The water level at Angat Dam plummets to 163.51 meters on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, falling below its normal high water level of 210.00 meters. The water reservoir supplies more than 90 percent of Metro Manila’s potable water, and is also crucial to power generation, as its four hydroelectric turbines produce up to 200 megawatts for the Luzon grid. INQUIRER PHOTO / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE BUSTOS, Bulacan — The rains in the past few days triggered by monsoon, and the recent typhoons have been irrigating rice farms in Bulacan and Pampanga in spite of the inability of Angat Dam to provide water supply because of the anticipated El Niño this year. Melencio…

Moment man throws victim over 12ft wall onto busy road caught on dashcam A man who threw his victim off a 12ft wall onto a busy road below has been jailed for six years. Dashcam footage of a passing car shows Daniel Meredith, 36, of Queen Street in Torquay, pushing his victim over the railings of a raised pedestrian walkway in Torquay on 28 October 2025. The victim fell headfirst onto the road below, narrowly missing an oncoming vehicle, and was left with a broken spine, broken shoulders, six broken ribs and significant bruising. Police arrived on the scene, having responded to reports of two men arguing near the bridge on Torbay Road. On Friday (17…

The story so far: Toxic gases, generated by a sudden explosive release of suspected methane trapped or embedded in rocks on July 20, 2026, claimed the lives of 20 workers (till the time of reporting) in an under-construction Head Race Tunnel (HRT) of the NHPC’s 500 MW Teesta Stage VI Hydropower Project at Samardung in Sikkim’s Namchi district. Five others remained trapped about 1.5 km inside the tunnel, underlining the hazards of infrastructure development across the Himalayan landscape. How did the tragedy happen? The NHPC has said a thorough investigation will be conducted to ascertain the cause of the incident. The Sikkim government has also…

Newly released footage shows the moment a police officer from Southlake, Texas, pulls a driver unharmed from a car after the vehicle burst into flames during a routine traffic stop. Cpl Joshua Swisher was awarded the local police department's meritorious conduct award for his bravery in the incident

Tropical Storm Bertha impacting northern Gulf Coast. See forecast map and its path. CBS NewsBeaches closed and sandbags filled as Tropical Storm Bertha approaches the Gulf Coast NBC NewsTropical Storm Bertha makes landfall but damage appears limited NPRTropical Storm Bertha is messy and lopsided. That's important. USA TodayBertha likely to reach Louisiana coast on Wednesday WAFB

Mass brawl involving 10 passengers forces UK-bound easyJet plane to return to Tenerife By NATALIA PENZA Published: 05:10 EDT, 22 July 2026 \| Updated: 05:16 EDT, 22 July 2026 An easyJet flight bound for the UK has had to turn back to Tenerife after a mass brawl broke out mid-air. Spanish air traffic controllers said overnight around 10 passengers had been involved in the fight on board the plane heading for Liverpool. They said in a statement: 'The crew of the flight from Tenerife South to Liverpool informed us, after about 30 minutes in the air, that they needed to return to the airport and requested a police presence upon arrival. 'A group of around…

KRASNODAR, July 22. /TASS/. Russia will respond in a tough and proportionate manner to the Ukrainian army’s attack on civilian infrastructure in the Krasnodar Region that killed one person and injured ten others, Sergey Altukhov, who represents the region in the State Duma (the lower house of parliament), told TASS. The Krasnodar Region was targeted by a massive drone attack overnight into Wednesday. Regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said that an employee was killed in a strike on a company facility in Armavir, while ten people were injured when drones attacked a warehouse in Krasnodar. "The main thing I can assure you of is that all those…

Armed police hunt man involved in hit-and-run in Brisbane’s CBD Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Armed police have descended on one of Brisbane’s busiest inner-city streets following a hit-and-run involving a stolen vehicle. Police responded to reports that a stolen Range Rover had crashed into another car on Queen Street on Wednesday afternoon. The driver fled the scene. More than a dozen police roamed the city block searching for a man wanted in relation to a hit-and-run.Nine News A man was taken into custody a short time later, with police launching a hunt to locate a…

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Even as a group of miscreants launched an attack on the officials, the Bengaluru City Central Corporation carried out the clearance drive, stressing that it is committed to improving pedestrian infrastructure in the city. A senior Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) official told The Hindu that 15 officials and staff from the tractor and silt wing were at the site when the incident unfolded. Five officials, including two women, were injured. However, the drive continued, and about 10 shops encroaching on the footpath were cleared. The official stressed that the shopkeepers had been informed well in advance that the encroachments would be cleared. The…

Leopard leaps over counter and attacks shopkeeper in India A leopard jumped over a counter at a liquor store in India and attacked a shopkeeper, CCTV footage shows. Sanjay Gurjar, 25, was working in the shop in Todaraisingh, Rajasthan, on Sunday (19 July) when he heard a scream. The big cat then appeared and lunged at Mr Gurjar, before he managed to push it off and flee. The leopard, which moments before had attacked bystander Fateh Lal Koli, 40, then roamed the store, knocking over bottles of alcohol. Both men were injured and rushed for treatment to the hospital, where they are now recovering. The leopard, a five-year-old male, was retrieved by a…

British Airways pilots are struck down by food poisoning after India stopover - with one 'incapacitated' and put on oxygen at 30,000 feet By DAVID OLASEINDE Published: 04:50 EDT, 22 July 2026 \| Updated: 04:50 EDT, 22 July 2026 British Airways pilots were struck down by food poisoning after an India stopover. One officer was 'incapacitated' and put on oxygen at 30,000 feet on the 10-and-a-half-hour flight to Heathrow. The other two pilots managed to continue working, but their symptoms worsened after the plane landed in Britain. The pilots had breakfast together in a local hotel lounge and were also found to have drunk bottled water supplied by an…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

At the remote, mountainous frontier where the mighty Mekong carves the border between Myanmar and Laos , planners have sketched the outline of a mega dam. It would be the largest hydropower project ever built on the river’s mainstream outside China, but analysts suspect the study into it may matter more than the dam itself. A 34-month joint feasibility study for the 2,790-megawatt project was agreed on July 4 during Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing ’s state visit to Vientiane. Officials from both countries called the plan an “important symbol of Myanmar–Laos friendship”, saying it promised to strengthen energy security and support renewable energy…

Russian drones attacked a tractor and a bus in Kherson and the suburbs, leaving three people injured. The Kherson Regional Military Administration stated this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "At around 07:00 in Kherson's Central District, Russian invaders struck a bus with a drone," the report said. According to the regional administration, as a result of the attack, the 61-year-old driver suffered a concussion, blast injury, and closed traumatic brain injury. An ambulance crew took him to the hospital in moderately severe condition. At around 08:00, Russian occupiers attacked a tractor in Zelenivka with a drone. As a result of the enemy strike, a…

Garbage truck explosion sends shrapnel into worker’s eye after oxygen tanks implode A sanitation worker was hospitalised after shrapnel became lodged in his eye following a garbage truck explosion. Footage captures the moment the truck’s compactor blew up as two workers were loading garbage cans into the vehicle. One is sent flying to the ground, suffering from both a concussion and an eye injury after a piece of shrapnel became lodged in his eye. It has since been removed. “We are very fortunate that he was wearing his safety glasses,” said Rick Meyers, the Department of Public Works sanitation manager in Milwaukee. Officials said that the explosion…

On July 9, a fire burned through a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Fujian province, killing at least 28 people. The accident signals a larger problem: firms operating under financial pressure often cut costs by compromising safety. China’s low-cost business model needs reform, but why has change been so difficult? The plant that burned employed hundreds of workers, yet company filings for 2025 indicate that only a handful of them were enrolled in pension and medical insurance plans. A fire-safety inspection two days earlier had flagged its blocked exits, but it didn’t stop production. The problem is structural. Labour law is enforced largely by local…

The Ankara Metropolitan Municipality (ABB), run by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), is setting records in the sale of its valuable assets and properties, rapidly depleting its resources, according to a report by the Sabah newspaper. Plots of land, shops and residences in prime locations are being put up for sale one after another. The municipality, led by Mansur Yavaş, a popular figure in the party who was once regarded as a future presidential candidate, will launch a new tender on Thursday for the sale of several properties with a starting price of TL 1.3 billion ($28 million). With the latest tender, the municipality's total…

A 19-year-old in Hong Kong has been convicted of sedition for writing anti-government graffiti in a commercial building toilet, violating the city’s domestic national security law. West Kowloon Court on Wednesday rejected a defence psychiatrist’s opinion that a congenital mental disorder prevented Leung Kai-lok from understanding the offensive words he used against the government and police. Leung, 19, stood trial earlier this year before a magistrate hand-picked by the city leader to oversee national security proceedings. He pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal damage but denied committing a seditious act, an offence under the Safeguarding…

THANE: A domestic dispute over a saree allegedly ended in a brutal murder in Badlapur East, where a 30-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly killing her husband and attempting to pass off his death as a heart attack. The accused, identified as Sunita Hariram Singh (30), was arrested on Tuesday after investigators uncovered inconsistencies in her version of events. The victim, Hariram Kishunji Singh (35), died at the couple's rented home on July 19. Police said the couple, natives of Rohtas district in Bihar, had been living in Badlapur for the past nine years with their seven-year-old son. According to the investigation, an argument erupted after…

A drink-driving suspect in central China faked his death with the help of his family to evade prosecution before fleeing south. Prosecutors in Anyang, Henan province, recently revealed the case to mainland media outlets, sparking widespread online attention. In January last year, the man, surname Si, was arrested for drink-driving. Police later discovered that he had previously been penalised twice for driving without a license while intoxicated. He was released on bail pending investigation. Under Chinese law, drink-driving can be classified as dangerous driving, punishable by licence revocation, criminal detention ranging from one to six months, and…

Russian forces struck a residential building in Kyiv region’s Bucha district in the morning of July 22, injuring five people, including three children. According to Ukrinform, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported this on Telegram. "Five people were injured as a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv region. Among them, there are three children," the statement said. The strike hit a residential house in the village of Chaiky in the morning. A fire broke out at the site but was quickly extinguished by rescuers. Another private house was also damaged. In addition, office and warehouse facilities and two vehicles were damaged in the Boryspil district.…

Hong Kong travellers should be mindful of driving fatigue, unfamiliar road signs and their insurance coverage when going on road trips overseas, experts have warned after two traffic accidents involving city residents in Japan within a week. Ringo Lee Yiu-pui, honorary life president of the Hong Kong China Automobile Association, said on Wednesday that various factors could affect drivers’ concentration and energy when driving on foreign roads. He explained that car trips between places in a relatively small city such as Hong Kong might take only about an hour, but journeys between airports, hotels and attractions in larger overseas destinations could…

The deputy political and security governor of Bushehr said that three explosions occurred in the Iranian province. Elsewhere in Hormozgan, recent US attacks reportedly damaged some of the province's communication routes, electricity grid, and water supply facilities, according to state media.

More than 16 million people in England and Wales risk dying from a cardiac arrest because they live farther than a 1km round trip from the nearest 24/7 defibrillator, according to exclusive research. Analysis of publicly available defibrillators by the Heart Restart campaign found that in England and Wales alone, 35 million people – more than half the population – do not live within the recommended three- to five-minute brisk walk of a defibrillator. Of these, about half live more than a 1km round trip from a 24/7 accessible defibrillator. There are more than 40,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests each year in the UK, but fewer than one in 10 people…

In a control room in Wokingham, Berkshire, staff work around the clock, minute by minute, to align Great Britain’s fluctuating power supplies with its ever-changing demand. However, as households struggle to adapt to soaring summer temperatures, staff at the government-owned National Energy System Operator (Neso), tasked with keeping the lights on, have faced the kind of challenge usually reserved for the country’s coldest winter nights in recent weeks. The high pressure “heat dome” that descended on Europe in late June caused wind turbines to slow, gas power plants to falter, and the French nuclear plants exporting electricity to Britain to power…

PUBLISHED : 22 Jul 2026 at 14:30 UPDATED : 22 Jul 2026 at 14:32 Commuters at an Airport Rail Link station on Wednesday morning. (Photo: Department of Rail Transport) The Airport Rail Link that connects Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand’s main airport, and inner Bangkok is operating only one train as its railway turntable broke down on Wednesday. The train is operating at one-hour intervals. The operator, SRT Electrified Train Co (SRTET), announced on Wednesday morning that a technical issue with the railway turntable at its depot in Khlong Tan blocked the deployment of Airport Rail Link trains. State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor Anant…

Milwaukee garbage truck blast injures sanitation worker Improperly disposed oxygen tanks exploded in the back of the garbage truck as it was compacting trash, knocking the sanitation worker off his feet and leaving him with a concussion and eye injury. July 21, 2026

A small plane made an emergency landing off Honeymoon Island in Florida. Video shows the aircraft partially submerged as everyone onboard safely reached shore, according to reports. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Wreckage was found from a Pan Am flight that ditched in the ocean off Puerto Rico in 1952, a crash that killed 52 people and helped lead to mandatory passenger safety briefings on commercial flights. Searchers recently found the wreckage of the DC-4 by using an autonomous underwater vehicle equipped with high-resolution sonar to locate the fuselage and separated tail in nearly 2,000 feet of water. The Clipper Endeavor aircraft…

SINGAPORE – About 40 people were evacuated when a fire broke out onthe fourth storey of a shophouse in Serangoon Road at about 9.30am on July 22. No injuries were reported, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) in a Facebook post. An aerial water jet from a combined platform ladder was deployed to prevent the fire from spreading to adjacent units. The flames were extinguished within an hour, said SCDF, which added that damping down of the affected area was ongoing. Damping down refers to the pouring of water onto burnt surfaces immediately after a fire has been extinguished. This helps to cool hot surfaces and prevent flames from rekindling.…