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Eruption-hit Tonga closes borders as Covid detected
Feb 02, 2022 (AFP)
Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni said two men tested positive this week in the capital Nuku'alofa and were in isolation. He said the men had been working in the c...
Climate change, population threaten 'staggering' US flood losses by 2050
Jan 31, 2022 (AFP)
The study published in the journal Nature Climate Change used new flood models to map out the present and future impact of sea level rise, tropical cyclones and...
Stray bullets kill bystanders as US shootings soar
Jan 30, 2022 (AFP)
In addition to the people killed in suicides or the homicides hitting record levels in some US cities, an untallied number of other victims are struck by bullet...
Six sue Fukushima nuclear plant operator over thyroid cancer
Jan 27, 2022 (AFP)
The plaintiffs, now aged between 17 and 27, were living in the Fukushima region when a huge earthquake on March 11, 2011 triggered a tsunami that caused the nuc...
Covid-hit Australian warship delivers disaster aid to Tonga
Jan 26, 2022 (AFP)
Tongan Health Minister Saia Piukala said the crew of the HMAS Adelaide would follow drastic health protocols to ensure the remote Pacific kingdom remains one of...
Ecuador deploys military to tackle Guayaquil crime wave
Jan 24, 2022 (AFP)
President Guillermo Lasso said Sunday the military has been deployed to "strengthen control" and "prevent the entry of drugs from the north (Colombia) or weapon...
Single hamster handed over for Hong Kong Covid cull tests positive
Jan 23, 2022 (AFP)
The financial services hub adheres to mainland China's strict "zero-Covid" policy under which even the slightest sign of the virus is stamped out with contact t...
NASA Emergency Beacons Save Lives in 2021
Jan 22, 2022 (SPX)
Users purchasing commercially available 406 MHz frequency Cospas-Sarsat beacons have free access to the network, which provides accurate and reliable emergency ...
UN says Philippine typhoon destruction 'badly underestimated'
Jan 21, 2022 (AFP)
A UN campaign to raise $107.2 million in aid for victims was launched a week after the storm ravaged southern and central regions of the archipelago on December...
Hong Kong warns animal lovers not to obstruct hamster cull
Jan 21, 2022 (AFP)
The Chinese city adheres to the mainland's strict "zero-Covid" policy, in which even the slightest sign of the virus is stamped out with contact tracing, target...
Paris outdoor booksellers eager to turn page on Covid
Jan 21, 2022 (AFP)
Tending dark green boxes packed with second-hand works that are often rare or special editions, the dealers enjoy rent-free access but must follow rules set by ...
Four people including baby freeze to death near US-Canada border
Jan 20, 2022 (AFP)
The temperature Wednesday when the bodies were found amid vast snowdrifts, taking into account the wind, was minus 35 degrees Celsius (minus 31 Fahrenheit). "At...
Trickle of residents return to Fukushima's last deserted town
Jan 20, 2022 (AFP)
Following extensive decontamination, numerous areas around the plant in northeast Japan have been declared safe after a huge earthquake and tsunami triggered a ...
First aid flights reach Tonga
Jan 20, 2022 (AFP)
Tonga has been inaccessible since Saturday, when one of the largest volcanic explosions in decades cloaked the kingdom in a layer of ash, triggered a Pacific-wi...
'We are homeless': Victims of twin Afghan quakes await aid
Jan 19, 2022 (AFP)
Rescuers continued to comb through debris in search of survivors from Monday's quakes, as many survivors spent a second straight night out in the open while som...
Tonga races to clear runway for volcano aid flights
Jan 19, 2022 (AFP)
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted 30 kilometres (19 miles) into the air on Saturday sending ash, gas and acid rain across a large area of the Pacifi...
'Extensive damage' in tsunami-struck Tonga
Jan 18, 2022 (AFP)
Early indications of the scale of the crisis on the virtually cut-off island kingdom were emerging through patchy satellite phone contact with Tonga, surveillan...
Iraq says almost 4,000 repatriated from Belarus borders
Jan 16, 2022 (AFP)
Since November 18, the Iraqi government has organised "10 flights from Baghdad to Belarus" to repatriate its citizens, Fuad Hussein told a press conference in B...
A safer gun?: 'Smart' pistols headed to US market
Jan 15, 2022 (AFP)
Questions over reliability and political fights have bedeviled the technology for decades, but backers say it's a chance to prevent children, criminals or peopl...
6 dead as scaffolding collapses at Iraq Shiite pilgrimage site
Jan 13, 2022 (AFP)
The accident struck at the shrine of Imam Hamza, connected to the family of the Prophet Mohammed. "Scaffolding being used for renovation work collapsed inside t...
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