Japan rocked by 7.6 magnitude earthquake TOKYO — Japan dropped its highest-level tsunami alert after issuing one following a series of major earthquakes Monday, but told residents of coastal areas not to return to their homes as deadly waves ... 04/30/2024 - 6:02 pm | View Link
Old quake photos resurface with false claim they show aftermath of April 2024 jolt in Japan "A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Shikoku Island, Japan," read the simplified Chinese text overlaid on a photo compilation published by state-backed broadcaster Russia Today on the video-sharing ... 04/21/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Eight reported injured after Japan earthquake TOKYO: Eight people were reported injured on Thursday (Apr 18) after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck ... six other small injuries in the Ehime region. Police and disaster management officials ... 04/17/2024 - 10:57 pm | View Link
Japan rocked by magnitude 6 earthquake, no tsunami alert A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck off northeastern Japan’s Fukushima region on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, but no tsunami warning was issued. There were no immediate reports ... 04/3/2024 - 5:24 pm | View Link
Japan's recent earthquake casts doubt over restarting its nuclear plants Japan was rocked by a powerful earthquake on the ... leaving thousands without electricity in the western Hokuriku region. The magnitude 7.6 quake also triggered a tsunami warning, reminding ... 01/4/2024 - 10:43 pm | View Link
When Kabul fell to the Taliban, returning the country to the fundamentalist group’s control after two transformative decades, scores of Afghan women were compelled to flee. Those who remained faced a reality in which they could no longer be who they are: journalists deleted evidence of their work, artists destroyed their creations, and graduates set fire to their degrees.
While the Taliban forced many Afghan women to abandon their workplaces and universities, some chose to fight back.
BEIJING — The death toll from a collapsed highway in southeastern China climbed to 48 on Thursday as searchers dug for a second day through a treacherous and mountainous area.
One side of the four-lane highway in the city of Meizhou gave way about 2 a.m. on Wednesday after a month of heavy rains in Guangdong province.
The British royal family is celebrating Princess Charlotte’s 9th birthday with a new portrait taken by her mother, Kate Middleton.
The image—shared to the official Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) accounts of the Prince and Princess of Wales on Thursday morning—shows Charlotte in a garden, smiling beside a pink flower bush.
It’s been more than 50 years since Columbia University became the site of student demonstrations amid unrest over the Vietnam War, but the spirit of protest on campus remains strong.
Late Tuesday night, dozens of protestors sieged Hamilton Hall—the iconic site of numerous student occupations over the course of history—and unfurled a banner to reveal the building’s new name by protestors: “Hind’s Hall.” The designation was in honor of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli troops in Gaza.
(CHICAGO) — For five days, the shouts of student protesters and supporters rang out from Northwestern University’s Deering Meadow as they joined demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war unfolding on college campuses nationwide.
But the meadow on the suburban Chicago campus fell silent hours after student organizers and the school announced an agreement late Monday to curb protest activity in return for the reestablishment of an advisory committee on university investments and other commitments.
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By Tuesday, only two unoccupied tents remained, surrounded by abandoned folding chairs, cases of bottled water and other supplies.
By quickly defusing the protests in Evanston and avoiding the longer standoffs that happened on other campuses, the agreement at Northwestern offered an example of successful negotiations between anti-war demonstrators and administrators.
For Pia Hollenstein, the long-awaited ruling at the European Court of Human Rights for a case brought against the Swiss government by her group, KlimaSeniorinnen, came at an inconvenient time. At 73, the retired nurse and former Parliamentarian from St. Gallen is an avid climber, and on the day of the verdict, she was planning to hike the Grisons Alps.