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Tokyo (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 - The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant said Thursday it will start the second round of a tricky operation to collect samples of radioactive debris from the site this spring.
Dec 26, 2024
Washington (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 - The US military said Thursday it had killed two members of the jihadist Al-Shabaab group in southern Somalia in an airstrike.
Dec 26, 2024
Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 26, 2024 - Although our Solar System is billions of years old, we've only recently become better acquainted with one of its more dynamic and captivating inhabitants known as (2060) Chiron. Chiron belongs
Dec 26, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2024 - A new study published in the journal Foresight asserts that humanity stands at a critical juncture, poised for a transformative leap in evolution. Yet, this shift risks being derailed by centralized
Dec 26, 2024
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 - Pakistan military courts have sentenced 60 more civilians for taking part in pro-Imran Khan unrest last year, the armed forces said Thursday, after international outcry over earlier announced convictions.
Dec 26, 2024
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 - Tearful mourners prayed and lit candles Thursday at ceremonies across Asia to remember the 220,000 people killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean in one of the world's worst disasters.
Dec 26, 2024
Tal Al-Shaikhia, Iraq (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 - Iraqi authorities are working to exhume the remains of around 100 Kurdish women and children thought to have been killed in the 1980s under former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein, three officials said.
Dec 26, 2024
Quito (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 - The discovery of several charred bodies during a search in Ecuador for four adolescent boys who disappeared during a military operation has deepened shock and anger at the case.
Dec 26, 2024
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 26, 2024 - Africa's coastlines are undergoing significant transformations due to rising sea levels, climate-induced extreme weather, urbanization, and growing coastal populations. These changes pose major chal
Dec 26, 2024
Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 - The chief paediatric doctor at a southern Gaza hospital told AFP that three babies had died of severe temperature drop this week, as the war-ravaged Palestinian territory grapples with winter cold.
Dec 26, 2024
Moscow (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 - Russian scientists criticised Wednesday the effort to clean up oil that has washed ashore from two oil tankers, saying it lacks sufficient equipment.
Dec 25, 2024
Kabul (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 - Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border province of Afghanistan killed 46 people, the Taliban government spokesman told AFP on Wednesday, as the defence ministry vowed retaliation.
Dec 25, 2024
Istanbul (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 - A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel where 72 people died after it collapsed following an earthquake last year to over 18 years in prison.
Dec 25, 2024
Kabul (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 - Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border region of Afghanistan killed 46 civilians, the Taliban government said Wednesday, whilst a Pakistan security official said the bombardment had targeted terrorist hideouts.
Dec 25, 2024
Jakarta (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 - The world's deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social media platforms flourished, but they have since transformed how we understand and respond to disasters - from finding the missing to swift crowdfunding.
Dec 24, 2024
Andaman Sea, Thailand (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 - Almost 1,000 kilometres off the Thai coast devastated by a tsunami 20 years ago, engineers lower a detection buoy into the waves - a key link in a warning system intended to ensure no disaster is as deadly again.
Dec 24, 2024
