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Desperate search for survivors begins after India’s glacier disaster
TAPOVAN: Indian rescue workers struggled on Tuesday to dig away tonnes of rocks and mud to reach survivors in a…
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Indian glacier disaster leaves 26 dead, over 170 missing
TAPOVAN: Twenty-six people were confirmed dead on Monday and more than 170 others were missing after a devastating flash flood…
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200 go missing in India after flash flooding
NEW DELHI: At least 200 people were missing in northern India after a piece of Himalayan glacier fell into a…
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Hunt for buried survivors after Indonesia quake
Rescuers scrambled to find buried survivors on Saturday after a powerful earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island killed dozens, injured hundreds and left…
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Indonesia earthquake kills at least 35, injures hundreds
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on Friday, with the meteorological…
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Snow blizzard kills four, brings much of Spain to a standstill
MADRID: A persistent blizzard has blanketed large parts of Spain with 50-year record levels of snow, killing at least four…
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Asia
450 schools shut as pollution chokes Thai capital
Authorities in the Thai capital ordered nearly 450 schools to close on Wednesday as pollution levels reached dangerously unhealthy levels.…
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Environment
Oil spill threatens rare dolphin’s breeding zone in Bangladesh
An oil spill on a river in southeast Bangladesh has threatened the breeding ground of the critically endangered Ganges dolphin,…
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California’s wind-driven blaze spurs massive evacuation
Authorities in Northern California ordered 180,000 residents to flee their homes on Sunday as historic winds fueled a wildfire in…
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China
18 die as typhoon hits east China
Waves several metres high hit the coastline as the storm made landfall in Zhejiang province, south of Shanghai. The deaths…
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