Rescuers search Japan quake rubble, Toyota to halt production
TOKYO: Rescue teams yesterday scoured the splintered remains of buildings destroyed by a series of deadly earthquakes in southern Japan…
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Twin quakes turn hills into deadly cascades of mud
MASHIKI, Japan: When powerful — and shallow — twin earthquakes struck southern Japan barely 24 hours apart, the verdant hills…
Preparations in ‘final stages’ for North Korea nuclear test
SEOUL: A surge in activity at North Korea’s atomic test site suggests preparations for a fifth nuclear test are in…
Airport protesters accuse HK leader of breaching safety rules
HONG KONG: More than 1,000 people staged a protest at Hong Kong airport yesterday over an alleged breach of aviation…
Search for Japan quake survivors intensifies as thousands evacuated from homes
TOKYO: The desperate search for survivors intensified on Sunday in the splintered remains of buildings destroyed by Japan’s deadly earthquake…
Major earthquake rocks Ecuador, killing at least 41
QUITO: Ecuador’s strongest earthquake in decades, a 7.8 magnitude tremor, struck off the Pacific coast on Saturday, killing at least…
North Korea’s fifth nuclear test seen imminent, increased movements at site
SEOUL: North Korea is likely to conduct its fifth nuclear test in the near future, possibly before its party congress…
Powerful 7.4 earthquake rocks Ecuador: USGS
QUITO: A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake shook Ecuador, the US Geological Survey reported, with the tremor strongly felt in the capital…