TURKIEYE, Feb 23 (EW): Turkiye issued rebuilding regulations on Friday for a region devastated by earthquakes this month to enable companies or charities to help in the urgent task of building new homes for the millions who need rehousing after the devastating tremors. More than 160,000 buildings, containing 520,000 apartments, collapsed or were severely damaged in Turkiye in the …
INDIA, Feb 17 (EW): In two months, India is projected to become the world’s most populous country with over 1.4 billion people. But for at least a year, and possibly longer, the country won’t know how many people it has because it hasn’t been able to count them. India’s once in a decade census, due in 2021 and delayed …
New Zealand deployed gunships and helicopters to deliver water, food and fuel to cities cut off by Cyclone Gabrielle on Thursday, as overwhelmed authorities embraced overseas offers of help. Five people have died, 100 are missing and 10,500 more have been displaced in a disaster that has crippled the country’s populous North Island. Four days of violent winds and …
WELLINGTON, Feb 14 (EW): New Zealand declared a national state of emergency for only the third time in its history on Tuesday as Cyclone Gabrielle caused widespread flooding, landslides and huge ocean swells, forcing evacuations and stranding people on roof tops. “It has been a big night for New Zealanders across the country, but particularly in the upper North …
KAHRAMANMARAS: Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble a week after an earthquake struck Turkey and Syria leaving more than 33,000 dead, as the United Nations warned the toll was set to rise far higher. A young boy and a 62-year-old woman were the latest miracle rescues after nearly seven days trapped under the wreckage of collapsed buildings since …
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (EW): US military fighter jets on Sunday shot down an octagonal object over Lake Huron, the Pentagon said, the latest incident since a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon put North American security forces on high alert. It was the fourth flying object to be shot down over North America by a US missile in a little more …
ANKARA, Feb 13 (EW): Rescue efforts continue a week after catastrophic earthquakes hit Turkiye and Syria where the death toll now surpassed 34,000, while hope of finding survivors is waning despite some unbelievable rescues. Thousands died in one of the deadliest natural disasters, and millions were left homeless amid extremely harsh weather. In the quake-hit regions, operations were conducted …
QATAR, Feb 8(EW): Qatar said Tuesday it will send 10,000 mobile homes to Türkiye and Syria after the violent earthquakes that struck the two countries. A statement by the Qatari Foreign Ministry said the move “is part of Qatari efforts to contribute to relieving the quake-affected people in Syria and Türkiye.” On Monday, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad …
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 27 (EW): Meta Platforms Inc said on Wednesday it will reinstate former US president Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks, following a two-year suspension after the deadly Capitol Hill riot on Jan 6, 2021. The restoration of his accounts could provide a boost to Trump, who announced in November he will make another …
JENIN, Jan 26 (EW): An Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp Thursday martyred nine Palestinians including an elderly woman, Palestinian officials said, also accusing the forces of using tear gas inside a hospital children’s ward. The death toll rose to “nine martyrs including an elderly woman,” the health ministry said, with multiple wounded. In a …
