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Defense, Homeland Security departments halt border wall construction
Jan 22, 2021 (UPI)
Among executive orders signed Wednesday by President Joe Biden after his inauguration was a pause in construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. "In addit...
Rescuers say at least two more weeks to free Chinese miners
Jan 22, 2021 (AFP)
The increasingly desperate attempt to save 21 workers has been further complicated by a massive blockage that has delayed drilling efforts, according to state m...
DoD to halt border wall construction following executive order
Jan 21, 2021 (UPI)
On his first day in office, Biden signed 17 executive orders, many immediately reversing policies set in action by his predecessor, Donald Trump. They included ...
Wuhan bustles a year after world's first coronavirus lockdown
Jan 21, 2021 (AFP)
Otherwise, the new normal in the central Chinese city of 11 million is much like the old reality; cars buzz down highways, sidewalks bustle with shoppers, and p...
Rescuers scramble to free Chinese miners trapped underground
Jan 21, 2021 (AFP)
Twenty-two workers were entombed hundreds of metres underground at the Hushan mine near Qixia city in east China's Shandong province after a January 10 explosio...
China rescuers drill new 'lifelines' to trapped gold miners
Jan 19, 2021 (AFP)
Some 22 workers were trapped at the Hushan mine near Yantai in east China's Shandong province after an explosion damaged the entrance. One group of the miners m...
China defends Covid-19 response after criticism by experts
Jan 19, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing has faced international criticism for an alleged lack of transparency after the virus emerged in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019 and for stifling...
Handwritten note seeds hope for trapped China gold miners
Jan 18, 2021 (AFP)
Twenty-two workers were trapped more than 600 metres from the mine's entrance after a blast eight days ago near Qixia city in eastern Shandong province. After d...
Miners trapped underground in China send note up to rescuers
Jan 18, 2021 (AFP)
The blast occurred eight days ago on Sunday afternoon at a mine near Qixia city in eastern Shandong province, leaving 22 miners trapped underground more than 60...
Indonesian medics overwhelmed by quake casualties
Jan 18, 2021 (AFP)
At least 81 people were killed and thousands left homeless by the powerful 6.2-magnitude quake that struck early Friday, reducing buildings to a tangled mass of...
FBI screens troops ahead of US inauguration
Jan 18, 2021 (AFP)
Following the January 6 riots at the Capitol building in support of outgoing President Donald Trump, it emerged that some of those involved had current or forme...
Indonesia landslide toll rises to 21 as rescuers search for missing
Jan 13, 2021 (AFP)
A landslide struck the village of Sumedang in West Java Saturday night, followed hours later by a second that engulfed rescuers digging for survivors. The death...
Toboggan accident crash test: Without helmet, serious injuries even at low speeds
Jan 12, 2021 (SPX)
"Tobogganing is popular, year after year, many serious accidents occur. Detailed investigations, e.g. which speeds cause which injuries, are essential for preve...
Year on from first Covid-19 death, Wuhan basks in recovery
Jan 11, 2021 (AFP)
But in the central Chinese city of 11 million where the first known outbreak started, the virus has been extinguished and residents are proud of its revival. On...
Record number of billion-dollar disasters struck US in 2020
Jan 11, 2021 (SPX)
A record number of named tropical storms formed in the Atlantic, with a record 12 making landfall. The nation also had its most active wildfire year on record d...
Migrant crossings down 13% in 2020 due to Covid: EU
Jan 08, 2021 (AFP)
"This was the lowest number of illegal border crossings since 2013," Warsaw-based Frontex said in a statement. The agency said the decrease was largely due to C...
Amazon commits $2 billion for affordable housing around hubs
Jan 06, 2021 (AFP)
A new "housing equity fund" will make grants and below-market loans available for housing partners, public agencies, and minority-led organizations, according t...
No hope of finding landslide survivors: Norway rescue workers
Jan 05, 2021 (AFP)
While three people remain unaccounted for, authorities said they are now presumed dead, bringing the official death toll from the landslide to 10, though only s...
Geopolitics made pandemic far worse: expert
Jan 05, 2021 (AFP)
Over a year after the novel coronavirus first surfaced in China, more than 1.8 million people have died and nearly 86 million have been infected with the virus ...
Norway rescuers seek landslide survivors into the night
Jan 04, 2021 (AFP)
Three people are still missing after the disaster struck the village of Ask about 25 kilometres (15 miles) northeast of Oslo in the early hours of December 30. ...
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