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Millions of children to suffer from Trump aid cuts
May 01, 2025 (AFP)
But his dream clashes with a harsh reality -- the Jordanian boy has a serious disability, and major US aid cuts mean he will likely miss out on vital care. Like...
Explosion in northern China housing complex kills one, injures 21
Apr 30, 2025 (AFP)
The blast took place in a residential complex in Taiyuan, the capital of northern China's Shanxi province around 500 kilometres (310 miles) from Beijing. It kil...
France adopts major new bill to combat drug-related crime
Apr 30, 2025 (AFP)
Lawmakers approved the move in a bill passed late Tuesday, in a rare success for the government, whose tough-talking interior and justice ministers Bruno Retail...
Syria FM says wants to 'strengthen relations' with China
Apr 28, 2025 (AFP)
A foreign ministry statement said that Shaibani met with the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, Fu Cong, at UN headquarters in New York, where he had bee...
Four dead, 13 injured in Algeria landslide
Apr 27, 2025 (AFP)
The landslide occurred late Saturday in the city's Hai Essanouber district, the civil defence agency said. It said the four "deceased were between five and 43 y...
Vietnam village starts over with climate defences after landslide
Apr 23, 2025 (AFP)
She and dozens of survivors have been relocated to a site that authorities hope will withstand future climate change-linked disasters, with stronger homes, drai...
Second Fukushima debris removal trial complete
Apr 23, 2025 (AFP)
Dangerously high radiation levels mean that removing melted fuel and other debris from the plant hit by a huge tsunami in 2011 is seen as the most daunting chal...
Thailand to test disaster alerts after quake criticism
Apr 23, 2025 (AFP)
Director General of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Phasakorn Boonyalak said the Cell Broadcast System (CBS) will undergo a test run...
Myanmar extends earthquake truce as rebels prepare to hand key city back to junta
Apr 22, 2025 (AFP)
The junta -- which seized power in a 2021 coup sparking a many-sided civil war -- said it would cease attacking its myriad armed opponents following the magnitu...
60,000 Myanmar students must retake exams burned in quake blaze
Apr 22, 2025 (AFP)
The magnitude-7.7 quake killed more than 3,700 people as it razed buildings in Myanmar's central belt, with devastation focused on the second-most-populous city...
Exec linked to Bangkok building collapse arrested
Apr 20, 2025 (AFP)
The 30-storey tower was reduced to an immense pile of rubble when a 7.7-magnitude quake struck neighbouring Myanmar last month, killing 47 people at the constru...
Gazans resort to turtle meat in hunt for food
Apr 19, 2025 (AFP)
Once the shell has been removed, the meat is cut up, boiled and cooked in a mix of onion, pepper, tomato and spices. "The children were afraid of the turtle, an...
Israel defence minister says no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
"Israel's policy is clear: no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza, and blocking this aid is one of the main pressure levers preventing Hamas from using it as a too...
Mexico seeks security coordination with US over border military moves
Apr 16, 2025 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's administration said its creation of a new "national defense area" stretching more than 170 miles (270 kilometers) along the frontier...
Second debris removal trial starts at Fukushima plant
Apr 15, 2025 (AFP)
Around 880 tonnes of hazardous material are inside the site after a catastrophic tsunami caused by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered one of history's worst n...
'125,000 truckloads' of debris need removal in quake-hit Myanmar: UN
Apr 14, 2025 (AFP)
"At least two and half million tonnes of debris -- roughly 125,000 truckloads -- must be removed in Myanmar," the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in a stat...
Ukraine's psychiatric care on the brink in face of mass trauma
Apr 14, 2025 (AFP)
"I take my pills, I sleep deeply, I don't hear anything," the 44-year-old said, her giggle exposing missing teeth. In her dreams, Klimova sees her village: Kyse...
Myanmar quake victims mark new year camped in ruins
Apr 13, 2025 (AFP)
The "Thingyan" festival typically celebrates Myanmar's new year with water-splashing rituals symbolising cleansing and renewal, but the central cities of Mandal...
UN denounces army attacks in Myanmar despite post-quake truce
Apr 11, 2025 (AFP)
"At a moment when the sole focus should be on ensuring humanitarian aid gets to disaster zones, the military is instead launching attacks," spokeswoman Ravina S...
Dominican Republic ends search for nightclub collapse survivors
Apr 09, 2025 (AFP)
The death toll in the Caribbean nation's worst disaster in decades stood at 124 before emergency personnel announced they had found 20 more bodies on Wednesday ...
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