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Silicon Valley Bank's collapse exposes tech start-ups' fault lines

The SVB's failure is the largest since the 2008 financial crisis. Tech startups and venture capitalists are worried it might cost the sector dearly.

Money

Silicon Valley Bank collapse the largest since 2008 financial crisis

The US, and the technology sector which were among its biggest customers, face another Lehman Brothers moment with the failure of SVB.

France

One person confirmed dead in France building collapse

A man's early warning saved further lives after a four-story building collapsed in the French city of Lille on Saturday morning.

India

Scores dead as newly renovated suspension bridge collapses in Gujarat

Hundreds of people were reportedly on the bridge over the Machhu River in the town of Morbi at the time of the collapse.

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Germany

The leaning tower of Bremerhaven was 'a disaster waiting to happen'

An iconic lighthouse in the northern German city's port is in danger of collapsing.

Italy

Trial begins for 59 people over 2018 Genoa bridge collapse

Forty-three people were killed when the structure collapsed during a storm on 14 August 2018.

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Pakistan bridge swept away in flash flooding

Flash floods sweep away one of the main bridges in northern Pakistan setting off alarms about increased glacial lake outburst floods due to the rise in temperatures in the country.

China

Police arrest 9 after building collapses in central China

Chinese police arrested a building owner and eight other people Sunday, two days after the structure collapsed, leaving dozens trapped or missing, police and state media said.

Italy

Ex-Autostrade CEO and 58 others face trial over Genoa bridge collapse

The Italian transport company has also paid €30 million in a settlement to close the case.

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Hillside collapse buries at least 15 houses in Peru

More than 15 houses in a remote area of the Peruvian Andes were buried by a landslide on Tuesday after a hill collapsed following heavy rains in the region

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Rescue after building collapse in Idlib

The collapse of a building in Idlib, Syria, killed a woman and three of her children, while her husband and three other children survived.

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Aerials of Italy building collapse

Firefighters in Sicily were digging through the rubble of a collapsed apartment building on Sunday in the search for six missing people after an explosion apparently caused by a gas leak killed at least three, authorities said.

Italy

Eight dead in Sicily after gas explosion causes building collapse

"It was as if a plane had crashed into our building," a local resident said.

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Firemen search for survivors after building collapses in France

French rescue workers dug out the body of a man but also pulled a toddler and the child's mother alive from the rubble of a three-story apartment building that collapsed Tuesday in a suspected gas explosion on southern France's Mediterranean coast.

France

Three people found dead after building collapse in southern France

The three-story building came crashing down at Sanary-sur-Mer near Toulon.

Turkey

Thirteen people rescued from rubble after building collapses in Turkey

Turkey's Disaster Management Agency said 13 people were rescued from the scene and taken to hospital.

Nigeria

At least 36 dead after high rise building collapses in Lagos

A 21-story apartment building under construction collapsed in an upscale area of Nigeria's largest city.

Georgia

Two children among those rescued from collapsed building in Georgia

Two children have been rescued from the rubble after a residential building partially collapsed in the Georgian city of Batumi.

Germany

Wind turbine collapses hours before official launch in Germany

Police are investigating why the 240-metre-high turbine collapsed just hours before it was due to be officially inaugurated.

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80 homes evacuated after Mexico landslide

A section of mountain on the outskirts of Mexico City gave way, plunging rocks the size of small homes onto a densely populated neighbourhood.