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Tears of a child as Nepalis cremate quake dead
Nov 05, 2023 (AFP)
The remote village of Chiuri was one of the worst-hit places when a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck western Nepal late Friday. It has only about 40 houses, all ...
Blinken calls for civilian protection after meeting with Israeli PM Netanyahu
Nov 03, 2023 (UPI)
Blinken addressed numerous issues in connection with the conflict, talks with Israeli officials as he landed in Tel Aviv on Friday, stating there is a concern t...
Hundreds more civilians, including 400 Americans, permitted to leave Gaza amid war
Nov 02, 2023 (UPI)
Gaza's border authority released a list of 600 foreign passport holders and a host of dual national Palestinians from 14 countries, including Mexico, South Kore...
Japan starts third Fukushima water release
Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)
Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said it started releasing 7,800 tonnes of water that had been used to cool reactors that went into meltdown after a 2011 deadly tsu...
Mexico announces recovery plan for hurricane-hit Acapulco
Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)
"Together we will very soon be able to put the beautiful and nostalgic port of Acapulco back on its feet," President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said at his dai...
First evacuations from Gaza as refugee camp struck again
Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)
The brief glimmer of hope sparked by the temporary opening of the Rafah border crossing was quickly snuffed out as a fresh strike pulverised buildings in Gaza's...
Businesses talk reconstruction after deadly Libya flood
Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)
On September 10, Storm Daniel hit the east coast of Libya, causing floods that collapsed two dams in the coastal city and released a deluge of water that razed ...
U.N. urges opening of 2nd border crossing into Gaza as need for aid grows
Oct 31, 2023 (UPI)
Since last week, small amounts of humanitarian aid have been entering the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Though ...
As Otis toll climbs, Mexicans criticize government response
Oct 30, 2023 (AFP)
"We are going to fight for ourselves," Margarita Carmona told AFP after chopping up fallen trees along with her son-in-law and other residents in the Puerto Mar...
NASA, Pacific Disaster Center increase landslide hazard awareness
Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)
Landslides cause thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in damage every year. Developing countries often bear disproportionate losses due to lack of access...
North China Electric Power University's innovative solutions for Fukushima radioactive water crisis
Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)
Conventional materials like clay minerals, activated carbon, carbon nanotubes, and resins have been used for radionuclide removal, but are limited by their slow...
Tourists evacuated from Mexico's hurricane-hit Acapulco
Oct 27, 2023 (AFP)
"Acapulco airport has already been reopened for an airlift," Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval told reporters in Mexico City, adding that the runway had ...
Four Japan nuclear plant workers splashed with tainted water
Oct 27, 2023 (AFP)
The incident on Wednesday highlights the dangers Japan still faces in decommissioning the plant that was knocked out by an immense tsunami in 2011 in the world'...
'Survival instinct': Mexico hurricane victims search for food
Oct 27, 2023 (AFP)
Amparo Ponce, 57, guarded the precious groceries she had found in a store that was ransacked after Hurricane Otis left a trail of destruction and at least 27 de...
Mexico races to help battered Acapulco after major hurricane
Oct 26, 2023 (AFP)
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador personally joined an official convoy heading for the seaside city by road, despite landslides and other debris blocking th...
Australia sends troops, planes for citizens in Mideast
Oct 25, 2023 (AFP)
Defence Minister Richard Marles said a "significant number" of troops was being sent but declined to give the number. Two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft had als...
UN report warns of catastrophic risks to Earth systems
Oct 25, 2023 (AFP)
The Interconnected Disaster Risks Report identifies thresholds it calls "risk tipping points," defined as "the moment at which a given socioecological system is...
'Super fog' leaves seven dead in massive US highway pileup
Oct 24, 2023 (AFP)
The so-called "super fog," which US media reported was caused by a mixture of marsh fires and dense fog, led to a massive pileup on Interstate 55, about 30 mile...
3rd aid convoy enters Gaza as fuel depletes
Oct 23, 2023 (UPI)
The 20 trucks transporting food, medicine and supplies entered Gaza on Monday from Egypt via the Rafah border crossing, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society ann...
Scores killed in Gaza strikes as new aid convoy arrives
Oct 22, 2023 (AFP)
With the violence raging unchecked, Iran said the region could spiral "out of control" and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stark warning to L...
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