DISASTER MANAGEMENT - RUSSO DAILY

Disaster to destination: Fukushima woos tourists with snow

Mar 09, 2023 (AFP)

It's a choice officials hope is becoming increasingly popular as they market the region's snow resorts and try to shed the stigma that lingers more than a decad...

Iran FM welcomes Arab outreach to Syria after quake

Mar 09, 2023 (AFP)

He also said Tehran, which has backed Damascus during its 12 years of conflict, would join efforts to reconcile Syria and Turkey, which has long supported rebel...

Antique shop's defiance brings hope to Turkish quake zone

Mar 08, 2023 (AFP)

The fabled city, historically known as Antioch, and tucked between the Mediterranean Sea and Turkey's border with Syria, bore the brunt of a 7.8-magnitude earth...

Use post-quake goodwill to boost Syria peace process: UN

Mar 08, 2023 (AFP)

"The status quo cannot be acceptable," Geir Pedersen, the UN special envoy to Syria, told reporters in Geneva. The catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that st...

Turkey quake damage estimated to exceed $100 bn: UN

Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)

"Already it is clear that just the damages alone will amount to more than $100 billion," Louisa Vinton of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) told reporters via...

Red Cross says dramatic budget shortfall looming

Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) fears it may fail to raise as much as 500 to 700 million Swiss francs ($540-750 million) out of a 2.79-billi...

Women deal with added burdens of Turkey's quake disaster

Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)

From underwear to period and contraception products, doctor Meltem Gunbegi reconnects women with the basics they feel uncomfortable discussing in the crowds of ...

Indonesia sends more rescuers as extreme weather hampers search after landslide

Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)

The landslide struck Monday in the remote Natuna region between Borneo and peninsular Malaysia. Poor weather and downed communication lines have complicated res...

FocusPoint International secures capital commitment to expand emergency SOS solution

Mar 06, 2023 (SPX)

With a long history of supporting the travel risk management and emergency assistance needs of large multinational organizations, international NGOs, university...

'Nobody warned us': Turkey struggles to rebuild month after quake

Mar 06, 2023 (AFP)

Little is still standing in the settlement that was home to 2,000 people before the 7.8-magnitude struck on February 6, its epicentre just 26 kilometres (16 mil...

Five Peru soldiers drown trying to flee protesters

Mar 06, 2023 (AFP)

One other who tried to escape via the same route after clashes with demonstrators Sunday was still missing, and a search was under way. Soldiers said they came ...

Saudi deposits $5bn in quake-hit Turkey's central bank

Mar 06, 2023 (AFP)

Ahmed Al Khateeb, the Saudi tourism minister and board chairman of the Saudi Fund for Development, signed an agreement with Turkish central bank governor Sahap ...

Poor nations' leaders unleash anger and despair at UN summit

Mar 05, 2023 (AFP)

Many made pointed calls for the developed powers to come good with billions of dollars of promised aid to help them escape poverty and battle climate change. Ce...

Surge in arms smuggling fuels violence in Haiti, UN warns

Mar 04, 2023 (AFP)

The gun trafficking, including even heavy machine guns, is "fuelling an ongoing surge of gang violence that has plagued residents for months," said the United N...

UN urges resettlement of quake-hit Syrian refugees from Turkey

Mar 04, 2023 (AFP)

The United Nations made the call as 89 Syrian refugees arrived in Madrid from Turkey. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake on February 6 killed over 45,000 people in Tu...

Earthquake caused direct damage of $5.1bn in Syria: World Bank

Mar 03, 2023 (AFP)

The earthquake that struck on February 6 hit Turkey and Syria, devastating scores of cities and killing more than 50,000 people in both countries. Millions have...

Fishing banned as Philippine oil spill spreads

Mar 03, 2023 (AFP)

The slick off Mindoro island, south of the capital Manila, stretched for 120 kilometres (75 miles) and was about nine kilometres offshore, said Ram Temena, disa...

Turkish rescuers save trapped dog three weeks after quake

Mar 02, 2023 (AFP)

The teams from a local municipality in central Turkey saved Aleks the dog on Wednesday and delivered him to Haytap, a Turkish animal protection association in t...

Oil from sunken tanker swamps central Philippine coast

Mar 02, 2023 (AFP)

The oil spill off Naujan town on Mindoro island reached the shores of the next four municipalities on the island's east coast around noon Thursday, and appeared...

Children in quake-hit Syria face 'catastrophic threats': UN

Mar 02, 2023 (AFP)

The February 6 quake that struck neighbouring Turkey killed more than 50,000 people, including almost 6,000 in Syria, according officials and medics. In Syria a...