Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 13 people.
NPR – World Military mobilises thousands of personnel after quake on southern Kyushu island that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese shindo intensity scale Earthquake rocks southern Japanese island of Kyushu – in pictures At least 13 people were killed when a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan on Tuesday, injuring hundreds and knocking out power and water to tens of thousands. “There are people who are still wait…
NPR – World Military mobilises thousands of personnel after quake on southern Kyushu island that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese shindo intensity scale Earthquake rocks southern Japanese island of Kyushu – in pictures At least 13 people were killed when a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan on Tuesday, injuring hundreds and knocking out power and water to tens of thousands. “There are people who are still wait…
President Donald Trump hosted separate back-to-back White House meetings on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ukraine is seeking more firepower for its air defenses, while Netanyahu met with Trump for the first time since the start of the Iran war.
NYTimes – World A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto in southwestern Japan, damaging a shopping mall and trapping many people inside, officials said. Emergency workers were searching for survivors and fighting fires. At least 50 people were injured and about 40,000 homes lost power.
NPR – World Keiko Fujimori was inaugurated as Peru's president in Lima, becoming the country's first female president and returning Fujimorism to power 26 years after her father Alberto Fujimori left office. The Popular Force leader, 51, pledged to fight crime with an "iron fist" and end a decade of instability. King Felipe VI attended the ceremony.
