Two people were killed and 20 injured when scaffolding for a bridge collapsed over Johannesburg’s main motorway on Wednesday, sending the share price of construction group Murray & Roberts, the contractor behind the project, tumbling. The company’s share price fell more than 7 percent in late trade to 11.15 rand after news of the tragedy broke. “Murray & Roberts can confirm that this afternoon, a support structure that was erected
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say a 20-year-old German citizen has been arrested and his apartment in the Frankfurt area was searched in connection on suspicion that he committed war crimes in Syria.
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian voters head to the polls Sunday to elect a parliament, the first since the military-led ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
Rafael Nadal needed all his trademark grit and determination on Wednesday when he was taken to a third-set tie-break by towering ace king Ivo Karlovic in a dramatic opening match at the Shanghai Masters. After Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray safely went through, Nadal was in danger of following Roger Federer to the exit when the 6ft 11ins (2.11m) Croatian zipped 24 aces past the 14-time Grand Slam winner. Nadal’s
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Former NBA player and reality television star Lamar Odom was reported to be on a respirator and fighting for his life in a Las Vegas hospital on Wednesday after being found unresponsive at a Nevada brothel. Odom, 35, the ex-husband of Khloe Kardashian, suffered a medical emergency on Tuesday at the Love Ranch in Crystal, Nevada, about 80 miles (50 kms) northwest of Las Vegas, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office
WASHINGTON (AP) — Volkswagen has disclosed to U.S. regulators that there is additional suspect software in its 2016 diesel models that would potentially help their exhaust systems run cleaner during government tests.
It “swayed side to side like sputtering for gas and all the sudden dropped and then blew up,” witness Arthur Grimes told the Palm Beach Post. NTSB investigator Daniel Boggs said the pilot made no distress calls before the Piper Cherokee 180 plane flying from Orlando to Lantana, near West Palm Beach, went down. The crash set two mobile homes ablaze and destroyed the plane, officials said.
The lawsuit on behalf of the estate of Lonnie Jordan, one of the 33 crew members presumed dead, was filed in Jacksonville, Florida, court against Tote Services Inc and Tote Maritime Puerto Rico, attorney Willie E. Gary told reporters outside the Duval County courthouse, where he was surrounded by relatives of the crew. The family told the newspaper the company made the wrong decision allowing the ship to set sail
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis asked forgiveness Wednesday for recent scandals that have rocked Rome and the Vatican, showing again he doesn’t much care about making waves if it’s for the sake of reassuring his flock.