UK to test alert system on millions of phones
The UK will conduct its first test of a new emergency alert service on Sunday, with millions of mobile phones…
3 years ago
Emergency
Probe under way after Beijing hospital fire kills 21
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- An investigation was under way Wednesday after a fire ripped through a hospital in China's capital…
3 years ago
Fire in Beijing hospital kills 21, newspaper says
(AFP) A fire in a Beijing hospital has killed 21 people, the state-run Beijing Daily said on Tuesday. Emergency response…
3 years ago
Biden ends US Covid emergency status
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Joe Biden on Monday officially ended the Covid national health emergency that for more…
3 years ago
Toll rises to four in French building collapse
Marseille, France | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 by Isabelle Wesselingh and Olivier Lucazeau Rescue workers on Monday recovered a…
3 years ago
Two bodies found in collapsed French building: firefighters
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) -- Two bodies have been found in the rubble of a building that collapsed in the French…
3 years ago
Australia’s lost radioactive capsule found on the side of the road
A tiny but dangerously radioactive capsule which fell off a truck along a remote stretch of outback highway in Australia…
3 years ago
Rio Tinto ‘sorry’ for losing radioactive capsule in Western Australia
Mining giant Rio Tinto apologised Monday for losing a tiny but dangerously radioactive capsule that fell off a truck along…
3 years ago
White House says US Covid emergency status to end May 11
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The White House said Monday that the national and public health emergencies declared just as…
3 years ago
Severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, lash southern US
Washington, United States (AFP) Heavy thunderstorms lashed the southern region of the United States on Tuesday, the National Weather Service…
4 years ago
Floods swallow cars, swamp houses in ‘major’ Australian emergency
Melbourne, Australia | AFP | Flash floods swamped hundreds of homes in southeastern Australia Friday with waterlogged residents now facing…
4 years ago
Floods force evacuations in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Thousands were warned to flee their homes in southeastern Australia on Friday to escape surging floodwaters…
4 years ago
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