Thousands of rescuers brave the cold and altitude on Wednesday in China to find survivors after a devastating earthquake which killed at least 126 people and caused the collapse of thousands of buildings in Tibet. Videos published by Chinese public television CCTV show rescuers extracting injured people from the rubble, setting up thick anti-cold tents … Read more
In the shade of trees planted near a mass grave, survivors and grieving families pray and remember those who died in the tsunami that devastated the Indian Ocean rim two decades ago. Sitting in a circle, relatives of the victims gathered Thursday on the lawn of the mass grave of Siron, where 46,000 people were … Read more
An Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed in western Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 67 people on board, authorities said, reporting 32 survivors. A previous report reported 28 survivors. The aircraft, an Embraer 190, was flying between Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, and Grozny, capital of the Russian Caucasian republic of Chechnya, according to Azerbaijan Airlines. It crashed near … Read more
An Azerbaijan Airlines airliner, which was operating a flight between Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, and Grozny, capital of the Russian Caucasian republic of Chechnya, crashed on Wednesday in Kazakhstan, local authorities announced on Wednesday January 25 . Fourteen people survived, regional medical authorities initially announced. “For the moment, 14 injured have been taken to the … Read more
Rescuers continue on Wednesday to search for survivors in the rubble of buildings destroyed by the powerful earthquake which struck the capital of Vanuatu and left at least 14 dead, according to the Red Cross. The earthquake, measuring 7.3, occurred at 12:47 p.m. local time the day before (01:47 GMT) off the main island of … Read more
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Tuesday to the Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, which campaigns against nuclear weapons, a threat that has become topical again almost 80 years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The award will be received shortly after 1 p.m. (12 p.m. GMT) at Oslo City Hall … Read more