Power is being gradually restored across Sri Lanka after a nationwide outage left buildings including hospitals having to rely on generators. Officials say it may take a few hours to get power back across the island nation, but medical facilities and water purification plants have been given priority. Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody reportedly blamed a […]
Some 4,900 yellow-spotted river turtles, also known as tracajás, have been released into the Igapó-Açu River, in Brazil. The threatened species lives in river basins in northern South America, and the Federal University of Amazonas has been running projects aimed at boosting turtle numbers for a decade. In that time, more than 70,000 turtles have […]
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News, London USGS The United States Geological Survey showed a map of the location of the earthquake – Tsunami warnings issued after a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the Caribbean Sea have been cancelled, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has said. Officials say the earthquake’s epicentre was about 20 miles (32.1km) north of […]
Laura Bicker China correspondent Xinhua/AP The landslide struck Jinping village in Sichuan province At least one person has died and 28 remain missing after a landslide in south-western China, according to Chinese state media. The landslide struck Jinping village in Sichuan province at 11:50 on Saturday (03:50 GMT) burying 10 houses and trapping several residents. […]
The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek, the country’s current leader has announced. Nujoma led the long fight for independence from South Africa in 1990 after helping found Namibia’s liberation movement known as the South West Peoples’ Organisation (Swapo) in the 1960s. After […]
Reuters Reports suggest Gazans are finding scenes of total destruction as they head home Israeli troops have withdrawn from the Netzarim Corridor – a military zone cutting off the north of the Gaza Strip from the south. Hundreds of Palestinians in cars and on carts laden with mattresses and other goods began returning to northern […]
Three more Israeli hostages have returned to Israel after being released by Hamas. Eli Sharabi, 52, Ohad Ben Ami, 56, and Or Levy, 34, were handed over to the Red-Cross in a highly-staged event in the Deir al-Balah area. In a statement, the Hostage Families Forum described the appearance of the men, who appeared thin […]
A total of 183 Palestinian prisoners have been released as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. In exchange, Hamas earlier handed over three Israeli hostages to the Red Cross. BBC Arabic Mohamed Taha said there were joyous scenes in the West Bank as those freed were reunited with their loved ones. The […]
Nikos Papanikolaou BBC News Getty Images On a calm summer day on Santorini in July 1956, disaster hit. “I remember our dog and bird acting strangely. Then, the earthquake struck,” 83-year-old Eirini Mindrinou recalls. “The house split open before closing again. Through the crack in the roof, I could see the sky.” The 7.8-magnitude earthquake, […]
BBC The third week of Donald Trump’s second term has been marked by more major action from the US president and his team. From announcing US goals on the future of Gaza and massively slashing the US agency for foreign aid to intervening in a golf dispute and banning transgender women from female sports competitions, […]