Heavy rains in Brazil this weekend have killed at least 23 people between the southeastern states of Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo
The most affected municipality is Mimoso do Sul, a town of almost 25,000 inhabitants located in south Espirito Santo, where flooding has killed at least 15 people.
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Julie Mitchell, co-administrator of Container Royalty, told CNN the ship was anchored at the port for at least 48 hours prior to the deadly crash. Mitchell explained that refrigerated boxes tripped breakers on board the ship on several occasions, and mechanics had been trying to fix the issue. The 1.6-mile Key Bridge partially collapsed after the cargo shipping container vessel crashed into one of its support structures just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday
The six workers, who are presumed dead, came from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador
Advocates for more migration are exploiting the deaths of six migrant workers in the Baltimore bridge disaster to argue that more migrants are essential for America.
Officials said at least 133 people have been killed in the concert hall shooting in Moscow, one of the worst terror attacks in Russia’s recent history. Russia’s Investigative Committee, the country’s main criminal investigative body, updated the death toll on Saturday as emergency responders continued to clear the rubble. The committee said earlier that the death count was likely to rise. On Friday evening, gunmen in camouflage entered Crocus City Hall, opening fire on the crowd just minutes...
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's federal police formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of fraud on his vaccination records, opening the door to criminal charges, according to a police report seen by Reuters on Tuesday. An investigation by the comptroller general's office had already found that Bolsonaro's vaccination records were falsified to suggest he was vaccinated against COVID-19 in Sao Paulo in July 2021, when he was not in the city. Police found in their report that Bolsonaro...
Brasilia, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) Brazil has broken the historical mark of dengue cases reported, totaling 1,889,206 in the first 11 weeks of the year, with respect to 1,688,688 reported as the maximum figure in 2015. The post Brazil breaks historical record for dengue cases in 2024 first appeared on Prensa Latina.
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523 - Runs scored by Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians on Wednesday in Hyderabad. It is the highest match aggregate for any T20 match, surpassing the 517 runs between South Africa and West Indies in Centurion in 2023.38 - Number of sixes hit in Hyderabad - 18 by Sunrisers and 20 by Mumbai - the most in any T20 match. The previous highest was 37 sixes in a 2018 Afghanistan Premier League game between Balkh Legends and Kabul Zwanan in Sharjah, and a 2019 CPL match between St Kitts & Nevis...
The death toll of a Moscow concert hall terrorist shooting rose Monday to 139, a Russian official announced. The number of deaths has quickly increased since the attack Friday, after gunmen opened fire on crowds in a suburban Moscow concert hall and lit the building on fire. Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the country’s Investigative