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Medicine for hostages, fresh aid enter Gaza: Qatar
Jan 17, 2024 (AFP)
Fighting has ravaged the Gaza Strip since Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attacks on Israel that resulted in the death of about 1,140 people, mostly civilians, ...
Japan to double emergency funds after New Year's Day quake
Jan 16, 2024 (AFP)
The 7.5-magnitude quake and powerful aftershocks killed at least 222 people in central Japan, laying waste to houses and infrastructure. In the Ishikawa region ...
Freezing in makeshift tents, Gazans burn plastic to survive
Jan 15, 2024 (AFP)
"Two days ago there were strong winds, we tried all night to fasten the nylon. We're living in a desert and the sea is in front of us -- the cold has multiplied...
Streets all but empty in Ecuador as gang attacks sow terror
Jan 11, 2024 (AFP)
Since Monday, narco gunmen have kidnapped police and prison guards, opened fire in a TV studio during a live broadcast, set off explosions in public places in s...
Israeli arts school battles for normality in wartime
Jan 08, 2024 (AFP)
The youngsters seem unfazed by the drills, joking together as they skip down the stairs to the large reinforced room on the second floor, behind a heavy securit...
Japanese villages wait for help after quake
Jan 06, 2024 (AFP)
One person died but the roughly 100 inhabitants like Yukio Teraoka and his wife -- well drilled in what to do in seismic hot-spot Japan -- dashed out of their h...
Ruin and rescue dogs in quake-ravaged Wajima
Jan 05, 2024 (AFP)
Nimbly crossing loose roof tiles and splintered wooden beams, she sniffed through the wreckage of a destroyed wooden house in Wajima, one of the cities worst hi...
Hundreds cut off after Japan quake that killed 78
Jan 04, 2024 (AFP)
As the frantic search for survivors continues, more than a dozen communities remained isolated by landslides and blocked roads in central Japan, where the 7.5-m...
Evolution might stop humans from solving climate change, says new study
Jan 03, 2024 (SPX)
Humans have come to dominate the planet with tools and systems to exploit natural resources that were refined over thousands of years through the process of cul...
Race against time after deadly Japan quake
Jan 02, 2024 (AFP)
The 7.5-magnitude quake, which hit Ishikawa prefecture on the main island of Honshu, triggered tsunami waves more than a metre high, toppled buildings, caused a...
'Helpless': Japan earthquake shatters New Year calm
Jan 02, 2024 (AFP)
The line snaked out the door and around the town hall building, past paving stones jutting out of the ground that were forced upwards by the powerful series of ...
Bangladesh's 'tiny houses' tackle giant flood challenge
Dec 29, 2023 (AFP)
This year, when the annual monsoon floodwaters swelled the country's mighty Brahmaputra river, 40-year-old farmer Abu Sayeed did not have to abandon his home fo...
Indonesian workers protest after deadly blast at nickel plant
Dec 27, 2023 (AFP)
The accident occurred on Saturday morning as workers repaired a furnace at a plant owned by PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS) in the Morowali Indust...
Indonesia nickel plant explosion death toll rises to 18
Dec 26, 2023 (AFP)
The island of Sulawesi is a hub for the mineral-rich country's production of nickel, a base metal used for electric vehicle batteries and stainless steel, and B...
13 dead, 46 injured in explosion at Indonesia nickel plant
Dec 24, 2023 (AFP)
The island of Sulawesi is a hub for the mineral-rich country's production of nickel, a base metal used for electric vehicle batteries and stainless steel, and B...
'Find someone to bury the dead': life on the run in Gaza
Dec 21, 2023 (UPI)
"Families don't stay together," Ibrahim, who requested he be identified only by his first name for safety concerns, told UPI in a phone call from Gaza. "That wa...
China in 'race against time' to house quake victims for winter
Dec 21, 2023 (AFP)
The quake, which struck just before midnight on Monday on the border between northwestern Gansu and Qinghai provinces, killed at least 135 people. The crippling...
Survivors brave freezing cold after China quake kills 134
Dec 20, 2023 (AFP)
State broadcaster CCTV said at least 134 people were killed in northwestern Gansu province and neighbouring Qinghai after a shallow tremor on Monday night damag...
Survivors brave freezing cold after China quake kills 131
Dec 20, 2023 (AFP)
State broadcaster CCTV said at least 113 people were killed in northwestern Gansu province and 18 more in neighbouring Qinghai after a shallow tremor on Monday ...
Urgency of climate intervention highlighted by rising temperatures and reduced air pollution
Dec 20, 2023 (SPX)
The classical stance in the scientific community has been cautious, arguing that intervention could be more hazardous than beneficial. However, this perspective...
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