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Disasters and accidents 2015 Pacific typhoon season At least three people die, 27 are injured, and 26 people are missing, the majority of them in and around Jōsō city in Ibaraki Prefecture, as a result of floods and landslides in Japan after heavy rainfall caused by Tropical Storm Etau. (Reuters) (The Independent-UK) Incidents during the Hajj Mecca crane collapse Strong winds cause a ...
After receiving the report on the investigation into the incident, King Salman ordered on 15 September that top officials of the Saudi Binladin Group be banned from traveling outside the kingdom and that the group also be suspended from taking new projects. [10] [11] The report pinned the blame for the collapse partially on the construction ...
Four alternatives to the current New Zealand flag are chosen for a Spring referendum (20 November – 11 December 2015) in which New Zealanders will determine their favorite of the new designs. (TV New Zealand) (New Zealand Government) A law affecting online personal computer data storage comes into force in Russia. Faroese general election, 2015
The September 11 attacks were condemned by world leaders and other political and religious representatives and the international media, as well as numerous memorials and services all over the world. The attacks were widely condemned by world governments, including those traditionally considered hostile to the United States, such as Cuba , Iran ...
Let 2015 be known as the year of the viral video ... or maybe we've all just gotten better at capturing things at the right moment.
An estimated 20.2 million students enrolled in American colleges and universities in the fall of 2015 -- an increase of about 4.9 million since fall of 2000, according to the National Center for ...
American Airlines Flight 77 was a daily morning transcontinental flight from Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia to Los Angeles International Airport.On September 11, 2001, the flight's Boeing 757 aircraft was hijacked by five men affiliated with al-Qaeda, and deliberately crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., as part of the September ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been chosen as TIME's Person of the Year for 2015. She was one of eight final candidates on TIME's shortlist, which included ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi ...