5.8-magnitude quake shakes Peru coast; no reports of damage

LIMA, Peru — A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Peru’s central coast late Tuesday, causing some residents of the capital to run out of their shaking homes or buildings. There were no immediate reports of damages. The U.S Geological Survey said the … Read More

Brazil’s upcoming fire season and drought are likely to complicate Covid cases.

Patients were treated in the coronavirus wing of a hospital in Tefé, a remote municipality in Amazonas, Brazil, last year.Credit…Tyler Hicks/The New York Times RIO DE JANEIRO — Scientists are projecting another bad fire season in the Amazon, one that … Read More

Kim Jong-un warns of North Korea crisis similar to deadly 90s famine

Mr. Kim made his rare admission of looming hardship at a party conference – EPA North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has told citizens to prepare for hard times ahead, following warnings from rights groups that the country faces dire food … Read More

More COVID-19 deaths have already been reported in 2021 than in all of 2020

More people worldwide have died of COVID-19 so far this year than during all of last year, according to data tallied by Johns Hopkins University. So far, 3.77 million deaths have been reported since the pandemic began — with 1.89 million reported in … Read More

Mount Nyiragongo: Half a million without water in DR Congo – charity

Displaced people – including children – have been seen queuing to get drinking water at a temporary camp in Sake – Reuters Nearly 500,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been left without clean drinking water after a … Read More

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Molucca Sea near Indonesia

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck in the Molucca Sea in Indonesia on Thursday. An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck Indonesia’s Molucca Sea on Thursday. (Representative Image | PTI) An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck in the Molucca Sea about … Read More

Hundreds of thousands evacuated as cyclone bears down on India

Waves crash ashore during high tide in the Bay Of Bengal before Cyclone Yaas arrives in Digha, south of Kolkata, eastern India, on Tuesday. Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA-EFE May 25 (UPI) — Cyclone Yaas churned closer to northeastern India on Tuesday as … Read More

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