SUZU, Japan — His face hidden under a humble straw hat, the man stood silent, watching several helmeted rescue workers carefully lift his wife’s body from the rubble,…
Read more Scenes of loss play out across Japan's western coastline after quake kills 78, dozens still missingFirefighters extinguish a fire in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, early on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. Soichiro Koriyama | Bloomberg | Getty Images At least 30 people were killed…
Read more Japan quake toll hits 30 as rescuers race to find survivorsANCHORAGE, Alaska — A cargo vessel carrying lithium-ion batteries has been ordered to continue to Alaska after a fire was reported in its cargo hold. The U.S. Coast…
Read more Cargo ship carrying lithium ion batteries ordered to continue to Alaska despite a fire in cargo holdDENVER — Firefighters in the Denver metro area responded to the second large fire at an Aurora construction site in three days on Saturday. Officials have not yet…
Read more Large fire burns second residential construction site in three days in Denver suburbNAIROBI, Kenya — A power blackout hit Kenya on Sunday evening, paralyzing large parts of the country, and the transport minister called for an investigation into “possible acts…
Read more Much of Kenya falls into darkness in the third nationwide power blackout in 3 monthsNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers cleaned up Sunday from severe weekend storms and tornadoes that killed six people and sent more to the hospital…
Read more Tennessee residents clean up after severe weekend storms killed 6 people and damaged neighborhoodsNEW DELHI — The rescue mission was expected to last only a few days. Instead, it took 17 days to reach 41 construction workers who were trapped when…
Read more Why it took 17 days for rescuers in India to get to 41 workers trapped in a mountain tunnelGreek authorities say an operation is underway to find 13 members of a cargo ship that sank off the island of Lesbos in stormy seas ByDEMETRIS NELLAS Associated…
Read more 13 crew members missing after a cargo ship sinks off a Greek island in stormy seasJUNEAU, Alaska — A landslide that ripped down a heavily forested mountainside in southeast Alaska killed a girl, injured a woman and left five other people missing as…
Read more Girl dead, woman rescued, 5 missing after landslide hits small Alaska community, official saysRescuers are digging through dirt and parts of a collapsed road tunnel to reach 40 workers trapped by a landslide in northern India ByBISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press November…
Read more Rescuers dig to reach 40 workers trapped in collapsed road tunnel in north IndiaFrench power network operator Enedis says one of its technicians was killed as it battles to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes in the wake of…
Read more French power supplier says technician killed as it battles damage from Storm CiaránACAPULCO, Mexico — Estela Sandoval Díaz was huddled in her tiny concrete bathroom, sure these were the final moments of her life, when Hurricane Otis ripped off her…
Read more Two hours of terror and now years of devastation for Acapulco’s poor in Hurricane Otis aftermathACAPULCO, Mexico — Estela Sandoval Díaz was huddled in her tiny concrete bathroom, sure these were the final moments of her life, when Hurricane Otis ripped off her…
Read more Two hours of terror and now years of devastation for Acapulco’s poor in Hurricane Otis aftermathThe White House is asking lawmakers for more than $23 billion in emergency funding to help the government respond to the natural disasters that have ripped through the…
Read more White House wants more than $23 billion from Congress to respond to natural disastersWASHINGTON — The White House is preparing Friday to direct federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no…
Read more White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for fundingUNITED NATIONS — A global hunger crisis has left more than 700 million people not knowing when or if they will eat again, and demand for food is…
Read more More than 700 million people don’t know when — or if — they will eat again, UN food chief saysAn earthquake has sown destruction and devastation in Morocco, where death and injury counts continue to rise as rescue crews dig out people both alive and dead in…
Read more What to know about the Morocco earthquake and the efforts to helpAn earthquake has sown destruction and devastation in Morocco, where death and injury counts continue to rise as rescue crews dig out people both alive and dead in…
Read more What to know about the Morocco earthquake and the efforts to helpMARRAKECH, Morocco — A magnitude 3.9 aftershock rattled Moroccans on Sunday as they prayed for victims of the nation’s strongest earthquake in more than a century and worked…
Read more A magnitude 3.9 aftershock rattles Morocco as rescuers seek survivors in ancient cities and townsMARRAKECH, Morocco — Moroccans worked Sunday to rescue survivors and prayed for victims of the nation’s strongest earthquake in more than a century, while soldiers and workers brought…
Read more In ancient cities and mountain towns, rescuers seek survivors from Morocco’s quake of the century
