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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...

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