Powerful quake adds to Haiti's misery, killing at least 304
Sunday, 15 August 2021, 07:01
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake added to the misery in Haiti, killing at least 304 people, injuring a minimum of 1,800 others and destroying hundreds of homes. People in the Caribbean island...
7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Haiti; leader says lives lost
Saturday, 14 August 2021, 19:14
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, with the epicenter about 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Haiti’s new...
Taliban seize province near Afghan capital, attack northern city
Saturday, 14 August 2021, 13:28
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
The Taliban seized a province just south of Afghanistan's capital and launched a multi-pronged assault early Saturday on a major city in the north defended by powerful former warlords, Afghan...
Man kills 5, himself in UK's first mass shooting in decade
Saturday, 14 August 2021, 07:19
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
A young man who killed five people, including his mother, and then took his own life in Britain’s first mass shooting in over a decade had complained online about difficulties meeting women and...
Heat wave edges higher in southern Europe, fuels wildfires
Saturday, 14 August 2021, 07:16
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Intense heat baking Italy pushed northward towards the popular tourist destination of Florence Friday while wildfires charred the country's south, and Spain appeared headed for an all-time record high...
Global sizzling: July was hottest month on record
Saturday, 14 August 2021, 07:13
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, U.S. weather officials announced. As extreme heat waves struck parts of the United...
Gino Strada, Italian surgeon for victims of war, dies at 73
Saturday, 14 August 2021, 07:10
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Gino Strada, an Italian surgeon who co-founded the humanitarian group Emergency to provide medical care for civilian victims of war and poverty in many countries, and was a fierce critic of the...
27 people aboard Carnival cruise test positive for COVID-19
Friday, 13 August 2021, 12:20
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Twenty-seven people aboard a Carnival cruise tested positive for COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City this week, according to the Belize Tourism Board. The positive cases were...
Days of hot weather grip Southern Europe, North Africa
Friday, 13 August 2021, 07:26
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Stifling heat kept its grip on much of Southern Europe on Thursday, driving people indoors at midday, spoiling crops, triggering drinking water restrictions, turning public libraries into cooling...
Taliban press advance after capturing 2 major Afghan cities
Friday, 13 August 2021, 07:20
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
Afghanistan’s rapidly-advancing Taliban insurgents entered a western provincial capital, an official said Friday, hours after they captured the country’s second and third largest cities in...