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Drawing out children's trauma in quake-hit Italy
Aug 28, 2016 (AFP)
Inside a shady tent in the middle of quake-hit Amatrice, a little girl hunches over a table drawing a picture of the soaring mountains overlooking this small It...
Obama defends Louisiana flood response
Aug 23, 2016 (AFP)
After a much-criticized delay, President Barack Obama visited flood-stricken Louisiana Tuesday, defending his administration's response and urging citizens to p...
Canada to US tourists: please leave your guns at home
Aug 22, 2016 (AFP)
A rash of gun-toting Americans visiting Canada prompted its border agency to launch a public awareness campaign Monday reminding Americans about their northern ...
Germany to chart first civil defence plan since Cold War: report
Aug 21, 2016 (AFP)
Germany will introduce its first civil defence strategy since the end of the Cold War, calling on the population to stockpile enough food and water for several ...
Down in the dumps: China lawmaker given 5 years for sinkhole
Aug 19, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese lawmaker was sentenced to five years in jail Friday for trying to dig a basement under his Beijing home so deep it created a giant sinkhole that swall...
Iraqi response to displaced 'woefully insufficient': Amnesty
Aug 16, 2016 (AFP)
Iraq's assistance to civilians forced from their homes by conflict has been far from adequate, Amnesty International said Tuesday, warning that fresh displaceme...
Syrian refugees invent app for Germany's bureaucracy maze
Aug 15, 2016 (AFP)
Interminable queues, impenetrable paperwork, unpronounceable German words -- the hurdles for any newcomer to Europe's top economy can be daunting but now there'...
Shattered glass, broken promises a year after Tianjin blasts
Aug 11, 2016 (AFP)
Surrounded by countless broken windows, gutted offices and mountains of cigarette butts, Qin Tao is trying to rebuild his life and business a year after giant e...
Use of pulsed electric fields may reduce scar formation after burns, other injuries
Aug 10, 2016 (SPX)
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has reported that repeated treatment with pulsed electric fields - a noninvasive procedure that does not ge...
Researchers work to understand causes of search and rescue in the Arctic
Aug 08, 2016 (SPX)
Search and rescue operations in Nunavut have more than doubled over the past decade. In the communities of the vast northern Canadian territory, it's commonly f...
Lost in translation: Chinese tourist taken for refugee in Germany
Aug 08, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese tourist got tangled up in the red tape of Germany's migrant influx by mistake and was stuck in a refugee home for nearly two weeks, the Red Cross said...
Study shows heat dangers of inflatable bounce houses
Aug 04, 2016 (SPX)
Heat safety issues in bounce houses can put children in danger, says a new University of Georgia study. Expanding on the concept of microclimates like those in ...
Search for 20 feared dead after India bridge collapse
Aug 03, 2016 (AFP)
Rescuers were searching Wednesday for 20 people missing and feared dead after two buses plunged into a fast-flowing river in western India when a bridge collaps...
False megaquake alert shakes Tokyo
Aug 01, 2016 (AFP)
A false warning of a megaquake about to strike Tokyo was issued by Japan's weather agency and quickly cancelled on Monday, but not before terrifying users of a ...
Study highlights electric grids' vulnerabilities to extreme weather
Jul 29, 2016 (UPI)
Climate change is likely to expose electric grids to new threats. Researchers say electrical engineers and those who manage America's electrical grid need prepa...
Scientists release recommendations for building land in coastal Louisiana
Jul 26, 2016 (SPX)
Today, a team of leading scientists and community experts with decades of experience released key recommendations to maintain and build land in coastal Louisian...
Study: Crumbling school buildings yield crummy scores
Jul 21, 2016 (UPI)
New research helps explain why, all things being equal, students attending well maintained schools score better on standardized tests than students at run-down ...
Taiwan buses recalled after deadly fire disaster
Jul 20, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan authorities ordered some tour buses off the road Wednesday after one caught fire and killed 26 on board as questions swirl over why emergency doors and w...
Ex-Marine 'assassinated' Baton Rouge cops
Jul 19, 2016 (AFP)
The black former Marine and Iraq war veteran who shot dead three police officers in the southern US city of Baton Rouge deliberately targeted the cops, but his ...
Natural catastrophe losses up sharply in first half 2016: Munich Re
Jul 12, 2016 (AFP)
Financial losses from natural catastrophes surged strongly in the first six months of this year, driven by powerful earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador, storms in ...
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