Stargazers in Chile and Argentina turned their eyes to the horizon on Wednesday to catch the final solar eclipse of 2024: a “ring of fire” that blazed across the sky. Also known as an annular eclipse, the celestial phenomenon occurs when the moon passes in front of the sun, darkening the centre of the orb. … Read more
Hezbollah targets Israel’s Mossad headquarters with rocket fire Fox News How does Israel’s Iron Dome work? The Hill Israel and Hizbullah conflict tracker: mapping the war in Lebanon The Economist Hezbollah may have enough missiles to breach Israel’s Iron Dome. But doing so could trigger its destruction. Business Insider Hezbollah says it targeted Israeli troops in Metula with artillery … Read more
A fire has broken out at a girls’ school in central Kenya just two days after a boarding school inferno killed 21 boys at another school. Firefighters were battling a blaze at a girls’ school in central Kenya, just two days after an inferno killed 21 boys at another school. The latest inferno, reported on … Read more
Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan arrested over alleged violations of industrial safety law. The head of a South Korean lithium battery maker has been arrested over alleged violations of industrial safety law following a factory fire that killed 23 people. Suwon District Court approved a warrant to arrest Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan over his role in … Read more
Nikola Blazekovic/AFP/Getty Images Police cars are stationed in front of a retirement home where at least five people were killed in a shooting in Daruvar, Croatia on July 22, 2024. CNN — At least six people died after a gunman entered a home for the elderly in Croatia on Monday and started shooting, according to … Read more
Visual China Group/Getty Images Fire officers work at the site of a department store blaze on July 17, 2024 in Zigong, Sichuan province of China. CNN — Sixteen people were killed after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in southwest China on Wednesday, according to Chinese state media. Dramatic images showed a huge … Read more
PARIS (AP) — A small fire broke out Thursday in the spire of the medieval cathedral in Rouen, a major landmark in northern France that was under renovation, but authorities said it was quickly brought under control. Witnesses told French television they saw smoke emanating from the spire just after midday, and recalled a devastating … Read more
Rabih Daher/AFP/Getty Images Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment on the village of Khiam in south Lebanon near the border with Israel on June 19, 2024. CNN — The US is moving forces closer to Israel and Lebanon amid concerns of escalating cross-border fire, according to two US officials, including forces able to carry out an evacuation of … Read more
Fire authorities say blaze caused by battery cells exploding inside a warehouse. A fire at a lithium battery plant in South Korea has killed at least 22 people and injured eight. South Korean authorities said on Monday that they had recovered 22 bodies from the factory in Hwaseong, 45km (28 miles) south of Seoul, after … Read more
6/16: CBS Weekend News 20:44 Wellington, New Zealand — A passenger plane landed safely at a New Zealand airport on Monday after a fire shut down one of its engines, the nation’s fire service said. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 jet bound for Melbourne, Australia, landed in the New Zealand city of Invercargill after the … Read more