More than 11 million Syrians are in need of humanitarian aid and protection – Reuters Syria faces the risk of mass starvation or another mass exodus unless more aid money is made available, the head of the UN World Food … Read More
The coast of southern Mexico was rattled by a powerful earthquake on Tuesday morning that killed at least two people and triggered a tsunami alert for Pacific coastlines along Central America. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 and struck at 11:29 a.m. ET, 7 miles … Read More
It struck 710km north-east of Gisborne early this morning. A 7.4 magnitude earthquake, which struck off the coast of Gisborne in the early hours of Friday morning, was felt across New Zealand. The quake was 33km deep, and about 700km … Read More
A total of 170 people died of drug overdoses in British Columbia, Canada, in May, over three times as many as died from COVID-19 that month and more than have died from the disease there over the course of the … Read More
Doctors in Italy, Israel, and U.S. say the coronavirus may be losing its potency and becoming less deadly even as it spreads. Doctors across the world are offering preliminary but encouraging reports that the coronavirus may be losing steam and … Read More
(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Fars province in southern Iran on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency reported. There was no immediate information about possible casualties or damage from the quake, which hit near the town of Beyram. … Read More
Residents stand on a bank of a river as they look at the rubble of a bridge damaged by flood following heavy rainfall in Nanjing, Fujian province, China, July 9, 2019. BEIJING – The heaviest average rainfall to lash a … Read More
Two dead so far, around 20,000 in relief camps. After approximately 300,000 were affected by pre-monsoon floods in 11 districts across Assam, concerns have emerged over the adherence to social-distancing norms to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease … Read More
An estimated 445 people were killed by exposure to bushfire smoke over the Black Summer fires, while 3340 were admitted to hospital due to heart and lung problems and 1373 people attended emergency departments due to complications with asthma. The … Read More
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck the New Zealand city of Levin, near the country’s capital Wellington, a day after a 5.8 tremor was recorded in the same area, government seismic monitor Geonet said on Tuesday. The epicentre … Read More