Emergency services

Blaze at Moscow construction site kills at least seven

Firefighters work to put out a fire at a construction site in Moscow, Russia, April 28, 2026. Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency/Handout via REUTERS

Retired Changi, Seletar airport fire hoses upcycled into hammocks for lions, monkeys

eshose - One of the Night Safari's Asian lion using the hammock, repurposed from decommissioned fire hoses, to lounge and comfortably rest.

SOURCE: MANDAI WILDLIFE GROUP

Russian attack on Ukraine's Odesa kills married couple, officials say

A resident walks at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine, April 24, 2026. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok

Russian drone attack kills three in Ukrainian city of Dnipro

One dead, 27 injured as bus carrying British tourists crashes in Spain’s La Gomera island

A tourist bus veered off the road on the Spanish island of La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, on April 10.

Singapore’s first 24-hour emergency medicine unit gets new home

Russia declares emergency in Dagestan's capital as floods cut power to more than 327,000 people

Emergency specialists evacuate residents from a flooded district in the city of Makhachkala in the Caucasus region of Dagestan, Russia, in this picture released March 28, 2026. Emergency Ministry of Russia/Handout via REUTERS

Russian jailed in Britain for attacking woman after Trump’s son alerted police

FILE PHOTO: Barron Trump gestures during a rally on the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump's second Presidential term, inside Capital One, in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

New service in Japan to allow mobile users to use other carriers’ networks during outages

NTT Docomo, KDDI, SoftBank, and Rakuten Mobile, are among those participating in the new service.

Fire at car parts factory in Korea leaves 55 injured, more than a dozen unaccounted for

Firefighters were struggling to contain the fire as one of the two buildings affected had collapsed.

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