Ten newborns killed in hospital fire in northern India

At least 10 newborns have died in a fire at a hospital in northern India after a blaze broke out in the neonatal ward. Staff at the hospital in the town of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh state were able to break in and rescue 44 infants, but at least 16 are in a critical condition, authorities said. The blaze on Friday night at Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College Hospital is

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Wessex Water fined £500,000 over sewage leaks that killed fish

Wessex Water has been fined £500,000 for polluting two rivers and killing thousands of fish. The company admitted a series of failures which led to untreated sewage being discharged into the rivers in Wiltshire and North Somerset in 2018. Janine Maclean, from the Environment Agency, said: “These cases are further examples of a water company breaking the law and causing serious pollution.” It is the second-highest fine in the company’s

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At least 25 killed in explosion at Pakistan railway station

Authorities say at least 25 people have been killed after a bomb exploded at a railway station in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Dozens of others were injured in the blast, which happened as a popular morning train was about to leave Quetta station in southwestern Pakistan for Peshawar. A militant group, the Balochistan Liberation Army, said it carried out the bombing in what police are deeming a suicide attack. There has

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