Authorities now believe that nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally in the mine near the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, since August last year.
More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.
The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...
A tsunami warning was issued on Monday after the magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Hyuga-nada Sea off the coast of the Japanese island of Kyushu at a depth of 18.6 miles at 7.19 E.T., the Japan ...
Once found in the jungles of Africa, researchers in South America have now discovered links tying these extinct primates to the continent—painting an incredible story of survival against the odds.
A project started in the aftermath of a devastating tsunami 20 years ago has seen 22,400 water survival boxes delivered ...
A new Netflix series making its own waves centers on the scenario of a volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands off west Africa. A mega tsunami more powerful than any ...
PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with ...
"I thought it was doomsday," said Hasnawati, a 54-year-old teacher who goes by one name, at the Indonesian mosque that was damaged by the tsunami ... (56 miles) south of Colombo.
Join our Whatsapp channel BANDA ACEH: Tearful mourners prayed and lit candles on Thursday at ceremonies across Asia to remember the 220,000 people killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit ...
A frame of a homemade video shows tourists caught by the first of six tsunami rolling towards Hat ... Thailand and west towards Sri Lanka, India, and Africa—eventually reaching the ...
December 26, 2024, marks the 20th year since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The tsunami generated ... the fault tearing from Sumatra in the south to Coco Islands in the north.