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17 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide
May 04, 2018 (AFP)
Myanmar is the world's top producer of the near-translucent green gem in trade fueled by demand from neighbouring China. But the poorly regulated industry is no...
India storm toll of death and devastation rises
May 04, 2018 (AFP)
Many families in the worst hit states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan spent the night fearing new chaos and the interior ministry warned of possible thunderstorm...
Landslide in northern China kills 9
Apr 30, 2018 (AFP)
The disaster occurred in the village of Caijiazhuang shortly before 5:00 am (2100 GMT Sunday), Luliang municipal government in Shanxi province said on its offic...
Before the flood arrives
Apr 30, 2018 (JPL)
Now, a new study led by researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, analyzes what it would take for river-observing satellites to b...
One dead, 16 injured after chemical leak at Czech plant
Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)
"One man in serious condition, who was already resuscitated on the spot, died at an intensive care unit this afternoon," Ivo Chrastecky, spokesman for the Krajs...
Ukraine says Chernobyl remains an 'open wound' 32 years on
Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)
The accident spread radioactive fallout across Europe in 1986, particularly contaminating Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. "Chernobyl will always remain an open wou...
Going home to Chernobyl ghost town 32 years on
Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)
"Come inside: this is Apartment No. 3, we lived here until 1986," she says, as memories stir up from when she was 18, the last time she was in the building. Now...
Chernobyl disaster zone lures tourists as visitor numbers boom
Apr 25, 2018 (AFP)
The uninhabited exclusion zone, a 30-kilometre (19-mile) radius around the former nuclear power station, has seen a surge in tourists in the past few years. Alm...
At UN, Colombia's president says drugs is main threat to peace
Apr 24, 2018 (AFP)
Santos, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating an end to the decades-old conflict with FARC rebels, spoke at a UN meeting on sustaining peace ahead of el...
Iraq to rebuild iconic Mosul mosque destroyed in IS fight
Apr 23, 2018 (AFP)
During the ceremony at Baghdad's National Museum, UAE Culture Minister Noura al-Kaabi said her country would put forward $50.4 million (41.2 million euros) for ...
Billions to rebuild post-quake Nepal being misdirected
Apr 23, 2018 (AFP)
Survivors of the 7.8-magnitude quake that killed nearly 9,000 people in April 2015 are being pushed to construct new buildings they do not need, casting doubt o...
11 migrants dead, 263 rescued off Libya coast: navy
Apr 22, 2018 (AFP)
In the first operation, "a coastguard patrol... was able to rescue 83 illegal migrants and recovered 11 bodies in a rubber boat five nautical miles northeast of...
Dragon boat accident kills 17 in southern China
Apr 21, 2018 (AFP)
Rowers on board the two long, narrow kayak-like boats were practising for a race in Taohua River in the city of Guilin when the accident occurred Saturday after...
Fears for Rohingya as first rains flood Bangladesh camps
Apr 19, 2018 (AFP)
A brief but heavy downpour turned roads into quagmires in the world's largest refugee camp, hindering relief efforts and hinting at the danger ahead for the Roh...
Portable device to sniff out trapped humans
Apr 19, 2018 (SPX)
Scientists now report in the ACS journal Analytical Chemistry the development of an inexpensive, selective sensor that is light and portable enough for first re...
Italy, Greece to launch plan to identify missing migrants
Apr 18, 2018 (AFP)
Italy, Greece, Malta and Cyprus -- hardest hit by waves of migrants form Syria and Libya or people elsewhere in Africa -- will gather on June 11 in Rome to disc...
How does one prepare for adverse weather events? Depends on your past experiences
Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)
A new study published in Risk Analysis: An International Journal shows that people's past experiences with tornadoes inform how they approach this type of extre...
California rejects initial National Guard border plan
Apr 16, 2018 (AFP)
Brown last week had said he would accept federal funding from President Donald Trump to boost his state's National Guard. But the governor has quibbled over the...
Nature-based solutions can prevent $50 billion in Gulf Coast flood damages
Apr 13, 2018 (SPX)
Published April 11 in PLOS ONE, the study compares the cost effectiveness of nature-based and artificial solutions for flood reduction across the Gulf of Mexico...
UN Security Council to visit Myanmar, Bangladesh, Iraq
Apr 12, 2018 (AFP)
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said all 15 council ambassadors will make the April 26 to May 2 trip. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya have been driven out of Rakhine sta...
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