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Thailand

Thai football team rescue: How will they get out of the caves?

Will the boys have to learn how to dive or wait until water levels subside in order to exit the cave they've been trapped in for the last 10 days?

03/07/2018

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Nine British teenagers injuried in double decker bus crash in Germany

German police say a 90 year old man lost control of his car and ran head on into the vehicle in the Black Forest region

12/06/2018

Italy

Accident selfie provokes fury in Italy

Man took picture of himself as paramedics treated injured woman behind him.

05/06/2018

Tunisia

Dozens killed as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

At least 48 migrants died and 67 others were rescued when their boat sank off Tunisia’s coast, the government says.

04/06/2018

Australia

Do-it-yourself multi-storey parking

A hotel's valet parking service comes a cropper as an inexplicable power surge leaves a sports car wedged underneath an SUV.

31/05/2018

China

Pilot nearly sucked out of cockpit as window shatters mid-flight

“There was no warning sign. Suddenly, the windshield just cracked and made a loud bang. The next thing I know, my co-pilot had been sucked halfway out of the window."

15/05/2018

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Tons of liquid chocolate spilled from overturned truck on Polish highway

A truck has overturned on a Polish highway, spilling tons of liquid chocolate that solidified into a huge sticky mess.

09/05/2018

Poland

Choc-a-block: Milk chocolate spillage closes Polish motorway

Polish drivers were left in a sticky situation after a lorry overturned and spilled its cargo of milk chocolate.

09/05/2018

China

Seventeen drown in Dragon Boat accident in China

The accident happened where two flows of the river converge causing a powerful current

22/04/2018

USA

Southwest flight's terror in the skies: How it happened

While hurtling 32,000 feet over Philadelphia, one of the Boeing’s twin engines exploded, releasing shrapnel that peppered the fuselage.

18/04/2018

Denmark

Demolition fail in Denmark as silo falls wrong way

Explosive experts bring silo down... in the wrong direction

10/04/2018

Denmark

Watch: Denmark silo demolition goes badly wrong crushing nearby building

The demolition of a silo backfired in Denmark when the structure fell the wrong way, smashing into a nearby cultural centre.

09/04/2018

Canada

Canada mourns dead in Humboldt Broncos ice hockey team bus crash

Tributes have been paid to the 15 killed in Friday’s collision in Saskatchewan that decimated the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team.

08/04/2018

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Squirrel orthopaedics

The squirrel, called Karamel, was caught in a wild animal trap in the southeastern Turkish city of Batman

04/04/2018

Spain

Elephant dies in accident on Spanish motorway

One elephant has been killed and two others injured after a truck transporting them crashed on a motorway in south-eastern Spain.

02/04/2018

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Two container ships collide at Pakistani port

Authorities in Pakistan's southern port of Karachi have launched an effort to retrieve 21 containers knocked overboard after a ship moving into its berth brushed against a stationary vessel

20/03/2018

USA

Uber suspends self-drive programme in North America after fatal accide

The ride-hailing company has paused operations and tests in the US and Canada after a woman was killed by a self-driving car.

19/03/2018

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Chairlift rollercoaster as 12 hurt in Georgian resort accident

Chairlift speeds backwards after malfunction as staff and tourists look on helpless.

16/03/2018

Georgia

Skiers throw themselves from lift as it malfunctions at Georgia resort

Skiers at Gudauri ski resort in Georgia were forced to throw themselves off a broken ski lift as chairs crashed into each other at the bottom of a slope.

16/03/2018

Russia

Treasure falls from the sky as Russian airport gets showered with gold

More than three tons of gold scattered over a runway in Yakutsk after cargo shift on takeoff.

16/03/2018