18 Chinese among 22 dead in South Korea battery plant fire
- 24-Jun-2024
SEOUL: Twenty-two people were killed — including 18 Chinese nationals — in a massive fire at a South Korean lithium battery factory, the fire department said Monday, one of the country’s worst factory disasters in years. Over 100 people were working in the factory when workers heard a series of explosions from the second floor, […]
Indonesia: Marapi volcano eruption leaves 22 dead; one still missing
- 06-Dec-2023
JAKARTA: The death toll from Marapi volcano eruption in Indonesia, jumped to 22 on Tuesday as rescuers found more climbers who had perished near the crater, the head of the West Sumatra rescue agency said on Tuesday, up from 13 earlier in the day. About 200 rescuers will resume search operations on Wednesday for one […]
Armed attacks in Mexico leave 22 dead, including 12 police
- 24-Oct-2023
ACAPULCO, Mexico: Three separate armed attacks in Mexico on Monday left at least 22 people dead, including a dozen police officers, in regions across the country, authorities said. In the largest of the attacks, unidentified attackers targeted a security patrol in Guerrero state’s municipality of Coyuca de Benitez, prosecutor Alejandro Hernandez said. According to preliminary […]
22 dead, scores feared drowned after Ugandan pleasure boat sinks
- 25-Nov-2018
MUTIMA: More than 60 are feared drowned after the boat sank on Lake Victoria, Ugandan police said on Sunday. The vessel carrying close to a hundred revellers sank during bad weather on Saturday in the latest deadly incident to affect passenger boats on Africa’s largest lake. “Twenty-two bodies have been recovered and 26 people rescued,” said […]



