collapse

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Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi said Thursday that "all efforts" were being made to prevent the collapse of talks on an agreement with Damascus to integrate his forces into the central government.

From Barron's

The company went into administration in October after the collapse of a renewables contract in the Netherlands and a wider slump in its fortunes.

From BBC

In the early hours of Monday morning, a section of the Llangollen Canal collapsed, leaving a giant hole and gallons of water running into a nearby field.

From BBC

Blame Notre Dame’s leadership, not USC’s, for the collapse of one of one of the biggest rivalries in sports, not just college football.

From Los Angeles Times

A Serbian court dropped charges Wednesday against a former construction minister over the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse that killed 16 people, citing a lack of evidence.

From Barron's