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United Kingdom

Liverpool holds vigil for victims of Hillsborough football tragedy

Families of the victims of the Hillsborough tragedy have gathered in the northern English city of Liverpool to celebrate Tuesday’s verdict. They were

27/04/2016

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Services held to mark 30th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

A bell has tolled 30 times in Kyiv in Ukraine at a church built in memory of the victims of the Chernobyl disaster, to mark the 30th anniversary of

26/04/2016

Ukraine

Candle-lit vigils to mark 30th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster

It was in the early hours of the morning on April the 26th 1986 that a test went horribly wrong at the nuclear plant in then Soviet Ukraine

26/04/2016

World News

Chernobyl nuclear disaster remembered

Thirty years ago, on April 26 a catastrophic nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine. An explosion and

26/04/2016

China

China: quick-thinking cop averts potential tragedy as sinkhole appears in busy road

The observational skills and quick-wits of a policeman in the Chinese city of Hangzhou have potentially saved dozens of lives. He put cones out

24/04/2016

Brazil

At least 2 people killed after Rio cycle lane collapses

At least two people have been killed in Brazil’s Olympic city of Rio de Janeiro when a new cycle lane collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean. The beach

21/04/2016

Mexico

Death toll from Mexico plant blast rises

Wednesday's explosion at a petrochemical plant in Mexico killed at least 13 people and injured more than 130.

21/04/2016

World News

The silent screams of Pripyat, 30 years on

It’s the silence that strikes one the most in Pripyat when you see the artifacts that once formed part of thousands of everyday human routines

21/04/2016

Mexico

Mexico: three dead, over 130 injured in Pemex chemical blast

A large explosion at an oil facility in southeastern Mexico has killed at least three plant workers and injured 136. Hundreds of local were evacuated

21/04/2016

Sport

Champion snowboarder Balet killed in avalanche

Switzerland’s star snowboarder Estelle Balet was killed by an avalanche on Tuesday aged 21. Balet was making a promotional film in the canton of

19/04/2016

Korea

Two years since South Korean ferry tragedy

Thousands gather to pay tribute to the victims of the Sewol as the families accuse the government of a "lack of transparency"

16/04/2016

Spain

Apartment building collapse in Tenerife

A residential building collapsed in the Canary Island of Tenerife on Thursday (April 14) injuring at least three people and prompting evacuation of

15/04/2016

Yemen

Yemen's Rouna Dam collapses after heavy rain

Heavy rain in Yemen is being blamed for the collapse of the Rouna Dam. At least sixteen people were killed in separate flooding in the governorates

15/04/2016

World News

Germany train crash: police arrest controller 'distracted by mobile phone games'

The 39-year-old is accused of being distracted by video games on his mobile phone when two trains collided head-on outside Bad Aibling, killing 11 people and leaving dozens seriously injured.

12/04/2016

Cuba

Two die in tourist bus crash in Cuba

A bus carrying German and Austrian tourists has crashed in the central Cuban city of Santi Spiritus. Two people have been killed and 28 others

04/04/2016

USA

Two dead in US train derailment

Two people are confirmed dead after the derailment of a train in the US. The Amtrak train came off the tracks near Philadelphia. The train was

03/04/2016

Thailand

Deadly collision between train and double-decker bus in Thailand

A train has collided with a double-decker bus carrying Thai tourists at an unguarded railway crossing in central Thailand. Local media say three

03/04/2016

World News

One dead in small plane crash in California

Witnesses said the aircraft appeared to be experiencing problems before it came down, crashing into a parked car and killing a passenger.

03/04/2016

China

Video shows China motorway pile-up which kills at least two

At least two people have died and dozens injured after a motorway pile up in China’s eastern Jiangsu province between Shanghai and Nanjing.

02/04/2016

India

Death toll rises after collapse of flyover in Indian city of Kolkata

A 100-metre piece of a flyover under construction crashed onto vehicles and pedestrians in a busy shopping district

01/04/2016