A panel of Japan's nuclear watchdog decided on Friday against restarting a reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant citing seismic risks, paving the way for the regulator to keep
July 26, 2024
With Morocco, there’s stronger bureaucracy, and in Libya, authorities are weaker. But, as a scholar who has worked in both countries explains, the results are the same: not enough aid getting through.
September 20, 2023
Hundreds of small tremors have shaken a densely populated volcanic area west of the Italian city of Naples in recent weeks, pushing the government to quickly redraft mass evacuation plans, even though experts don’t see an imminent risk of eruption
October 03, 2023
A Taliban government spokesperson says the death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has jumped to more than 2,000
October 07, 2023
Afghan rescuers and villagers are still digging through rubble in western Herat province, three days after one of the deadliest earthquakes in the region left more than 2,000 dead
October 10, 2023
Another strong earthquake has shaken western Afghanistan days after one of the most destructive quakes in the country's recent history
October 11, 2023
Another 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck part of western Afghanistan where thousands of people died and entire villages were flattened by devastating quakes a week earlier
October 15, 2023
A strong earthquake has shaken northwestern Nepal, and officials say at least 128 people are dead and dozens more injured as rescuers search mountain villages
November 03, 2023
Villagers in the mountains of northwest Nepal have cremated the bodies of some who perished in an earthquake that shook the area Friday night
November 04, 2023
Hundreds of temporary housing units are being set up in northwest China for survivors of an earthquake that destroyed more than 14,000 homes and killed at least 144 people
December 21, 2023
Chiese state media say the strong earthquake that hit northwest China this week, killing at least 148 people, has caused economic losses estimated to be worth tens of millions in the agricultural and fisheries industries
December 23, 2023
The death toll from China’s most powerful earthquake in years has risen to 149, with two people still missing after the tremor hit northwestern parts of the country last week
December 25, 2023
A powerful earthquake that hit Japan on New Year's Day killed at least 55 people, with rescue teams struggling in
April 26, 2024
Rescuers in Japan are braving the cold in a race against time as they search for survivors along the country's western coastline after a powerful earthquake earlier in the week smashed homes and left at least 78 people dead and 51 people missing
January 03, 2024
Rescue workers are braving the cold to save people still trapped under collapsed buildings in western Japan
January 04, 2024
A hotel owner and 10 other people are standing trial accused of negligence over the deaths of 72 people, including players from a school volleyball team in breakaway northern Cyprus, who perished when their hotel crumbled during a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey last year
January 04, 2024
Japan plans to accept a relief team from the United States but no aid from other governments, the daily Nikkei reported on Friday, four days after an earthquake killed 91 people and
April 26, 2024
The death toll from a major quake in western Japan has reached 100, even as rescue workers fought aftershocks to carefully pull people from the rubble
January 05, 2024
Insured losses from the devastating earthquake in Japan could reach $6.4 billion, according to an estimate from U.S.-based catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Co (KCC).
April 26, 2024
A light earthquake has shaken a wide area of Southern California
January 05, 2024
Survivors of a massive earthquake that struck Afghanistan's west on Oct. 7 say they're struggling to rebuild their lives, three months after the disaster
January 07, 2024
Thousands of people made homeless overnight are living in weariness and uncertainty on the western coast of Japan a week after a powerful earthquake left at least 180 dead and dozens missing
January 08, 2024
Yoshie Minamidani has been running a seafood store in the Japanese town of Wajima for three decades
January 09, 2024
The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the western coast of Japan on New Year’s has killed 213 people as of Thursday
January 10, 2024
Chile miner Codelco seals early contract deal with Ministro Hales union
Commerzbank would boost UniCredit earnings, but not without risks
Buyout firm EQT explores $2 billion sale of Banking Circle, sources say
Air raid alarm sounds in Ukrainian capital as Blinken and Lammy visit
Dolphins' Tyreek Hill says he could have handled some elements of traffic stop better
Video shows two planes collide while taxiing at airport
EU lawmakers push for new 'dynamic pricing' rules after Oasis fans complain