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At least 3 killed as 4.8 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali

It was mainly felt in the Karangasem and Bangli districts on the east side of the island, causing people to…

3 years ago

La Palma declared ‘disaster zone’ as Spanish govt pledges €10mn & island awaits potential toxic cloud from volcanic lava (VIDEOS)

The government’s disaster zone declaration on Tuesday means that millions in state resources can be freed to support emergency measures…

3 years ago

Taiwan blasts ‘arch criminal’ Beijing over its opposition to island’s parallel bid to join Asia-Pacific trade pact

The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the Chinese officials in a tersely worded statement on Thursday, insisting that…

3 years ago

NY gov releases nearly 200 detainees from crisis-ridden Rikers Island jail, where staff shortages saw inmates ‘running the asylum’

The Less Is More Act, as it’s called, is designed to end the re-imprisonment of individuals for “technical parole violations,”…

3 years ago

Evacuation launched after Greece’s Evia island is hit by second wildfire in two weeks

The fire began near the village of Fygia, forcing the evacuation of two neighboring areas. Outlining the scale of the…

3 years ago

Drone footage of Greece’s second-largest island shows path of destruction wrought by massive wildfires

Dramatic drone footage of Evia from RT’s Ruptly video agency shows vast tracts of forest still engulfed in flames or…

3 years ago

‘Disregard for human life’: BLM group rebukes Rhode Island Dem strategist who wished Covid death on Lindsey Graham

“In a time when many human lives have been lost to Covid-19 all across Rhode Island, this comment is extremely…

3 years ago

EU sends help to Italy as hundreds are evacuated from island of Sardinia amid wildfires raging for days (VIDEOS)

More than 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres) of forest and land have been devastated on Sardinia as wildfires raged through the…

3 years ago

‘Coon Island’ renamed by Australian councilors despite local opposition after name deemed ‘genuinely racist’

On Monday, councilors from Lake Macquarie, a city on Australia’s east coast, voted 8-5 in favor of scrapping the monikers…

3 years ago

Over 160 unmarked graves found on island where infamous residential school branded ‘Canada’s Alcatraz’ stood – indigenous group

Representatives of the Penelakut tribe confirmed that the graves had been found on the “grounds and foreshore” of the territory,…

3 years ago