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Ukraine refugees at risk of human trafficking: NGO
May 10, 2022 (AFP)
More than two million children have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24, according to the 42-page report compiled by the Dutch-based La Strada anti...
China building collapse death toll rises to 53
May 06, 2022 (AFP)
The commercial building in Changsha city caved in last Friday, prompting over six days of painstaking attempts to pull survivors free from the mass of rubble an...
Death toll climbs to five in central China building collapse
May 04, 2022 (AFP)
The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province -- which housed apartments, a hotel and a cinema -- caved in on Friday, sparking a massive response wit...
Two dead in central China building collapse
May 03, 2022 (AFP)
The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province -- which housed apartments, a hotel and a cinema -- caved in on Friday, sparking a massive response wit...
Floods, fires drive Australian home insurance 'crisis'
May 03, 2022 (AFP)
The Climate Council non-profit group issued the report after storms and floods battered Australia's east coast in February-March this year, and following the 20...
Ninth survivor rescued from collapsed China building
May 03, 2022 (AFP)
The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province -- which housed apartments, a hotel and a cinema -- caved in on Friday, sparking a massive rescue effor...
Race to save miners trapped for two weeks in Burkina Faso
May 02, 2022 (AFP)
Trevali Mining Corp. announced on April 16 that eight miners -- six from Burkina, a Zambian and a Tanzanian -- were missing following a "flood" underground at a...
Two more survivors pulled from China building collapse, dozens still missing
May 01, 2022 (AFP)
The building in Changsha city, Hunan province -- which housed a hotel, apartments and a cinema -- caved in Friday afternoon, leaving a gaping hole in the dense ...
Sixth survivor pulled from China building collapse, dozens still missing
May 01, 2022 (AFP)
The building in Changsha city, Hunan province -- which housed a hotel, apartments and a cinema -- caved in Friday afternoon, leaving a gaping hole in the dense ...
CORRECTED: Eighteen trapped, others missing after China building collapse
Apr 30, 2022 (AFP)
The building, which housed a hotel, apartments and a cinema, caved in on Friday afternoon in Changsha city, Hunan province, leaving a gaping hole in a densely b...
12 women killed by landslide in Indonesia gold mine
Apr 29, 2022 (AFP)
Unlicensed mines are common across mineral-rich Indonesia, with abandoned sites attracting locals who scrounge for leftover gold ore without using proper safety...
'Very dangerous': Chernobyl marks anniversary amid war
Apr 26, 2022 (AFP)
Tuesday marked the 36th anniversary of what is considered the worst ever nuclear disaster, and there was relief the hulking so-called sarcophagus covering the r...
Russian takeover of Chernobyl was 'very dangerous': IAEA chief
Apr 26, 2022 (AFP)
"The situation was absolutely abnormal and very, very dangerous," Rafael Grossi told reporters as he arrived at the sarcophagus that covers the nuclear reactor'...
IAEA chief to visit Chernobyl next week
Apr 22, 2022 (AFP)
Chernobyl, the scene of the worst nuclear disaster in history, fell into Russian hands on the first day of the country's invasion of Ukraine, and suffered a pow...
S. Africa ministers to the front as flood effort stutters
Apr 19, 2022 (AFP)
Following up a declaration late Monday of a national state of disaster, President Cyril Ramaphosa dispatched top ministers to the city of Durban and KwaZulu-Nat...
Web of support for Ukrainian refugees in Romania
Apr 15, 2022 (AFP)
Vereha, 34, is a co-founder of non-profit organisation Code4Romania that launched a platform called "dopomoha", the Ukrainian word for "help". "The pressure is ...
British PM says navy to patrol Channel for migrants
Apr 14, 2022 (AFP)
"From today, the Royal Navy will take over operational command from Border Force in the Channel with the aim that no boat makes it to the UK undetected," Johnso...
Russian soldiers dug up 'many places' in Chernobyl
Apr 13, 2022 (AFP)
"The occupiers dug in many places. They buried heavy equipment, created dugouts, even underground kitchens, tents, fortifications," said Yevgen Kramarenko, head...
'Safer' higher ground becomes fatal site in Philippine landslide
Apr 13, 2022 (AFP)
Fisherman Fernando Rosquetes instructed his family to trek up the mountain behind their village, Pilar, which is by the sea in central Leyte province. "I told t...
'Russia, our sacred state!': school reopens under Moscow control
Apr 12, 2022 (AFP)
Several dozen pupils have lined up outside for a formal "back to school" ceremony, a month after the town was taken by Russian troops and Moscow-backed separati...
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