Thursday, October 10, 2024

12 tourists trapped after deadly accident in Colorado gold mine

A former gold mine is seen from the air. There are several vehicles and low buildings amid an arid landscape.

One person is dead and 12 are trapped in a former Colorado gold mine after an elevator malfunctioned at the tourist site, authorities said Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/colorado-mine-tourists-trapped-1.7349506?cmp=rss

Alaska's Fat Bear Contest winner finishes ahead of the bear that killed her cub

A large grizzly bear in the forest.

In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest Tuesday by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/alaska-fat-bear-contest-winner-grazer-1.7347451?cmp=rss

Poilievre calls on Liberal government to designate Houthis as a terrorist group

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stands at a podium, his face is visible above a bilingual sign that says "ban the terrorists."

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberal government to add the Houthis, a Shia Islamist militant movement based in Yemen, to Canada’s terrorist list. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-houthis-terrorist-group-1.7348713?cmp=rss

Ratan Tata, former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Group, has died at age 86

An older man in a grey suit sits in front of a reddish background, his brow furrowed and one hand resting in a loosely-curled fist in front of his mouth.

Thousands of people paid their last respects on Thursday to Ratan Tata, former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Group. The veteran industrialist, hailed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a visionary business leader, died at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday night. He was 86.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tata-india-obit-1.7348347?cmp=rss

Israeli tank fire injures 2 peacekeepers in Lebanon, says UN official

A man stands facing hills with smoke

United Nations peacekeepers' headquarters and nearby positions in southern Lebanon have been repeatedly hit amid recent escalation along the Blue Line, UNIFIL said in a statement on Thursday, adding that two peacekeepers were injured by Israeli tank fire. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/peacekeepers-wounded-lebanon-1.7348342?cmp=rss

More than 3 million without power as Hurricane Milton lashes Florida causing deaths and flooding

A crane lies broken across an urban street.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-milton-florida-landfall-1.7348184?cmp=rss