A woman who fell down a 12-foot drop and fractured her neck and later gave birth to a baby boy has made a miracle recovery. Cary Edby, 25, from Ramsgate, in the county of Kent, England, had gone out for a cigarette two days before Christmas on Dec. 23, 2019, when she lost her footing and…

MEXICO CITY—Two miners were killed when a cable snapped on the bucket used to lower them into a small, primitive coal mine that was operating illegally in northern Mexico. The failure of the cable sent the bucket plunging down the mine shaft, killing the miners, the Labor Department said late Tuesday. The department said the…

LUCKNOW—At least 16 people were killed and another six injured in a suspected case of electrocution in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand on Wednesday morning, government officials said. The incident took place inside a sewage treatment plant established in the Himalayan state’s Chamoli district as part of a flagship program of the federal government…

At least 48 people were killed in a road accident in Londiani, western Kenya, on Friday evening when a lorry carrying a shipping container veered off the road and ploughed into several vehicles, police and witnesses said. Footage of the accident’s aftermath carried by local broadcasters showed the twisted wreckages of cars and motorbikes alongside…

TOKYO—Five people were killed and 12 others taken to the hospital after a truck collided with a bus in Hokkaido in northern Japan, according to local media reports. Police said the truck might have strayed into oncoming traffic, Kyodo news agency reported. The bus was carrying 15 passengers at the time of the accident, which…

ABUJA, Nigeria—A boat returning from a wedding capsized in northern Nigeria, killing at least 103 people, including children, officials said Tuesday. Residents and police were still searching for dozens of people who were on the overcrowded boat that capsized early Monday on the Niger River in the Pategi district of Kwara state, which is 160…

A teacher and 16 children in Grade 5 were injured during a field trip after a raised bridge collapsed at Fort Gibraltar, a historic site in Winnipeg. The accident happened on May 31 after a wooden, raised bridge-like structure collapsed, causing the group to fall from an estimated height of 16 to 18 feet, according…

BARCELONA, Spain—An F-18 fighter jet crashed at an airbase in the Spanish city of Zaragoza but the pilot ejected successfully, the Spanish defense ministry said Saturday. The aircraft landed within the perimeter of the base, the defense ministry said on Twitter. The base, which lies about 10 miles (16 kilometers) outside the city, belongs to…

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Four Cambodian prospectors who were digging for gold in the central province of Kampong Thom were killed when earth collapsed into the pit where they were mining, a government official and a fellow villager said Friday. Information Minister Khieu Kanharith on his Facebook page quoted reports from a local official saying the four…

NEW YORK—Two workers were killed in a construction accident at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, officials said. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, said the two workers got trapped under construction rubble around 11 a.m. A spokesperson for the city Fire Department said it…