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World 'dangerously unprepared' for next crisis: Red Cross
AFP, Published on 30/01/2023
» GENEVA: All countries remain "dangerously unprepared" for the next pandemic, the Red Cross warned on Monday, saying future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely climate-related disasters.
Deadly Seoul crush blamed on ‘negligence’
Published on 13/01/2023
» SEOUL: South Korean police on Friday blamed negligence and planning failures for the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul that killed more than 150 people.
Candlelight vigils mourn South Korea Halloween disaster victims
Published on 06/11/2022
» Candlelight vigils and rallies were held in South Korea on Saturday to commemorate the 156 people killed in a Halloween crowd crush, with public anger growing over one of the country's deadliest peacetime disasters.
16 dead, 1m seek shelter as cyclone hits Bangladesh
Published on 25/10/2022
» At least 16 people died after a cyclone slammed into Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of about a million people from their homes, officials said Tuesday.
Cyclone Sitrang hits Bangladesh, hundreds of thousands of people evacuated
AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» PATUAKHALI, Bangladesh: Cyclone Sitrang slammed into densely-populated, low-lying Bangladesh late Monday, killing at least five people as authorities fearing heavy rain and storm surge rushed to move hundreds of thousands out of the system's path.
Venezuelan town buries its dead after landslide
AFP, Published on 15/10/2022
» LAS TEJERíAS (VENEZUELA) - "We love you princess," reads the inscription on the fresh grave of a three-year-old girl among dozens of people killed by a devastating landslide in a Venezuelan town last week.
Fortified Bermuda braces for powerful Hurricane Fiona
AFP, Published on 23/09/2022
» HAMILTON (BERMUDA) - The beach chairs and umbrellas were put away, storefronts were covered and a lighthouse illuminated racing clouds overhead as Bermuda braced Thursday for Hurricane Fiona, a powerful Category 4 storm that has left a trail of destruction in the Caribbean.
Fears of shelling, radiation in Ukraine maternity ward
AFP, Published on 08/09/2022
» ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: Three days after Russian troops invaded her country, Maryna found out she was pregnant.
Pakistan's south braces for deluge from swollen northern rivers
AFP, Published on 28/08/2022
» SUKKUR, Pakistan: Pakistan's flooded southern Sindh province braced Sunday for a fresh deluge from swollen rivers in the north as the death toll from this year's monsoon topped 1,000.
UN chief to visit Odessa as Russian strikes batter Donbas
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» ODESSA (UKRAINE) - UN chief Antonio Guterres was expected in war-scarred southern Ukraine's main port of Odessa on Friday, a day after he said Turkey and Ukraine hoped to scale up their landmark grain export deal with Russia.