2013

The death toll of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in the Philippines rose to 144 on Wednesday. The quake took place on Tuesday, injuring 291 people and frightening many who were celebrating religious festivals. Tuesday in fact marked the start…

The Brazilian Heath Service will provide free treatment for AIDS sufferers and use early preventive measures to avoid third-party contagion. Over 100,000 sufferers will therefore be examined and start treatment before the end of the year.…

Lima, Peru – A makeshift bus carrying 51 Quechua Indians back from a party in south-eastern Peru plunged off a cliff into a river, killing everyone on board, including 14 children. The accident happened on Friday night as the bus was…

Fourteen people dead and hundreds of flights cancelled as a result of the approach of typhoon Wipha, which is expected to strike the area around Tokyo today. A local government spokesperson in Oshima, a small island 120 km south of Tokyo,…

A multi-tasking vehicle able to tackle any terrain in any weather. The Rumanian company Ghe-o, specialist in the development and production of off-road vehicles, unveils Rescue, the next evolution of its Predator project. Rescue is…

Would you manage to survive for 19 days alone in the forest? What would you do? These are the questions that 72-year-old Gene Penaflor had to face after losing his hunting partner in the Mendocino Forest of California. He answered the…

For the first time since the end of the Second World War, the Red Cross willset up a food aid programme for the British population. The international humanitarian organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, aims to respond to the increase in…

"Together to serve our community": the motto of first responders from Essex in Vermont mirrors their spirit of service and sacrifice when intervening in any scenario. But after so much sacrifice, here are the responders as you’ve…

A passenger with absolutely no previous flying experience safely lands an aircraft after the pilot falls unconscious and collapses on the controls. This news story from the English skies reminds us of Airport '77 the US forerunner of the…

Dhaka, Bangladesh – A fire that broke out on Tuesday night in a clothing factory just outside the capital killed at least 10 people, according to official sources. A spokesman for the firefighting department stated that 10 bodies were…