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26 people treated after London airport ‘chemical incident’

Hundreds of passengers and staff were evacuated from London City airport on Friday following a reported “chemical incident” that left 26 travellers feeling unwell and shut down flights in and out of the hub.The airport re-opened later Friday.“We are treating 26 patients at the scene for difficulty breathing,” the London Ambulance Service said, adding that two of them were taken to hospital.A “hazardous area response team” was also sent to the airport in east London, which caters mainly for business travellers and short-haul flights.The London Fire Brigade in a statement said firefighters and police officers had carried out two full sweeps ofthe airport in protective equipment.“The building was ventilated, searched and declared safe,” it said, adding that “no elevated readings” had been registered during the search.The airport said on Twitter it had re-opened although there would be continued disruption to flights, three hours after the incident was first reported and the terminalwas s...

Breaking: 53 killed in Cameroon train derailment

Fifty-three people died when a packed Cameroon passenger train derailed on Friday while travelling between the capital Yaounde and the economic hub Douala, state broadcaster Crtv said.The train, crammed with people due to road traffic disruption between the two cities, left the tracks just before reaching the central city of Eseka, Transport minister Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o said earlier.

It's Official: Malia Obama Reveals Where She'll Be Attending College

Malia Obama will be following in her father's footsteps. On Sunday, the White House announced that the president's eldest daughter would be attending Harvard University after she graduates high school. But, before she buries herself in those books, she'll be taking a break from academics. Barack and Michelle Obama announced that Malia "will take a gap year before beginning school," and be a part of the class of 2021 at Harvard. We do't know what she plans to do during her gap year, but perhaps it'll have something to do with Hollywood. The teen previously interned on productions like Extant and even HBO's GIRLS. The Obamas told Malia not to choose a school based on name value. "I don’t want them to think, ‘Oh, I should go to these top schools.’ We live in a country where there are thousands of amazing universities. So the question is: What’s going to work for you?” President Obama says he advised his first born. Still, looks like Malia couldn...

Ohio Police Share Chilling Photos of Adults Who Overdosed With a Child in the Car

Like many other communities around the world, East Liverpool, Ohio, is suffering from a heroin epidemic. Which is why the city’s police shared chilling images of a man and woman who had allegedly overdosed in their car while a 4-year-old boy sat alert and helpless in the backseat on Wednesday, September 7. “We feel it necessary to show the other side of this horrible drug. We feel we need to be a voice for the child caught up in this horrible mess,” read an update on the City of East Liverpool, Ohio, Facebook page. “This child can’t speak for himself but we are hopeful his story can convince other users to think twice about injecting this poison while having a child in their custody.” PHOTOS: Celebrities Who Have Been to Rehab “We are well aware that some may be offended by these images and for that we are truly sorry, but it is time that the no drug using public sees what we are now dealing with on a daily basis,” the post continued. “The poison known as heroin has taken a strong ...