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China calls on Australia to boost ship search efforts
May 18, 2023 (AFP)
Chinese vessel the Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 overturned in the early hours of Tuesday carrying 17 Chinese, 17 Indonesians and five Filipinos. "We wish that they could...
Turkey quake weighs on Munich Re profits
May 17, 2023 (AFP)
The group, which covers insurance firms against their risks, said net profit fell by 14 percent year-on-year to 1.27 billion euros ($1.4 billion). Claims for ma...
Chinese fishing vessel capsizes in Indian Ocean with 39 missing
May 17, 2023 (AFP)
"So far, no missing persons have been found," state broadcaster CCTV said, adding President Xi Jinping had ordered a search and rescue operation. The vessel, ow...
Colombian soldiers hunt for children who survived air crash
May 17, 2023 (AFP)
Rescuers believe the four children, aged 13, nine, four and an 11-month-old baby, have been wondering through the jungle in the southern Caqueta department sinc...
El Salvador military surrounds town after police killing
May 17, 2023 (AFP)
Just over a year ago, Bukele launched a controversial "war" on gangs in which more than 68,000 suspected gang members have been arrested without a warrant under...
Syria extends humanitarian aid access via two border crossings: UN
May 13, 2023 (AFP)
The Syrian foreign minister conveyed the decision "to allow the UN to continue using the Al Ra'ee and Bab Al-Salam crossings for an additional three months," Er...
UK postpones BHP trial over Brazil dam disaster
May 12, 2023 (AFP)
The trial, over the 2015 tragedy at an iron ore tailings dam that killed 19 people, had been due to start on 9 April 2024 but will now begin six months later in...
UN must keep moving quake aid to Syria after deadline: Amnesty
May 12, 2023 (AFP)
On February 6, a devastating earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing more than 55,000 people across both countries. The UN chief said on February 13 that Syria...
US teen shot, wounded while playing hide-and-seek
May 10, 2023 (AFP)
The incident occurred on Sunday in the town of Starks, near the southern US state's border with Texas, the local sheriff's office said in a statement. Officers ...
Canada, Latvia to provide training to Ukrainian officers
May 10, 2023 (AFP)
The training, which will take place in Latvia, builds on Canadian military deployments and training throughout Britain and Europe to bolster NATO defenses and s...
Satellite data to revolutionize Southeast Asia disaster and environmental monitoring
May 09, 2023 (SPX)
Synspective and Thaicom will supply a joint solution to government, defense, agriculture, and finance sectors in Thailand that enhances disaster response, envir...
Suspected Texas shooter was kicked out of US Army
May 08, 2023 (AFP)
Mauricio Garcia, 33, was shot dead by police after opening fire with a semi-automatic rifle in the parking lot of Allen Premium Outlets north of Dallas on Satur...
Rwanda to spend almost $100 mn rebuilding after floods
May 06, 2023 (AFP)
More than 9,000 people were left homeless after rivers of mud swept through villages and cut off roads following heavy rain in several parts of the hilly and im...
In Brazil, a damaged city lives on edge of abyss
May 04, 2023 (AFP)
Batista is from the city of Buriticupu, in northeastern Brazil, where residents are living a nightmare: the earth beneath them is literally breaking open into e...
Canada police find bodies of two firefighters after floods
May 03, 2023 (AFP)
The two volunteer firefighters, Christopher Lavoie, 23, and Regis Lavoie, 55, were helping evacuate residents near Baie-Saint-Paul when they went missing Monday...
Death toll from China factory explosion rises to nine: state media
May 03, 2023 (AFP)
The blast took place on Monday morning at an area in a factory used to produce hydrogen peroxide in Liaocheng, a city in China's eastern Shandong province, acco...
US troops ordered to Mexico border for migrant surge
May 03, 2023 (AFP)
Some 1,500 troops will be sent to the border, adding to the 2,500 already there to support Border Patrol authorities in the face of a possible gush of frontier ...
Indigenous man shot dead by miners in Brazil: police
Apr 30, 2023 (AFP)
The incident, which occurred Saturday in the northern state of Roraima, also left two people injured, according to the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples (MPI). "Wi...
Zelensky says asked Xi for help with deported children
Apr 28, 2023 (AFP)
"We need to involve everyone... to put pressure on the Russian aggressor and the terrorists who kidnapped so many of our children," Zelensky said. "The UN, many...
China evacuates 1,300 citizens, other nationals from Sudan; Exhausted Iraqis back in Baghdad
Apr 27, 2023 (AFP)
Multiple nations have scrambled to evacuate embassy staff and citizens by road, air and sea from Sudan, where fighting between the army and paramilitaries has k...
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