US records the deadliest day from the coronavirus as death toll reaches 2,000 deaths in 24 hours

USA witness its deadliest 24 hours as death toll reaches 2,000 with over half a million people affected by the pandemic. This figure is alarmingly high for people are not adhering to "Stay Home - Stay Safe" slogan.

So far, almost 18,747 corona affected patients have perished in USA, only 100 lesser than Italy so far. New York state, which remains the epicenter of the US outbreak, makes up almost half of the total death toll across the whole of the US with 7,844 dead. Peak resource use for hospitals is predicted to occur on Saturday where an estimated 86,379 beds, 17,707 ICU beds and 15,414 ventilators will be needed 

Needless to mention that New York state, which remains the epicenter of the US outbreak, makes up almost half of the total death toll across the whole of the US with 7,844 dead.

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69 perish in a suicide attack in Lahore, Pakistan

While Brussels mourn death of its citizens at the hands of suicide bombers, a suicide attack in the park of Lahore, Pakistan resulted into the death of 69 holiday makers and leaving over 300 injured. This is one of the deadliest suicide attack that Pakistan faced over a long history of such attacks carried out by militants with which Pakistan army is in war with.

The place of attack is a huge park in the renowned residential area of Lahore. The blast was just outside the exit gate and a few feet away from the children's swings. Eye witnesses said there were pools of blood and scattered body parts spread across the site of the attack.

Javed Ali, a 35-year-old who lives opposite the park, said the force of the blast had shattered his home's windows, reports the daily Dawn. “After ten minutes I went outside. There was human flesh on the walls of our house. People were crying, I could hear ambulances.”

The attack was claimed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan Jamaatul Ahrar.

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Brussels suicide attacks leave 34 dead

These three men, pretending to be air passengers, are believed to the terrorists who have carried out the Brussels airport.

It was a sad day at the Brussels Airport where 14 people are said to have died after a gruesome terror attack today, besides many injured.

The two explosions ripped through the air port terminal. The notorious ISIS has claimed responsibility for the massacres.

In another suicide attack, 20 more people died at the Maelbeek station, about 79 minutes after the first attack.

Belgian Prosecutor Eric van der Sypt confirmed two bombers died at Brussels airport and said a third is being 'actively' sought. A series of anti-terror raids are currently being carried out across the country.

Read more about it at: Daily Mail
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Bloody day in Texas leaves nine dead

It was a gang warfare day in Texas as two gangs clashed leaving nine dead at a Texas 'breasraubrant.'

The fight started as a physical fight and escalated to involve chains, knives and guns across Twin Peaks Bar and Grill in a quiet strip of Waco on Sunday afternoon. Reportedly, 8 bikers died at the scene and a 9th in hospital, another 18 bikers were hospitalized.

Diners, including young children, and even employees ran for their lives when the shooting started and many sought refuge in the freezer while hundreds of gang members ran rampage around the booths.

Police later surrounded the place and detained gunmen as fighting spilled out into the parking lot.

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Earthquake Shakes many countries around Globe: Hundreds feared dead in Iran - 5 in Pakistan

Strong earthquake shocks have been felt from Iran - Pakistan - India and even Papua and New Guinea at 10.44 UTC.

The earthquake struck in the province of Sistan Baluchistan at about 15:14 local time (10:44 GMT), close to the cities of Khash, which has a population of nearly 180,000, and Saravan, where 250,000 live.

The tremor measured 7.8 on Richter scale that struck Iran, near the border with Pakistan, at 10:44 GMT on Tuesday at a depth of 73 miles The U.S. Geological survey said. The epicentre of the quake was near the south-east city of Khash, close to the Pakistani border.

The quake in southwest Iran brought down homes across the border in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least five people, reportedly three women and two children, and wounding others in a remote community, a hospital official said.

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.

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19 Tourists die as hot air balloon explodes mid air near Valley of Kings in Luxor, Egypt

A holiday turns into mourning and deaths as a hot air balloon carrying British, French, Japanese and Chinese nationals exploded mid air near the famous Egyptian Valley of Kings near Luxor.

This picture were taken by a tourist 40 minutes before the hot air balloon on the left exploded in the sky and plunged to the ground

Luxor is 320 miles south of Cairo and is one of Egypt's most popular tourist destinations as it is close to the famous Valley of the Kings, where many pharaohs are buried, including Tutankhamen.

The hot air balloon involved in the crash flies over the memorial temple of Ramses II known as The Ramesseum during December 2012

Eye witnesses heard an explosion, saw smoke and then it fell from the sky - at the time of accident the balloon was approximately 1,000 feet above the ground. However, while the fireball was descending, witnesses saw desperate tourists jumping from flaming basket when it was 70ft above ground.

Eyewitness Cherry Tohamy was in another balloon nearby and told the BBC: 'People were jumping out of the balloon from about the height of a seven-storey building. Our pilot told us that the balloon had hit a high pressure electrical cable and a cylinder on board exploded.'

An employee at the company operating the balloon, Sky Cruise, told Sky News the two Brits survived by jumping from the basket before it hit the ground.

One of the injured survivor and former policewoman Linda Lea, 67, from Stoke-on-Trent, still suffers from the multiple injuries she sustained in that crash.She said today: 'I cannot believe this has happened again. They promised to tighten safety procedures after my crash. Flights were stopped for a time.

Watch the video of the horrific ordeal (added later on 27 February via Mail Online):

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Nine burned bodies pulled from collapsed Japanese highway tunnel

Daily Mail reports that burned bodies of nine people have been pulled from the wreckage of a Japanese highway tunnel after its roof fell onto moving vehicles and sparked a fire.

Authorities confirmed the deaths but said rescue work had to be suspended while the roof was being reinforced to prevent more collapses.

The concrete ceiling panels collapsed yesterday deep inside the three-mile long Sasago Tunnel, which is around 50 miles west of Tokyo.

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Video footage from cameras inside the tunnel, after the fire was extinguished, showed firefighters picking their way through cement roof panels that collapsed onto vehicles.

Watch the video below to view the devastating aftermath as emergency crews take over:

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Dozens Killed and Wounded in Pakistan Bombing

It was sad and gruesome day in the northern Pakistan when a bomb planted in a pickup truck killed at least 26 people at a market Saturday and wounded 65.

The target in the town of Landi Kotal appeared to be a tribal leader allied with the government against the Pakistani Taliban Hospital officials said 65 people were wounded, most of them fruit and vegetable vendors.

Several houses and shops were damaged in a fire triggered by the blast, the report said. A local television channel quoted witnesses as saying the bomb exploded in a pickup vehicle parked near a bakery.

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The betrayal futility of British soldiers' deaths in Helmand - Afghanistan

As British  involvement in Helmand heads towards its seventh year and the number of British troop fatalities in Afghanistan nears 420 with little sign of respite, an award-winning book on the war deliberately pulls no punches in its depiction of the conflict’s gruesome realities.

Written by Daily Mail journalist Toby Harnden, it follows the Welsh Guards in gripping everyday detail through a six-month tour of duty in Helmand in 2009.

Sixteen from the Welsh Guards Battle Group would die, including the charismatic and hugely popular commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe. Dozens more would be seriously wounded and many left with mental scars that may never heal.

Within days of going out on the ground, they had lost their first man. Dubai-born Lance Sergeant Tobie Fasfous was returning from a patrol when someone stepped on the pressure pad of an IED (improvised explosive device). The bottom half of his body was devastated while the Afghan interpreter beside him was decapitated.

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Unemployment and bankruptcy take their toll - alarming 15% rise in suicides

Cases of suicide have rocketed since Britain plunged into recession, alarming new figures reveal.

Coroners courts concluded that 3,471 people had taken their own lives last year, a rise of 15 per cent compared to 2007.

However, right across the country, from the south west to Sunderland, local hotspots have seen numbers more than double.

And even in more affluent London and the Home Counties, large swathes of the region have seen suicide verdicts soar by more than 50 per cent.

Read more: Mail Online

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