Three bodies were found Monday in the rubble following an explosion that collapsed a building in the southern French city of Marseille, bringing the confirmed death toll to five as rescuers continued searching for three more people who are unaccounted-for. Two other
The bodies of two more migrants who died trying to cross from Canada into the United States, were found Friday, bringing the death toll to eight, including two children, police in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne said. The bodies of six people,
It’s well-known that COVID-19 protocols caused financial hardship — particularly among lower- and middle-class families — and now a new study highlights the toll those struggles took on children’s mental health. A new study led by researchers from Columbia University and Weill
Russia is set for a “10 percent decline in births” this calendar year as tens of thousands of young men die in Ukraine, experts have warned. United Nations population projections updated last year show Russia’s population is already long past its peak
The death toll from New Zealand’s cyclone reached eight on Friday with more than 4,500 people still unaccounted for four days after the nation’s most destructive weather event in decades brought widespread flooding, landslides and power outages, the prime minister said. Cyclone
The United Nations regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syrian crisis said Thursday that the country’s death toll from last week’s deadly earthquake is likely to rise further as teams scramble to remove rubble in hard-hit areas. In an interview with The Associated
Hong Kong’s government announced Thursday that the territory’s population dropped for a third straight year as deaths rose during the pandemic and anti-virus measures reduced the number of arriving workers, but did not mention an exodus of residents sparked by a crackdown
Britain pledged another £25million for quake-hit Turkey and Syria yesterday, as victims were amazingly found alive after 220 hours. The latest cash brings the total UK support to £42.8million. It will give emergency relief to families made homeless in freezing conditions after
The death toll from this week’s devastating earthquakes in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria is expected to surpass 56,000 people, United Nations emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths said. “I think it is difficult to estimate precisely as we need to get under
Rescue workers from Turkey’s disaster agency AFAD have been desperately searching for more survivors amid the rubble provoked by Monday’s earthquakes on their fifth day of operations. The three earthquakes that struck the Turkish city of Gaziantep at its epicentre with magnitudes