Memories painful on Chernobyl’s 30th anniversary
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and DMYTRO VLASOV As Ukraine and Belarus on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident with solemn words and an angry protest, some of…
Occupational accidents
Russian coal mine accident kills 36, including 5 rescuers
A methane gas leak at a coal mine in Russia’s far north triggered three explosions that ignited fires and partially collapsed the mine, killing 36 people, officials said Sunday. The…
Construction collapse kills 1, forces days-long I-75 closure
By DAN SEWELL Tons of concrete and steel covered the southbound lanes of a major Cincinnati artery Tuesday after an overpass collapse during demolition work left one worker dead, a…
Kenya security shakeup after extremist killings
By TOM ODULA Islamic extremists killed 36 non-Muslim workers in northern Kenya early Tuesday, prompting the president to shake up his security team, firing his interior minister and accepting the…
VIOLENCE, BOYCOTT MAR ELECTIONS IN BANGLADESH
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi policemen stand guard as a man walks by on a street during a nationwide 48-hour strike called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a…
BANGLADESH VOTE UNLIKELY TO STEM WAVE OF VIOLENCE
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi policemen check passengers riding on a rickshaw during a nationwide 48-hour strike called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a day before general elections…
OSHA plan to make workplace safety reports public
By SAM HANANEL WASHINGTON (AP) — Large companies would have to commence filing all workplace injury and illness reports electronically so they can be posted online and made available to…
4 dead, 25 rescued in building collapse in Nigeria
Rescue workers carry a survivor from the rubble of a building under construction which collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Nov, 4. 2013. Emergency officials said casualty figures from the incident…