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Japan's Wajima craftmakers see hope in disaster-hit region
Dec 29, 2024 (AFP)
One brushstroke at a time, the 53-year-old is determined to bring life back to his remote community after a devastating New Year's Day earthquake, followed by s...
Second Fukushima nuclear sample removal eyed for spring
Dec 26, 2024 (AFP)
Around 880 tonnes of hazardous material remain at the Fukushima site, 13 years after a catastrophic tsunami caused by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered one o...
Gaza hospital says three babies die of 'severe temperature drop'
Dec 26, 2024 (AFP)
In the most recent case, Dr. Ahmed al-Farra of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis city said a three-week-old girl "was brought to the emergency room with a severe te...
Human civilization at a tipping point between authoritarian collapse and technological superabundance
Dec 26, 2024 (SPX)
Dr. Nafeez Ahmed, the study's author and Distinguished Fellow at the Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems, explained, "Industrial civilisation is facing...
What we know about disappearance of four Ecuadoran minors
Dec 26, 2024 (AFP)
Efforts to identify the four corpses found near an air force base on Christmas Eve have been complicated by their badly burned state. The United Nations' human ...
Ecuador's leader orders stepped-up search for missing adolescents
Dec 24, 2024 (AFP)
In a radio interview on Monday, Noboa also said that a "technical analysis" was needed before the incident could be called an enforced disappearance -- despite ...
Felipe VI urges Spain to learn from floods in Christmas message
Dec 24, 2024 (AFP)
The October 29 disaster killed 231 people and devastated swathes of the eastern Valencia region, with thousands of victims now spending Christmas without loved ...
Blogs to Bluesky: social media shifts responses after 2004 tsunami
Dec 24, 2024 (AFP)
When a 9.1-magnitude quake caused a tsunami that smashed into coastal areas on December 26, 2004, killing more than 220,000 people, broadcasters, newspapers and...
Macron extends visit to cyclone-hit Mayotte after locals vent anger
Dec 20, 2024 (AFP)
Locals jeered and shouted their grievances Thursday during Macron's visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago, five days after Cyclone Chido left a trail of destruc...
Sri Lanka navy rescues boat of 100 Rohingya refugees
Dec 20, 2024 (AFP)
The group, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka's eastern port of Trincomalee, a navy spokesman said, adding that food and water had been provided. "M...
'Peace was born': how the 2004 tsunami changed Indonesia's Aceh
Dec 19, 2024 (AFP)
The giant waves that engulfed the impoverished province on the northern tip of Sumatra island on December 26, 2004, killing tens of thousands, paved the way for...
International rescuers join search for Vanuatu quake survivors
Dec 19, 2024 (AFP)
More than 100 personnel, along with rescue gear, dogs and aid supplies, were being flown on military transport planes from Australia and New Zealand to the capi...
Mexico encourages citizens to drop off firearms at churches
Dec 18, 2024 (AFP)
President Claudia Sheinbaum encouraged residents to participate in the "Yes to Disarmament, Yes to Peace" program, assuring those skeptical that they would not ...
ECB proposes EU-wide disaster insurance system
Dec 18, 2024 (AFP)
Scientists believe that natural disasters will increase in frequency and severity as global temperatures rise, but currently only about a quarter of damages due...
Devastated Mayotte battles to recover from cyclone 'steamroller'
Dec 18, 2024 (AFP)
All that remains after Cyclone Chido rammed into Mayotte at the weekend, leaving devastation unprecedented in the last century in its wake, are ravaged hills, p...
Tackling climate, nature separately risks worsening crises: UN
Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)
The assessment by the UN's expert biodiversity panel lays bare the complex interplay between nature loss, global warming, and threats to water, food and health ...
How ramshackle housing made Mayotte vulnerable to cyclone assault
Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)
Before the storm hit, around a third of the island's population was living in iron-sheeted huts that never stood a chance against the powerful cyclone. By the t...
Macron to visit France's cyclone-battered Mayotte
Dec 16, 2024 (AFP)
As rescuers raced to reach the survivors, images from Mayotte showed scenes of devastation, with homes reduced to piles of rubble. After summoning key governmen...
Ugandan landslide fears force relocation of 5,000 households
Dec 15, 2024 (AFP)
Collapsed mountainsides after heavy rains in late November killed at least 36 people in the Bulambuli district, officials say, with scores still missing feared ...
Syria's new rulers call for victory celebrations in streets
Dec 13, 2024 (AFP)
More than half a century of brutal rule by the Assad clan came to a sudden end on Sunday, after a lightning rebel offensive led by Abu Mohammed al-Jolani's Isla...
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