Millions of people are dying without clean water or sanitation.
NEW YORK- The lack of drinking clean water and sanitation is decreasing by its population, which is causing millions of people to die, United Nations warned in a report issued Thursday March 13, 2023. The report finds that across the globe 7.78 billion people are water-insecure and do not have enough clean water or sanitation in their homes. On the second day of a U.N. conference on ...
Turkey and Syria death toll over 17,000
Live Updates: Death toll; rescues in quake-hit Turkey, Syria The Latest on the earthquake: Feb 9, 2023 6:04 AM By The Associated Press Eds: UPDATES: This story has been updated with Syria appealing for help, and Erdogan promising to rebuild homes. With AP Photos. Rescuers pulled more survivors from beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings Thursday, but hopes were starting to fade of finding many more people alive more than three days after a catastrophic earthquake and series ...
Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills more than 3,400
Update, February 7, 2023 9:27am death toll surpasses 5,000. Feb 6, 2023 4:13 PM 3 minute read AZMARIN, Syria (AP) — A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 3,400 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds...
Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne
By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. The palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal family had rushed to her side after her health took a t...
WNBA’s Brittney Griner appeals her Russian prison sentence
MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal of her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession, Russian news agencies reported Monday, amid talks between the U.S. and Russia that could lead to a high-profile prisoner swap. Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convic...
The Afghan War is over.
BY JIM GARAMONE, DOD NEWS The last military planes have left Kabul and the evacuation operation is over, Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command told Pentagon reporters today. "I'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the end of the military mission to evacuate American citizens, third-country nationals, and vulnerable A...
Iranians shift protests against Unites States to Pro-Regime Iranian government after downing of Ukraine plane
Iranian protesters on the streets of Tehran are shifting their anger from the U.S. to their own leaders as a result of the accidental take down of the Ukrainian jet on January 8th. The citizens of Iran are upset about the incompetence of the Iranian leaders due to the fact that the plane was taken down by their military. The protests, encouraged by Iranian government officials, began taking pla...
WHO names deadly coronavirus COVID19; The number of infected people is on the rise as experts question China’s numbers
Infectious disease expert, Dr. William Schaffer of Vanderbilt University, weighs in on the complications of getting accurate counts of infected person on the mainland of China. Confirmed cases of the virus rose to 63,851 in mainland China, an increase of 5,090 from a day earlier, according to the National Health Commission. The death toll stood at 1,380, up 121.
Three American firefighting airplane crew member killed fighting fires in Australia
SYDNEY (AP) — Three American firefighting airplane crew members were killed Thursday when the C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker they were in crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia, officials said. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the deaths in the state's Snowy Monaro region, which came as Australia grapples with an unprecedented fire season that has left...
Australia’s wildfires continue to be as destructive as they were in December.
The wildfires in Australia have spread around the country like a virus. Since December of 2019, there have been wildfires ravaging Australia. Australia is the world’s smallest continent, being only a bit smaller than the continental United States.November is the traditional wildfire/bushfire season in Australia.Call the Wildfire Season because the temperatures rises and the air loses its humi...
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Secretary of Defense Jonathan Hoffman releases statement about Iraqi base air strike
IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Statement From Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Jonathan Hoffman In response to repeated Kata'ib Hizbollah (KH) attacks on Iraqi bases that host Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) coalition forces, U.S. forces have conducted precision defensive strikes against five KH facilities in Iraq and Syria that will degrade KH's ability to conduct futu...
Breaking News: Iraqi supporters of Iran-backed militia attack US Embassy
Dec 31, 2019 4:11AM CST Reported by: QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday after smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, prompting tear gas and sounds of gunfire. An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw flames rising from inside the compound...
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