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Hundreds of Barrels of Radioactive Waste Sit 30 Miles off San Francisco
Apr 23, 2015 (Sputnik)
Scientists have discovered a radioactively-polluted WWII aircraft carrier sitting on the ocean floor 30 miles off the coast of Half Moon Bay in San Francisco. A...
Norway speeds up plans for ship to help Mediterranean migrants
Apr 22, 2015 (AFP)
Norway on Wednesday offered to send a ship to the Mediterranean "as soon as possible" to take part in an EU-led patrol helping migrants in distress and guarding...
Don't skimp on PC upgrade, Japan watchdog tells Fukushima operator
Apr 21, 2015 (AFP)
Embattled Tokyo Electric Power, the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, has been slammed by an independent auditing watchdog for skimping on i...
Healthier communities recover better from disasters
Apr 16, 2015 (SPX)
U.S. communities and federal agencies should more intentionally seek to create healthier communities during disaster preparation and recovery efforts - somethin...
Reducing the disaster risk and increasing resilience
Apr 16, 2015 (SPX)
Extreme hazards - rare, high-impact events - pose a serious and underestimated threat to humanity. The extremes of the broad ensemble of natural and anthropogen...
Humanitarian fears grow as strikes, clashes rock Yemen
Apr 13, 2015 (AFP)
Aid agencies warned Monday of a growing humanitarian crisis in Yemen as Saudi-led warplanes hit rebel positions for a third week and rival forces clashed. In Ri...
Red Cross, UN fly aid into Yemen as raids batter south
Apr 10, 2015 (AFP)
The Red Cross and UN flew medical aid into Yemen's capital Friday after southern city Aden was battered by the heaviest night yet of Saudi-led air strikes targe...
Honeywell emergency signal tracking system passes testing
Apr 09, 2015 (UPI)
A global tracking system from Honeywell has passed final acceptance tests for use in the European Space Agency's Galileo search-and-rescue satellite program. Ho...
Aid agencies ready for Yemeni refugee influx in Horn of Africa
Apr 08, 2015 (AFP)
Refugees from war-torn Yemen fleeing intense airstrikes are arriving in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, aid agencies said Wednesday, warning of a possibl...
Chemical plant blast, anti-pollution protest in China
Apr 07, 2015 (AFP)
More than 800 firefighters battled for almost 24 hours to put out a vast fire at a controversial chemical plant in the Chinese city of Zhangzhou, state media sa...
McMurdo receives certification for Kannad navigation interface
Apr 07, 2015 (SPX)
McMurdo Group has announced that it has received formal certification from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) ...
Germany snubs Greece's war reparations call as 'dumb'
Apr 07, 2015 (AFP)
Germany snubbed Greece's call for more than 278 billion euros ($306 billion) in war payments Tuesday, calling it "dumb" to mix World War II claims with Athens' ...
Radiation from Fukushima detected off Canada west coast
Apr 07, 2015 (AFP)
Traces of radioactivity originating from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011 have been detected in a seawater sample collected near Canada's west ...
Nine dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide: state media
Apr 01, 2015 (AFP)
Rescuers are searching for more than 20 miners buried by a landslide at a jade mine in remote war-torn northern Myanmar that killed at least nine people, state ...
Baby among 15 killed by landslide in Indian Kashmir
Mar 31, 2015 (AFP)
Emergency workers in Indian Kashmir have recovered 15 bodies including that of a three-week-old baby after a landslide triggered by heavy rains buried several h...
Soils help control radioactivity in Fukushima, Japan
Mar 30, 2015 (SPX)
Radiation suddenly contaminates the land your family has farmed and lived on for generations. Can soil play a role in protecting crops and human health? Researc...
UN chief calls for more aid for Iraq displaced
Mar 30, 2015 (AFP)
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called in Baghdad Monday for Iraq and the international community to increase assistance for over 2.5 million peopl...
Twelve dead in Indonesian landslide
Mar 29, 2015 (AFP)
Twelve people were killed and 11 houses buried after a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Indonesia's main island of Java, an official said Sunday. The landsl...
UN vows to step up Iraq heritage protection
Mar 28, 2015 (AFP)
The head of the United Nations cultural body vowed in Baghdad Saturday to step up measures aimed at protecting Iraq's heritage, which has been systematically ta...
German, British skiers killed in Swiss avalanches
Mar 28, 2015 (AFP)
Two skiers, a German and a British national, have been killed in avalanches in Switzerland, police said on Saturday. The first avalanche on Friday on the Pigne ...
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