Today in history

Sun, 02 Aug 2020 09:53:00 +0200mia-mk (en)

2 August 2020 (MIA) 338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. 216 BC – Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae – The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a....

Cómo proceder antes, durante y después de un terremoto

Sun, 02 Aug 2020 07:33:00 +0200infobae (es)

Con frecuencia se registran movimientos telúricos fuertes que ponen en alerta a la población en toda Sudamérica y en el mundo entero. Incluso, muchos de los países de la región están ubicados en el llamado Cinturón de Fuego: las costas del Pacífico propensas a sismos.

MIL-OSI China: 6.4-magnitude earthquake rattles southern Philippines

Sun, 02 Aug 2020 05:17:00 +0200foreignaffairs-nz (en)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 shook Maguindanao province in the southern Philippines early on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs) said. The institute said the quake, which struck at 1:08 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 543 kilometers, about 13 kilometers southeast of Cotabato City.

JRFM, Vol. 13, Pages 166: Consumer Behaviour during Crises: Preliminary Research on How Coronavirus Has Manifested Consumer Panic Buying, Herd Mentality, Changing Discretionary Spending and the Role of the Media in Influencing Behaviour

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:26:00 +0200mdpi (en)

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic spread globally from its outbreak in China in early 2020, negatively affecting economies and industries on a global scale. In line with historic crises and shock events including the 2002-04 SARS outbreak, the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and 2017 Hurricane....

'Man cannot win against nature': Amid catastrophic floods, China's dams come into question

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 14:55:00 +0200news-yahoo (en)

A security guard looks at his smartphone as water is released from China 's Three Gorges Dam on July 19 to relieve pressure from flooding. (Getty Images) The white-haired farmer ran barefoot to his fields at 2 a.m. so he could harvest his crops before the floods came.

'Man cannot win against nature': Amid catastrophic floods, China's dams come into question

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:49:00 +0200news-yahoo (en)

A security guard looks at his smartphone as water is released from China 's Three Gorges Dam on July 19 to relieve pressure from flooding. (Getty Images) The white-haired farmer ran barefoot to his fields at 2 a.m. so he could harvest his crops before the floods came.

44th anniv. of 1976 Tangshan Earthquake marked in N China

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:26:00 +0200sinacom-en (en)

A woman holding a flower basket walks past memorial walls in Tangshan, north China 's Hebei Province, July 28, 2020, the 44th anniversary of the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake. (Photo by Dong Jun/Xinhua) People visit Tangshan Earthquake Ruins Memorial Park in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, July....

'Man cannot win against nature': Amid catastrophic floods, China's dams come into question

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 03:45:00 +0200news-yahoo (en)

A security guard looks at his smartphone as water is released from China 's Three Gorges Dam on July 19 to relieve pressure from flooding. (Getty Images) The white-haired farmer ran barefoot to his fields at 2 a.m. so he could harvest his crops before the floods came.

'Man cannot win against nature': Amid catastrophic floods, China's dams come into question

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 21:08:00 +0200news-yahoo (en)

A security guard looks at his smartphone as water is released from China 's Three Gorges Dam on July 19 to relieve pressure from flooding. (Getty Images) The white-haired farmer ran barefoot to his fields at 2 a.m. so he could harvest his crops before the floods came.

'Man cannot win against nature': Amid catastrophic floods, China's dams come into question

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:37:00 +0200news-yahoo (en)

A security guard looks at his smartphone as water is released on July 19 from China 's Three Gorges Dam to relieve pressure from flooding. (Getty Images) The white-haired farmer ran barefoot to his fields at 2 a.m. so he could harvest his crops before the floods came.

'Man cannot win against nature': Amid catastrophic floods, China's dams come into question

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:12:00 +0200latimes (en)

The white-haired farmer ran barefoot to his fields at 2 a.m., so he could harvest his crops before the floods came. He was one of tens of thousands of villagers whose homes and fields were about to be engulfed as a dam gushed open to prevent further damage downstream.