Three Die as Sudden Floods Tear Through France's Var Region
An elderly couple and a vehicle passenger were killed after intense rain inundated communities, damaged transport links and cut utilities along the French Riviera.
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India Orders Probe Into NH-66 Collapse in Kerala
A federal minister has promised action and a high-level probe after safety concerns on NH-66 became part of the political fallout from a collapse in Malappuram.
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Six killed in Tanzania gold mine accident as workers call for inspections
Eyewitnesses in Shinyanga urged the government to inspect small-scale mine sites more closely after a fatal accident left six dead and 11 rescued.
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Hyderabad building fire kills 17 near Charminar after reported short circuit
A blaze tore through a three-storey mixed-use building in the old city, trapping residents above a jewelry store and exposing familiar safety lapses.
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Five dead in Finland helicopter collision that involved Estonian travelers
Two civilian helicopters collided near Eura Airfield in western Finland on 2025-05-17, leaving no survivors among the five people aboard.
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Mexican Navy tall ship strike on Brooklyn Bridge kills two sailors and injures more
The training ship Cuauhtémoc struck the Brooklyn Bridge during a sailing maneuver, killing two sailors and injuring at least 19 people aboard.
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Storm deaths climb in the U.S. Midwest and South after deadly weekend weather
At least 27 people were dead after severe storms swept through the region, with Kentucky and Missouri among the hardest-hit states.
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Five killed, three injured as landslide hits hydropower site in northern Vietnam
A slope collapse struck the Ta Pao Ho 1A project in Lai Chau province on May 16, 2025, burying workers during excavation at the dam foundation.
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British investigators say extreme wind drove Bayesian superyacht to capsizing off Sicily
A preliminary finding on May 15, 2025, said the yacht could not recover after being knocked over by severe wind last August, when seven people died.
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Five killed after courier van slams into parked truck near Warsaw
The crash on the S2 near Konotopa in the early hours of May 15, 2025, injured three other passengers and blocked the road for hours.
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Six die and three are hurt after auto-rickshaw and truck collide head-on in Uttar Pradesh
The crash in Hardoi district on May 15, 2025, left one child critically injured and triggered a search for the truck driver, who fled.
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Oxfordshire fire kills two firefighters and a member of the public
2025-05-15 event: A blaze at Bicester Motion, a former RAF base and business park, left three people dead and two firefighters seriously injured.
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Japan confirms deaths of two crew members in T-4 training jet crash
Japan’s air force chief said two service members died minutes after a T-4 training aircraft crashed into a reservoir shortly after takeoff from Komaki Air Base.
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Buryatia declares emergency as wildfires spread across 53,000 hectares
Authorities in the Siberian republic moved to tighten restrictions and send in more resources as the fire season intensified around Buryatia.
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At least 14 die after drinking toxic liquor in Punjab villages near Amritsar
Police and local administrators said contaminated liquor killed at least 14 people in villages near Amritsar and sent several others to hospital in critical condition.
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Military blast in West Java kills 13 during ammunition disposal operation
Indonesia's army said four soldiers and nine civilians died on May 12, 2025, when an expired-ammunition disposal went wrong in Garut regency.
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Runner dies after collapsing near finish at Loop Leeuwarden
Organizers canceled remaining races at Loop Leeuwarden on May 11, 2025 after a participant collapsed near the finish line and later died despite prolonged resuscitation efforts.
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Passenger bus plunges off Sri Lanka cliff, killing 21
Sri Lankan officials said a passenger bus skidded off a cliff in the hill country on May 11, 2025, killing 21 people and injuring at least 14 others.
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Three die, including two children, as migrant boat drifts toward Lampedusa
A failed engine left a boat adrift off Libya for days before rescuers reached it south of Lampedusa, where 59 survivors were taken ashore.
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Five dead, hundreds displaced after Milwaukee apartment fire forces residents to leap from windows
A Sunday morning fire at a Milwaukee apartment building killed five people and displaced hundreds more, according to CNN reporting that described residents jumping from windows to escape the flames.
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Chemical plant fire in northeastern Spain sends 150,000 indoors
Authorities told about 150,000 residents in five towns to stay inside after a fire at a chemical factory in northeastern Spain, while emergency crews worked to contain the blaze and assess the impact.
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Mogadishu floods kill at least seven and disrupt airport-linked infrastructure
Severe rainfall triggered flooding in Mogadishu that killed at least seven people and damaged major infrastructure.
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Dutch diver dies during preparations to salvage the Bayesian off Sicily
A Dutch diver working for a Netherlands salvage company died while preparing the recovery of the Bayesian yacht off Sicily.
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Flooding in eastern Congo kills 62 along Lake Tanganyika
Severe flooding after torrential rains washed away villages in South Kivu, leaving dozens dead, fifty missing and rescue operations hampered by damaged communications.
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