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17 climbers dead after avalanche in Mongolia
Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)
The Mongolian nationals went missing on Sunday after climbing the 4,021-metre (13,192 foot) Mount Otgontenger, the National Emergency Management Agency said. Th...
US Congress passes $36.5 bn in hurricane, wildfire aid
Oct 24, 2017 (AFP)
The measure outlining "supplemental" disaster spending passed 82 to 17, nearly two weeks after the emergency package cleared the House of Representatives. The a...
Sophisticated DNA labs unveiled to help trace the missing
Oct 24, 2017 (AFP)
It is the latest step for the non-governmental organisation the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), born out of the conflicts in former Yugoslav...
Steady hand: how to do open-heart surgery in a quake
Oct 21, 2017 (AFP)
Not David Arellano. In the middle of performing open-heart surgery on a newborn, the pediatric surgeon just concentrated harder. "The shaking was very violent, ...
Mayor of Puerto Rican capital a fighter who took on Trump
Oct 20, 2017 (AFP)
Meet Carmen Yulin Cruz, 54, who took on Trump angrily, emotionally and very publicly about what she called the slow pace of aid -- or utter lack of it -- arrivi...
Insured losses from hurricanes, Mexico quakes $95 bln: Swiss Re estimate
Oct 20, 2017 (AFP)
The Zurich-based company estimated its own pre-tax claims burdens from three hurricanes and two quakes at some $3.6 billion (3.05 billion euros) in the third qu...
Mexicans pick up the pieces one month after quake
Oct 19, 2017 (AFP)
Here is a look at the recovery effort in four snapshots. - Looking the part - How do you keep going to work if your only clothes are the ones you were wearing w...
Zurich Insurance sees $700 mln in hurricane claims in Q3
Oct 19, 2017 (AFP)
Zurich Insurance Group said in a statement it "currently estimates aggregate claims in the third quarter of 2017 related to hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria .....
Puerto Rico mostly in the dark one month after hurricane
Oct 19, 2017 (AFP)
In fact, much of the US territory in the Caribbean is still a crippled mess four weeks after that fierce Category Four storm. The bridge connecting Rio Abajo to...
Mexico quake hit rich and poor alike, but tragedies differ
Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)
But one month on, the tragedies facing Mexico City's newly homeless depend largely on class. Residents of upscale neighborhoods like Roma and Condesa face a fre...
Thousands still without power in Ireland after freak storm
Oct 17, 2017 (AFP)
The outages mainly affected the south and west of Ireland. Irish Water warned that services to an additional 360,000 customers could be cut if power is not rest...
ESA takes the reins of the Disasters Charter
Oct 17, 2017 (ESA)
Every six months, a different member takes the role of Primus Inter Pares - or Charter lead. Last week, ESA took over this role for the sixth time, and is respo...
Risking lives, Mexicans try to salvage belongings after quake
Oct 17, 2017 (AFP)
The small but spry octogenarian lived in Mexico City's Narvarte neighborhood in a four-story apartment building, half of which collapsed during the 7.1-magnitud...
Branson calls for sustainable rebuilding of storm-battered Caribbean
Oct 13, 2017 (AFP)
Branson, who rode out massive category-5 hurricanes Irma and Maria last month on his private Necker Island in the British Virgin islands, compared the devastati...
Trump warns federal help for Puerto Rico not open-ended
Oct 12, 2017 (AFP)
Puerto Rico is struggling to recover after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island, leaving 44 people dead and cutting power and running water to much of its ...
New military op in gang-plagued Rio favela
Oct 10, 2017 (AFP)
Officials said the operation was focused on the outskirts of Rocinha, especially in the forested area that borders the upscale Gavea neighborhood, where authori...
India's top court bans firecracker sales before Diwali
Oct 09, 2017 (AFP)
The decision comes a little over a week before Diwali -- the Hindu festival of lights -- when Delhi fills with acrid smoke from celebratory firecrackers set off...
At least 8 migrants drown as boat collides with navy vessel: Tunisia
Oct 09, 2017 (AFP)
Spokesman Belhassen Oueslati told AFP that eight bodies were found and 38 people rescued after the unidentified boat "collided with a military vessel" Sunday ev...
Sandy Hook mother angry but hopeful after Las Vegas slaughter
Oct 08, 2017 (AFP)
Since then, Dylan's mother, Nicole, has waged a determined and tireless fight against gun violence. She co-founded the group Sandy Hook Promise, named for the s...
US Gulf Coast begins cleanup after Nate proves weaker than expected
Oct 08, 2017 (AFP)
The storm, once predicted to hit the mainland as a powerful Category Two storm, had left a trail of death and destruction in Central America. But it weakened ra...
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