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At least 65 people have died and hundreds of others have been injured as a result of the powerful earthquake. It triggered landslides and shook buildings in southwestern China, state media reported on Tuesday. There are at least 16 people

In south Korea, Typhoon Hinnamnor made landfall on Tuesday, leaving thousands displaced and one dead, authorities said. Reuters reports that the typhoon left the Korean peninsula around 7:10 a.m. after landing in Geoje, off the coast of Ulsan in the

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province on Monday according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC), the strongest earthquake to hit the region since 2017. More than 30 people were killed as a result of the earth quake,

As Pakistan deals with a relief and rescue operation of near unprecedented scale, the death toll from the cataclysmic floods continued to rise on Saturday with 57 more deaths, 25 of them children. Reuters reported that a high-level relief committee

Several parts of eastern Australia were under severe weather and flood warnings on Sunday, months after the country’s east coast was devastated by massive floods. Reuters reported that extreme weather in Queensland and New South Wales killed at least 13

About 100 homes were destroyed and thousands of residents were evacuated by a wildfire in rural Northern California, according to fire officials. At least two people were injured and thousands of homes were destroyed, officials said. We are heading into

Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, has commissioned India’s first home-built aircraft carrier, which underlines his government’s efforts to boost domestic production in order to create the necessary infrastructure to supply a military deployed along two contentious borders. Modi commissioned

Angelica Bourgoin strokes Janus the tortoise’s shell, whispering to him quietly as he scuttles in his pen. She prepares to celebrate his 25th birthday with his two heads rubbing together. Reuters reports that Janus, who also possesses two hearts, two

New York authorities are posting signs declaring Times Square a Gun-Free Zone amid the bright lights and electronic billboards. As part of a sweeping change in state law coming into effect Thursday, scores of “sensitive” places, including parks, churches, and

The Vice President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner managed to escape unharmed after a man fired a loaded gun inches from her head. Reports from Reuters state that the attack, which the economy minister called an assassination attempt, comes