CNN has reported Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, a Parisian schoolteacher who took students onto a closed ski slope in the French Alps has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Due to the avalanche that struck and killed three people, two of whom were students under his care. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, Les Deux Alpes ski resort, […]
According to police officers a high school group was caught in an avalanche in the French Alps Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. Two people were killed and five were seriously injured. The National Gendarmerie announced the launch of an enormous rescue operation once ten of the students and a professor were caught in the avalanche at […]
On January 10, 2016, at 10:48 UTC, a magnitude (M) 5.0 earthquake erupted near Fiji. The epicenter of this natural event was 593.35 km deep. At the same time, two more tremblers stirred the waters nearby. One was another 5.0M at a depth of 614 km and the other a 4.7M with a depth of […]
On Jan. 3, 2016, at 23:05 UTC, three earthquakes rocked the border of Myanmar and India. The magnitude of the tremblors was 6.8 and 6.9 with depths of 35 km, 40 km, and 37 km. Some of the cities reportedly affected by the tremblor in India include Imphal, Mayang Imphal, Moirand, and Thoubal. Dhaka, Bangladesh […]
Gisela Mota Ocampo took office as the new mayor of Temixco, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. The next day, an organized group of armed men, and at least, one juvenile entered her home and murdered her in the doorway while her family was there. The city of Temixco has a population of 100,000 and is […]
A skyscraper fire has erupted in Dubai. According to NBC News, on Dec. 21, 2015, The Address Hotel and Mall is engulfed in flames. The 63-story hotel is in downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The hotel is across the plaza from the world’s largest building, the Burj Khalifa. New Year’s Eve celebrations were set to […]
In the early hours of Dec. 24, 2015, a fire began on the first floor of the Jizan General Hospital in Saudi Arabia. According to Reuters, 107 people have been injured and 25 are confirmed dead. Yahya al-Qahtani, the spokesman for the Directorate of Civil Defense of Jizan Major, stated the fire erupted in the […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the world that Syrians must decide their destiny by choosing their own leaders rather than wait for the West to dictate for them. The Russian leader was speaking during his annual news conference in Moscow on Dec. 17, 2015, where he answered wide-ranging questions from Russian and foreign journalists. […]