NEW YORK – A 19-year-old man suffered a serious injury to his left foot in Central Park on Sunday, police said, and the man’s friends told authorities he stepped on something that exploded.
Authorities said the man was in the park at about 11 a.m. Police said witnesses told them the man stepped onto a rock when an explosion occurred. People in the area said an explosion was heard blocks away.
The fire department said the man suffered a major injury, possibly a loss of limb, and was taken to a hospital. There was no immediate word on his condition.
Authorities didn’t immediately identify the injured man.
The NYPD’s bomb squad and police were investigating the circumstances of the explosion. Mayor Bill de Blasio sent out a tweet reminding people to stay safe around fireworks.
ATHENS, Greece – A Greek oil executive, whose company filed for bankruptcy last month, killed himself at his home in an Athens suburb on Sunday, according to a medical examiner’s report.
Kyriakos Mamidakis, 84, was chairman of the board of Mamidoil-Jetoil, an oil company that is active in Greece and the Balkans and operates about 600 gas stations. Although police were still investigating his death, they said they have found no signs of foul play.
Mamidoil-Jetoil filed for bankruptcy on June 9, declaring that it owed creditors $350 million at the end of 2015, while having cash reserves of $668,000.
Mamidakis was also involved in hotel management, shipping and olive oil and wine production.
PALMDALE, Calif. – Federal aviation officials say a small aircraft with four people on board crashed north of Los Angeles.
The Federal Aviation Administration says a Cessna went down Sunday at the Brian Ranch Airport in the unincorporated community of Llano, about 75 miles north of Los Angeles.
There’s no immediate word on the condition of the pilot and passengers.
TOKYO - The Japanese government is coordinating with other Group of Seven (G-7) nations to issue a joint statement that will demand that China respect the upcoming international ruling regarding Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, according to sources.
The Philippines has filed a case with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in which it claims that the Chinese government violated international law. China, for its part, has said that such claims are invalid and that it will not accept the ruling.
The Philippines is making the case that Beijing’s claim to the area within the “nine-dash line” violates the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The nine-dash line is a U-shaped boundary stretching deep into the territorial waters of Southeast Asian nations.
China claims sovereignty over territory within the U-shaped line. The nine-dash line was originally an 11-dash line drawn by the government of the Republic of China in 1947. Although the line has no basis in international law, China has created artificial islands to enhance its effective control over Subi Reef and other areas where both Beijing and Manila staked claims.
Associated Press & Washington Post
