Tag: Collapse

Anheuser-Busch reports collapse in U.S. revenue after boycott

The world’s largest brewer had a tough 2023. On Thursday, Anheuser-Busch, brewer of popular brands Bud Light and Stella Artois, announced staggering declines in its yearly profit and revenue last year. According to the report, the company’s profit declined from $7.6 billion in 2022 to $6.89 billion in 2023. Significantly, the company was hit the […]

A sand hole collapse killed a child in Florida. Such deaths occur several times a year in the U.S.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 5-year-old Indiana girl who was digging with her brother on a Florida beach is an underrecognized danger that kills and injures several children a year around the country. Sloan Mattingly died Tuesday afternoon at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea’s beach when a 4-to-5-foot-deep (1-to-1.5-meter) hole collapsed […]

Details Released on Deadly US Hangar Collapse

The names of three Idaho men killed when an airport hangar under construction in Boise collapsed were released by the Ada County Coroner on Friday. Mariano Coc Och, 24 and Mario Sontay Tzi, 32, both of Nampa, were pronounced dead at the scene along with Craig Durrant, 59, of Boise. Nine other people were hurt […]

Northern Ireland political party agrees to end two-year boycott that caused government to collapse

LONDON — Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party has agreed to end a boycott that left the region’s people without a power-sharing administration for two years and rattled the foundations of the 25-year-old peace. The breakthrough could see the shuttered Belfast government restored within days. After a marathon late-night meeting, Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey […]

Senate border deal on the verge of collapse

Top Senate Republicans said Thursday that bipartisan talks to address the crisis at the southern border are on life support, imperiling chances of a broader deal on tens of billions of dollars in support for Ukraine and other U.S. allies. House Republicans have been balking at details of the negotiations and former President Donald Trump […]