Tripoli, Libya has been hit by at least 20 successive airstrikes by NATO aircraft on Tuesday, the heaviest aerial attack so far mounted against Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi’s stronghold. Col. Gadhafi’s compound in Tripoli, Libya was not directly targeted but areas close to it were hit and fire and smoke were seen shortly after the […]
Tropical storm Songda is likely to gather strength into a super typhoon as it headed for landfall in the eastern Philippines. Named by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) as “Chedeng” as it entered the Philippine area of responsibility, the tropical storm was spotted 540 kilometers east of Borongan, Samar island. Songda/Chedeng […]
Parents rallied today in Tokyo against the revised nuclear safety standards in schools. They say they are putting the children’s safety at risk. Japanese children are now allowed to be exposed to 20 times the radiation that was permissible before the March 11 tsunami caused a catastrophe at the Fukushima nuclear plant. There were 400 […]
A massive tornado tore down residents’ homes in a small town of United States which killed at least 89 people. Weather officials say the tornado hit the town of Joplin, Missouri at dinnertime on Sunday (local time). It left a path of destruction nearly 1 kilometre wide through the heart of the town, which has […]
The Iceland volcano eruption last year caused airport services to shut down and flights cancelled across Europe. Now, another one of the country’s restive volcanoes is at it again after staying quiet since 2004. The latest Iceland volcano eruption is by Grimsvotn in the Vatnajokull icecap located at the highlands of Iceland. It sent a […]
Children’s Tylenol dosage instructions for kids younger than 2 years old need to be added to the said product and other over-the-counter medications containing acetaminophen, the Food and Drug Administration said today. A panel of health experts voted 21-0 to add Children’s Tylenol dosage for 6-month to 2-year-old kids to ensure safety and […]
Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull padded his overall Formula One championship lead to 41 points by edging Lewis Hamilton by a slim 0.6 seconds at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. It was the fourth win in five Grand Prix races so far this season for Sebastian Vettel, who is off to a good start […]
13 people were killed and 74 people were wounded in Baghdad this Sunday (May 22, 2011) by explosions, including a suicide bombing targeting Iraqi troops in the North capital, security officials said. Violence in Iraq dropped since the height of Secretarian conflict four years ago, but bombings, assassinations and other attacks are carried out daily […]
On Sunday, a spokeswoman for Keflavik International Airport said a volcanic eruption in Iceland forced the closure of airspace over and around the country’s main airport. “The airport itself is not closed, but no planes will be taking off or landing,” Hjordis Gudmunsdottir told CNN, saying officials would reassess the situation later on Sunday. According […]
Smallpox eradication has been declared officially by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1979 but some countries have chosen to store some samples purportedly to develop medications against bioterrorism. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a Russian government laboratory has the last known smallpox virus samples. A panel of experts from […]
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