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Italy earthquakes: Bad weather hampers rescue efforts
Bad weather has been hampering rescue efforts in central Italy after two strong earthquakes damaged ...
China Yulin: Deadly explosion shatters buildings
The death toll from a powerful explosion that destroyed buildings in the Chinese city of Yulin has r...
Quetta attack: Militants kill dozens at Balochistan Police College
At least 59 cadets and guards have been killed in an attack by militants on a police college in the ...
Death toll in Cameroon train crash rises to 70
The number of people killed in a train crash in Cameroon on Friday has risen to 70, with another 600...
Financing resilient cities of the future
Natural disasters – such as Hurricane Matthew – and climate change are having devastatin...
ICRC e-briefing on humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons
The ICRC has released an e-briefing that shows the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nu...
Hungary concludes investigation into the death of 71 migrants discovered in lorry
The Hungarian authorities, closely supported by Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre, h...
Land Rover and Red Cross partnership announces new project to tackle natural disasters in Mexico
The Red Cross is announcing a new project supported by Land Rover – the 18th in the company's ...
Mass migrant departures lead to more than 10,000 people rescued in 48 hours; 28 bodies recovered
In a chaotic night of operations that continued well into the early hours of the morning, the Phoeni...
Hurricane Matthew makes landfall in western Haiti
Hurricane Matthew made landfall in western Haiti during the morning hours of October 4. This visi...
Future of UK-EU police and security co-operation to be explored
The EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee starts its inquiry into future UK-EU police and security co-operat...
Dr Joerg Szarzynski joins CRJ Editorial Advisory Panel
CRJ welcomes Dr Jörg Szarzynski, Education Programme Director and Head of the EduSphere section...
9/11 caused mental illness far beyond US borders
A recent population-wide study from Denmark, demonstrates a ‘significant and immediate’ ...
Study examines cancer rates among World Trade Center-exposed firefighters
Researchers found no overall increase in cancer risk among World Trade Center (WTC)-exposed firefigh...
Rumour patterns on social media during emergencies
A researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel has developed a new methodology t...
Counter-terrorism specialists team up to take down online terrorist propaganda
For the first time since its launch, Europol’s Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) has organised a...
Study examines how AI might affect urban life in 2030, including healthcare, safety and security
A panel of academic and industrial thinkers has looked ahead to 2030 to forecast how advances in art...
UN’s new environment chief warns pollution kills as many people as cancer a year
The new head of the United Nations environment agency has laid out key issues facing the intern...