VIENNA, (APP/AFP) – Natural disasters have caused more than $7 trillion (6.2 trillion euros) in economic damage worldwide since 1900, with floods and storms accounting for nearly 60 percent of the total, researchers said. The death toll from such natural calamities — which also include earthquakes, volcanoes, droughts, heatwaves and wildfires — topped eight million […]
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Natural disasters since 1900 ‘have cost $7 trillion’
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Extreme rain triggered health crisis on South Pacific island
MIAMI, (APP/AFP) – Extreme weather events are expected to strike more often due to climate change, and a study published Monday detailed how a 2014 storm triggered a health crisis on the Solomon Islands. The report in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine examined the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Ita, which drenched the capital, Honiara, […]
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S. Korea announces first state visit to Iran
SEOUL, (APP/AFP) – Park Geun-Hye will become the first South Korean president to visit Iran next month, her office announced Monday, as Seoul seeks new markets to turn around a lengthy decline in export revenues. The May 1-3 visit comes just months after a historic deal that cleared a path to lift sanctions crippling Iran’s […]
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US Assistant Secretary praises Pakistan government’s economic performance
WASHINGTON, (APP): Michael Kaplan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of US Treasury Department appreciated the performance of Pakistan’s economy during the past three years due to structural reforms carried out by the government. Heading the US Treasury team during a delegation level talks with Pakistani officials led by Finance Secretary Dr. Waqar Masood, the US official commended […]
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Bus carrying Indian artists crashes, killing 27
NEW DELHI, (APP/AFP) – At least 27 performing artists, one of them a child, were killed when their bus plunged into a deep gorge in eastern India, police said on Monday. The 40-strong troupe were returning from a performance late on Sunday when their bus steered off a hilly road and into a 76-metre (250-foot) […]
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Will and Kate end India trip with historic Taj Mahal visit
AGRA, India, (APP/AFP) – Prince William and his wife Kate arrived at the Taj Mahal Saturday, wrapping up their week-long trip to India and Bhutan with a visit that carries poignant echoes for Britain’s royal family. When the late Princess Diana was photographed sitting alone outside the tragic monument to love in 1992, it sparked […]