BEIJING — At least eight people have died and 34 remain missing after a massive landslide struck Pengshui County in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality on Friday, triggering a major rescue operation and forcing the evacuation of more than 1,000 residents. Chinese authorities said the landslide occurred at approximately 9:08 a.m. local time, collapsing several residential...
NEW YORK – Heavy smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada enveloped a swath of the US from the Midwest to the Northeast on Thursday, prompting warnings from officials that residents should stay indoors wherever possible and avoid the acrid, unhealthy air. Detroit registered the worst air quality of any city in the world on...
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela – Maria Alejandra Sanz turned away when she heard rescue workers had pulled the lifeless body of one of her best friends from the rubble of a building levelled by twin earthquakes that struck the state of La Guaira in northern Venezuela last month. The 17-year-old high school student had lain in...
LOS GALLARDOS, Spainv– At least 12 people died attempting to flee a wildfire in southern Spain and 23 were missing, officials said on Friday, as firefighters battled to bring one of the country’s deadliest blazes on record under control. One Spaniard was among the victims and the rest appeared to be foreign nationals who ignored...
KYIV – Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday, killing at least 25 people, wounding scores more, and damaging around 130 buildings in the deadliest attack on the capital this year. Multiple explosions shook central Kyiv and reverberated across the capital throughout the...
CATIA LA MAR/LA GUAIRA, VENEZUELA – Rescuers dug out alive a 44-year-old security guard trapped in the ruins of the mall where he worked in the Venezuelan state of La Guaira, more than a week after two strong earthquakes devastated the country’s northern coast. Work to save Hernan Alberto Gil from the rubble of the...
SABON BIRNI, SOKOTO STATE – Suspected bandits have abducted at least 43 residents and killed a 10-year-old boy during coordinated attacks on Takatsaba and Tarah villages in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Residents said the heavily armed attackers stormed the two communities late on Wednesday night, firing indiscriminately before moving from house...
ACCRA, GHANA – Hundreds of residents were forced to seek refuge on rooftops after torrential rainfall triggered severe flooding across parts of Ghana’s capital, Accra, submerging homes, roads, and vehicles. Among the worst-hit areas was the Alajo neighbourhood, where rising floodwaters inundated residential communities, leaving many families stranded as emergency responders worked to reach affected...
CARACAS – Rescue teams raced on Sunday to find more survivors of the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela this week, with signs of life bringing occasional relief to a grim quest to whittle down a list of tens of thousands missing. The death toll from Wednesday’s twin earthquakes rose to at least 1,450 as...
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – At least 32 people are feared dead and dozens more injured after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday, prompting an extensive search and rescue operation and triggering tsunami warnings across several countries. The earthquake struck early in the morning about 20 kilometres (12.4...
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