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A series of walkie-talkie explosions caught Lebanon unawares today, killing at least nine people so far. According to Lebanon health ministry, over 300 people have been injured. This comes a day after the explosion of thousands of pagers sent shockwaves across the country, killing 12 people and injuring a whopping 2,800.  Today’s blasts happened across southern Lebanon as well as Beirut’s suburbs. At least one of the blasts happened near a funeral organised by Hezbollah for a member who was killed in yesterday’s pager blasts. A video of the incident was widely circulated on social media platforms. Iran-backed Hezbollah said today that it attacked Israeli artillery positions with rockets in the first strike at its… Read More »Live Updates: Walkie-Talkie Explosions Kill 9, Injure Over 300 In Lebanon

An American woman in Ohio is on the mend after being put in a medically induced coma due to serious health problems stemming from her vaping habit. Jordan Brielle, 32, had two litres of “black and bloody” fluid removed from her lungs by doctors, according to The New York Post. Brielle started smoking when she was still a teenager but kicked over to vaping in 2021. According to her, she became addicted very fast, and it became a strain on her pocket as she found herself spending up to $500 every week on vape products. “I was totally addicted,” she said. “I was vaping so much that I slept with it and even took it… Read More »US Woman Rescued After 2 Litres Of Toxic Fluid Removed From Her Lungs Due To Vaping

A two-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in her house in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar on Wednesday, police said. The accused was identified as Shiv Kumar (50), they said. According to the complaint filed by the rape survivor’s family, the accused, Shiv Kumar (50) was their tenant and took the child while she was playing and raped her. Circle officer, Rupali Rao said that an FIR was lodged at the Nai Mandi police station under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 65 (2) (rape on a woman under twelve years of age and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The accused was caught by the family members and has been arrested, Mr Rao added.

At least nine people have been killed and over 300 wounded when hand-held radios or walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah exploded across the south of Lebanon and the group’s strongholds in the country’s capital, Beirut, on Wednesday. One of the blasts occurred near a funeral organised by Hezbollah for those killed when thousands of pagers exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday. The number of people dead in Tuesday’s explosions has risen to 12, including two children. The attacks have raised Hezbolah’s tensions with Israel – which it has blamed for the pager explosions – that were already high because of Tel Aviv’s war with Hamas in Gaza, and the group said it had used rockets to attack Israeli artillery… Read More »Pagers, Then Walkie Talkies: How Devices Were Weaponised Against Hezbollah

Four wagons of a mechanical rake derailed near Narayanpur Anant yard in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Wednesday, disrupting railway services on the route, officials said. No one was injured in the incident that happened near point 67 of the yard in the Sonpur division of the East Central Railway around 5 pm, they said. “The incident has caused disruption of rail traffic on the route. Mechanical and other technical staff are on the job to restore services,” East Central Railway CPRO Sharswati Chandra told PTI. “The matter is being investigated by the senior officials of the ECR,” he said. More than 10 trains had to be diverted, and some trains short-terminated following the accident, he… Read More »4 Wagons Derail Near Yard In Bihar, More Than 10 Trains Diverted