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 [...]
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News D.C., Washington, United States (AHN) – U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee Thursday that the Feb has improved its ability to handle big bank failures. He said the improvement the past 24 months was partly because of the Dodd-Frank Act that revamped financial regulation as [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The ongoing recovery in the nation’s financial service sector still has not reached the rest of the economy, causing the number of Americans filing first time jobless claims to rise to 410,000 for the week ending Feb. 12. That was an increase of [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims fell to 383,000 for the week ending Feb. 5, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. That was the lowest level since July 2008. In addition, it was appreciably better than the 410,000 claims that economists had expected. First time [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer London, United Kingdom (AHN) – British Business Secretary Vince Cable on Wednesday unveiled new programs aimed at increasing exports by small companies to reverse the nation’s trade deficit. Cable explained that the UK had racked up a trade deficit in goods and services by consuming too much while exporting [...]
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 [...]
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – A study released Monday by the British think tank Institute for Fiscal Studies said that more Britons will pay higher income tax rates. With these changes, effective tax rates for middle-income Britons could reach 83 percent, the IFS estimated. It is the same tax [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
AHN News Staff Phnom Penh, Cambodia (AHN) – More than 345 people have been killed and hundreds others injured when panic erupted at a Cambodian water festival, which resulted in a stampede. The incident happened late on Monday night on a small bridge on an island in capital Phnom Penh where millions of people have [...]
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