Yearly Archives: 2024
Amazon under siege
BOGOTA (AP) - 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome...
Mount Lewotobi in Indonesia erupts, flight alert issued
JAKARTA (XINHUA) - Mount Lewotobi, located in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted on Saturday, prompting the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center to...
Hope rekindled
GOLAN HEIGHTS (AP) - The four sisters gathered by the side of the road, craning their necks to peer far beyond the razor wire-reinforced...
Monkey mayhem
UPI - A South African security firm reported that a thieving monkey was the unexpected culprit behind a panic alarm at a home in...
One good thing
AP - The news can be tough in a world often marked by suffering, disaster and war. Sometimes you need to stop and remember...
South Korea plane crashes with 181 aboard
MUAN (AFP) - A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival yesterday, smashing into a barrier and...
Shark kills man fishing in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
SYDNEY (AFP) - A shark has attacked and killed a 40-year-old pastor who was fishing with his family in the waters of Australia’s Great...
Tornadoes kill two, injure six
HOUSTON (AP) - At least two people were killed and six more injured as several tornadoes touched down in Texas and Mississippi, United States...
Five injured as train hits fire truck on Florida tracks
AP - Three firefighters and a dozen passengers were injured in Florida, United States (US) when a fire truck with its lights flashing drove...
Trump sides with Musk over worker visas
AFP - Donald Trump weighed in last weekend in a bitter debate dividing his traditional supporters and tech barons such as Elon Musk, saying...