At Least 11 Dead After Tourist Boat Capsizes In Missouri’s Table Rock Lake
The amphibious boat reportedly began to sink as severe thunderstorms moved through the area.
By Nick Visser and Jillian Stampher
At least 11 people have died after a tourist boat capsized Thursday in Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri, according to emergency officials.
Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader told multiple media outlets that several others were unaccounted for after the accident and that rescue efforts would continue through the night. Seven people were hospitalized, including two with critical injuries, according to The Associated Press.
The Southern Stone County Fire Protection District said multiple agencies had responded to a mass casualty call shortly after 7 p.m. local time regarding an amphibious “duck boat” that was carrying 31 people, including children. The vehicle is owned by Ride the Ducks, a popular tourism company with offices in several cities. The craft, which can be piloted in both water and on land, capsized as severe thunderstorms were moving through the area and has since sunk, according to KSDK-TV in St. Louis.
'Desperate to find a way out': Iran edges towards precipice
Economic grievances, lack of freedoms, global sanctions and climate change putting country under unprecedented pressure
In the words of Mohammad, a graphic designer out of work for four months, life in Iran is “like being a fish in a rapidly shrinking puddle of water, under scorching sun in the middle of desert”.
On the surface the 28-year-old’s comments speak to the country’s grave environmental challenges: it is experiencing its worst drought in modern history, with water shortages and recurring electricity cuts that cut the internet, halt lifts and disrupt air conditioning in 40C heat. Authorities in Tehran are even considering to bringing working day forward, from 6am to 2pm, to help workers cope.
But Mohammad, who relies on his father’s pension for survival, like a “leech feeding on blood” as he puts it, is not speaking about the environment. Instead he is referring to a wider crisis he says has created a sense of hopelessness permeating Iranian society, which few have seen on such a scale since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
When is a nation not a nation? Somaliland’s dream of independence
Though unrecognised by the international community, this self-declared state in the Horn of Africa has its own flag, parliament, currency and national identity. What has to happen before its status changes? By Joshua KeatingWhen you are in Somaliland, there is never any question that you are in a real country. After all, the place has all the trappings of countryhood. When I arrived at the airport, a customs officer in a Somaliland uniform checked my Somaliland visa, issued by the Somaliland consulate in Washington DC. At the airport, there was a Somaliland flag. During my visit, I paid Somaliland shillings to drivers of cabs with Somaliland plates who took me to the offices of ministers of the Somaliland government.
South Korea's Park Geun-hye given more jail time over spy funds
South Korea's former president was sentenced to eight more years over abusing state funds, meaning she now faces a total 32 years in prison. The latest case involved illegal payments from the country's spy agency.
A court in South Korea found former President Park Geun-hye guilty on Friday of misusing government funds and interfering in a 2016 parliamentary election.
Park was sentenced to an additional eight years in prison, meaning the 66-year-old now faces a total of 32 years in prison. In April, she was given a 24-year prison sentence after being found guilty of separate corruption and abuse of power charges.
Parliamentary inquiry announced into violent incident involving Macron aide
A French parliamentary commission will hold an inquiry into an incident involving an aide of the president filmed striking a protester on May 1, it was announced Thursday evening.
Alexandre Benalla, one of the French president’s top security officers, was at the centre of an escalating scandal for Emmanuel Macron on Thursday after being filmed assaulting a street protester during a May Day demonstration in central Paris.
Le Monde newspaper published a video showing Benalla striking and then stamping on a young man while wearing a police helmet and visor during the protest on the Place de la Contrescarpe in the French capital’s 5th arrondissement.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers need more foreign help with some sports, says IOC
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A leading official from the International Olympic Committee says organizers of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo must lean more heavily on foreign expertise in staging events where Japan does not have a strong background.
Tokyo 2020 was heavily criticized by a group of about 10 international sport federations at the SportAccord Convention in Bangkok in April over issues such as competition planning, water pollution and communication channels.
World Sailing led the attack, saying the organizing committee was "at least one year behind" in its preparations and there was a "serious gap" in understanding "what is required to deliver an Olympic sailing competition."
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