Three dead, dozens injured in blast at chemical plant in Mexico
A massive explosion rocked a major petrochemical facility of Mexican national oil company Pemex in the Gulf state of Veracruz…
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Venezuela to ration electricity in power crisis
CARACAS,Venezuela (AFP) -- Recession-wracked Venezuela is to ration electricity in 10 of its most populous and industrialized states, including metropolitan…
8 years ago
Coffins pile up in Ecuador stadium-turned-morgue
by Santiago Piedra Silva Pedernales, Ecuador (AFP) -- A hodgepodge of donated coffins in various shapes, sizes and colors is piled…
8 years ago
South American floods kill 12, force mass evacuations
BUENOS Aires, Argentina (AFP) -- Severe storms and flooding across South America's "southern cone" have killed at least 12 people and…
8 years ago
New quake rattles jittery Ecuador
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador on Wednesday, sowing new panic four days…
8 years ago
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes northeastern Japan
TOKYO: An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude struck off northeastern Japan on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There was no…
8 years ago
BREAKING NEWS: Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes off Ecuador coast: USGS
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck near the coast of Ecuador, just days after the South American…
8 years ago
Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes off coast of Ecuador
(Reuters) A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador on Wednesday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said, just…
8 years ago
Bangladesh identifies 20 suspects in the attack on its central bank
QUEZON City, Philippines - With the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Bangladesh…
8 years ago
China air pollution shifts west in first quarter: Greenpeace
BEIJING,China (AFP) -- Air pollution in western China jumped in the first three months of 2016, a Greenpeace report showed…
8 years ago
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