A massive sandstorm blew through Iraq on Monday, forcing daily life to shut down in Baghdad and causing breathing difficulties in at least 4,000 people who sought medical treatment in hospitals nationwide, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. Views: 0
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Sandstorm engulfs Chinese city
A wall of sand over 100 metres high swallowed a city on the fringes of the Gobi desert in northwestern China, in scenes reminiscent of a disaster film. Dunhuang, a tourist draw with a colourful history as a Silk Road outpost, momentarily disappeared in the dust clouds as the storm hit on Sunday. A resident […]
Huge sandstorm hits Khajuwala City, India
A massive sandstorm hit Khajuwala city of Bikaner district in Rajasthan, a news agency ANI reported on Monday. Earlier in the day, the Meteorological department had predicted that in the next 48 hours another dust storm will hit in parts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. However, there were no reports of damage or loss […]
Sandstorm apocalypse: Orange ‘blizzard’ engulfs Chinese city (VIDEO)
The city of Xilingol bore the brunt of the monster storm as it swept in off the Gobi desert. Chinese news outlet CGTN aired video footage of the storm as it lashed the Mongolian city’s streets. The images show a rolling wall of sand quickly consuming the town, turning the sky a deep orange and […]
What does he know? Soros dumps US stocks, buys gold
Billionaire George Soros has cut investment in US stocks by one-third and acquired a $264 million stake in the world’s biggest bullion producer, Barrick Gold, Bloomberg reports, quoting the investor’s fund data. Overall, in the first quarter of 2016 the value of publicly disclosed holdings of Soros Fund Management fell by 37 percent to […]
Enormous meteor fireball seen across US Midwest, 15 April 2016
A meteor streaked across the St. Louis area on Friday at about 10:16pm. We received many reports from viewers about the shooting star. Sightings of the streak of greenish-blue light were reported in four states, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee. Two of our web cameras caught a great view of the meteor, Eckert’s in […]
The year without a summer: 1816
This year marks the 200th anniversary of “1816 — the year without a summer.” Although two centuries have lapsed, mention the year 1816, and most people will immediately associate it with the “year without a summer.” What happened that year and what caused it? Climatologists agree that volcanoes can cause serious, but temporary, effects […]
Had enough! Thousands protest in Spain and Italy against NATO
Thousands of citizens took to the streets in Spain and Italy in protest of NATO’s destabilization policies in which their countries are involved, Contra Magazin wrote. Activists demonstrated against the NATO’s “2015 Trident Juncture” military exercise in particular. In the Italian city of Naples, the protesters carried signs demanding the dissolution of NATO. In […]
Rare deadly dust storm engulfs MidEast, halting hostilities (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
People across the region have posted stunning pictures online of huge clouds of dust that speak for themselves. The deadly sandstorm is so large it can be seen from space. NASA has shared an image of the raging dust and sand, which caused breathing problems, reduced visibility in parts of Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, Israel and […]