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The epicentre of the aftershocks was located at 41.9 degrees north latitude and 147.Sat, 02 Mar 2019 08:40:00 +0100nan-3a5c343dbd949b3bd3a7159b14b60c37nanen45.0679349162116 147.876462455708NaturalDisastersRussian Academy20190302084000https://phys.org/wire-news/312620366/tsu-is-creating-mathematical-models-for-suppressing-tsunami-wave.html#ajTabsMechanism for suppressing tsunami waves by underwater obstacles. Credit: Tomsk State University Konstantin Zhiltsov, a researcher at the TSU Research Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, with colleagues from the Institute of Applied Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is....Fri, 01 Mar 2019 01:18:00 +0100phys-965c2e305018a949185edaa56e9bf358physen-6.18287 106.829NaturalDisastersRussian AcademyScience NewsIndian OceanKonstantin Zhiltsov20190301011800https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/02/27/On-This-Day-Pope-Benedict-gives-final-general-audience/5691551197074/In 1933, it was announced that President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt would use a 263-year-old tattered Dutch Bible that had been in the possession of his family since 1670 for his inauguration on March 4. In 1942, opening salvos were fired in the Battle of the Java Sea, during which 11....Wed, 27 Feb 2019 09:08:00 +0100upi-96ad82e812b81f8faec1c44d4b442c3cupien29.7718 -95.4071NaturalDisastersIraqi militaryOlusegun ObasanjoJared KushnerGeorge H.W. BushOur militaryDick CheneyWayne WilliamsFranklin Delano RooseveltAmerican militaryBoris NemtsovMikhail GorbachevDonald TrumpBenedict XVIPope Benedict XVIElizabeth Taylor20190227090800https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/46308/An earthquake of magnitude of 3.4 points has been registered today at three kilometres from the village of Dylym, Kazbek District. No information about the victims and destructions was reported. According to seismologists, the earthquake occurred at 5:40 a.m. Moscow time at the depth of 10 kilometres.Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:28:00 +0100kavkaz-uzel-bedaa1e121a0491e07dd7f3cc2a611e0kavkaz-uzelen55.7388 37.6665NaturalDisastersFederal Statistics Service20190226112800https://en.trend.az/business/energy/3018264.htmlBaku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 12. By Sara Israfilbayova - Trend: The earthquake that occurred yesterday in Azerbaijan did not affect the operation of the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline, spokesman of Transneft Igor Demin told reporters, Trend reports via Russian media.Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:28:00 +0100trendnews-az-679f34ec89414a948dd1f5b97a913ef5trendnews-azen44.718441 37.77887NaturalDisastersIgor Demin20190212142800https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/what-you-can-see-with-a-drone-amazing-photographs/ss-BBTjgixThis is the Dalyan River in south-western Turkey, April 28, 2018. This area is where the Dalyan River and and the mouth of the delta meet at the Agean see and is a national conservation site for three varieties of turtles and over 100 species of birds.Fri, 08 Feb 2019 03:29:00 +0100msn-uk-2e7034285bd80ec6f6e8946006d346cbmsn-uken39.9293 32.8533ClimateChangeNaturalDisastersFountain SquareUSA TODAY20190208032900https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/world/europe/istanbul-building-collapse.html?partner=rss&emc=rssISTANBUL — An eight-story apartment building collapsed in eastern Istanbul on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least three people, officials said. The governor of Istanbul, Ali Yerlikaya, initially said that two people had died and that six had been rescued, the Demiroren News Agency reported.Thu, 07 Feb 2019 10:10:00 +0100nytimes-a6b928bb5c7791b2225a5afa4e33d9ecnytimesen48.8521 2.34899NaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersAli YerlikayaNews Agency20190207101000https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/world/europe/istanbul-building-collapse.html?partner=rss&emc=rssISTANBUL — An eight-story apartment building collapsed in eastern Istanbul on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least two people, officials said. The governor of Istanbul, Ali Yerlikaya, said that two people had died and that six had been rescued, the Demiroren News Agency reported, although recovery efforts were still underway.Wed, 06 Feb 2019 20:08:00 +0100nytimes-9b8c7414059f320e3a9935a07098cf67nytimesen48.8521 2.34899NaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersAli YerlikayaNews Agency20190206200800https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2019/02/21/Vardenyants-Pass/2075804Vardenyants Pass is shut down for trailer trucks as of 9:30am Thursday, Armenia’s Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies said in a daily road condition update. All the other interstate and republican highways in the territory of Armenia are open for traffic.Thu, 21 Feb 2019 08:04:00 +0100panorama-am-en-4550fe81a5d1290a1384348a3ac10785panorama-am-enen55.7388 37.6665EuropeanParliamentNaturalDisastersMigrationEU-AfricaEU-PacificEU-AsiaEuropean ParliamentOSCEHassan RouhaniAndrew SchoferDaily MailZohrab MnatsakanyanIgor PopovEmergencyMinistry of TransportPiotr ŚwitalskiVicente del BosqueFatahHarut SassounianSergei ParajanovNATONorth Atlantic AllianceEUVladimir PutinBako SahakyanAeroflotUS governmentReal MadridRecep TayyipTayyip ErdoganRecep Tayyip ErdoganTigran MansurianNikol Pashinyan20190221080400https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2019/02/19/Book-Giving-Day/2074696Book Giving Day is annually celebrated in Armenia on February 19, the birthday anniversary of renowned Armenian writer and poet Hovhannes Tumanyan. The holiday is now very popular in the country. Armenia celebrates the Book Giving Day since 2008 at the initiative of Levon Ananyan, the late chairman of Writers Union of Armenia.Thu, 21 Feb 2019 04:32:00 +0100panorama-am-en-1ab7874194e7af7f7ce370211d4af95epanorama-am-enen40.321111 -80.218889EuropeanParliamentNaturalDisastersMigrationEU-AfricaEU-PacificEU-AsiaArmen SarkissianOSCEHassan RouhaniDaily MailZohrab MnatsakanyanEmergencyPiotr ŚwitalskiFatahHarut SassounianSergei ParajanovBako SahakyanAeroflotReal MadridTigran MansurianEuropean ParliamentNational AssemblyLevon AnanyanAndrew SchoferIgor PopovVicente del BosqueMinistry of TransportNATOEUUS governmentJoe BidenRecep TayyipTayyip ErdoganRecep Tayyip ErdoganNikol Pashinyan20190221043200https://www.panorama.am/en/shortNews/2019/02/20/Tesla-top-lawyer/133993720:26 PM Pashinyan, Minsk Group Co-Chairs highlight the implementation of agreements on maintaining the ceasefire regime Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan received on Wednesday the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov, Stéphane Visconti, Andrew...Wed, 20 Feb 2019 18:08:00 +0100panorama-am-en-194191f36894783e8dd0521a42be1603panorama-am-enen55.7388 37.6665EuropeanParliamentNaturalDisastersMigrationEU-AfricaEU-PacificEU-AsiaArmen SarkissianOSCEHassan RouhaniDaily MailZohrab MnatsakanyanEmergencyPiotr ŚwitalskiFatahHarut SassounianSergei ParajanovBako SahakyanAeroflotReal MadridTigran MansurianEuropean ParliamentNational AssemblyAndrew SchoferIgor PopovVicente del BosqueMinistry of TransportNATOEUUS governmentJoe BidenRecep TayyipTayyip ErdoganRecep Tayyip ErdoganNikol Pashinyan20190220180800https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1087925/russia-news-vladimir-putin-russia-war-military-nuclear-torpedo-poseidon-kanyonNicknamed ‘Poseidon’, the unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) can deliver a thermonuclear cobalt bomb of up to 200 megatons, according to Russian state media. Detonation of such a bomb could be enough to create a tsunami wave 500 metres tall and poison miles of coastline.Sat, 16 Feb 2019 11:12:00 +0100express-b3d78d117b0e7ce29f5e37e656ce208fexpressen55.7388 37.6665NaturalDisastersNuclearEnergyJRCNuclearSecurityNuclearJRCSafeguards20190216111200