aronaze/iStock(NEW YORK) — A woman was attacked by a hippopotamus while she and her husband were on a wildlife tour in Africa, according to tour operator Wild Horizons. Last Saturday, a married couple was on a canoe safari — consisting of three guests and two guides — on the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. One of …
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Dec 06
Netanyahu launches military operation to destroy ‘cross-border terror tunnels’ from Lebanon to Israel
meshaphoto/iStock(METULA, Israel) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday to update him on the details of a military operation that will destroy cross-border tunnels between Israel and Lebanon, according to a statement released by his office. Netanyahu launched the open-ended Israeli military operation, known as Operation …
Dec 06
Putin hosts Venezuela’s president, with aid to regime on agenda: Kremlin
MAXIM SHEMETOV/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro visited Moscow Wednesday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin said assistance for Maduro’s regime was on the agenda. The two leaders will discuss Russian-Venezuelan trade and economic cooperation, the Kremlin said. Russia’s aggregate investment in Venezuela currently exceeds $4.1 billion, according to the Kremlin. …
Dec 06
Dow plunges on trade fears after Chinese tech exec’s arrest, economic downturn
Caroline Purser/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 400 points Thursday morning, or 1.5 percent, extending the week’s losses after a Chinese telecom executive was arrested in Canada on behalf of the U.S., stoking growing fears about trade tensions with China. Both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 were also trading lower. …
Dec 06
Search and rescue underway for two Marine Corps aircraft off coast of Japan
Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Giannetti/U.S. Marine Corps(WASHINGTON) — Search and rescue operations are underway off the coast of Japan for a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 refueling tanker and an F/A-18 fighter jet involved in a mishap, according to the Marines. Two people have been found by Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces, which is leading search and …
Dec 06
Huawei CFO arrested in Canada on behalf of US authorities
RomanBabakin/iStock(NEW YORK) — The chief financial officer and deputy chairwoman of the Chinese tech firm Huawei has been detained in Canada at the request of the U.S. government, the company said Wednesday. Huawei said its CFO, Meng Wanzhou, was “provisionally detained” in Vancouver and is sought for extradition by the U.S. government, the telecommunications giant …
Dec 06
Two killed, three injured when school bus collides with semi-truck in Illinois
THEPALMER/iStock(DOWNS, Ill.) — A truck driver in Illinois was going the wrong way on a highway when he slammed headfirst into a school bus on Wednesday night, killing himself and a volunteer school worker, police said. The 34-year-old semitrailer driver was traveling east in the westbound lane of Interstate 74 in Downs, Illinois, around 8:30 …
Dec 06
Man pushes random passerby in front of oncoming truck in downtown LA
KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — A random passerby in downtown Los Angeles is lucky to be alive after he was pushed in front of a truck by a random person on the street Wednesday. In the surveillance video, acquired by Los Angeles ABC station KABC-TV, a man is seen sitting on a bench by the sidewalk. He …
Dec 05
Navy to honor former President George H.W. Bush with 21-jet ‘missing man formation’
US Navy(WASHINGTON) — Twenty-one U.S. Navy fighter jets will conduct a flyover in the “missing man formation” in honor of President George H.W. Bush Thursday. The flyover will take place over the Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, where the late president will be buried in a private ceremony, Naval Air Forces Atlantic spokesperson …
Dec 05
24 Amazon workers sent to hospital after robot accidentally unleashes bear spray
GRANT HINDSLEY/AFP/Getty Images(ROBBINSVILLE, N.J.) — Twenty-four Amazon workers in New Jersey have been hospitalized after a robot accidentally tore a can of bear repellent spray in a warehouse, officials said. The two dozen workers were treated at five local hospitals, Robbinsville Township communications and public information officer John Nalbone told ABC News. One remains in …