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Danish soccer player Eriksen collapses for second time in career, is conscious, DR reports

Danish soccer player Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch in a match against Ukraine on Sunday, but was conscious, public broadcaster DR reported.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Danish soccer player Christian Eriksen, pictured May 21, 2026.
Rescue workers search for survivors among debris as a nine-storey building under construction collapsed in Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines, May 24, 2026.

Rescuers search for more than 20 trapped after Philippines building collapse

Ambulances were on standby, and fire trucks had been deployed to assist in the rescue, Pelayo said, adding that moving the concrete debris was a challenge for rescuers.

|ByREUTERS
Beth Israel of Mahanoy City, seen here in the 1950s, was built by Jewish merchants and businesspeople who served the area's burgeoning coal industry.

A defunct synagogue, reminder of a once-proud community, collapses in Pennsylvania’s coal region

Mahanoy City’s first Jewish congregation dates back to 1888, having laid the cornerstone for the former Beth Israel Synagogue in 1923.

|ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
People evacuating a collapsed apartment building in Tripoli, Lebanon on February 8, 2026.

At least six killed, others trapped under rubble, after residential building collapses in Lebanon

Abdel Hamid Karimeh, the head of the municipal council, speaking at a press conference in Tripoli, did not say how many people might still be trapped under debris.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ, REUTERS

At least five dead after ten-story building collapses in Cairo

"We heard nothing from there; we tried to get them out, to know if they are alive or dead, we have no idea," Ahmed said, standing at the site.

MARCH 27, 2021ByREUTERS
Rescue teams on Saturday continued to work among the remains of the building that collapsed in Cairo leaving at least five dead and 23 injured, March 27, 2021.

Floor of Jerusalem store collapses into parking lot below

The cause of the collapse is not yet known.

FEBRUARY 1, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis are seen walking along the Jaffa Street light rail tracks in Jerusalem amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, on January 14, 2021..

Water cooling tower at Haifa oil refinery collapses

The tower, part of a set of two, was built during the British Mandate, and posed as one of most notable icons of the city.

JUNE 13, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
One of the water cooling towers at the Haifa oil refinery collapses, June 12, 2020

Mideast tourism hit by collapse of British holiday firm, UAE unaffected

Worldwide about 600,000 tourists have been stranded by the collapse.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019ByARAB NEWS/TNS, KHALEEJ TIMES/TNS