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'Dialogue of the deaf' pits Italy against EU on migrants
Aug 29, 2018 (AFP)
Despite a sharp drop in asylum seekers entering Europe since a 2015 peak, Italy is turning away ships with migrants rescued at sea in a campaign to make EU coun...
Facebook move on Myanmar raises thorny political questions
Aug 27, 2018 (AFP)
The move against Myanmar's army chief and other top military brass on Monday -- which came on the heels of an explosive UN investigation -- was the first time F...
Mexico's AMLO says army still needed to fight crime
Aug 25, 2018 (AFP)
The anti-establishment leftist campaigned on a promise to radically change the way Mexico deals with crime, 12 years into a drug war that has left the country w...
Landslides triggered by human activity on the rise
Aug 24, 2018 (SPX)
The team found that over 700 fatal landslides that occurred between 2004 and 2016 had a human fingerprint. Construction works, legal and illegal mining, as well...
Human-caused landslides on the uptick, study finds
Aug 23, 2018 (UPI)
Researchers at Sheffield University analyzed 4,800 fatal landslides occurring between 2004 and 2016. Over time, the frequency of human-caused landslides increas...
'Too girlish': Austria rejects another 'gay' asylum claim
Aug 23, 2018 (AFP)
The case follows that of an Afghan asylum-seeker whose claim to be gay was rejected because he did not "act or dress" like a homosexual. Rights group Amnesty In...
Flood-stricken Kerala angry after UAE $100m offer rejected
Aug 23, 2018 (AFP)
More than 1.3 million people have now packed into temporary camps even though the floods, which have left at least 420 dead and missing, are fast receding. The ...
Fake news adds to India's flood torment
Aug 22, 2018 (AFP)
The Kerala state government and India's military have issued rare warnings about viral social media messages as they confront the aftermath of floods which have...
India rejects UAE govt's $100 mln flood disaster fund offer
Aug 22, 2018 (AFP)
The move came despite calls to accept the Gulf state's largesse by Kerala's chief minister who has pleaded for more aid than India's government has so far commi...
Scientists Deploy Damage Assessment Tool in Laos Relief Efforts
Aug 22, 2018 (SPX)
NASA researchers John Bolten and Perry Oddo and Stanford University researcher Aakash Ahamed recently developed a system that predicts flood damage based on sat...
One million pack India flood relief camps
Aug 21, 2018 (AFP)
People are flocking to camps as the scale of the desolation is revealed by receding waters and the military rescues more people each day. The state government s...
Aid agencies rush to help survivors of deadly Lombok quakes
Aug 21, 2018 (AFP)
The picturesque island next to holiday hotspot Bali was hit by two deadly quakes on July 29 and August 5. On Sunday it was shaken again by a string of fresh tre...
Malaysia hunts for missing radioactive material
Aug 20, 2018 (AFP)
The radiography device disappeared on August 10 as it was transported outside the capital Kuala Lumpur, the New Straits Times newspaper reported. Authorities fe...
Yazidi 'ex-sex slave' trapped both in Iraq and in German exile
Aug 17, 2018 (AFP)
Ashwaq Haji, 19, says she ran into the man in a German supermarket in February. Traumatised by the encounter, she returned to Iraq the following month. Like man...
US sanctions Myanmar military commanders over Rohingya abuses
Aug 17, 2018 (AFP)
Military and border guard commanders Aung Kyaw Zaw, Khin Maung Soe, Khin Hlaing, and Thura San Lwin were accused of leading violent campaigns against the Muslim...
First reliable estimates of highly radioactive cesium-rich microparticles released by Fukushima disaster
Aug 16, 2018 (SPX)
The flooding of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) after the disastrous earthquake on March 11 2011 caused the release of significant amounts of ...
Fukushima nuclear statue ignites online furore
Aug 14, 2018 (AFP)
"Sun Child", a 6.2-metre (20-foot) figure sporting a yellow protective suit with a digital display on its chest showing "000" -- symbolising no nuclear contamin...
For wetter or worse: Philippine bride defies storm
Aug 12, 2018 (AFP)
Jobel Delos Angeles, 24, married the father of her two children on Saturday as Tropical Storm Yagi and the southwest monsoon brought heavy flooding to the capit...
Lombok quake sends shudders through tourist industry
Aug 12, 2018 (AFP)
Two deadly tremors a week apart -- accompanied by dozens of aftershocks -- wrought widespread damage on homes and livelihoods, striking during the crucial touri...
Japan's crippled Fukushima plant stops selling souvenirs
Aug 09, 2018 (AFP)
Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said it had pulled the plastic folders decorated with six photos of the battered nuclear plant from the shelves of an on-site store...
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