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(The Spectator - Mary Wakefield) - Tom leant back against the bathroom wall, his face streaked with blood from the nosebleed, eyes half shut like an owl. ‘I’m passing out,’ he said. Then his legs gave way and he slumped to the floor. ‘Tom?…

 GAZA CITY, July 17, 2014 (AFP) - Israel and Hamas have agreed to a UN request to briefly halt hostilities Thursday on humanitarian grounds, after an Israeli strike killed four Palestinian children on a beach, while efforts intensify to…

MANILA - As of 16 July, Typhoon Rammasun (known locally as Glenda) has affected an estimated 93,860 families (450,690 people) in four regions (IV-A, IV-B, V and VIII), based on initial reports by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and…

MANILA - The Philippine Red Cross has placed its disaster response teams on standby for rapid deployment and preparedness stocks ready for dispatch, as required. The first typhoon expected to make landfall since the beginning of the…

NEW DELHI  – The Government of India, the Government of Odisha and the World Bank today signed a $153 million credit agreement to help the state build disaster resilient houses, improve the slums and city level infrastructure as well as…

THE PHILIPPINES - Intermittent heavy rains that started in early June caused flooding in low-lying areas of Maguindanao province, which declared a state of calamity. The Regional, Provincial and Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and…

Benedict “Dinky” de Borja has been a volunteer Firefighter + Medic for the Pateros Filipino-Chinese Volunteer Fire and Rescue Brigade for the last 5 years. He helps Dr. Sixto Carlos on topics such as Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, as…

Dr. Hussam A.B. Naser, Thesis work from the European Master in Disaster Medicine Hajj season is a huge mass gathering for Muslims in Mecca every year in the same place and time, this mass gathering carries many risks that need to be…

Benedict “Dinky” de Borja has been a volunteer Firefighter + Medic for the Pateros Filipino-Chinese Volunteer Fire and Rescue Brigade for the last 5 years. He helps Dr. Sixto Carlos on topics such as Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, as…

"Cut the red light, give way to the ambulance behind you!" is the new indian spot to educate motorist about the respect of the ambulance signal. Here below the article of Little Yadav on dnaindia.com about the project supported by the…