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Major incident as 50-meter sinkhole breaches Shropshire Union Canal in Whitchurch; more than 10 rescued, no injuries reported Emergency services in Shropshire declared a major incident early Monday after a sinkhole about 50 meters long opened in the Shropshire Union Canal, breaching the bank and draining large volumes of water onto surrounding land in the Chemistry area of Whitchurch. West Mercia Police said officers were called at 4:20 a.m. to reports of the canal bank collapse. “There are currently no reports of any…

On Wednesday, Kenya revealed plans to earmark approximately 775,000 USD, aiming to support its security forces and allied agencies in evacuating citizens trapped amid the tensions between Israel and Lebanon. This decision comes in response to the region's increasingly unstable environment. Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, who doubles as the head of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, informed the Senate of the government's unwavering commitment to ensuring the safety of all 26,000 Kenyans residing in the tumultuous…

An Irish family recently found themselves caught in the chaos of Israeli missile strikes while in Lebanon, but they have safely returned home after a harrowing evacuation. Munir Zabad, aged 53, alongside his wife Ghada, 47, their 24-year-old daughter Ghadir, and 12-year-old son Hassan, touched down in Kilkenny on Saturday after making a stop at Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands. The family had journeyed to Lebanon for two poignant reasons: to honor the memory of Mr. Zabad's late father and to celebrate Ghadir’s nuptials…

Mogadishu (AX) — As Israel's airstrikes rage across Lebanon, countless Somali students find themselves ensnared in Beirut, caught in the turmoil. The bombings, honing in on Hezbollah's lairs, have laid waste to Lebanon's capital, claimed thousands of lives, and shattered vital infrastructure. The plight of Somali students, alongside other foreigners, grows grimmer as flights remain halted and escape routes choked. An enormous Israeli airstrike in eastern Lebanon, close to Syria's border, blasted a 12-foot-wide crater,…

Ethiopian parents call for help to evacuate students stranded by the Tigray War ADDIS ABABA - Parents of thousands of Ethiopian students stranded in the war-ravaged northern Tigray region on Friday asked for help evacuating them after the main university warned it could not feed them any longer in due to food and cash shortages. The University of Mekelle, which receives its budget from the…

Lots of fish as well as dead dolphins have been reported in recent days off the Ghanaian coast. An investigation is underway to determine the causes of this accident, unparalleled in this English-speaking West African country. A team of experts from the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture went to the website. The locations of fish and dolphins, in the hundreds, stretched for miles of coastline. Richmond Kennedy Quarcoo has never seen so many. Co-founder of the local NGO Plastic Punch, which aims to combat plastic…

A whale stranded on Lomé beach for the second time in a week, causing crowds on the beach early Wednesday morning. as reported from Lomé, It was on the beach in front of the German embassy that whales were found early Wednesday morning. The whale, which had apparently died several days earlier, had completely rotted and stank, according to the maritime prefect, Lieutenant Commander Nayo Takougnadi. Several curious people have gathered on the beach and are wondering why whales are stranded these days on Togolese…