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Impressive car accident in China

Turning your car into a soft-top is easier than you might think. This driver in the city of Ningbo, east China was able to look on the bright side

Sport

Dakar racer ploughs into spectators injuring ten

A car racing in the Dakar Rally careered off the road and smashed into a crowd of spectators injuring ten, five of them seriously.

China

China: miners must wait a week for rescue

Supplies passed down via boreholes

China

China: 11 rescued from mine collapse, 18 trapped

Hundreds of rescuers are working on freeing workers trapped in a collapsed mine in China’s Shandong province. Of the 29 miners working at the time of

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China

Eighteen trapped in collapsed Chinese mine

Eleven people have been rescued after a gypsum mine collapsed in Shandong province in eastern China on Friday. Rescuers have made contact with

Nigeria

Nigeria: dozens feared dead after explosion destroys gas plant

An explosion at a cooking gas plant in south-eastern Nigeria has killed at least four people – although some reports say dozens more have died. The

China

Scores buried as mudslide engulfs buildings in China

Desperate search in Shenzhen

USA

Deadly Las Vegas crash treated as "intentional," but not terrorism

“The car was like a bowling ball and the human bodies were like pins” was the description one eyewitness gave after a motorist ploughed into a

Azerbaijan

{Watch} 30 workers presumed dead after oil rig fire in Caspian Sea

Twenty three workers are still missing and presumed dead after an oil rig fire in the Caspian Sea. Azerbaijan’s state energy company says 33 workers

Russia

10 Rosneft workers killed in Krasnoyarsk helicopter crash

Employees of Russia’s state oil company are among at least ten passengers who have been killed in a helicopter crash. The Rosneft workers died when

France

Excessive speed caused deadly train derailment in France

Excessive speed caused the derailment of a high speed French TGV train, in which 11 people were killed. Train operator SNCF said it entered a bend at

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Police camera captures dramatic stolen-car crash

A police bodycam video shows a woman in Oklahoma ramming a stolen car into a police officer.

France

TGV: at least ten die as train plunges into canal

It is reported at least ten people have died after a TGV derailed in north-eastern France. The high-speed train was carrying out tests at Eckwersheim

Brazil

Two Brazilian dams burst devastating nearby village

One of Brazil’s worst mining disasters in recent memory has left 25 people missing. Mud and waste water from burst dams at a Brazil iron ore mine

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China: Tunnel tragedy avoided as 'fireball truck' driver steers clear

The driver of a lorry that caught fire in a tunnel in China made a brave decision to accelerate and steer it out, saving other motorists from harm

Romania

Bucharest Colectiv nightclub death toll rises to at least 45

More people have died from injuries sustained in a fire and stampede at Bucharest’s hip Colectiv nightclub. The death toll has risen to at least 45

Egypt

Russia begins operation to bring home tourists stranded in Egypt

Russia has begun evacuating its citizens from Egypt following last week’s deadly Russian airline crash in Sinai. With an estimated 79,000 Russians

Brazil

Dam bursts kills several people in southeastern Brazil

Collapsed dams at mine in southeastern Brazil have killed at least two people, with more than dozen people believed to be missing. A flood of slurry

Egypt

Black box data shows explosion downed Russian plane say experts

It seems the theory the Russian airliner crash in Egypt was no accident is the right one. Experts say the black box data they have been able to

Brazil

Brazil: dam bursts, killing several people in Mariana

Several people have been killed near the town of Mariana after a dam holding mining waste burst, engulfing houses and vehicles near the Germano mine