Paramedics assist a woman after two subway trains collide head-on at a subway station, in Mexico City, Mexico, Jan 7, 2023. (Quetzalli Nicte-Ha / REUTERS) MEXICO CITY — At least one person was killed and 57 were injured in a train collision on Mexico City's metro early on Saturday, local authorities said. The person killed […]
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At least nine killed in New Year stampede in Uganda
Fireworks light up the sky as people react while they celebrate after counting down to the new year at a church in Kampala, Uganda, on Jan 1, 2023. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA – At least nine people were killed and several others injured in a New Year stampede in Uganda's capital, Kampala, police said […]
Death toll from S. Africa’s gas explosion rises to 15
South African Police Service (SAPS) officers and forensic experts stand beside bodies in Boksburg, a city east of Johannesburg, on Dec 24, 2022, after nine people died and 40 others were injured when a fuel tanker exploded. (PHOTO / AFP) JOHANNESBURG – The death toll caused by a gas explosion that occurred in South Africa's […]
At least five people killed, 100 hurt in Somaliland protests
A general view of the city of Hargeisa, Somaliland, on Sept 18, 2021. (EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) MOGADISHU – At least five people were killed and 100 injured in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region when security forces clashed with protesters demanding presidential elections be held in November, a regional leader said late on Thursday. Somaliland broke […]