New Year’s Day quakes in Japan leave 48 dead
WAJIMA – Japanese rescuers battled the clock and powerful aftershocks yesterday to find survivors of a New Year’s Day earthquake that has killed at least 48 people and caused widespread destruction.
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Major Japan quake kills six, triggers tsunami waves
KANAZAWA, Japan — At least six people died in a major earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year's Day, triggering tsunami waves over a meter high, damaging homes and sparking a major fire that wreaked destruction overnight, authorities said Tuesday.
No Filipinos reported hurt in Japan quake — envoy
MANILA, Philippines — No Filipino has been reported injured in the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck western Japan during New Year festivities on Monday, the Philippines’ Ambassador to Japan said.
'Urban mining' offers green solution to old solar panels
YUMA, United States — As the world pivots from planet-warming fossil fuels to renewable energy, a new pollution problem is rearing its head: What to do with old or worn-out solar panels?
UP swimmer emerges as Philippine National Games’ first quintuple gold medalist
MANILA, Philippines – Quendy Fernandez of Puerto Princesa delivered a tsunami of a performance as she ruled the women’s 200-meter backstroke Wednesday to emerge the first quintuple gold medal winner in the Philippine National Games at the PhilSports swimming pool in Pasig.
Radioactivity detected in Fukushima worker's nose
TOKYO, Japan — A worker at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant has had a high radiation level detected in his nose, authorities said, in a reminder of the hazards involved in cleaning up the facility crippled in 2011.
Tsunami warnings issued after earthquake strikes off the coast of southern Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic around midnight after Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning.
Strong earthquake that sparked a tsunami warning leaves 1 dead amid widespread panic in Philippines
A powerful earthquake that shook the southern Philippines killed at least one villager and injured several others as thousands scrambled out of their homes in panic and jammed roads to higher grounds after a tsunami warning was issued, officials said Sunday.