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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent condolences to the Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council chairman Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Friday following the collapse of a dam in the country, Saudi Press Agency…
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The owner of a building that collapsed in Jeddah at the end of May, killing seven people and injuring another eight, has been detained, the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority announced on Thursday. The authority found that the…
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A section of the historic walls around the Old City of Kairouan collapsed on Saturday, killing three masons carrying out repairs on the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tunisian authorities said. Two workers were also injured in the accident,…
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A system of ocean currents that transports heat northward across the North Atlantic could collapse by mid-century, according to a new study, and scientists have said before that such a collapse could cause catastrophic sea-level rise and…
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Some 27 young people, mostly children, were injured in Finland on Thursday when they fell five meters onto a road after a temporary footbridge near a construction site collapsed. The accident occurred at around 9:20 am (0620 GMT) in…
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At least 14 workers are dead after a gold mine collapsed in northern Sudan, state mining authorities said Friday. According to the state-run news agency, SUNA, the fatal collapse happened after one of the hillsides that surround the…
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The death toll after a floor collapsed at a Hindu temple in India had risen to 35 on Friday with rescue operations ongoing, a local official said. Dozens of worshippers celebrating a major religious holiday on Thursday plunged into the…
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Rescuers are working to reach 18 people trapped underground after a cave-in at a gold mine in north-west China’s Xinjiang region, state media reported. A total of 40 people were working underground at the mine in Yining county, about 100…
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A massive silo holding thousands of tons of grain at Beirut port is at risk of collapse because of a fire that has been smoldering for weeks amid Lebanon’s summer heat. Flames and thick black smoke could be seen rising from the silo…
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Comedian Alan Carr has reassured fans after he collapsed on stage during a show in Glasgow. The RuPaul's Drag Race UK judge was performing at the King's Theatre last Sunday (10 July) when he felt a "shooting pain" in his leg after he had…
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