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AUGUST 17 (Reuters) — Two trains crashed 50km (31 miles) northeast of Budapest early on Sunday (August 16), injuring 19 people, Hungarian police said. Two people were injured seriously, Imre Kavalecz, spokesman for state rail company MAV, was quoted as saying by national news agency MTI. The trains were carrying 30 to 40 passengers and were traveling at a low speed of about 20km per hour when the crash happened near Galgaguta, Kavalecz said. An […]
(Reuters) — Hundreds of angry residents whose homes had been destroyed in the Tianjin explosions gathered outside an official news conference venue on Monday (August 17), demanding answers. People from a residential area near the blast site held banners reading “Give back our homes” and marched to a hotel where a government news conference was due to take place. The residents said they wanted answers from the government. “Now our homes have been destroyed, can’t […]
THE death toll from the massive warehouse explosions in north China’s Tianjin city Wednesday night rose to 112, local authorities said at a press conference on Sunday morning. “Up to 9:00 on Sunday, we have found 112 bodies, with 24 already identified and 88 being identified,” said Gong Jiansheng, deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee. “In addition, after identification comparison, previously identified four fragmentary bodies actually belongs to two […]
(Reuters) — Japanese Emperor Akihito on Saturday (August 15) marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two with an expression of “deep remorse” over the conflict, a departure from his annual script which could be seen as a subtle rebuke of conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe on Friday (August 14) expressed “utmost grief” for the suffering Japan inflicted in the war, but said future generations should not have to keep apologising […]
(Reuters) — Hundreds of Japanese nationalists marched to Yasukuni shrine on Saturday (August 15), where leaders convicted as war criminals by Allied Tribunal are honored with war dead, to mark the 70th anniversary since the end of World War Two. The majority of participants from the nationalist group “Ganbare Nippon” carried Japanese flags and shouted “Banzai” at the gates of the shrine, after having quietly marching through the streets. The shrine has been a […]
(Eagle News) — The death toll in the deadly chemical blasts in area in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin has climbed to 104, including at least 21 firefighters, according to the Chinese state media . The Tianjin municipal government also said that around 720 others were admitted to hospitals. Small-scale blasts broke out at around 11:40 Saturday (Aug. 15) in Binhai New Area, where the blasts occurred at hazardous chemicals warehouse on Wednesday night. […]
CHINA, Asia, August 14 (Eagle News) — A warehouse exploded in a port city in China which left 50 dead, including 12 firefighters who responded to the explosion. Said warehouse is full of toxic chemicals, which forced authorities to suspend operations to ascertain the danger brought by these chemicals. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/dH6R1D2J6ms
(Reuters) — The devastated port city of Tianjin woke up in the morning on Friday (August 14) as search and rescue efforts continued after huge explosions hit the city, killing at least 50 with hundreds injured. Black smoke was still seen at the site of blasts while the search and rescue operation was underway. Investigators searched for clues on Friday to identify what caused two huge explosions at a warehouse used to store toxic […]
AUGUST 14 (Reuters) — A heatwave has forced Poland to sharply cut electricity supply to industry for the first time in over a decade, pushing some companies to limit production. Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz called the situation “very serious” as weather forecasts for the coming days showed high temperatures will persist. “Partial restrictions will affect over 1,600 companies, but they should not have a negative impact on their production capacities,” Kopacz said at a news […]
UNITED States of America, August 12 (Eagle News) — The price of United States oil crashed in the world market at $43.08 per barrel, the lowest price of oil since March 2009. Said price crash was brought about by the devaluation of the Chinese yuan due to slow economic growth of China. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/hY1GYR9g5Wc
AUGUST 12 (Reuters) — Islamic State has released 22 of the dozens of Assyrian Christians it abducted from villages in north-eastern Syria earlier this year, a monitoring group said on Tuesday (August 11). The elderly people were taken to Khabur where they were looked after in the local church. It was not clear how many Assyrians remain in the hands of the ultra-hardline Islamist militants, but the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said they […]
Aug. 12 (Reuters) An alliance of U.S.-based stock traders and computer hackers in Ukraine made as much as $100 million in illegal profits over five years after stealing confidential corporate press releases, U.S. authorities said on Tuesday (August 11). The charges mark the first time that U.S. prosecutors have brought criminal charges for a securities fraud scheme that involved hacked inside information, in this case 150,000 press releases from distributors Business Wire, MarketWired and PR […]
