Earthquake in Northwestern China Kills at Least 127 People, Deadliest in 9 Years December 20, 2023 By Ken Moritsugu BEIJING (AP) — A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, destroying homes, leaving... Read More
At Least 11 Dead, 88 Badly Injured After a Massive Fuel Depot Explosion In Guinea’s Capital December 19, 2023 By Boubacar Diallo CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — An explosion and inferno at Guinea’s main fuel depot in the capital of Conakry left at... Read More
Iceland Rocked by Volcanic Eruption as Lava Fountains Gush December 19, 2023 By Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir A volcanic eruption has begun in the southwest of Iceland, sending fountains of molten lava hundreds of feet up into... Read More
Houthi Attacks Push Shipping Giants to Pause Red Sea Voyages December 15, 2023 By Alaric Nightingale and Sanne Wass Spiraling attacks on merchant ships by Houthi militants off the coast of Yemen have prompted widespread trade disruption with some... Read More
The Last Residents of a Coastal Mexican Town Destroyed by Climate Change December 15, 2023 By Daniel Shailer EL BOSQUE, Mexico (AP) — People moved to El Bosque on the Gulf of Mexico in the 1980s to fish... Read More
Range Rovers Become Thief-Magnets, Causing Prices to Tumble December 14, 2023 By Jamie Nimmo Tim Coen, a property investor, loved his Range Rover Sport but decided it was time to go green. He wanted... Read More
Cyclone Jasper Crosses Australia’s East Coast as Category 2 Storm with 87 mph Winds December 14, 2023 By Rod McGuirk CANBERRA, Austrtalia (AP) — Tropical Cyclone Jasper crossed Australia`s northeast coast on Wednesday as a category 2 storm that lashed... Read More
Swedish Authorities Broaden Their Investigation into a Construction Elevator Crash that Killed 5 December 14, 2023 A Swedish prosecutor said Wednesday that a preliminary investigation into the crash of a construction site elevator that killed five... Read More
Rescuers Recovered 11 Bodies After Landslides at Zambia Mine. More than 30 Feared Dead December 12, 2023 LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Eleven informal miners have been confirmed dead and their bodies retrieved from an open-pit copper mine... Read More
Hospital Fire Near Rome Kills at Least 3 and Causes an Emergency Evacuation Patients December 11, 2023 By Nicole Winfield ROME (AP) — A fire broke out in a hospital on Rome`s outskirts, killing at least three people and forcing... Read More