LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes has risen to at least 1,450 as rescue workers struggle to save lives after a critical window for locating survivors closed. National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez shared the updated death toll on Sunday, saying at least 3,150 people were injured in the back-to-back magnitude 7.2…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi province has jumped to 90 and nine people are missing, state media organisation Xinhua reports. The gas explosion occurred late on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan County, while 247 workers were on duty…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This weekend’s winter storm and ensuing bitter cold have left at least 25 people dead and caused prolonged power outages for hundreds of thousands, particularly across the southern US. The damage from ice and cold was most significant in a swath stretching from east Texas through Louisiana, Mississippi and into Nashville, Tennessee….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-At least four people were killed and eight others injured after a gunman drove a vehicle into a Michigan church, opened fire and set the building ablaze, before being killed himself, police say. Officials said the attack on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, a town 60…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The UN says at least 700 people have been killed in intense fighting in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, since Sunday. UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said 2,800 people have been injured, as M23 rebels – backed by Rwanda – captured the capital of North Kivu province. The…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from China’s worst earthquake since 2014 rose to more than 130 as the government sent a top official to oversee recovery efforts. Some 113 people were killed in mostly rural areas of Gansu province, state broadcaster China Central Television reported on Tuesday. The death toll in neighboring Qinghai climbed…
LAGOS NOVEMBeR 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from floods that have devastated many parts of Kenya has almost doubled to 120, a government official said on Tuesday. More than 89,000 households have also been displaced and are being sheltered in over 112 camps, top interior ministry official Raymond Omollo said in a statement. Kenya and its…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll in an attack on civilians and military personnel in northern Burkina Faso has climbed to at least 80. That’s according to the country’s regional Sahel government on Thursday. The attack happened on Wednesday, when Islamist militants raided a convoy being escorted by military police. Security forces said at least…