Colombia Landslide ‘killed 44 Children’
Dozens of children are among those killed in devastating mudslides in south-west Colombia, according to President Juan Manuel Santos. The total death toll has surpassed 200, with hundreds also...
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Big Clean-Up Under Way In Flood-Ravaged Australia
A massive clean-up was in full swing Monday as floodwaters receded across parts of Australia devastated by a cyclone, with residents and business owners returning to thick mud, piles of debris and...
Dozens of Children Among the Dead
Dozens of children are among those killed in devastating mudslides in south-west Colombia, according to President Juan Manuel Santos. The total death toll has surpassed 200, with hundreds also...
Search Continues For Survivors of Korean Freighter
Ships and aircraft from various countries were scouring the Atlantic Ocean for shipwreck survivors Sunday, after a distressed South Korean freighter apparently sank off the coast of Uruguay. The...
World Bank Backs Review of AMERI Deal
The World Bank has backed the government’s decision to review the AMERI power plant deal over concerns of generation capacity excesses. According to the Bank, Ghana’s current total electricity...
China To Create New Economic Zone Outside Beijing
China will create a new special economic zone outside Beijing similar to those established in Shenzhen and Shanghai, the government said, in a bid to boost flagging growth and reduce the strain on...
Australia Surveys Devastation
Australia is surveying the devastation wrought by Cyclone Debbie, which has flooded vast tracts "almost the size of Texas" and left at least three dead. Debbie has now blown out over the Tasman Sea...
Parliament Plans Gas Regulations
The Ministry of Energy is developing a Gas policy and other regulations that it hopes Parliament will pass before the close of year to provide transparency in the emerging gas sector, a Parliamentary...
Two Sailors Rescued From Korean Freighter Off Uruguay
Two Filipino sailors were rescued Saturday from a distressed South Korean freighter with 24 crew on board that had apparently sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, the Uruguayan navy said Saturday. Four...
At Least Two Dead, 26 Missing In Indonesia Landslide
At least two people were killed and 26 were feared buried under heavy mud after a landslide struck Indonesia, the national disaster agency said Sunday. Nineteen people were also injured when the...
Rescue Teams Race To Reach Survivors
Colombia's security forces say they are searching for hundreds of missing people after heavy mudslides left at least 254 dead. About 1,100 soldiers and police are involved in the rescue effort. Heavy...
China Takes Free Trade Zones Up To 11
China takes free trade zones (FTZ) up to 11, with seven new FTZs starting operation on Saturday. After an unveiling ceremony Saturday morning, contracts for 60 major projects totaling 80.2 billion...
Galamsey Will Be Dealt With ‘once and For All’ – Akufo-Addo Assures
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the solution to dealing with the destructive activities of illegal miners known as 'galamseyers' has to be comprehensive. He told journalists in Kumasi...
Huge Ship Vanishes In South Atlantic
A huge South Korean cargo ship which had 24 people on board has gone missing in the South Atlantic. Officials in Seoul said efforts were under way to rescue two sailors found on a life raft, Yonhap...
More Than 100 Die After Heavy Rains
Landslides have killed at least 112 people in south-west Colombia and left many more injured, says President Juan Manuel Santos. Hours of heavy rains overnight caused rivers to burst their banks,...
Machinery Alone Will Not Modernize Agriculture – Takpo Naa
Naa Widaana-Nanga II, Paramount Chief of Takpo Traditional Area, has said the provision of farm machinery and extension officers are vital to the development of a community. The Paramount Chief said...
S Korean Cargo Ship Stellar Daisy Vanishes In South Atlantic
A huge South Korean cargo ship which had 24 people on board has gone missing in the South Atlantic. Two Filipino sailors found on a life raft were rescued, AFP reported, citing a Uruguayan navy...
Australia Floodwaters Still Rising, Police Search For Missing
Floodwaters were still rising in eastern Australia on Sunday as emergency workers battled to restore water and electricity supplies in regions hardest hit by a powerful tropical cyclone. At least two...
More Than 100 Die As Putumayo Suffers Heavy Rain
Landslides have killed at least 112 people in south-west Colombia and left many more injured, says President Juan Manuel Santos. Hours of heavy rains overnight caused rivers to burst their banks,...
More Than 100 Die After Heavy Rain Hits South-West
Landslides have killed at least 112 people in south-west Colombia and left many more injured, says President Juan Manuel Santos. Hours of heavy rains overnight caused rivers to burst their banks,...