Guatemala has experienced a major tremor and two aftershocks A major earthquake of 6.2 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Guatemala overnight on Wednesday. Footage shared on social media showed collapsed buildings in the Central American nation, with falling debris having damaged vehicles and landslides hitting many routes, forcing emergency workers to be deployed to […]
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US Afghanistan watchdog predicted air force’s collapse months in advance
SIGAR says lack of focus and dependence on contractors were among the issues that sealed the Afghan Air Force’s fate The US’ Afghan war watchdog saw the collapse of the country’s air force coming months before it happened, citing its over-dependence on the US and third-party contractors, among other issues, as major obstacles. The demise […]
‘Like judgement day’: Dozens trapped in Turkish building collapse (VIDEOS)
A two-storey building has collapsed in eastern Turkey, injuring at least 13 people. As rescue workers comb through the wreckage, more than 20 people are reportedly still trapped under concrete and debris. The incident occurred on Tuesday in the town of Battalgazi, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) north of the Syrian border. The cause of […]
Golden age or collapse? Snowden teases future without Big Tech after trolling Facebook throughout disastrous six-hour-long outage
While millions were wailing and gnashing their teeth over the outage affecting Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was having a bit of fun – daring to suggest the world would be better without them. “The internet giants go offline today and never return. What happens tomorrow?” Snowden tweeted on Monday afternoon, five […]