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14 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Local Chinese media reports that at least 19 people are confirmed dead while over 170 others were injured after a fuel tanker truck carrying liquefied gas exploded on a highway near the Liangshan village in the Zhejiang province. A second explosion t...
14 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
At least 20 soldiers and 40 civilians are confirmed dead while hundreds more were injured after two attacks by militants on the Borno state of Nigeria. According to local media, the attacks happened in the Monguno and Nganzai regions. The Islamic Sta...
13 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Chinese government officials of the Zunyi city south of the Chongqing metropolis announced that five people are confirmed dead while 8 others are missing after torrential downpours began late on Thursday night. A statement by officials notes that at...
13 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
The United Kingdom Office for National Statistics stated that the economy has shrank by 20.4% in April back to mid-2002 levels due to widespread lockdowns to combat the Covid-19 coronavirus. According to local statistical reports, combined with the 5...
11 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
German airline Lufthansa stated that to adapt to the various challenges of a slump of air travel brought by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, the company will be cutting 22,000 jobs, with about half of the job cuts taking place in Germany. Spokespeo...
10 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Two firefighters are confirmed dead after an explosion happened while they were attempting to control and extinguish a fire at the Baghjan oil well run by Oil India Limited in the Assam state of India. A spokesperson said that the two firefighters we...
9 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Burundi's government states that President Pierre Nkurunziza has died after suffering a cardiac arrest. Initially admitted to the hospital on Saturday, June 6th, 2020, after feeling unwell, his condition initially improved but he suffered a cardiac a...
6 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Coinciding with World Environment Day, Kenyan authorities have banned all single-use plastics such as water bottles, disposable cutlery, plastic bags, and straws from national parks, beaches, forests, and protected regions. The new ban comes three ye...
6 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Madagascar's Minister of Education Rijasoa Andriamanana has been fired after attempting to purchase the equivalent of about 2.2 million United States dollars worth of lollipops for schoolchildren to "mask" the bitter aftertaste of an untested herbal...
5 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
In a move designed to kick-start the nation's economy which has been crippled by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, Germany's coalition government has agreed to a 130 billion Euro (about 147 billion United States dollars) fiscal stimulus package. Ana...
