13 h. ago Explosion at Chinese restaurant in Kabul kills 7, injures a dozen more

An explosion at a Chinese restaurant in central Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded more than a dozen others, emergency services said. An Agence France-Presse journalist saw police cars and an ambulance at the scene following the blast on a street known for its flower sellers in the Shahr-e-Naw area. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said the explosion happened at the Chinese Noodle restaurant, which he said mainly served Chinese Muslims. “A Chinese Muslim ... and six...

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13 h. ago Explosion at Chinese restaurant in Afghan capital Kabul kills 7

A blast at a Chinese restaurant in central Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded more than a dozen others, emergency services said. An Agence France-Presse journalist saw police vehicles and an ambulance at the scene following the explosion on a street known for its flower sellers in the Shahr-e-Naw area. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said the explosion occurred at the Chinese Noodle restaurant, which he said mainly served Chinese Muslims. “A Chinese Muslim, Ayub, and...

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18 h. ago China: Factory explosion in Inner Mongolia province kills four, injures 84

China: Factory explosion in Inner Mongolia province kills four, injures 84  BBC

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29 h. ago Explosion at Chinese Steel Plant Leaves Two Dead, Eight Missing

Explosion at Chinese Steel Plant Leaves Two Dead, Eight Missing  Bloomberg.com

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40 h. ago Two killed, 66 injured in massive blast at steel plant in China

Two killed, 66 injured in massive blast at steel plant in China  Press Trust of India

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5 d. ago Worker killed, 2 others injured by falling gas cylinders on Hong Kong building site

A worker was killed and two others injured after three gas cylinders fell from height and struck them at a construction site in Tsuen Wan on Wednesday afternoon. Police received a report at about 1.34pm that the cylinders fell as they were being hoisted by a crane and hit the three workers at the site on Po Fung Road. Two of the men, aged 29 and 40, were struck by the cylinders and rushed to Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung for emergency treatment. The younger man was knocked unconscious...

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5 d. ago 2 workers killed, 3 others injured in 2 Hong Kong construction site accidents

Two workers were killed and three others injured in two separate Hong Kong construction site accidents on Wednesday. One man was killed by falling gas cylinders at a site in Tsuen Wan. Police received a report at about 1.34pm that the cylinders fell as they were being hoisted by a crane at the site on Po Fung Road. Two men, aged 29 and 40, were struck by the cylinders and rushed to Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung for emergency treatment. The younger man was knocked unconscious and was...

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6 d. ago Crane collapses on moving train in Thailand, killing at least 22

A crane at a China-backed high-speed railway project in Thailand collapsed onto and derailed a passenger train on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and injuring scores, local authorities said. Footage from the scene showed the crane’s broken structure resting on giant concrete pillars, with smoke rising from the wreckage of the train below. Rescuers worked to extract passengers from the tilted carriages in Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeast of the capital, Bangkok. “At around 9am, I heard...

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6 d. ago Crane collapses on moving train in Thailand, killing at least 25

A crane at a China-backed high-speed railway project in Thailand collapsed and derailed a passenger train on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens, local authorities said. The accident occurred in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, 230km (143 miles) northeast of Bangkok, on a train from the capital bound for Ubon Ratchathani province. The crane, which was part of an elevated high-speed rail project being built directly above the existing rail line, fell onto...

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6 d. ago Crane collapses on moving train in Thailand, killing at least 28

A crane at a China-backed high-speed railway project in Thailand collapsed and derailed a passenger train on Wednesday, killing at least 28 people and injuring dozens, local authorities said. The accident occurred in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, 230km (143 miles) northeast of Bangkok, on a train from the capital bound for Ubon Ratchathani province. The crane, which was part of an elevated high-speed rail project being built directly above the existing rail line, fell onto...

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6 d. ago Crane collapses on moving train in Thailand, killing at least 32

A crane at a China-backed high-speed railway project in Thailand collapsed onto a passenger train on Wednesday and caused it to derail, killing at least 32 people and injuring dozens more, authorities said. The accident occurred in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, 230km (143 miles) northeast of Bangkok, on a train from the capital bound for Ubon Ratchathani province. Footage from the scene showed the broken crane resting on concrete pillars above the smoking wreckage of the...

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1 week ago 1 dead, 38 missing in Philippines landfill collapse after garbage avalanche

An avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings at a landfill in the Philippines, killing one person, injuring a dozen and leaving 38 others missing, officials said on Friday. Dozens of rescuers retrieved 13 people alive overnight and were searching for the missing still trapped after the mountain of garbage, earth and debris collapsed on them on Thursday afternoon in the village of Binaliw in Cebu City, officials and police said. Landfill workers were among...

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2 w. ago Raw emotion as mourners pay tribute to victims of Swiss ski resort fire

A heavy pall of grief hung over Crans-Montana on Sunday as more than a thousand mourners walked in silence through the Swiss ski resort to remember those killed and injured in a horrific New Year’s Eve fire. A total of 40 people died in the tragic blaze at Le Constellation. The bar’s owners are under criminal investigation. A mass dedicated to the victims was held at a small chapel some 300 metres down the road from the gutted bar, outside which well-wishers have left an abundance of flowers,...

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2 w. ago 1 dead, 8 injured in Hong Kong housing estate fire as more than 250 evacuated

A power fault may have sparked the fire at a Hong Kong public housing estate that killed a man, injured eight others, and forced more than 250 residents to evacuate. Officers from the Fire Services Department said the flat on the 21st floor was cluttered with miscellaneous items, while dense smoke filling the corridors complicated efforts to put out the blaze at Mei Yu House in Shek Kip Mei Estate, Kowloon. “We are still investigating the cause of the fire. We will comprehensively look into the...

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2 w. ago Fire caused by short circuit of phone charger in Hong Kong flat injures 4, kills cat

A fire triggered by a mobile phone charger that short-circuited in a Hong Kong residential building has killed a cat, injured four residents and led to the evacuation of about 150 others. Police received a report at 11.15pm on Friday that a fire erupted in Lai Yiu Estate’s Fu Yiu House in Kwai Chung. Firefighters arrived at the scene and put out the fire at 11.30pm. Two men and two women, aged between 42 and 75, were injured. They were taken to Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung for...

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2 w. ago Several dead in explosion and fire at Swiss ski resort bar, police say

Several people were killed and others injured when an explosion ripped through a bar in the luxury Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana, Swiss police said early Thursday. “There has been an explosion of unknown origin,” Gaetan Lathion, a police spokesman in Wallis canton in southwestern Switzerland said. “There are several injured, and several dead.” He said the explosion took place at around 1.30am in a bar called Le Constellation, which is popular with tourists, as revellers rang in the new...

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2 w. ago Dozens feared dead in explosion and fire at Swiss ski resort bar during New Year celebrations

Dozens of people are feared to have been killed and around 100 others injured after an explosion tore through a crowded bar during a New Year’s Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, Swiss police said on Thursday. Police had earlier said many people were being treated for burns. Police, firefighters and rescuers rushed to the popular resort, one of the top-ranked ski destinations in Europe. The “fire of undetermined origin” broke out in a bar...

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2 w. ago Dozens dead and 115 injured in fire at Swiss Alpine bar during New Year’s celebration

About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through a bar’s New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight on Thursday, police said. Authorities did not immediately have an exact count of the deceased. The Crans-Montana resort is best known as an international ski and golf venue, and overnight, its crowded Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of one of Switzerland’s worst...

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3 w. ago Train derailment in Mexico kills at least 13, injures dozens

Mexican authorities said on Sunday that at least 13 people were killed after an Interoceanic Train carrying 250 people derailed in the southern state of Oaxaca. The Mexican Navy said the train, which derailed near the town of Nizanda, was carrying nine crew members and 241 passengers. Of those on board, 139 were reported to be out of danger, while 98 were injured, including 36 who were receiving medical assistance. President Claudia Sheinbaum said on X that five of the injured were in...

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3 w. ago Bus crash kills 15 in Guatemala, government declares 3 days of national mourning

An intermunicipal bus veered off a road in Guatemala and fell into a deep ravine, killing 15 passengers and injuring at least 15 others, authorities said on Saturday, declaring three days of national mourning. The accident happened on Friday night outside the town of Totonicapan along a route known as the Inter-American Highway. Officials said it took rescuers more than two hours to recover the bodies from the crash site and rescue injured passengers. Fifteen people were still being treated for...

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