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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of food, fuel, and electricity, the prime minister told lawmakers Wednesday in comments that ...
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PHILADELPHIA—A building caught fire and later collapsed in Philadelphia, killing one firefighter and injuring five other people, two critically, after all became trapped early Saturday, authorities ...
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A building collapsed early on Friday in the Egyptian capital of Cairo killed six people, authorities said, as rescuers at the scene searched through the rubble. ...
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Elon Musk once again cast concern about China’s population decline on Twitter this week. He wrote that “China had its lowest birthrate ever last year, despite having ...
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TEHRAN, Iran—Rescuers dug through debris Tuesday of a building collapse in southwestern Iran that killed at least 11 people, fearful that many more could still be ...
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BOSTON—Firefighters in Boston worked for more than three hours to rescue an injured construction worker after part of a historic power plant collapsed Wednesday while being ...
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A partial collapse at a building housing a swimming pool in China’s central Henan Province on Monday killed at least three people and injured nine, according ...
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Two men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan’s governor were acquitted on April 8, and a mistrial was declared for two others after a jury failed ...
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Hyun Seung Lee grew up in an elite North Korean family. In 2013, Kim Jong-un’s ruthless killing of his uncle and hundreds of officials opened his ...
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TOPSHAM, Maine—A group of Maine middle and high school students grabbed the wheel of their school bus Monday morning when their driver suffered a fatal medical ...
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast—At least six people, including two children, died when an apartment block collapsed in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital of Abidjan overnight, the fire brigade ...
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LAKE LYNN, Pa.—The roof of a stone mine in southwestern Pennsylvania collapsed, killing one worker, authorities said. The collapse was reported Friday afternoon at Laurel Aggregates’ ...
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ROME—Two building cranes collapsed on a street in the northern Italian city of Turin, killing three construction workers and injuring passersby Saturday, firefighters and news reports ...
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More than 30 people were injured on Monday when a sidewalk collapsed into an adjacent river in Joinville, Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, sending 21 adults and ...
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BEIJING—At least four people have died in the partial collapse of a workers’ dormitory in the southern Chinese Province of Jiangxi, regime media report. Part of ...
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Construction of a luxury building next door triggered the collapse of an already fragile Florida condominium that killed 98 people in June, according to a new ...
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Italy’s bankrupt national airline Alitalia made its final flights on Thursday, before folding. It’s the end of business for the 74-year-old carrier and an end of an ...
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Hoping to avoid a bitter and lengthy battle over money by victims, a judge on Wednesday said a mediator will be named to sort through claims ...
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SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI—China’s Evergrande Group has left global investors guessing over whether it will make a key interest payment, adding to fears that Beijing will let overseas bondholders ...
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A man and two women were arrested and charged with stealing the identities of seven victims of the Surfside condominium collapse near Miami Beach this summer ...
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LUCEDALE, Miss.—A teenager said she could hear the terrifying sounds of other vehicles crashing around—and on top of—the pickup truck where she and her mother were ...
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President Joe Biden downplayed concerns that the chaotic U.S. military withdrawal and ongoing evacuation in Afghanistan would damage his administration’s credibility around the world. “I have ...
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The collapse of the Afghan government followed a mistake-riddled U.S. mission to reconstruct the country after invading in 2001 shortly after 9/11, a watchdog said Tuesday. ...
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Republican lawmakers were on the offensive on Sunday, questioning why President Joe Biden hasn’t issued any public statements on Afghanistan essentially being captured by the Taliban ...
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Body camera footage released Tuesday shows police officers’ initial response to the Surfside, Florida, condominium collapse that left 98 dead. “There’s a lot of dust. I ...
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LOS ANGELES—“Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk collapsed on the show’s New Mexico set on Tuesday and had to be hospitalized. Crew members called an ambulance ...
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MIAMI—Firefighters officially ended their search for bodies in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo building on Friday, even as police and forensic specialists continue working ...
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Recordings of 911 calls after an oceanfront Florida condominium building collapsed in the middle of the night show disbelief, panic and confusion as people ...
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Seventeen people died when a hotel collapsed in eastern China on Monday. Rescue work ended on Wednesday. The hotel was in Suzhou city, Jiangsu province.
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SHANGHAI—Part of a hotel collapsed in the Chinese city of Suzhou killing eight people and rescue workers were searching on Tuesday for nine people missing in ...