KARO, Indonesia,(APP/AFP) – Indonesian rescuers searched for survivors in scorched villages and devastated farmlands Monday after a volcano erupted in clouds of searing ash and gas, killing seven and leaving others fighting life-threatening burns. Witnesses have described sheer panic as waves of gas and fine rock were unleashed from Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island Saturday, […]
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Villages in ashes after deadly Indonesia volcano eruption
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Six dead, 500,000 flee as Cyclone Roanu hits Bangladesh
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, (APP/AFP) – Cyclone Roanu struck the Bangladesh coast on Saturday killing six people and forcing hundreds of thousands more to flee their homes as the storm unleashed strong winds and heavy downpours. Authorities took more than 500,000 people into shelters as the cyclone made landfall just after noon local time (0600 GMT), packing […]
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Solar Impulse 2 plane leaves Oklahoma on fuel-less flight
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – An experimental, solar-powered aircraft took off from Tulsa, in the midwestern US state of Oklahoma early Saturday, kicking off the latest phase of its record-breaking quest to circle the globe without consuming a drop of fuel. Solar Impulse 2, which aims to promote clean energy technologies, departed at 4:22 am (0922 GMT) […]
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Foreign climber dies after Mount Everest summit
KATHMANDU, (APP/AFP) – A foreign climber has died while returning from the summit of Mount Everest, expedition organisers said Saturday, the latest death to mar the ongoing climbing season in the Himalayas. The mountaineer, who has yet to be identified, died at Camp 4 after falling ill with altitude sickness late Friday as he descended […]
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Thirty die in road accidents in north India mountains
NEW DELHI, (APP/AFP) – Two deadly road accidents in India’s northern Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh killed at least 30 people and injured 24 others, police said Saturday. An overcrowded jeep fell into a gorge 1,000 feet (304 metres) deep early Saturday, killing 13 people in Kinnaur district, police said, about 200 kilometres (124 miles) […]
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Japan defence minister lodges complaint in Okinawa over US arrest
TOKYO, (APP/AFP) – Japan’s defence minister travelled to Okinawa to lodge a formal protest with the commander of the US military base there on Saturday after the arrest of a base employee linked to the suspicious death of a local woman. Gen Nakatani’s visit to the island comes just days before a high-profile trip to […]