Category: World
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Facebook and Instagram Down, Users ‘unable to post’ or share content & Report Global Outage
There were many Facebook and Instagram users who are not able to access to their social networks’ services on Sunday in an apparent worldwide disruption. Apparently, the issue started around 6:30 a.m. PT, as per to Down Detector. On August 4, a lot of users from different parts of the world took to Twitter in…
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Soccer: Lionel Messi given three-month suspension after ‘corruption’ outburst
Argentina’s Lionel Messi has been banned from international matches for three months and fined $50,000 by CONMEBOL due to the accusations of “corruption” made by him at South American soccer chiefs during the Copa America. Messi was sent off against in the Copa America third-place playoff and afterward claimed that the tournament had been fixed…
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Power Outage Led John Wayne Airport to Ground Flights
John Wayne Airport in Southern California has cancelled all flights for the evening after a power outage left all its terminals in the dark on Friday night. The John Wayne Airport in Orange County diverted all the arriving flights while cancelling all the departing flights after the outage hit the airport at around 7:30 p.m.…
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How To Avoid A Shark Attack in a ” Shark Week”
Discovery Channel, from today onwards started airing more than 20 hours of shark programming known as “Shark Week.” This is going to carry on till August 4. Discovery Channel from the year 1988, haven’t chosen a week in July or early August every single year in order to feature extensive amounts of shark-based TV programming.…
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5.9 Earthquake hits coast of El Salvador, no reports of damages or injuries
As per to the recent United States Geological Survey, it states that a 5.9-magnitude earthquake has hit the coast of El Salvador, which led terrified residents to be drawn out of their homes. In the meantime, there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries. El Salvador is the smallest as well as the most…
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Tropical Storm Erick could graze Hawaii by week’s end
According to the National Hurricane Cente, the tropical storm Erick is expected to strengthen into the eastern Pacific Ocean’s latest hurricane as it approaches Hawaii this week. The weather system organized into a tropical depression about 1,410 miles southwest of Baja California early Sunday morning before rapidly strengthening into a tropical storm. The National Hurricane…
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Pakistani Military Plane Crashes Into Residential Area in Rawalpindi, 18 Killed
According to an army statement, early on Tuesday, a Pakistani military aircraft on a training flight crashed in a built-up residential area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi which killed all five crew members and 12 civilians. The Pakistan Army also said that the plane crashed in the suburbs of Mora Kalu village, killing 12…
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California garlic festival shooting: Four people including gunman killed in shooting
California garlic festival shooting: Four people including gunman killed in shooting: Three people, including a six-year-old boy, were killed and at least 15 were injured, when a gunman opened fire at a food festival in northern California before being shot dead by police. According to the police, the gunman used a rifle and entered the Gilroy garlic…
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US Championship 2019: Dalilah Muhammad sets 400m hurdles record, Lyles wins 200m
US Championship 2019: Dalilah Muhammad sets 400m hurdles record, Lyles wins 200m: Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad shattered one of the longest standing records in women’s athletics with a superb display to clinch victory in the 400m hurdles title in 52.20 seconds at US Championships in Iowa on Sunday. The 29-year-old powered home to win in…
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Bali: New airport to be launched for tourists travelling with a budget airline
The budget airline carrying Australian tourists to Bali onboard will be forced to land at a new airport that is quite far from the popular holiday hot spots on the island. The construction of the new airport will begin in early 2020. As per the reports the new airport will be built at the opposite…
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5 Girl Scouts reported missing in wilderness while 2 struck by lightning
Rescue teams in northern Minnesota are searching for a group of Girl Scouts who are reported to be stranded in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. According to the reports, two of the girls in the group have been struck by lightning. Rick Slatten of the rescue squad told the Star Tribune that one of…
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An asteroid just whizzed past Earth, stunned the Scientists
On Thursday, a large asteroid called 2019 OK suddenly emerged largely on astronomers’ radar, passing close to the Earth dangerously. It was big, estimated to be between 57 and 130m wide, about the size of a large airplane and came within 73,000 km of the planet, a quarter of the distance between the Earth and…