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Magnitude 6.4 quake hits N Calif, 2 dead, thousands without power

December 21, 2022

The collapsed second-story porch of a house is seen after a strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern California, in Rio Dell, California, US Dec 20, 2022. (FRED GREAVES / REUTERS) RIO DELL, California – A powerful magnitude 6.4 earthquake jolted the extreme northern coast of California before...

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Sweden refuses to share Nord Stream probe results with Russia

October 11, 2022

Aerial photo provided by the Swedish Coast Guard on Sept 28, 2022 shows the fourth leak on Nord Stream 2 pipeline in Sweden's exclusive economic zone. (THE SWEDISH COAST GUARD / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) STOCKHOLM – Sweden will not share the findings of the crime scene investigation with Russia following...

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Hurricane Ian hits Florida’s Gulf Coast with catastrophic fury

September 29, 2022

A flooded street is seen in downtown as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in southwestern Florida, in Fort Myers, Florida, US on Sept 28, 2022. (MARCO BELLO / REUTERS) VENICE, Florida – Hurricane Ian plowed into Florida's Gulf Coast with catastrophic force on Wednesday, unleashing howling winds, torrential rains and a...

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11 dead after Haitian migrant vessel capsizes near Puerto Rico

May 14, 2022

This handout image released via Twitter by the US Coast Guard Seventh District shows Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection and Puerto Rico Police units respond to capsized illegal voyage, north of Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico on May 12, 2022. (US COAST GUARD / HANDOUT / AFP) MIAMI - At...

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13 dead, 10 missing as two migrant boats sink off Tunisia

April 11, 2022

An African woman, waiting for a chance to cross to Europe, sits on a dock in Sidi Mansour, about 270km southeast of the capital Tunis, on April 22, 2021. (FETHI BELAID / AFP) TUNIS - At least 13 African migrants died when their boats sank off Tunisia, judicial official Mourad...

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Tunisia retrieves 20 bodies off northeast coast

March 21, 2022

Migrants rescued by Tunisia's national guard during an attempted crossing of the Mediterranean by boat, rest on the beach at the port of el-Ketef in Ben Guerdane in southern Tunisia near the border with Libya, on January 6, 2022. (FATHI NASRI / AFP) TUNIS - The number of bodies recovered...

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Passenger found alive on Greece-Italy ferry after blaze

February 21, 2022

Firefighting vessels work to extinguish a fire onboard the Italian-flagged ferry Euroferry Olympia, off the Greek Ionian island of Corfu on Feb 19, 2022. (VOULA PAPPA / IN TIME NEWS / IN TIME NEWS / AFP) CORFU, Greece - A passenger listed as missing after a blaze swept through a...

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California govt proclaims state of emergency due to oil spill

October 6, 2021

A sign posted on the sand reads "Oil Rig Archy," after oil washed up on Huntington Beach, Calif., on Oct 3, 2021. A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday, to contain the crude before it spread further...

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Heavy rains pound Gulf Coast as hurricane Nicholas makes landfall

September 15, 2021

A man climbs between highway signs on a portion of Interstate 676 after flooding from heavy rains from hurricane Ida in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sep 2, 2021 . (PHOTO/ AFP) HOUSTON - Heavy rains fell across the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana on Tuesday as tropical storm Nicholas strengthened...

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US Navy helicopter crashes off San Diego coast, 5 missing

September 2, 2021

In this Nov 19, 2019 photo, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Strait of Hormuz as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lifts off from the flight deck. (STEPHANIE CONTRERAS / US NAVY / AFP) A military helicopter took off from the USS Abraham Lincoln and later crashed into...

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Ivory Coast starts Ebola vaccinations after case reported

August 18, 2021

An agent of the National Institute of Public Hygiene vaccinates a doctor against the Ebola virus, at the University Hospital of Cocody during a vaccination operation of health personnel after the first Ebola patient was brought in, in Cocody, Ivory Coast on Aug 16, 2021. (SIA KAMBOU / AFP) Ivory...

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Ivory Coast’s Ouattara meets rival for first time since 2010

July 29, 2021

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, right, shakes hands with his predecessor and former rival Laurent Gbagbo, left, at the presidential palace in Abidjan, on July 27, 2021 during their first talks since Gbagbo returned last month from Europe after a nearly 10-year absence. (PHOTO / AFP) Ivory Coast’s President Alassane...

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Win for Ivorian ruling party bolsters Ouattara’s authority

March 11, 2021

Workers of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) count ballots after the closure of the polling stations during the legislative elections, in Abidjan, on March 6, 2021. (ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) Ivory Coast’s ruling party retained its parliamentary majority in elections held last weekend, bolstering President Alassane Ouattara’s hold on power...

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At least 39 die as two migrant boats sink off Tunisia

March 10, 2021

This file photo taken on Aug 29, 2020 shows rescued migrants being transferred at the commercial port of Lampedusa from the Coast Guard patrol boat "CP-319". (MAURO SEMINNARA / AFP) TUNIS - At least 39 migrants died when two boats sank off Tunisia on Tuesday as they tried to cross...