A two-story restaurant in China collapsed while hosting an 80th birthday party, leaving 29 people dead and dozens injured, authorities said Sunday. The building crumbled around 9:40 a.m. Saturday in a village in Xiangfen county in the province of Shanxi, about 400 miles (630 kilometers) southwest of Beijing, China’s Ministry of Emergency Management said in a statement. Hundreds of rescuers searched the rubble and broken slabs of concrete, using sniffer dogs, cranes, and high-tech sensors. After daylong rescue efforts, 29 people were confirmed dead and another 28 were injured, seven of them seriously, officials said. It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse. The Shanxi provincial government appointed a team to investigate the accident, Reuters reported. While China has seen major improvements in industrial safety, building standards are sometimes ignored, particularly in rural areas such as Xiangfen county. The region lies in the heart of China's coal country, where tho...
Ronald Koeman will be the new manager of Barcelona, says club president Josep Maria Bartomeu. The 57-year-old, who is manager of the Netherlands, is set to join the La Liga runners-up this week. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday night, Bartomeu said: "Koeman is the one we've chosen. If nothing goes wrong he will be the head coach next season." Koeman flew to Barcelona on Tuesday to finalise a deal with the club. Earlier on Tuesday, when the former Barca player was asked if he wanted to return as manager, he said: "I'd like to, but it'll only be confirmed once I've signed the deal. "Until then, I cannot say any more about it - even though I'd like to." Koeman, who played for the Catalan giants between 1989 and 1995 and helped the club to four league titles and the European Cup, has a contract with the Dutch FA which runs until the 2022 World Cup. Barcelona parted company with sporting director Eric Abidal on Tuesday, one day after rel...
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