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Seventeen homes in Vancouver, Washington, USA, were evacuated on Tuesday 24 February after a natural gas leak was reported in the city's North Image neighbourhood, according to the Vancouver fire and police departments. Emergency dispatch logs show the leak was first reported about 09:30 near Northeast 123rd
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A gas tanker overturned on a road in Romania's Sibiu County on Monday evening 23 February, leading authorities to evacuate several people from the area as a precaution and deploy a CBRN truck to conduct on-site measurements for gas leaks. According to the Romanian publication Ora de
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A kosher restaurant in central Paris was vandalised with corrosive acid on Thursday night, 19 February, forcing its temporary closure. According to The Jerusalem Post, employees of Kokoriko arriving at work on Friday morning discovered that acid had been sprayed overnight on the tables, walls and floor. "The crockery,
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A toxic gas leak at a mine in Nigeria has killed 37 people and left 26 injured in hospital. The incident, which is said to have taken place at 06:30 on Tuesday 17 February, occurred when poisonous lead, sulphur and carbon monoxide were suddenly discharged into the shaft, killing
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South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) has launched an investigation after low-level radioactive waste was reported missing from a hospital in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. The NSSC announced on 20 February that it had dispatched experts from the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety to begin an
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The State Security Service of Georgia (SSG) has arrested two foreign nationals in the central city of Kutaisi for attempting to purchase uranium and caesium-137 for $3 million USD. The agency has claimed that the pair intended to transport the materials to another country, reports the Tbilisi-based outlet
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Law enforcement authorities across Ukraine, Poland and Moldova have arrested 103 people, and dismantled 36 drug labs and 74 storage facilities, in a joint operation against an international criminal network involved in the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs. Supported by Europol between 12-17 February, the operation's
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A second worker has died from injuries suffered in a reported gas incident at Woodland Pulp paper mill in Baileyville, Maine, United States, on 27 January. The worker’s identity has not been released though the mill confirmed he was an employee of the facility, WABI-TV reports. The incident
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Czech firefighters recorded elevated levels of radioactivity from an unspecified object inside a building at Charles University in Prague’s Libeň district on Saturday evening, 14 February. According to Radio Prague International, emergency services were alerted by an anonymous caller who reported a suspicious item at the university premises. The
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A mysterious gas leaked from a cylinder at a scrap dealer's shop on Saturday 7 February near Jammu Airport in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir state. According to local media reports, several residents of Rani Bagh suffered from breathlessness following the sudden leakage of gas from an abandoned
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The government of the United Kingdom has confirmed that the prominent Russian opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, who died in prison in 2024, was likely killed by a deadly toxin found in the skin of Ecuador dart frogs. In a statement released on Saturday 14 February, the UK government wrote that
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The World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS) and the African Centre for Science and International Security (AFRICSIS) have agreed to strengthen their cooperation through a memorandum of understanding, it was announced on 29 January. "As countries in Africa harness the benefits of nuclear technology for healthcare, agriculture, industry and