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International Day of Peace 2017 focuses on support for refugees and migrants
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The United Na...
US states sign up to first nationwide broadband network for public safety
The First Responder Network Authority grew out of a 9/11 Commission recommendation calling for ...
Afghanistan: Physiotherapist who helped amputee patients is shot and killed, says ICRC
Lorena Enebral Perez, 38, a Spanish national, was in the ICRC’s rehabilitation centre in Mazar...
“Urgent need” to prevent weapons falling into the wrong hands, says ICRC President
Speaking at the opening of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, ICRC Presi...
Early damage assessments from Hurricane Irma
An estimated 1.2 million people have been affected by Hurricane Irma and that could rise sharply to ...
Materials scientists probe a protein's role in speeding the spread of Ebola
Two Johns Hopkins University materials science graduate students and their professors have played a ...
Forty million people affected by flooding across Bangladesh, Nepal and India
UNHCR says that since the beginning of August severe monsoon rains have caused widespread flooding a...
Recovery after Hurricane Harvey expected to take years
Houston's recovery from Hurricane Harvey flooding will be a "multi-year project", Texas Governor Gre...
Predicting extreme fire weather using artificial intelligence
A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research describes a computat...
Urban floods intensifying while the countryside dries up
An exhaustive global analysis of rainfall and rivers shows signs of a radical shift in streamflow pa...
How PPE can lead to firefighter judgement errors
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is necessary for firefighter safety, but it is heavy, bulky, and...
Iraq: Aid enters West Mosul for first time
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is carrying out a major distribution of food and...
Two new Members for CRJ’s Editorial Advisory Panel
We are delighted to welcome Laurence Marzell and Brian Monks to our Editorial Advisory Panel. Lau...
EENA calls on Apple to integrate Advanced Mobile Location technology
In June 2016, Google updated all Android smartphones in the world with Advanced Mobile Location (AML...
Hundreds die in Sierra Leone mudslide
At least 179 people have been killed in a mudslide near Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, the Red Cr...
Qatar 'files complaint' with World Trade Organization
Qatar is reported to have filed an official complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO), a...
CRJ 12:4 published in September
Fake news, terrorist attack analysis, cybersecurity & ransomware, emergency & organisational...
Parliamentary inquiry into humanitarian standards in IED detection and disposal
UK Parliamentarians launch inquiry into humanitarian standards in detecting and disposing of improvi...