divers discover 2 more bodies in Italian hydro powerplant explosion. Death toll hits 5

The Independent

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9 months ago

The world turns on Israel after World Central Kitchen slaughter: International fury grows, with UK possibly axing arms deals as IDF is accused of war crimes and aid worker death toll exceeds that of a

Daily Mail

World leaders have vented their fury at Israel following an 'outrageous' drone strike on a convoy of aid workers from the charity World Central Kitchen which killed seven, including three British armed forces heroes. James Henderson, 33, was travelling in a clearly marked car operated by World Central Kitchen, a charity providing meals to Palestinians in the war torn enclave, …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Got COVID? Doctors warn powering through it — even from home — can worsen health toll

LA Times

More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, when Dr. Anthony Fauci tested positive for the coronavirus, his federal agency announced that he would “continue to work from his home.” So did U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, who announced on Twitter that after testing positive, “I plan to work remotely.” And so did San Francisco Mayor London Breed, whose …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Garbage and recyclables pile up as Omicron takes its toll

LA Times

The Omicron variant is sickening so many sanitation workers around the U.S. that some cities have had to delay or suspend garbage or recycling pickups, angering residents shocked that governments can’t perform this most basic of functions. “If it was a business that wanted to come in here, they would dump money in to make it happen.” Cities including Atlanta, …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Truck driver strike at Toll Group set to cause road block, with Linfox also facing industrial action

ABC

Thousands of truck drivers will stop deliveries on Friday as part of a planned national strike at transport giant Toll Group, and transport workers at LinFox and Bevchain also look set to take industrial action. Key points: Around 7,000 Toll truck drivers will go on strike for 24 hours on Friday The Transport Workers Union is accusing Toll of seeking …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Citizens Work To Expose COVID's Real Toll In Nicaragua As Leaders Claim Success

NPR

Citizens Work To Expose COVID's Real Toll In Nicaragua As Leaders Claim Success Enlarge this image toggle caption Inti Ocon/AFP via Getty Images Inti Ocon/AFP via Getty Images Editor's note: The fight against disinformation has become a facet of nearly every story NPR international correspondents cover, from vaccine hesitancy to authoritarian governments spreading lies. Enlarge this image toggle caption Maynor …

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3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19: Over 1.8 cr people vaccinated in Maharashtra so far

India TV News

A total of 1,80,88,042 people have so far received COVID-19 vaccine doses in Maharashtra, the state government said on Monday. According to an official statement, 4,36,302 individuals aged between 18 and 44 years received the vaccine doses in the state till Sunday since the inoculation drive for this age group began on May 1. Similarly, 15,04,578 frontline workers in the …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand flash flood: Death toll reaches 50, 154 still missing after a week

Hindustan Times

Rescuers found 12 more bodies from the site of a flash flood in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, a week after the disaster struck, bringing the death toll to 50 with more than 150 people still missing, officials said. Officials said the five bodies were recovered after the rescue workers cleared the muck inside the tunnel of the Tapovan Vishnugad …

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4 years, 7 months ago

In Pictures: Burying COVID-19 victims on Peru’s hilltop cemetery

Al Jazeera

As the number of COVID-19 deaths in Peru rapidly mounts, the Virgen de Lourdes cemetery has become a monument to the pandemic’s devastating toll among the poor. The cemetery is among the biggest in the world – with more than a million tombs – and it is located in one of Lima’s most impoverished neighbourhoods. Now, with COVID-19’s escalating death …

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4 years, 9 months ago

As virus toll mounts in NY, more hospitals sought

Associated Press

NEW YORK — New York’s battle to keep its hospitals from being overwhelmed by the coronavirus outbreak is entering a critical phase, as officials race to get hospitals built and supplies in place before medical centers become completely overwhelmed. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he’d consider fining people who ignore social distancing rules. Here are the latest …

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4 years, 10 months ago

Novel coronavirus inflicts growing toll on Chinese health workers

The Hindu

The new coronavirus has taken a growing toll of Chinese health workers on the front line of the fight to stop it, a top official said on Friday, as authorities reported more than 5,000 new cases, including more than 120 deaths. China's National Health Commission said it had recorded 121 new deaths and 5,090 new coronavirus cases on the mainland …

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5 years ago

Death toll jumps in Cambodia building collapse