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Watch the main short news in the world for this Monday, December 26, 2022. 🔄 Click here to see the most recent entries 4 posts 47 sec ago Four people die in a bus accident on Christmas Eve in Canada By Chris Boyette Four people died in a bus accident on Christmas Eve that sent more than 50 people to hospital in southern British Columbia, according to Canadian authorities. “We can confirm, tragically, four passengers were found dead,” reads a press release from the


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Four people die in a bus accident on Christmas Eve in Canada

By Chris Boyette

Four people died in a bus accident on Christmas Eve that sent more than 50 people to hospital in southern British Columbia, according to Canadian authorities.

“We can confirm, tragically, four passengers were found dead,” reads a press release from the BC Highway Patrol and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

According to the release, a commercial passenger bus was traveling westbound when it veered off the highway and rolled onto the passenger side in the eastbound lanes.

The bus driver is cooperating with police, according to the statement.

“Road conditions were described as very poor with ice and snow on the road surface along with rain and hail,” authorities said.

4 mins ago

Investigating alleged murder-suicide of a married couple outside their former Jehovah's Witness congregation in Colorado, police say

by CNN

Colorado authorities are investigating an apparent murder-suicide case that occurred Sunday at a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in the city of Thornton, police said.

Police in Thornton responded to a fire call at the congregation where they were told an adult female was shot to death by an adult male who then turned the gun himself and died, according to a police statement.

The individuals were married and former members of the congregation, police said.

Later, Thornton Police said three incendiary devices were found at the scene of an apparent murder-suicide.

"[The devices] have been made secure and collected with the assistance of the Adams County Hazardous Materials Unit," the statement said.

The Thornton Police Department said it is not looking for any suspects at this time, adding that Thornton residents should not worry about their safety.

"Investigation is still active, witnesses are being interviewed, scene is being examined," Thornton police said in a tweet.

“A suspicious device found at the scene is being evaluated by the Hazardous Materials Unit,” it added.

No reason or further information was released at this time.

Thornton is located about 15 km north of Denver.

10 mins ago

10 people feared missing in avalanche in Austria found alive

By CNN's Sahar Akbarzai

Emergency services work near the site of an avalanche in Bregenz, Austria, on December 25, 2022. (Lech Zuers Tourismus/AFP/Getty Images)

Four people were injured, one seriously, after 10 people feared missing in an avalanche in Austria were found, the Austrian Press Agency (APA) reported.

A final sweep of the area is expected to take place this Monday.

Two people are still missing after an avalanche on Sunday near the Austrian mountain towns of Lech and Zurs, according to the Austrian Press Agency (APA).

At least two people were also injured in the avalanche, the APA reported.

One of the injured was taken to a clinic in Innsbruck and the other to a hospital in Bludez, according to APA.

Rescue workers initially feared 10 people were missing in the avalanche based on video of a skier taken just before the avalanche struck.

The video showed ten more skiers in the path of the avalanche, but ended before showing what happened to the skiers, Hermann Fercher of Lech/ZĂĽrs-Tourismus said, according to APA.

Rescue teams assumed that all the skiers in the video were lost in the avalanche, APA reported.

Vorarlberg's state security adviser says he is optimistic that the two missing people will be found, reports APA.

17 mins ago

Taiwan says 47 Chinese planes crossed Taiwan Strait median line amid new Chinese military exercises

By CNN's Eric Cheung in Taipei, Taiwan

Chinese J-10 fighter jets are displayed in formation during a 2022 Airshow in Zhuhai, China.

(Credit: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said 47 Chinese aircraft crossed the median line in the Taiwan Strait into its air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Sunday, as Beijing announced new military exercises around Taiwan.

The raids were carried out by 42 J-10, J-11, J-16 and Su-30 fighter jets, two Y-8 maritime patrol planes, a KJ-500 early warning plane, as well as a CH-4 and a WZ-7 military drone, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said, in the largest Chinese military incursion into Taiwan's ADIZ since China conducted large-scale military exercises on the island following a visit by the Speaker of the Taiwan House of Representatives. United States, Nancy Pelosi, in August of this year.

Taiwan added that a total of 71 Chinese aircraft were seen around the island, and that the Taiwan military has responded to these activities by assigning combat air patrol planes, navy ships and ground-based missile systems.

The activities came as the Chinese army's Eastern Theater Command said on Sunday that it conducted a joint combat readiness patrol and "drill drills" in Taiwan, in response to "provocations" between Taiwan and the US. , without providing specific details.

“The troops will take all necessary measures to resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the Eastern Theater Command said.

Taiwan's Defense Ministry responded in a statement late Sunday that it is confident in defending its sovereignty.

"The Chinese Communist Party's actions highlighted its mindset of using force to resolve differences, which undermines regional peace and stability," he said.

"Taiwan-US cooperation will help safeguard a free, open and stable Indo-Pacific region. The military will continue to strengthen military readiness based on enemy threats and self-defense needs," it added.

Source: cnnespanol

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