Canadians swell streets after hockey win
Thousands of Canadians turned the streets of Vancouver into rivers of red in jubilant celebration of the country’s Olympic gold-medal win in men’s ice hockey.
At least 55 dead, as storm batters Europe
A winter storm named “Xynthia” battered the western coast of Europe Sunday, its high winds downing trees and power lines and leaving as many as 55 people dead, authorities said.
Deadly storm batters Europe
A winter storm named “Xynthia” battered the western coast of Europe Sunday, its high winds downing trees and power lines and leaving as many as 53 people dead, authorities said.
Chile quake death toll tops 700
Nervous residents in Chile’s capital woke up Sunday morning to more aftershocks, a day after one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the world in decades struck. TSUNAMI WARNINGS CANCELED |
Chileans fear of aftershocks
Nervous residents in Chile’s capital woke up Sunday morning to more aftershocks, a day after one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the world in decades struck. TSUNAMI WARNINGS CANCELED |
Al Qaeda group says it kidnapped Italian man, wife
Al Qaeda’s north African wing has released a picture of an Italian man whom it says it has kidnapped and has set a 25-day deadline for the Italian government to meet its demands.
Autopsy: Hamas leader drugged, suffocated
The British Embassy in Israel plans to interview the British nationals whose identities were stolen and passports used in a plot to kill a Hamas leader.
Spain: Basque ETA chief arrested
Police arrested the suspected top leader of the Basque separatist group ETA early Sunday along with two other senior suspects from the outlawed armed group, Spain’s Interior Ministry said.
19 killed in firecracker explosion in China
A celebration of China’s lunar new year turned deadly as a firecracker explosion killed 19 and wounded dozens, state media reported Saturday.
Massive quake hits Chile
A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, killing at least 147 people and triggering tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific basin.