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Colombian navy rescues 28 Jamaican castaways
Sep 16, 2018 (AFP)
The sailors were traveling on the fishing boat "Real Magic" when it caught fire late Thursday or early Friday, and they took to life rafts to await help, Rear A...
Amazon's Jeff Bezos unveils $2 bn philanthropic fund
Sep 14, 2018 (AFP)
Bezos made the announcement on Twitter a year after asking for ideas on how he could use his personal fortune -- now estimated at more than $160 billion -- for ...
Urgent preparations as super typhoon closes in on Philippines
Sep 14, 2018 (AFP)
Thousands fled their homes on the Philippines' northern coastal tip ahead of the early Saturday landfall of what is expected to be the disaster-prone nation's f...
Americans in hurricane's path plan to party like there's no tomorrow
Sep 13, 2018 (AFP)
"Stay alert, stay safe, drink good beer," reads a chalkboard sign outside a bar in Wilmington, North Carolina, in the path of the approaching storm. "Florence h...
U.S. military prepares for post-Florence response
Sep 13, 2018 (UPI)
NORAD is primarily responsible for homeland defense, but USNORTHCOM is also involved in disaster response by coordinating with the Department of Defense to supp...
Trump rejects Puerto Rico storm toll of 3,000 as Democrat plot
Sep 13, 2018 (AFP)
Trump's controversial remarks sparked a rare bipartisan backlash, with even some members of his own party echoing the condemnation from Democratic opposition le...
Trump boasts of response to deadly Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
Sep 12, 2018 (AFP)
Speaking to reporters as Hurricane Florence closed in on the US East Coast, Trump said last year's operation was "an incredible unsung success." Hurricane Maria...
As hurricane bears down, Trump... makes it about Trump
Sep 12, 2018 (AFP)
In his first tweet on the topic early, Trump urged residents in Florence's path to "be safe," assuring them federal emergency workers were "ready for the big on...
Japan disasters highlight vulnerable infrastructure
Sep 12, 2018 (AFP)
Because of concerns about engine noise, Kansai -- located in the bay of Osaka -- is the world's first airport entirely situated on a huge man-made island, putti...
Corruption caused collapses in Mexico quake: activists
Sep 11, 2018 (AFP)
Cost-cutting by construction companies, combined with graft or incompetence by the authorities responsible for regulating them, amplified the tragedy of the Sep...
Japan resilient, but climate change making disasters worse: experts
Sep 07, 2018 (AFP)
And while world-class infrastructure and high-tech warning systems means the death toll and damage is generally lower in Japan than elsewhere, climate change is...
Crimean town orders evacuation after chemical plant leak
Sep 06, 2018 (AFP)
Nearly four thousand mostly children have been relocated from Armyansk in the north of Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula, and surrounding villages this week, the...
Immediate and Reliable Communications During Disasters Require Planning
Sep 06, 2018 (SPX)
"Because satellite-based solutions provide an unparalleled level of reliability and ubiquity, it is critical to consider mobile satellite voice communications, ...
Japan 'confirms first Fukushima worker death from radiation'
Sep 05, 2018 (AFP)
The man aged in his 50s developed lung cancer after he was involved in emergency work at the plant between March and December 2011, following the devastating ts...
US firefighters battle suicidal thoughts after the blaze
Sep 03, 2018 (AFP)
He is not the only one: some of his comrades suffer in silence, and some end up committing suicide. Fighting forest fires such as those that have ravaged the we...
A year after Irma, Antigua evicts Barbudan storm victims from shelter
Sep 01, 2018 (AFP)
Around 40 people -- half of them children, the youngest just a month old -- were ousted from the National Technical Training Center after police and government ...
Israelis selling bulletproof backpacks in US after shooting
Aug 30, 2018 (AFP)
"We designed a bullet-proof backpack at the request of our distributors in the United States after the huge trauma caused by the February shooting in Florida," ...
Mogherini urges 'practical solutions' to continue migrant mission
Aug 30, 2018 (AFP)
Rome has asked the European Union to modify the rules of the Sophia mission -- currently commanded by Italy -- and rotate the ports where migrants rescued at se...
Italy to push EU to rotate ports for migrant arrivals
Aug 29, 2018 (AFP)
Trenta will put the plan to her European counterparts during an informal meeting in Vienna. "Tomorrow ... I will carry in the name of the Italian government a p...
Controversial Fukushima nuclear statue to be removed
Aug 29, 2018 (AFP)
Fukushima city mayor Hiroshi Kohata said the statue intended to be a symbol of reconstruction had ended up being divisive. "I judged it impossible to keep displ...
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