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At least 17 feared dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide
Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)
The incident came on Monday evening near Hpakant township in northern Kachin state -- the same region where a massive landslide in 2020 entombed 300 workers in ...
China envoy to Ukraine postpones evacuation of citizens
Feb 27, 2022 (AFP)
In a lengthy video message on the embassy's official WeChat account, Chinese ambassador Fan Xianrong sought to dispel rumours he had left Kyiv and reassure Chin...
G7 meeting to focus on Ukraine aid: World Bank
Feb 27, 2022 (AFP)
In an interview with CBS he called the recent Russian invasion a "tragedy" not just for Ukraine and its neighbors but also for Russia, where per capita income h...
Romania becomes refuge for Ukrainians on NATO's frontline
Feb 26, 2022 (AFP)
"My husband came with us as far as the border, before returning to Kyiv to fight," said the 36-year-old marketing employee, who did not give her surname. The yo...
Russia releases images of captured Chernobyl plant
Feb 26, 2022 (AFP)
Russian troops took control of the area -- one of the most radioactive places on earth -- on the first day of their offensive into Ukraine. Images released by M...
Ukraine warns of radiation after Chernobyl seized by Russians
Feb 25, 2022 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his troops to invade Ukraine and on the same day they seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in one of th...
Russia counts sporting cost of Ukraine invasion
Feb 25, 2022 (AFP)
The conflict entered a second day after Russian President Vladimir Putin defied Western warnings to unleash a full-scale invasion that has claimed dozens of liv...
Advanced Air Mobility for Healthcare
Feb 23, 2022 (SPX)
AAM has the potential to provide medical transport for people and supplies around the world. This could be a highly automated air ambulance flying above traffic...
Nigeria 'investigating' deadly air strike in Niger
Feb 21, 2022 (AFP)
Troops have been deployed to northwest Nigeria, where heavily-armed criminals known as bandits terrorise communities, forcing more than 70,000 to flee into sout...
Toll mounts as Brazil storm rescuers retrieve more bodies
Feb 19, 2022 (AFP)
In a dense fog, workers dug with spades and shovels through the rubble and muck as the search churned through its fifth day with little hope of finding more sur...
Musk donates satellite gear to reconnect Tonga
Feb 18, 2022 (AFP)
Tonga's telecommunications system has been severely restricted since January 15 when a violent volcanic eruption and tsunami severed its underwater fibre-optic ...
IAEA wraps up first trip to monitor Fukushima water release
Feb 18, 2022 (AFP)
Since Monday, an IAEA taskforce has been in Japan to assess the country's plan to gradually release the water, which has been processed to remove most radioacti...
$600 million pledged for Haiti earthquake relief
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
"These contributions went well above our expectations," said Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, after the conclusion of an international summit in Port-au-Prin...
Rescuers scour for survivors after Brazil floods, landslides kill 94
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
Streets were turned into torrential rivers and houses swept away Tuesday when heavy storms dumped a month's worth of rain in three hours on the scenic tourist t...
'Life-changing' or scam? Axie Infinity helps Philippines' poor earn
Feb 15, 2022 (AFP)
The source of his income is Axie Infinity, a blockchain-based play-to-earn game that exploded in popularity in developing nations such as the Philippines as Cov...
IAEA begins mission to review Fukushima water release
Feb 14, 2022 (AFP)
More than a million tonnes of processed water has accumulated in tanks at the crippled plant since it went into meltdown following a tsunami in 2011 and storage...
Don't just blame climate change for weather disasters
Feb 11, 2022 (AFP)
AFP spoke to Otto, a physicist at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London, ahead of the release of a major UN climate report on cli...
At least 11 dead in Colombia mudslide
Feb 08, 2022 (AFP)
The early morning rains touched off a landslide on a mountain in central-western Risaralda province, burying several homes in the impoverished municipality of D...
Australia says warship did not bring Covid to eruption-hit Tonga
Feb 02, 2022 (AFP)
Residents of the remote island nation, struggling to recover from a deadly volcanic eruption that triggered huge tsunamis, were ordered to stay at home Wednesda...
Extreme weather kills 140,000 Europeans in 40 years: report
Feb 02, 2022 (AFP)
In its study, the European Environment Agency (EEA) called for continued adaptation measures at both individual and state level. A small number of extreme event...
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