There are reports of one person dead and several others possibly trapped in rubble after a hotel collapsed in Argentina. The 10-story Dubrovnik hotel in the coastal city of Villa Gesell collapsed early on Tuesday, according to Reuters news agency, citing the local municipality. It is believed that up to 15 people were inside the … Read more
Getty Images The dam collapse in 2015 destroyed many villages and engulfed homes Mining giants BHP and Vale have signed a deal with the Brazilian government to pay nearly $30bn (£23bn) in compensation for the Mariana dam collapse in 2015 that caused the country’s worst environmental disaster. Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva attended … Read more
Darliza das Graças moved there a year ago. She owned a small bar in the “old” Bento Rodrigues and runs a restaurant now. Life here is wonderful, it’s good. But at the beginning it was very difficult, there were few residents,” she said. Now they are coming, it’s much better. More than 100 people have … Read more
US President Joe Biden stated that he and his wife Jill are mourning the lives lost and “praying for the injured and anyone still missing”. It is not yet clear what caused the collapse of the walkway, which connected an outer dock where people board the ferry to another dock onshore, according to local reports. … Read more