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A Honduran construction worker injured during the Hard Rock hotel collapse in New Orleans was deported by US immigration authorities on Friday, his lawyers confirmed. Delmer Joel Ramirez Palma had reported potentially dangerous lapses in construction safety to his supervisors before the collapse, according to lawyers working on his immigration case and a civil complaint …

Image copyright Getty Images/gpointstudio Image caption Surgeons say patients who need treatment “urgently” are waiting far longer than is acceptable Northern Ireland’s healthcare system is “at the point of collapse” the Royal College of Surgeons has claimed after waiting times reached an all-time high. More than 300,000 people are waiting to see a consultant, according …

Britain’s biggest payday lender is reportedly on the verge of collapse. CashEuroNet UK, which trades under the QuickQuid brand, could be placed into administration within a matter of days, according to Sky News. If confirmed, it would follow in the footsteps of Wonga, which was plunged into insolvency on the back of a thousands of …

New Orleans — Speculation mounted Wednesday about possible causes of the weekend collapse of the half-built Hard Rock Café in New Orleans, reports the CBS affiliate here, WWL-TV. As authorities shifted from rescue operations to tearing down the structure’s dangling wreckage, theories surfaced about what compromised the concrete slabs that rose in tiers from the …

Image copyright TerraSAR-X/DLR/GFZ Image caption What had been a 340m-high volcano was reduced in height to no more than 110m Anak Krakatau, the Indonesian island volcano that collapsed last December triggering a huge tsunami, did produce clear warning signals before the event. That’s the assessment of a German-led team which has reviewed all the data. …

This general view shows a bridge after it collapsed in the Nanfangao fishing harbor in Suao township on October 1, 2019. Getty Taipei, Taiwan — A towering arch bridge over a bay in eastern Taiwan collapsed Tuesday, sending an oil tanker truck falling onto boats in the water below. An air force helicopter, fishing vessels and …

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince warned in an interview aired on Sunday that a military confrontation with Iran would collapse the global economy, adding that he would prefer a political and peaceful solution to a military one. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told the US-based CBS programme “60 Minutes” that crude prices could spike to “unimaginably …

Image copyright Comune Courmayeur Image caption Officials in Courmayeur highlighted in yellow the area of the glacier at risk of collapse Italian authorities have closed roads and evacuated mountain huts after experts warned that part of a glacier on Mont Blanc could collapse. About 250,000 cubic metres of ice are in danger of breaking away …

Associated Press Published 12:02 a.m. ET Sept. 15, 2019 CLOSE WILDWOOD, N.J. — A home’s multilevel deck collapsed Saturday evening at the Jersey Shore during an event weekend, trapping people and injuring at least 22, including some children, officials said. No deaths were reported. The collapse happened around 6 p.m. Saturday in Wildwood during the …

The deck collapse occurred in the 200 block of East Baker Avenue in Wildwood, Staeger said. Video from CNN affiliate WPVI showed the deck on the ground in front of a home not far from the ocean. All but one of the injured were initially taken to Cape Regional Medical Center in Cape May, spokeswoman …