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Navy warplane down from US carrier
Associated Press, Published on 12/11/2018
» TOKYO: A US Navy warplane based on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has crashed into the sea northeast of the Philippines, but its two aviators were safely rescued.
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Hurricane Michael slams into Florida
Associated Press, Published on 11/10/2018
» PANAMA CITY, Florida: Supercharged by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with potentially catastrophic winds of 250 kilometres per hour (155 mph), the most powerful hurricane to hit the US mainland in nearly 50 years.
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China orders evacuations after Tibet landslide
Associated Press, Published on 18/10/2018
» BEIJING: Around 6,000 people have been evacuated following a landslide in Tibet that blocked the flow of one of the region's key rivers, China's emergency services said Thursday.
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Venice flooded by mega tide as storms buffet Italy
Associated Press, Published on 30/10/2018
» MILAN, Italy: Venice was inundated by an exceptionally high tide on Monday, with three-quarters of the famed lagoon city under water as large swathes of Italy experienced flooding and winds that toppled trees and other objects, killing six people.
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At least 9 dead as violent storms buffet Italy
Associated Press, Published on 30/10/2018
» MILAN: At least nine people have been killed over two days in Italy as heavy rains and high winds buffet much of the country.
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Philippine island once called 'cesspool' reopens
Associated Press, Published on 26/10/2018
» BORACAY, Philippines: Boatloads of tourists sailed Friday to the Philippines' Boracay island, which officials reopened to visitors after a six-month closure to clean waters the president had called a "cesspool" due to years of overcrowding, partying and neglect.
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Indonesia says death toll in Sulawesi quake passes 2,000
Associated Press, Published on 09/10/2018
» JAKARTA: The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami on Indonesia's Sulawesi island has climbed past 2,000, the disaster agency said Tuesday, as authorities prepared to end the search for thousands of victims feared buried in mud and rubble in the hardest-hit neighbourhoods.
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Hurricane gains strength, takes aim at north Florida
Associated Press, Published on 09/10/2018
» MIAMI: Hurricane Michael intensified into a Category 2 over warm Gulf of Mexico waters Tuesday amid fears it would strike Florida on Wednesday as an even stronger hurricane. Mandatory evacuations were issued as beach dwellers rushed to board up homes just ahead of what could be a devastating hit.
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UN finds 486m in Asia still hungry
Associated Press, Published on 02/11/2018
» Hundreds of millions of children and adults in Asia's rapidly expanding cities are undernourished, and will remain so without "inclusive, sustainable and nutrition-sensitive" urban planning, United Nations officials said on Friday.
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Suspected drug overdoses kill 7 at Vietnam music festival
Associated Press, Published on 17/09/2018
» HANOI: Seven people have died of suspected drug overdoses during a music festival in Vietnam.
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