32 h. ago EU told citizens to stockpile in case of disaster less than a month before huge outages in Spain

The widespread outage left thousands of people stranded in trains and elevators yesterday, while millions saw phone and internet coverage die.

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34 h. ago Wild conspiracy theories flood the internet after Spanish power blackout as sleuths blame alien attack, chem trails and US EMP strikes

The massive outage left thousands of people stranded in trains and elevators, while millions saw phone and internet coverage die.

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44 h. ago Sailor injured when US fighter jet topples off aircraft carrier dodging Houthi rebel strike

An American sailor sustained minor injuries Monday when Navy fighter jet toppled off an aircraft carrier and sank into the Red Sea, reportedly during a Houthi strike.

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44 h. ago Sailor injured when $60m US fighter jet topples off aircraft carrier dodging Houthi rebel strike

Navy Hornet lost as it sinks into Red Sea during anti-Houthi mission

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5 d. ago Skier, 18, dies in tragic training crash on slope as tributes paid to 'talented athlete'

French skier Margot Simond was training in Val D'isere, France, when she crashed. Despite a doctor's efforts to save her, she died from her injuries as tributes have been paid to the young star

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5 d. ago Illinois helicopter crash: Three people rushed to hospital after medical helicopter crashes 'while on training exercise'

A Facebook post made by the Hartford Fire Department just a few hours before the crash said the department was hosting a training exercise involving a helicopter landing in the area

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5 d. ago Illinois helicopter crash: Three people rushed to hospital after medical chopper crashes 'while on training exercise'

A Facebook post made by the Hartford Fire Department just a few hours before the crash said the department was hosting a training exercise involving a helicopter landing in the area

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8 d. ago Green Scottish Government bonds could save £362m in replacing ScotRail's ageing trains

Green bonds from the Scottish Government could pay for new ScotRail trains, trade union leaders have claimed.

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1 week ago Teen's harrowing final words before she died in horror train crash that killed 57 people

Maria Karystianou, whose daughter Mathi, 19, died in Greece's worst rail disaster with 57 people killed, has accused the government of a cover-up and shared her heartbreak.

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1 week ago Teen's harrowing last words before she died in horror train crash that killed 57 people

Maria Karystianou has accused the Greek government of a cover-up after she was told her 19-year-old daughter was instantly killed in the nation's worst train crash, but a recording has suggested otherwise

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2 w. ago Edinburgh pensioner dies near busy Scots train station as cops race to the scene

Emergency services raced to Waverley Station at 3pm after they received reports that a 78-year-old man had taken ill, sadly, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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2 w. ago Widow of man whose corpse was allegedly abused on New York subway tells of shock

Woman identified as Teresa says she was estranged from Jorge Gonzalez, 37, and is worried for her ill mother-in-lawThe widow of a man who died on a New York subway train before his corpse was robbed by two different people and then allegedly sexually violated by one of the assailants says learning of her mostly estranged husband’s grim fate left her “shocked” as well as worried for her ill mother-in-law.In an interview published on Tuesday by the New York Daily News, the woman said the last thing she was expecting was to learn from investigators the horrifying details concerning the death of 37-year-old Jorge Gonzalez as authorities asked for help in finding suspects. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago David Coulthard says cheating death in crash on Rangers chairman's plane changed his F1 career for ever

In 2000 the then McLaren driver made a miracle escape after a private jet he was travelling in crashed, killing the captain and co-pilot

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2 w. ago London Underground commuters' horror as animal 'executed' as train doors close

A tragic video posted on TikTok shows the poor bird hanging in between the train doors as it dies before it drops on the floor between the train and the platform

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2 w. ago Man 'sexually assaults dead body on train after passenger dies suddenly'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - The man allegedly carried out the depraved act on a New York subway train just after midnight on Wednesday - before fleeing the station

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3 w. ago Grand National runner Celebre d’Allen dies three days after collapse at race

125-1 shot was pulled up after the final fence at Aintree‘He was a wonderful horse, we will all miss him greatly’Celebre d’Allen, who collapsed after running in the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday, died on Tuesday after his condition deteriorated overnight. Trained in partnership by Philip Hobbs and Johnson White, the 13-year-old was a 125-1 shot under Micheál Nolan and was pulled up after the final fence and then collapsed on the racecourse.After receiving treatment, he walked into the horse ambulance and was taken to the stables for further assessment. Nolan was banned for 10 days for continuing to ride after jumping the second-last fence when his chance had clearly gone. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Everyone is breathing this’: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world’s coldest city

In Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, coal fires heat almost every home. But as extreme weather drives families off the steppes into the city the air is becoming more deadlySteppes and the city: how smog has become part of Mongolians’ way of life – in picturesThe eldest child was away training for the army when his family died in their sleep. All six of them, two adults and four children, were poisoned by carbon monoxide gas seeping out from their coal-fired stove into their home in Ulaanbaatar in January, the coldest month in the world’s coldest capital city.Mongolians were touched by the tragedy but there was anger a month later when, during a two-day parliamentary hearing forced by a public petition against pollution levels, the government released figures showing there had been 779 deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in the country in the past seven years. By 19 February, when a couple in their 40s were found lifeless in their bed, that number had risen to 811. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Everyone is breathing this’: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world’s coldest capital

In Ulaanbaatar, coal fires heat almost every home. But as extreme weather drives families off the Mongolian steppes into the city the air is becoming more deadlySteppes and the city: how smog has become part of Mongolians’ way of life – in picturesThe eldest child was away training for the army when his family died in their sleep. All six of them, two adults and four children, were poisoned by carbon monoxide gas seeping out from their coal-fired stove into their home in Ulaanbaatar in January, the coldest month in the world’s coldest capital city.Mongolians were touched by the tragedy but there was anger a month later when, during a two-day parliamentary hearing forced by a public petition against pollution levels, the government released figures showing there had been 779 deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in the country in the past seven years. By 19 February, when a couple in their 40s were found lifeless in their bed, that number had risen to 811. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Coronation Street star John Saint Ryan dies as heartbroken family say 'there will be no funeral'

The actor and horse trainer died on on April 3 surrounded by his family after suffering a heart attack.

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3 w. ago Coronation Street star John Saint Ryan dead as family announce 'there will be no funeral'

Actor and horse trainer John Saint Ryan died on on April 3 surrounded by his family after suffering a heart attack. His wife has announced there will be no funeral as he has donated his body to research

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