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Nepal floods, landslides leave 23 dead, dozens missing

11 Jul 2020

Heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides that killed at least 23 people and displaced thousands in western Nepal, officials said on Saturday. Nine people were killed and more...

Japan floods leave 20 dead; rescue operations continue

05 Jul 2020

Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left about 20 people confirmed or presumed dead hampered search and rescue operations on Sunday in southern Japan, including at elderly...

14 feared dead in nursing home as heavy rain lashes western Japan

04 Jul 2020

Fourteen people were feared dead at a nursing home in western Japan on Saturday as record rainfall triggered massive floods and landslides, forcing authorities to issue evacuation advisories for more than...

Five killed, 1 missing as floods hit northwest Turkey

22 Jun 2020

Flash floods caused by torrential rains in northwest Turkey have left at least five people dead, officials said on Monday. The floods hit the town of Kestel, in...

Dozens killed as China hit by floods, rainstorms

11 Jun 2020

Floods and mudslides in south China have uprooted hundreds of thousands of people and left dozens dead or missing, state media reported Thursday. The bad weather has wreaked...

Two missing, 2,600 in shelters as Cyclone Tino hits Fiji

18 Jan 2020

Tropical Cyclone Tino strengthened to a Category Two storm on Saturday and was heading towards Tonga after battering Fiji where two people were missing and more than 2,000 fled to...

Two dead, more than 2,500 evacuated as Cyclone Sarai lashes Fiji

29 Dec 2019

Tropical Cyclone Sarai was moving slowly away from Fiji on Sunday, leaving two people dead and more than 2,500 needing emergency shelter. The cyclone damaged houses, crops and trees, cut...

Nato summit must focus on the alliance’s future role

01 Dec 2019

Nick Witney, The Independent Next week, the Nato heads of state and government will gather in the UK for the organisation’s 70th anniversary. On past form, a festival of celebration...

Soaring high

04 Oct 2019

It was a moment of great joy for all us in this country, to see Emirati astronaut Hazzaa Al Mansoori return to earth, after his successful space mission. His stay...

Heart of a lion

04 Oct 2019

The names of Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame have returned to the headlines again. Wilson has been remembered in laudatory obituaries after his death this week at the age of...

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