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ROME, Italy (AFP)–Eleven hikers, up from eight, are now reported to have died in flash floods in Italy’s southern Calabria region, with five people still missing, rescue services said Tuesday. Several hiking groups were caught Monday afternoon by the flooding in the Raganello river gorge in southern Cozenza province, with local authorities saying that 23 people had been rescued. They said the incident involved two groups of 18 hikers each, with powerful floodlights brought up […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Thick smoke blanketed Vancouver on Tuesday, triggering warnings about dangerous particulate matter in the air and comparisons with cities in China and India ranked by the WTO as the worst polluted. It blew in more than a week ago from hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia as well as US states to the south, and according to officials was expected to linger for several more days […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran unveiled its first domestic fighter jet on Tuesday, with President Hassan Rouhani insisting that Tehran’s military strength was only designed to deter enemies and create “lasting peace”. Images on state television showed Rouhani sitting in the cockpit of the new “Kowsar” fourth-generation fighter at the National Defence Industry exhibition in Tehran. State media said it had “advanced avionics” and multi-purpose radar, and that it was “100-percent indigenously made” for the […]
by Bhuvan BAGGA Agence France Presse CHENGANNUR, India (AFP) — More than one million people have swarmed relief camps in India’s Kerala state to escape devastating monsoon floods that have killed about 420 people, officials said Tuesday as a huge international aid offers poured in. People are flocking to camps as the scale of the desolation is revealed by receding waters and the military rescues more people each day. The state government said 1,028,000 people […]
by Martin PARRY Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — At least 10 ministers have offered their resignations as a leadership crisis in Australian politics deepened Wednesday with another challenge against Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appearing inevitable. The embattled leader narrowly survived a move to unseat him by his populist Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Tuesday with a Liberal party ballot voting 48-35 in his favour. It came to a head after months of […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A Republican congressman from California and his wife were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday over the suspected misuse of $250,000 of campaign funds, authorities said. Duncan and Margaret Hunter are accused of syphoning the cash over seven years for family vacations to Hawaii and Italy, dental bills, theater tickets and numerous other non-campaign expenses. US Attorney Adam Braverman said in a statement that Hunter, 41, and […]
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday morning, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at a moderate depth of 30 kilometres (19 miles) with the epicentre just off the northern tip of Vanuatu’s sparsely-populated Ambrym island. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami risk. “Shaking would have been felt throughout the whole of Vanuatu,” Geoscience Australia senior seismologist […]
by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ / Margioni BERMÚDEZ Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela was rocked by a 7.3-magnitude earthquake near its northeastern coast, the US Geological Survey said on Tuesday, causing panic although there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Edwin Rojas, the governor of the nearest state to the earthquake, told government television “the situation is calm,” adding that “it’s been many years since we’ve felt a quake of […]
ROME, Italy (AFP)–Eight hikers died when a mountain river suddenly flooded in Italy’s southern Calabria region, with five people still missing, local emergency services said on Monday. “We have eight dead but we can’t rule out the toll increasing,” the local civil protection unit told AFP. A statement Monday evening from the prefecture of Cosenza, capital of the province where the flooding hit, said 23 people were saved and five were still missing, as well […]
SUGIAN, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian aid agencies and government officials rushed Tuesday to help survivors after another series of powerful quakes rattled Lombok island, killing at least 10 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. The picturesque island next to holiday hotspot Bali was hit by two deadly quakes on July 29 and August 5. On Sunday it was shaken again by a string of fresh tremors and aftershocks, with the strongest measuring 6.9 […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse RIO DE JENEIRO, Brazil (AFP)–Rio de Janeiro’s drug war hit a bloody crescendo Monday when at least 11 suspected criminals and two soldiers were reported killed in a huge military sweep through impoverished favelas and during a rush-hour police car chase. The military command heading security in Brazil’s second biggest city said the two troops killed were the first lost since conservative President Michel Temer sent them into protect Rio. […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) – Workers in Mexico City began tearing down an elementary school Monday that collapsed in a devastating earthquake last year, killing 19 children and seven adults. Demolition workers from the capital city’s public works ministry put up protective plywood barriers and began removing rubble from the collapsed Rebsamen elementary school, which was thrust into the world spotlight following the 7.1-magnitude earthquake on September 19, 2017. Attention initially fixated on the private […]
