Jennie Pratsch3 injured when hot air balloon lands on electrical wiresverified_publisherCNNCNN — A hot air balloon landed on power lines in central Pennsylvania, injuring the pilot and two passengers, authorities said. The incident occurred when the pilot was trying to land the hot air balloon in a hay field Saturday night in New Holland. Its top got caught up on the power lines as it was …
Jennie PratschQueen claimed ‘someone must have greased the brakes’ on hearing of Princess Diana’s car crashThe TelegraphThe Queen’s initial reaction to news of Princess Diana’s car crash was that ‘someone must have greased the brakes’, it has been claimed. Diana was killed in August 1997, along with her boyfriend Dodi Fayed, when the car they were travelling in crashed in Paris. As news of the accident reached the …
Jennie PratschAn Outbreak of Mistrust in Chinaverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Jiayang FanOn Wednesday night, twin explosions convulsed the northeastern Chinese metropolis of Tianjin, taking more than a hundred lives, injuring some seven hundred people, and leaving still more missing. The most unsettling detail that emerged about the origin of the blasts was perhaps not so much what had …
Jennie PratschFears for missing firefighters as China toll climbsverified_publisherAl JazeeraNearly 100 people missing from Tianjin blasts, including 85 firefighters, officials say, as death toll rises to 112. Scores of Chinese firefighters are still missing following the massive explosions that hit an industrial area in Tianjin, officials have said. At an official press conference on …
