South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground
The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine
South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...
Rescuers try to free men trapped in South African gold mine with scores reported dead
The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...
Rescuers bring out survivors and dead from a South African mine as hundreds remain deep underground
Authorities launched an operation in November to force the illegally operating miners out by cutting off food and water from ...
A startup city in Kenya tries to tackle Africa’s problem of urbanizing while poor
Tatu City outside Kenya's capital is a startup city, privately owned and with aspirations of eventually having a population ...
Japan hit by 6.9 quake near feared Nankai Trough region
Southwestern Japan has been hit by a strong earthquake in a region that had been the subject of the country's first ever ...
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Japan's Nuclear Plants Rattled As Magnitude 6.9 Quake Hits Hyuga-Nada
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 ...
Meet The Extinct Monkeys That ‘Rafted’ Across The Atlantic Over 30 Million Years Ago
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.
Charity's water kits help disaster-hit communities
A project started in the aftermath of a devastating tsunami 20 years ago has seen 22,400 water survival boxes delivered ...
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Breakpoint: Natural disasters and the problem of evil and suffering
Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a tsunami arising in the Indian Ocean devastated areas of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, ...
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Sea nomads in Thailand who survived the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 are slowly losing their identity
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 ...
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Tears, prayers as Asia mourns tsunami dead 20 years on
"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.