Typhoon leaves at least seven people dead and thousands displaced in the Philippines A typhoon has finally moved away from the Philippines, leaving at least seven people dead, mostly due to floods or toppled trees ... 05/27/2024 - 10:34 pm | View Link
Renewed flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 15 people in Afghanistan Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] ISLAMABAD (AP) — Renewed heavy rains have triggered more flash floods in Afghanistan ... four schools in western Farah and Herat, ... 05/25/2024 - 9:56 pm | View Link
The deadliest landslides of the 21st century On February 17, 2006, massive debris flows and landslides occurred in the Philippine province of Southern Leyte, causing extensive damage and loss of life. The deadly landslide (or debris flow) ... 05/23/2024 - 7:10 pm | View Link
At least 150 dead as heavy rain triggers flash floods Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ... 05/19/2024 - 9:15 am | View Link
Indonesian rescuers search through rivers and rubble after flash floods that killed at least 52 of flash floods that hit Indonesia’s Sumatra Island over the weekend. Monsoon rains and a landslide of mud and cold lava from Mount Marapi caused rivers to breach their banks. The deluge tore ... 05/13/2024 - 8:35 pm | View Link
Ikea is assembling a team of Roblox players to work at its virtual store—and you can even get paid for the job.
The Swedish retailer announced in a press release Monday that it will be launching “The Co-Worker Game,” a virtual recreation of the store that will be available on Roblox on June 24.
Omaha Beach, France — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American young men were cut down 80 years ago on D-Day.
Veterans of World War II, many of them centenarians and likely returning to France for one last time, pilgrimaged Tuesday to what was the bloodiest of five Allied landing beaches on June 6, 1944.
Damaran Baru, Indonesia — In a lush jungle at the foothills of a volcano in Indonesia’s Aceh province, the song of gibbons in the trees mixes with the laughter of the seven forest rangers trekking below them. An hour into their patrol, the rangers spot another mammal in the forest with them.
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“Where are you going?
Political pundits and exit polls were quick to predict that Narendra Modi was poised to clinch a third term as India’s prime minister in this year’s elections, which began on April 19 and concluded on June 1. The question was: could his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), win enough votes to claim a supermajority?
Far right British politician Nigel Farage has launched a campaign for his eighth attempt at a seat in the U. K. House of Commons, a move that could lure Conservative voters to a new political home.
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On Tuesday, Farage, 60, met with supporters at a rally in the beach town Clacton-on-Sea, where he is campaigning to become the Member of Parliament in the general election on July 4.
Spring and early summer are difficult times for both Israelis and Palestinians.
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For Israeli Jewish citizens, the times move intensely from Passover, the holiday of freedom; to tragic Holocaust Memorial Day; to Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror; to the triumphant celebrations of Independence Day; to the anniversary of the Six Days War.