16 Apr 2025
165 dead as severe flooding and landslides hit Kinshasa, DR Congo
Severe flooding and landslides in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, between April 4 and 11, 2025, have resulted in at least 165 deaths, 28 injuries, and the displacement of more than 7 000 people. Over 60 000 residents face widespread infrastructure damage and loss of access to basic services.
Tropical Cyclone Tam triggers weather alerts across New Zealand’s North Island
Tropical Cyclone Tam, named by the Fiji Meteorological Service on April 15, 2025, is moving southeast and will bring severe weather to New Zealand’s Upper North Island beginning April 16. The center of the storm is expected to remain west of Cape Reinga, but heavy rain, strong winds, and dangerous coastal conditions are forecast to impact North Island in the days ahead.
Turkey struck by severe agricultural frost, one of the worst in recent history
Crops worth hundreds of millions of dollars have been damaged across Turkey as severe frost hit the country during a three-day cold spell from April 10 to 12, 2025. Farmers across the country applied desperate measures such as lighting fires around the crops to save them and avoid further losses. Authorities are describing this as one of the most severe agricultural frosts in Turkey’s recent history.
Severe dust storm leaves over 2 700 people hospitalized in Iraq
A severe dust storm swept through Iraq on April 14, 2025, hospitalizing over 2 700 people due to suffocation and respiratory issues, primarily in the southern provinces. The storm covered regions in a blood-red and orange haze, disrupted travel, and overwhelmed hospitals in Maysan, Basra, and Muthanna.
Intense hailstorm strikes West Virginia as thunderstorms sweep through Upper Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic
Severe thunderstorms swept through West Virginia on Monday, April 14, 2025, bringing intense hail and causing widespread damage across the state. The cold front also triggered hail fog in parts of Ohio, leading to a car slide-off near Wheelsburg.
If Negotiations With Iran Fail, The Course Of Human History Could Quickly Take A Turn In An Apocalyptic Direction
President Trump says that we have “a problem with Iran”, and he insists that he is going to be the one to solve that problem. If the Iranians are willing to compromise, there is a chance that we could see a negotiated deal. If the Iranians are not willing to compromise, there will be military action against Iran. The Iranians are prepared to hit back with everything that they have got if their nuclear facilities are attacked, and once that happens there will be no turning back. So there is a lot riding on the negotiations with Iran that began last weekend and that will continue this upcoming weekend. If the negotiations go badly, the course of human history could take an apocalyptic turn very rapidly.
Trump: ‘I’ll solve the Iran problem; if we have to do something very harsh, we’ll do it’
US President Donald Trump vowed Monday to “solve” the issue of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, even if it means taking “very harsh” actions to thwart them, amid escalating threats that have accompanied efforts at diplomacy between the countries on the matter.
Russian war planes detected flying off coast of America
Russian warplanes have been detected off the coast of Alaska in a terrifying escalation, military officials said Tuesday. Officials with the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Russian aircraft never entered American or Canadian airspace. Authorities did not name the type of Russian aircraft, how many flew close to the coast nor what their purpose was.
A Conspiracy Theory That Is Being Pushed By The Left Claims That Something Really Big Is Going To Happen On April 20th
Most people on the right have no idea just how crazed many people on the left have become. Right now, a conspiracy theory which claims that President Trump is preparing to declare martial law in the United States is spreading like wildfire on social media. According to that conspiracy theory, a report will be submitted to President Trump on April 20th which will recommend that he should invoke the Insurrection Act to help deal with the border crisis. That would allow U.S. troops to help secure the border, but many leftists are convinced that President Trump will also use U.S. troops to round up political activists and send them to prisons in El Salvador. I realize that this may sound really bizarre to many of you, but this is what many of them actually believe.
UK Ministry of Justice has developed a computer program to predict who might commit murder
An algorithm has been developed by the UK’s Ministry of Justice to predict which criminals might later commit murder. The tool, originally named the “Homicide Prediction Project,” is called the “Sharing Data to Improve Risk Assessment.”…It raises concerns about bias and the ethical implications of using such predictive models on vast datasets, including those already facing structural discrimination in the UK such as those within the white British ethnic group, particularly white men.
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