Taiwan can do more after quake on Lombok

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:19:00 +0200taipeitimes (en)

The magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Lombok on Aug. 5 has killed more than 430 people, injured more than 1,400 and left about 270,000 people homeless. The day after the earthquake, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) posted on Twitter, in English and Indonesian, voicing her....

Earthquake in Japan: 5.1 Magnitude Tremors Shake Chiba Prefecture, Nearby Areas

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 06:23:00 +0200india (en)

Shanghai, Aug 14: An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Japan on Tuesday. The tremors were felt in Chiba Prefecture and nearby areas. There was no report of any injury or casualty. Earlier on Monday, a 5.0 magnitude quake had struck China leaving 18 people injured. More details awaited.

Haiti: First-class surgery for all in Tabarre hospital

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 01:09:00 +0200reliefWeb (en)

Since 2012, 60,000 Haitians from all walks of life have benefited from free, first-class surgical trauma care through MSF’s Nap Kenbé hospital in the Tabarre neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince. Opened in response to the earthquake in 2010 and the resultant spike in acute medical needs, MSF is gradually....

Fighting fire with fire: How controlled blazes are used to avert a greater catastrophe

Sat, 11 Aug 2018 13:49:00 +0200thenational (en)

As wildfires wreak havoc in California and leave 90 dead in Greece, Robert Matthews looks at why 'putting out the fire with gasoline' is often the only option Firefighters battle the Ferguson Fire, the largest fire in the Sierra National Forest's history, in California on August 8. Courtesy US Forest Service.

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike to again refrain from eulogizing Koreans killed in 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake

Sat, 11 Aug 2018 02:53:00 +0200japantimes (en)

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has said she will not send a memorial address for an annual ceremony to mourn Koreans who died in the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake — including those murdered in the turmoil after the quake — for the second consecutive year. The memorial service is held on Sept. 1 every year at a metropolitan park in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward.

Les Japonais ne badinent pas avec l’amour

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 18:16:00 +0200LeMonde (fr)

« Ce n’est pas une question de sex-appeal. C’est une question de confiance. » On ne badine pas avec la séduction au Japon et c’est avec le plus grand sérieux que les jeunes Japonais, comme Yuri, pétillante jeune femme de 26 ans, s’y adonnent. Avec un objectif unique : le mariage, alpha et oméga de la drague nippone.

AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 09:11:00 +0200missoulian (en)

In Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, file photo, Namio Matsura, a 17-year-old member of the computation skill research club at Fukuyama Technical High School, watches Hiroshima city before atomic bomb fell in virtual reality experience at the high school in Hiroshima, western Japan .

AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:43:00 +0200wacotrib (en)

In Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, file photo, Namio Matsura, a 17-year-old member of the computation skill research club at Fukuyama Technical High School, watches Hiroshima city before atomic bomb fell in virtual reality experience at the high school in Hiroshima, western Japan .

AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:38:00 +0200wcfcourier (en)

In Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, file photo, Namio Matsura, a 17-year-old member of the computation skill research club at Fukuyama Technical High School, watches Hiroshima city before atomic bomb fell in virtual reality experience at the high school in Hiroshima, western Japan .

AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:26:00 +0200siouxcityjournal (en)

In Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, file photo, Namio Matsura, a 17-year-old member of the computation skill research club at Fukuyama Technical High School, watches Hiroshima city before atomic bomb fell in virtual reality experience at the high school in Hiroshima, western Japan .

A boost to seismology in Algeria

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 06:56:00 +0200natureasia-nmiddleeast (en)

An earthquake that hit Algeria in 2003 left more than 2,000 people dead. Orlovic. Algeria announced plans to construct an international research university for seismology with funding from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).