UK industrial fire: Essex fertiliser explosion injures 20 firefighters, destroys 3 fire engines

Essex County Fire chief Rick Hylton 20 firefighters were taken to hospital after a massive fire at an industrial unit in Essex triggered a fertiliser explosion, destroying three fire engines and two fire service vehicles.Authorities said four firefighters suffered minor injuries while the rest were treated as a precaution before being discharged, Sky News reported….

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New details emerge about NYC stabber Raul Morales: Quran, Bible, book on Che Guevara, Marx found from his apartment

New details emerge about NYC staber Raul Morales. The 51-year-old man, Raul Morales, who stabbed a Jewish man and an Asian man on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, was charged with hate crime. New details emerged Saturday as his Amsterdam Avenue shared apartment was searched and writings of Marx were found. New York Post reported that…

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In 1988, zebra mussels arrived in North America through a ship’s ballast water; within 10 years, they had spread across all five Great Lakes

zebra mussels (Representative image by Canva) In the late 1980s, an aquatic invader quietly entered North America through an unlikely route: a ship’s ballast water. That species was the zebra mussel, and within a decade it had spread across all five Great Lakes, triggering one of the most notorious invasive-species stories on the continent. More…

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In the early 1980s, poaching wiped out all wildlife in this Ugandan reserve, now 12 giraffes are being brought back to save them from oil drilling

On a chilly morning in Uganda’s largest national park, rangers did more than prepare for a conservation mission: they prepared to protect the future of one of Africa’s most iconic animals. With quiet coordination, a few songs, and a great deal of expertise, wildlife officials began moving 12 endangered Nubian giraffes from Murchison Falls National…

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‘He spoke briefly, then fired’: Indian-origin woman shot dead in targeted Toronto attack | World News

Navneet Kaur/Image: Toronto Police A 26-year-old Indian-origin woman was shot dead in a targeted attack in Toronto, with police later arresting a Brampton man on a charge of first-degree murder.Toronto police said officers responded to a shooting call near Humberwood Boulevard and Rexdale Boulevard at about 7.23am on Friday, where they found Navneet Kaur with…

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‘He is definitely afraid of Florida’: 11-year-old boy’s family vacation turned into a nightmare after a brutal alligator attack | World News

A family holiday that had become a familiar summer tradition ended in an emergency that has changed daily life for an 11-year-old boy from Pennsylvania. The child, Brodie Dituri, was seriously injured during a fishing trip in central Florida after an alligator attacked him at the water’s edge. His father stepped in immediately, while people…

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