At least 63 people were killed and 40 others sustained burn injuries after a fire erupted in a five-storey apartment block in Johannesburg city of South Africa on Thursday, media reports said. BBC reported it was not yet known how the fire erupted. Sources quoted Emergency Services spokesman Robert Mulaudzi as saying that firefighters were More
The list of 388 people (killed and missing) in the wake of the devastating wildfire in Hawaii has been released by officials of island of Maui. The list of known people thought to be missing following the fire has been compiled by the FBI, which said on Tuesday there were about 1,000 to 1,100 people More
More than two dozen people have been killed and several feared missing following the collapse of a railway bridge in northeastern India. The bridge under construction caved in near the Sairang town of Mizoram state, killing at least 26 individuals, the BBC reported, citing local officials. Abou 40 workers were at the site when the More
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has recorded 4,752 pediatric firearm deaths in the United States in 2021. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains a publicly available data query system called Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER).14 The system provides access to an array of public health data, including demographics, mortality, More
Saudi security forces have killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants seeking to enter the kingdom from Yemen, Human Rights Watch (HRW) claimed in a report. HRW said in its annual report on August 21 the killings took place between June 2022 and June of 2023. It slammed the killings as a crime against humanity. HRW requested More
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen has threatened to raise their voice for independence from Pakistan if the rights of Pashtuns are not protected and atrocities against them not stopped. Addressing a big rally in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, Pashteen severely criticized the Pakistan Army for what he said usurping the mineral assets of Pashtuns More
A dozen people were killed and 66 others injured in a blaze at a filling station in the southeastern Russian region of Dagestan. The explosion occurred at a filling station in Makhachkala, with initial reports putting the death toll at 27. Interfax said the fatalities included children. But hours later, the region’s health minister told More
At least 53 people have been killed, thousands displaced as a result of wildfires in the US town Lahaina, according to a media report on Friday. Hawaii Governor Josh Green said the destruction caused by Maui’s wildfires was the worst natural disaster in the state’s history, turning thousands of people homeless and leveling as many More
Torrential rains and floods have left at least 33 people dead and 18 others missing in Beijing, a media report said on Wednesday. The Chinese capital was hit by flash flooding induced by the heaviest rains in six decades from July 29 to August 2, the Global Times reported. One government official told a press More
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in a report says about 118.5 million girls around the world are deprived of education. The UN agency said in a fresh report today that there was a need to increase the budget for educational equality between men and women and such action should be implemented More
