BEIJING (Reuters) – A coal mine roof collapse in northwest China’s Shaanxi province killed 21 miners on Saturday, the state-run People’s Daily reported on Sunday. The accident is the deadliest reported so far this year in China’s coal industry, known for its poor safety record. It occurred at Baiji Mining Co Ltd’s Lijiagou mine in the city of Shenmu at […]

An annual humpback whale count in Hawaii will take place despite the federal government shutdown. West Hawaii Today reported Friday that volunteers from the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation will coordinate this season’s Ocean Count, a community citizen science project that occurs during the peak of whale season. The survey is usually conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hawaiian […]

An autopsy has confirmed a man died from multiple gunshot wounds earlier this week and police are treating his death as a homicide. On Wednesday night, police responded to reports of a shooting in the area of 77 Street and 166 Avenue in the Mayliewan neighbourhood at about 8:15 p.m. Police said Enzo Campoli, 52, was found by officers on […]

Hereford was the place with largest number of drink and drug driving offenders with 2.30 per 1,000 drivers convicted. Crewe, Cheshire, was a close second, with 1.86 per 1,000 drivers convicted, and Blackpool came third with 1.68 per 1,000. Six out of the top ten areas with the most convictions were in the north of England, according to analysis of […]

ADEN (Reuters) – A fire at a refinery in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden spread to a second storage tank on Saturday, injuring six people, sources at the refinery said. They told Reuters that civil defense forces had failed to contain the fire sparked by an explosion on Friday. The cause of the blast is still unknown. Aden is […]

On Friday, January 11, a man was rushed to hospital and later pronounced dead after an incident with police early in the evening. At approximately 7:50 p.m., police were patrolling near the area of Sargent Avenue and Maryland Street after encountering a male acting suspiciously in the area. ”READ”Police Officers approached the suspect, leading to a chase which ended in […]

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Republican Guard soldiers and police officers surrounded the residence of the runner-up in Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election on Saturday before he could leave to file a fraud complaint in court, witnesses said.     Dozens of supporters of Martin Fayulu, who had gathered outside his Kinshasa hotel and residence and were chanting slogans against outgoing President Joseph […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Paris police fired water cannon and tear gas to repel “yellow vest” demonstrators from around the Arc de Triomphe monument on Saturday in the ninth straight weekend of protests against French President Emmanuel Macron’s economic reforms. Thousands of protesters also marched noisily but peacefully through the Grands Boulevards shopping area in northern Paris close to where a […]

Ar-MOO-geddon! Cows cause carnage in South Africa as rampaging herd tramples through tiny village eating garbage and causing chaos on roads Cows went on a rampage tearing up rubbish after escaping in South Africa The cattle caused traffic hold-ups as they galloped through Schoenmakerskop Eventually animal control arrived to drive the animals off the coastal road  A group of cows have […]