Earthquake: Two dead after Japan hit by tremor

Two million homes initially lost power and a bullet train was derailed, but none of its passengers were hurt. The Japan Meteorological ... a city official told AFP news agency he had been woken ... Read More

Two feared dead in light plane crash

Two people were feared dead after a light plane crashed into a ... near Main Street. "Police, fire and ambulance were all called to the scene." She said the plane is understood to have taken ... Read More

Six dead, several feared trapped as 155 earthquakes hit Japan in a day

Tens of thousands of people had been ordered to evacuate, according to the fire and disaster management agency, cited by Kyodo. TOKYO: Japan has been ... with news footage showing toppled ... Read More

Anambra: Two feared dead as unknown gunmen attack Agulu-Uzoigbo

A viral video of the attack seen by DAILY POST on Tuesday showed two persons lying along the road. A man who spoke in Igbo language, believed to be a gunman, said, “You have seen what the ... Read More

Stowaway snake causes delay for bullet train in Japan

One of Japan's famously punctual high-speed bullet trains experienced a rare 17-minute delay when a snake was found in a passenger car. Read More

Powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Taiwan, causing buildings to collapse, small tsunami in Japan

HUALIEN FIRE DEPARTMENT/AFP via Getty Images Commuters on a Taipei Mass Rapid Transit platform as a train ... 7.2-magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan, with tsunami warnings issued in US and Japan. Read More

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By Lara Jakes Horses Run Loose Through Central London in Surreal Spectacle Having a team in the world ... the devastating fire in 2019. The administration’s top drug official, Rahul Gupta ... Read More

Quake off Fukushima coast leaves two dead, many injured

A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted Japan’s northeast coast off Fukushima late on Wednesday, leaving two dead and 94 injured ... Separately, a Shinkansen bullet train derailed with ... Read More

2 people found dead in Madison Heights house fire killed in murder-suicide, police say

(CBS DETROIT) - Madison Heights police say the two people who were found dead in a house fire Wednesday morning are believed to have died in a murder-suicide. The Madison Heights Fire Department ... Read More

World on Fire

Season 2 picks up in late 1940. World on Fire’s return will take viewers from the war-torn streets of Britain deep into Nazi Germany, the resistance within occupied France, and the brutal sands ... Read More

Snake on a bullet train causes rare railway delay in Japan

Almost nothing stops Japan’s famous high-speed bullet trains from running exactly on time – but a tiny snake slithering through a passenger carriage will do the trick, albeit for just 17 minutes. Read More

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HUALIEN, Taiwan — Rescue teams are searching for a family of five feared trapped in a rockslide following Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in 25 years, which has left at least 12 dead. Two bodies ... Read More