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Ottawa under siege from floodwaters

April 27, 2019 The first of 400 troops arrived Friday in Ottawa to help the beleaguered Canadian capital battle rising floodwaters.

Venezuela struggling to restore thermal power units

April 27, 2019 Argus Media reported that Venezuela’s state owned utility Corpoelec and state owned oil company PdV are struggling to restart thermal generating units in the wake of successive catastrophic blackouts triggered by a breakdown of the Opec country\'s main hydroelectric complex.

Aeroflot flight makes emergency landing at Riga Airport

April 27, 2019 A flight of the Russian carrier Aeroflot made an emergency landing at Riga International Airport on Friday afternoon.

Coal mine accident injures one miner in Dickenson County, Virginia

April 26, 2019 WYMT reported that a coal miner in Dickenson County, Va. was injured Wednesday morning in a coal mine accident.

Mine blast in Ukraine: Three dead, 14 missing

April 26, 2019 Three people have died and 14 are missing following a coal mine blast in a separatist eastern region of Ukraine, news agencies reported Friday.

Iranian donors allocate $35m to flood survivors, China's first cargo arrives

April 26, 2019 Iranian donors have contributed an amount of 1.47 trillion rials (nearly $35 million) to those affected by flood, deputy director of Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has announced.

Cyclone kills one and leaves destruction across Mozambique with 280 km per hour wind

April 26, 2019 Cyclone Kenneth killed at least one person and left a trail of destruction in northern Mozambique, destroying houses, ripping up trees and knocking out power.

Amnesty International says Hong Kong office hit by China-linked cyber attack

April 26, 2019 Amnesty International Hong Kong can reveal it has been the target of a sophisticated state-sponsored cyber-attack, consistent with those carried out by hostile groups linked to the Chinese government.

Cargo flight made emergency landing on East Midlands Airport after power loss

April 26, 2019 The Air Accidents Investigation Branch revealed its findings into the incident that happened on 3rd May 2018.

Weakened Notre-Dame could collapse in winds of over 55mph

April 26, 2019 Professor Paolo Vannucci, a mechanical engineering specialist at the University of Versailles has warned that Notre Dam is now extremely fragile, according to a report in French newspaper Le Figaro.

Japan expands the hunt for stealth F-35 jet that disappeared

April 26, 2019 Japan expanded its search for a missing F-35 stealth fighter on Thursday with a maritime survey vessel joining a navy ship and a U.S. Navy salvage team is expected in the area in coming days, a Japanese air force spokesman said.

37 victims remain missing three months after Brazil's dam collapse

April 26, 2019 Three months after the collapse of a tailings dam in Brazil\'s southeast Minas Gerais state, bodies of 233 victims were found while 37 people remain missing, authorities said on Thursday.