David Goodhue – AHN News Reporter Lima, Peru (AHN) – Up to 180 spectators of a youth soccer tournament were injured in Peru when a section of the metal bleachers collapsed this weekend. Twelve of the injured are listed as critical, according to media accounts. About 500 people were at the Monumental soccer stadium in [...]
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Jakarta, Indonesia (AHN) – Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province was rocked by a 6.1 on the Richter scale earthquake on Tuesday. At this time there are no reports of injury or damage. The quake struck at 9:33 pm local time (1333 GMT) and had an epicenter 88 miles south-east [...]
Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Dublin, Ireland (AHN) – A small plane trying to land at a foggy airport in Ireland crashed in its third attempt, killing six of 12 people aboard. The Manx2 airline flipped over upon landing at Cork airport at 9:45 a.m. It then burst into flames. Of the survivors, [...]
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Because of the deteriorating situation in Egypt caused by the political tensions and violent demonstrations, the U.S. State Department warned Thursday that all Americans still in the strife-torn Middle Eastern country should leave now. Some 2,000 Americans have left Cairo since the U.S. started [...]
Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Monday warned Midwest residents to brace for a major winter storm that is forecast to bring heavy snow and ice to the Midwest and as far south as Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas. The blizzard’s expected [...]
Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – China is using the devastating earthquake of April 2010 to rebuild badly affected Tibetan areas, but with a Chinese name and a culture-imposing agenda, according to reports from the region. The reports are in direct contrast to an earlier message of hope U.S. [...]
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Spokane, WA, United States (AHN) – A disabled man is crediting Facebook for saving his life after a fire broke out in his kitchen. “I was online playing one of these games through Facebook and I just started typing, ‘This is not a joke, I need help, there’s [...]
David Goodhue – AHN News Reporter Ohio, United States (AHN) – About 80 people had to be rescued from a stalled ski lift at a resort in Ohio on Saturday. Firefighters and first responders in Geauga County rescued the skiers from the Alpine Valley ski resort at around 5:30 p.m., according to local television station [...]
Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The top American diplomat on Tuesday called on all international partners to “rededicate ourselves to partnering with the people of Haiti in their pursuit to build back anew.” On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake took the lives of nearly quarter a [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Annapolis, MD, United States (AHN) – A Maryland state government mailroom employee was injured when a package he was handling exploded Thursday afternoon; there were unconfirmed reports of six injuries in the other explosion. Both explosions occurred in state government buildings in Anne Arundel County. State police, as well [...]
Matt Aug – AHN News Editor Ballard, WA, United States (AHN) – Eight people are safe after making a rooftop escape from a Friday morning house fire in Ballard, WA.. Ashley Luberts, 12, and her grandmother Maria, 74 suffered burns while the latter also had issues from smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire at [...]
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Police charged the son of a former Newfoundland and Labrador premier with impaired driving causing the death of his best friend in a parking accident on Christmas Eve. John Tobin, son of ex-Newfoundland Premier Brian Tobin, was also charged with: dangerous driving causing death and [...]
Hansen Sinclair – AHN News Reporter Chicago, IL, United States (AHN) – Two Chicago firefighters were killed Wednesday and more than a dozen injured while fighting a blaze in an abandoned building on Chicago’s South Side. The fire was reported at 6:48 a.m. The routine call escalated into a multiple-alarm blaze after the roof collapsed, [...]
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Sunrise, FL, United States (AHN) – Residents in at least seven units of a Broward county condo community were forced to evacuate late Thursday night when most of their backyards collapsed into a canal next to their building. According to reports it occurred sometime before 11 p.m. at [...]
The Media Line Staff Jerusalem, Israel (TML) – Mother Nature was wreaking havoc in the eastern Mediterranean, sending a surging storm across the region Sunday which sank a ship, shut ports and caused severe damage from Syria and Lebanon to Israel and Egypt. The heavy rains and fierce winds pummeled the Levant, ironically just days [...]
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Bello, Colombia (AHN) – A landslide in Colombia has claimed the lives of 20 people and left another 106 missing. The town of Bello in the northwestern portion of the country was the site of the deadly incident. Seven people were rescued in the Sunday event in a [...]
AHN News Staff Ankara, Turkey (AHN) – In an effort to help Israel control its continuing blaze, which has spread through northern parts of the country, Turkey has offered to put aside its differences and sent firefighting aircraft. European nations such as Greece, Spain and Cyprus have also offered their help. The Turkish help came [...]
Abdi Hajji Hussein – AHN News Correspondent Mogadihu, Somalia (AHN) – Five children and their father were severely injured in a fire that erupted at a refugee camp in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, witnesses said Friday. Residents told the local press that a group of men on Thursday night attacked and set afire the refugee camp [...]
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