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Rush on pillows at Canada evacuation center
May 11, 2016 (AFP)
There was a rush on pillows at Canada's largest fire evacuation center Tuesday as many who fled wildfires in Alberta province's oil region looked forward to the...
Belgian prisons 'like North Korea' as strike crisis hits
May 11, 2016 (AFP)
Belgium faces a growing crisis in its prisons, with the army called in to help and inmates stuck in their cells 24 hours a day as the government struggles to en...
Tensions simmer at Canada fire evacuee centers
May 10, 2016 (AFP)
Frustration mounted Monday among the Fort McMurray evacuees, crammed into shelters after a traumatic flight from the Canadian oil city, as some turned to critic...
China landslide death toll rises to 31
May 09, 2016 (AFP)
The number of bodies recovered from a landslide that engulfed workers at a Chinese construction site rose to 31 on Monday with seven people still missing, autho...
Haiti preparing for major earthquake, tsunami
May 08, 2016 (AFP)
A school gymnasium fills with hundreds of students seeking shelter from an earthquake and tsunami, with whistles at the ready in case they are trapped by rubble...
17 missing 2 dead after collision in East China Sea
May 07, 2016 (AFP)
A collision between a fishing boat and a cargo ship in the East China Sea has left 17 missing and two dead, Chinese state media said Saturday. The Lu Rong Yu co...
Four rescued six days after Kenya building collapse
May 05, 2016 (AFP)
Four people were pulled alive Thursday from the rubble of an apartment block that collapsed six days ago when heavy rains hit Nairobi, causing floods and landsl...
Chile quake at epicenter of expanding disaster and failure data repository
May 03, 2016 (SPX)
Feb. 27, 2010, is a date that most Chileans will probably never forget. On that day, the sixth strongest earthquake in recorded history - packing a force greate...
Personal cooling units on the horizon
May 02, 2016 (SPX)
Firefighters entering burning buildings, athletes competing in the broiling sun and workers in foundries may eventually be able to carry their own, lightweight ...
Kenya building collapse toll rises to 21
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
The death toll in the collapse of a six-storey building in Nairobi rose to 21 on Monday after four more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the residential st...
Workers feeling the heat as climate change slashes productivity: report
Apr 28, 2016 (AFP)
Climate change is exposing millions of workers to excessive heat, risking their health and income and threatening to erase more than $2.0 trillion in annual pro...
BRICS to the rescue
Apr 27, 2016 (Sputnik)
The BRICS countries are working to implement an initiative of sharing information on the Earth's remote sensing, which will allow to swiftly respond to emergenc...
NY seeks to shield Ecuadorans from deportation after earthquake
Apr 27, 2016 (AFP)
The United States should grant a special protected status to undocumented Ecuadoran immigrants so they don't have to fear deportation as their country recovers ...
Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl shocked the world
Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)
Ukraine on Tuesday marks 30 years since the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl killed thousands and forced a global rethink about the wisdom of relying...
Donors pledge cash to keep Chernobyl safe 30 years after disaster
Apr 25, 2016 (AFP)
Global donors on Monday pledged additional money to help Ukraine keep Chernobyl safe for generations after causing the world's worst nuclear power disaster 30 y...
Fears mount in quake-hit Nepal as tourists stay away
Apr 25, 2016 (AFP)
Former guesthouse owner Tenzing Lama remembers when foreign tourists thronged Nepal's Langtang valley, trekking through the breathtaking Himalayan wilderness an...
NATO to close Libya migrant route to Europe
Apr 25, 2016 (AFP)
NATO is ten weeks away from launching a naval mission off Libya as part of a controversial US-backed plan to close the Western Mediterranean migrant route to Eu...
Nepal marks quake anniversary with prayers and tears
Apr 25, 2016 (AFP)
Nepal's prime minister joined Buddhist monks at a prayer ceremony Monday to mark the start of rebuilding of five ancient monuments destroyed in an earthquake th...
Nepal's quake-hit ghost village begins fragile recovery
Apr 24, 2016 (AFP)
Langtang in Nepal is now little more than a graveyard. The once tranquil mountain village was obliterated last April when a massive earthquake shattered a glaci...
Nepal marks one year since quake as frustration mounts
Apr 24, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of Nepalis grieved Sunday for their loved ones killed in a massive earthquake a year ago, as protesting victims still living in tents accused the gove...
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