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European Council building in poison alert

European Council building in poison alert

The European Council building that will host EU leaders for a summit next week was evacuated after noxious fumes from the building’s kitchen led to 15 people needing treatment, including five being hospitalized. A ventilation …

Turkish Airlines jet makes emergence landing in Vienna

Turkish Airlines jet makes emergence landing in Vienna

Turkish Airlines jet, flying from Istanbul to Brussels, made an emergency landing in the Austrian city of Vienna at 12:00 am (MSK) due to smoke. The plane is actually in Vienna now, local media reported, adding that no one has been …

Explosion near House of Ukrainian Government

Explosion near House of Ukrainian Government

Two people have been injured in the explosion of an unidentified object in central Kiev, the press service of the Kiev police reported. "At 14:06 the police received a report on the explosion of an unidentified object on Grushevsky …

Turkish national killed in Burkina Faso attack

Turkish national killed in Burkina Faso attack

A Turkish national was among those killed in the attack in Burkina Faso by suspected jihadists, Turkey's foreign ministry said. It said another Turk was wounded in Sunday's raid on a restaurant in Burkina Faso's capital, …

Egg scandal in European Union

Egg scandal in European Union

Millions of eggs have been pulled from European supermarkets in the past week after an outbreak of the insecticide Fipronil. The UK has been swept up in the scandal, with around 70,000 eggs recalled from stores. Belgium's …

Tragic fire in London

Tragic fire in London

Six people have been confirmed dead and a number of people are missing as more than 200 firefighters continue to battle a huge blaze at a tower block in west London. Police say the death toll is expected to increase during a …

Smoke detected at Chernobyl power plant

Smoke detected at Chernobyl power plant

Ukraine’s nuclear regulatory body reported smoke yesterday at one of the rooms at Unit 3 in Chernobyl, adding that it was briefly “liquidated” by the state emergency personnel and the radiological situation at the site has not …

Four climbers found dead on Everest - media

Four climbers found dead on Everest - media

Four climbers including a woman mountaineer were found dead inside their tent at a high altitude camp on Mt Everest, the base camp officials have confirmed. Expedition officials said that Sherpa climbers spotted four bodies – two …

Bomb explodes in Rome outside post office

Bomb explodes in Rome outside post office

A bomb has exploded in Rome, Italy, near the side entrance of a post office in the Aventino neighbourhood, local media reported. A car has been badly damaged in the incident in the centre of the city. Reports suggest the …

Tunnel collapse at Hanford Nuclear site, emergency declared

Tunnel collapse at Hanford Nuclear site, emergency declared

An emergency was declared Tuesday at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeastern Washington after a portion of a tunnel that contains rail cars full of nuclear waste collapsed, CBS News reported. The alert was activated shortly …

One dead in explosion at US army ammunition plant in Missouri

One dead in explosion at US army ammunition plant in Missouri

One person has died and four were injured Tuesday after an explosion at an Army ammunition plant in Missouri, officials said. The explosion took place in a mixing building at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Missouri, …

Two men arrested after explosion rocks London apartment block

Two men arrested after explosion rocks London apartment block

An explosion has ripped through a block of flats in east London causing the building to partially collapse. Two men have been arrested over the blast which happened at Bridge Point on Ardleigh Green Road in Hornchurch shortly after …

Eight people found alive after avalanche hit Italian hotel

Eight people found alive after avalanche hit Italian hotel

Eight people, including two children, have been found alive in a ski resort hotel in central Italy that was flattened by a powerful avalanche on Wednesday. Five survivors, including one young girl and a woman thought to be her mother, …

Deadly avalanche buries Italian hotel

Deadly avalanche buries Italian hotel

More than 20 guests and ten staff are missing at the Hotel Rigopiano di Farindola in the village of Farindola, which was buried by an avalanche on Wednesday. A full-scale operation is underway. Firefighters, mountain rescue teams, …

 Titanic sank due to enormous uncontrollable fire - media

Titanic sank due to enormous uncontrollable fire - media

The sinking of the RMS Titanic may have been caused by an enormous fire on board, not by hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic, experts have claimed, as new evidence has been published to support the theory. While the cause of the …

New York Governor: train crashes in Brooklyn

New York Governor: train crashes in Brooklyn

A Long Island Rail Road commuter train crashed at the Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, this morning, injuring 103 passengers, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, adding that the worst injury is believed to be a broken …

Why does Progress space freighter crash?

Why does Progress space freighter crash?

Russian space officials believe the Progress MS-04 crash was caused by the failure of the Soyuz-U booster rocket's third stage engine. The Russian Progress space freighter was launched from the Baikonur space center in …