Category: Injures

Landslide in Southwestern China Kills 14 People, Injures 3

BEIJING—A landslide at a construction site in southwestern China has killed 14 people and injured three others, official reports said Tuesday. The cause of the landslide Monday evening in Bijie city in Guizhou Province is under investigation, the reports said. Workers were building a training facility for a hospital at the time of the landslide….


Blast in Palestinian Camp in South Lebanon Injures About a Dozen

BEIRUT—A large explosion rocked a Palestinian camp in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre on Friday night, injuring about a dozen people, according to rescue workers on the scene and a Palestinian source inside the camp. The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported an unspecified number of deaths, but local media and civil defense…


Federer Survives Big Scare as Mannarino Retires Injured

LONDON—Eight-times champion Roger Federer survived a massive scare against Adrian Mannarino before advancing to the Wimbledon second round on Tuesday when the Frenchman retired with a knee injury after slipping on court. The match was poised at 6–4 6–7(3) 3–6 6–2 with Federer forcing a fifth set before Mannarino, celebrating his 33rd birthday, decided he…


Baltimore Building Explosion Injures at Least 10, Traps Window Washers

At least 10 people were injured, nine of them critically, on Wednesday after an explosion shook a downtown Baltimore office building and left two window washers dangling from a scaffold outside the structure, authorities said. The Baltimore City Fire Department said it responded to an explosion and partial roof collapse at the Baltimore Gas and…