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JINJIANG (ANP/AFP) - De grote dodelijke brand in een schoenenfabriek in de Chinese stad Jinjiang is onder controle. Volgens de autoriteiten vielen er 28 doden. Het duurde uren voor de brandweer de brand meester was. Op het moment dat die donderdag uitbrak in een fabriek van de Huiteng Shoes Company waren volgens staatspersbureau Xinhua 237 werknemers aanwezig.
De brandweer en reddingswerkers hebben 213 mensen kunnen evacueren uit het brandende pand, maar twee evacués zijn daarna in een ziekenhuis overleden. Naar verloop van tijd zijn 26 mensen dood teruggevonden in de fabriek.
Aan de evacuatie en de bestrijding van de brand in het district Chendai hebben meer dan vijfhonderd mensen meegedaan. De Chinese president Xi Jinping zei al snel "een zwaar verlies aan mensenlevens" te vrezen. Hij gelastte een grondig onderzoek naar de oorzaak.
Chinese media meldden dat de eigenaar van het bedrijf en enkele andere betrokkenen zijn aangehouden in verband met het onderzoek naar de oorzaak.
With Saudi spending restricted and a glut of departures and arrivals the stakes are high for Eddie Howe, and his captain, amid uncertain times on Tyneside
Is it the end of the road for Bruno Guimarães and Newcastle or are they destined to share at least one more adventure?
With Arsenal anxious to add Eddie Howe’s Brazil midfielder to their armoury and Guimarães receptive to such advances, it remains hard to predict whether Newcastle’s intransigent resistance will be broken.
Continue reading...Iran responds by targeting US-allied Kuwait and Qatar and accusing US of striking near its sole nuclear power plant
The US has launched new airstrikes against Iran, hours after Donald Trump threatened to escalate the conflict unless Iran stopped attacking ships in the strait of Hormuz.
Iran, which was burying its former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday, responded by targeting US-allied Kuwait and Qatar and accused the US of striking near its sole nuclear power plant.
Continue reading...England defender’s challenge deemed serious foul play
Misses quarter-final as well as potential semi-final
Jarell Quansah has been banned for two World Cup matches following his red card in England’s last-16 victory over Mexico on Sunday.
Quansah was dismissed after a VAR review of a sliding challenge on Jesus Gallardo that Fifa have subsequently deemed to be serious foul play, and in accordance of Article 14 of their code of conduct that has led to a two-game ban for the defender.
Continue reading...Platner’s former backers are seeking ‘real progressive’ to prevent nomination going to establishment Democrat
Progressive groups and lawmakers who rallied behind Graham Platner’s insurgent bid for a US Senate seat are now racing to decide where to transfer their support after his withdrawal from the Maine race following yet another allegation of sexual assault.
The scramble and apparent heartbreak underscores the uncertainty facing the coalition surrounding Platner’s anti-establishment message, and the response from more centrist Democrats to proceed with caution. Organizations, voters, volunteers and elected officials that once saw him as a vehicle for a more populist progressive agenda are now weighing whether to unite behind a successor, or hold back until the party’s replacement process plays out.
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