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China says radiation levels normal at Taishan nuclear plant
Jun 15, 2021 (AFP)
"There is no abnormality in the radiation levels around the nuclear power plant, and safety is guaranteed," said foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian. CNN rep...
MacKenzie Scott announces new philanthropy gifts of $2.7 bn
Jun 15, 2021 (AFP)
The ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who has pledged to give away the bulk of her fortune from their divorce settlement, said in a blog post she was donati...
Satellites reveal cause of Chamoli disaster
Jun 15, 2021 (ESA)
On 7 February 2021, the Chamoli district in the Uttarakhand region of India experienced a humanitarian tragedy when a large mass of rock and ice, around 27 mill...
Central China gas blast death toll rises to 25: state media
Jun 14, 2021 (AFP)
Several buildings were reduced to rubble and over a hundred people were injured in the explosion, which struck a busy two-storey building packed with shoppers a...
Brazil to deploy police to protect Yanomami from miners
Jun 14, 2021 (AFP)
The measure comes after Brazil's Supreme Court last month ordered far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's government to adopt "necessary measures" to protect the Y...
Gas blast in China kills 12, rescue operation ongoing: officials
Jun 13, 2021 (AFP)
Rescue workers are uncertain how many people may still be trapped under the debris, according to a statement from the disaster management bureau in the city of ...
Tunisian navy rescues 54 migrants heading to Europe
Jun 11, 2021 (AFP)
The migrants, aged between 15 and 40 and almost all men, left from neighbouring Libya late Thursday. But their boat began to founder in waters off the southern ...
Machine Learning Model Doubles Accuracy of Global Landslide 'Nowcasts'
Jun 11, 2021 (SPX)
Early warning systems are generally regional - based on region-specific data provided by ground sensors, field observations, and rainfall totals. But what if we...
Monkey study highlights brain biology behind 'doomscrolling'
Jun 11, 2021 (UPI)
It turns out monkeys do the same thing. Though a recent study of monkey behavior was unable to provide a definitive answer to the question of doomscrolling, the...
Twelve dead in Mumbai building collapse
Jun 10, 2021 (AFP)
Mumbai city authorities confirmed that seven other residents were injured in the incident late Wednesday, as rescuers continued searching for several others fea...
Sri Lanka agent deleted vital e-mails: ship probe
Jun 07, 2021 (AFP)
The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl reported an onboard acid leak to its representative Sea Consortium Lanka who in turn failed to alert local authorities...
Doctors Without Borders: 50 years of emergency, revolt and dreams
Jun 07, 2021 (AFP)
For 50 years, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has brought medical care to the victims of earthquakes, famines, epidemics, conflicts and other disasters. Today, fr...
Scientists examine human decisions that influence climate reconstructions
Jun 07, 2021 (UPI)
The experiment -- detailed Monday in the journal Nature Communications -- was designed by researchers at the University of Cambridge to highlight the influence ...
Huge sinkhole threatens to swallow Mexican home
Jun 01, 2021 (AFP)
When the Sanchez family heard a loud crash on Saturday they first thought that it was a lightning strike. But they soon discovered that the ground had collapsed...
DR Congo volcano displaced face cholera risk: MSF
May 30, 2021 (AFP)
After the Nyiragongo volcano rumbled to life a week ago, fear of a second eruption spurred the government to issue an evacuation order Thursday that sent 400,00...
Tunisia navy intercepts 260 migrants: ministry
May 28, 2021 (AFP)
One group, consisting of 158 people from Tunisia and sub-Saharan Africa, was intercepted after leaving overnight Thursday to Friday from Sidi Mansour in the Sfa...
Sweden tops Europe in fatal shootings, report shows
May 26, 2021 (AFP)
While gun homicides have declined in most European countries since the early 2000s, Sweden has experienced the opposite trend and now tops the European standing...
Sri Lanka battles fire on ship loaded with chemicals
May 26, 2021 (AFP)
The Singapore-registered vessel, within sight of the shore, is carrying 25 tonnes of nitric acid as well as other unspecified chemicals and cosmetics, the navy ...
Qatar announces $500 million for Gaza reconstruction
May 26, 2021 (AFP)
"The state of Qatar announces $500 million in support for the reconstruction of Gaza," Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani tweeted....
China's 'shaking building' to stay closed for inspection
May 21, 2021 (AFP)
The 300-metre (1,000-foot) SEG Plaza in the southern city of Shenzhen near Hong Kong began shaking in the early afternoon on Tuesday, prompting people inside an...
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