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AN intense heat wave in India has left more than one hundred people dead in India. The early-summer heat have forced schools to close and halted outdoor work like construction. Neighboring Pakistan, which suffered its hottest spell in decades last year, plans to open 500 response centers to provide shelter and cold water to people if a heat-wave warning is issued. India’s hottest months are May and June, but some states have already registered temperatures in […]
ECUADORIAN President Rafael Correa announced several one-year tax increases to help pay for reconstruction — after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake left over 500 people dead and caused billions of damage. In a nationally televised address on Wednesday (April 20) night, Correa announced several short-term tax changes to help Ecuador recover. It includes a one-off tax on millionaires. For example, the sales tax is to be increased from 12% to 14% for one year only. Plus […]
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador on Wednesday, sowing new panic four days after a powerful quake killed more than 500 people and injured more than 5,000. The latest quake caused no damage or casualties, but shook the ground forcefully in the middle of the night, sending terrified residents running into the street in the devastated resort town of Pedernales. Some families opted to spend the rest of […]
TOKYO: An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude struck off northeastern Japan on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There was no immediate tsunami warning, or reports of damage or casualties. A series of strong quakes struck the south of Japan late last week killing nearly 50 people. On Wednesday, survivors struggled with shortages of food and water. The USGS said Wednesday’s quake was centred 104 km (about 60 miles) east southeast of Sendai, Honshu, near where […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – With the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Bangladesh police was able to identify 12 Filipinos and 8 Sri Lankans as suspects for the theft of the $100 million from the Bangladesh Central Bank. Said suspects are those that were paid to facilitate the theft and not the actual hackers. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded […]
BEIJING,China (AFP) — Air pollution in western China jumped in the first three months of 2016, a Greenpeace report showed Wednesday, while the vast majority of cities throughout the country failed to meet national standards. China’s cities are often hit by heavy pollution, blamed on coal-burning by power stations, heavy industry and vehicle use, and it has become a major source of discontent with the ruling Communist Party. Government policy was effectively moving pollution from […]
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova held a news conference in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on Tuesday (April 19) after a two-day visit to the country devastated by a powerful earthquake two years ago. Bokova visited Nepal to launch a new project for the rehabilitation of the Kathmandu ValleyWorld Heritage Site and review the ongoing rehabilitation projects. “It’s a huge works. We need to do a lot more in terms of not just restoration but also in terms […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Some 1,700 people are still missing three days after a big earthquake struck Ecuador, an official said Tuesday, raising fears that a death toll currently put at 480 could dramatically rise. “We have 2,000 people listed that are being looked for, but we have so far found 300,” Deputy Interior Minister Diego Fuentes told reporters in the capital Quito. “Right now we have 480 people who were killed and approximately 2,560 […]
(Reuters) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit Kumamoto prefecture in southern Japan on Tuesday, broadcaster NHK said. A tsunami warning had not been issued, NHK added. Two deadly quakes hit the same region last week, killing 44 and injuring more than 1,000.
Rescuers and desperate families clawed through rubble, pulling out survivors two days after an earthquake that killed at least 413 people and devastated a tourist region of Ecuador. https://youtu.be/70dabywh7V0
by Harumi OZAWA MINAMI-ASO, Japan (AFP) — Japan on Monday enlisted US help to airlift supplies to some of the 100,000 people made homeless by earthquakes in the country’s south, as rescuers struggled to find those still missing in a massive landslide. Many of those evacuated after their homes were damaged or destroyed have had to sleep in temporary accommodation or huddle in makeshift shelters, and media have reported problems in delivering food and other […]
BAGHDAD,Iraq (AFP) – The United States will deploy additional forces to Iraq and make Apache attack helicopters available to support the country’s troops, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said Monday in Baghdad. https://youtu.be/hVX3mWT8ayc
