12 h. ago California rocked by earthquake swarm just days after 5.2 magnitude hit

California was hit by multiple earthquakes on Wednesday, just days after a major 5.2 magnitude quake rocked the state.

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14 h. ago California rocked by another earthquake just days after 5.2 magnitude hit

California was hit by an earthquake Wednesday, just days after a major 5.2 magnitude quake rocked the state.

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38 h. ago Foreign Office earthquake advice after 'Biggest quake I've felt' rocks popular destination

People in the region hit by the earthquake were sent an emergency alert to their phones telling them: 'Emergency alert: Severe. Earthquake Detected! Drop, Cover, Hold on. Protect yourself'

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45 h. ago Spanish holidaymakers left terrified after popular tourist area hit with earthquake

Tremors were felt by locals and tourists in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, just after midnight.

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50 h. ago ‘The last thread connecting people to services’: why vets are risking all to care for Gaza’s donkeys

Amid the ruins and with fuel scarce, the animals provide vital transport for the injured as well as goods and belongingsIt felt like an “earthquake from the sky” when an Israeli airstrike hit the clinic Dr Saif Alden had left just minutes earlier. Alden had been treating animals hurt and abandoned amid Gaza’s destruction. They survived but the equipment and medication the mobile clinic needed to function was destroyed.Still, the team saw it as a setback, not a defeat. Alden has spent the month since the airstrike traversing Gaza to scavenge the tools needed to resume operations. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago San Diego earthquake: 'Big' tremor hits California causing buildings to shake

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported this afternoon that the earthquake hit California with a magnitude six intensity, near the strength of the earthquake that hit Myanmar

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68 h. ago British holiday hotspot hit by flash floods after months of rain falls in hours

Footage shows cars submerged on waterlogged roads and streams turned into dangerous rapids in the Spanish island

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4 d. ago Myanmar hit by fresh earthquake during hundreds of aftershocks

The death toll from the original quake was 3,649, with 5,018 injured

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5 d. ago Popular Scottish seafood restaurant owner says ‘future in doubt’ as rent hiked by over 300%

The owner of Fife restaurant East Pier Smokehouse has described the council rent increase as “madness”.

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8 d. ago UK hit by THREE earthquakes in popular hiking hotspot over just six hours

A popular hiking hotspot in Scotland has been hit by three earthquakes in the space of just six hours, experts reveal.

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8 d. ago Scotland hit by three earthquakes as residents report houses shaking

Residents in Invervar, at Glenlyon, Perthshire, reported hearing a rumbling noise that "sounded like a badly installed machine machine on a fast cycle" as three earthquakes rocked the area on Monday.

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8 d. ago UK rocked by trio of earthquakes striking popular hiking hotspot in just six hours

The UK really appears to be becoming somewhat of an earthquake hotspot, with more than 60 hitting various popular locations throughout our green and pleasant landscapes

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1 week ago The people of Myanmar can’t seem to catch a break. Here’s my plea to the international community | Thin Lei Win

We have had to be resilient because no one has come to our aid. Myanmar needs tangible support before the humanitarian crisis claims even more livesTwo thoughts entered my head as soon as I saw that Myanmar, my home country, had been hit by an earthquake: “Is everyone OK?”, followed by, “We just can’t catch a break”.My loved ones thankfully turned out to be badly shaken but physically OK. There were material losses but nothing compared with what so many others are going through. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Huge easyJet boost in Europe as major base reopens in hotspot loved by Brits

Budget airline easyJet has confirmed that it will increase its offerings to a insatiably popular EU hotspot less than three hours from the UK ahead of the peak summer months

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1 week ago Asian countries riven by war and disaster face some of steepest Trump tariffs

Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos hit with rates over 40% as experts say the real target is ChinaBusiness live – latest updatesDeveloping nations in south-east Asia, including war-torn and earthquake-hit Myanmar, and several African nations are among the trading partners facing the highest tariffs set by Donald Trump.Upending decades of US trade policy and threatening to unleash a global trade war, the US president announced a raft of tariffs on Wednesday that he said were designed to stop the US economy from being “cheated”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘How did this ever get made?’ Gen Z is falling in love (and hate) with Glee

A decade after the finale, new fans are flocking to Glee, causing its songs to shoot up the charts. The internet’s ablaze with TikTok dance homages, Reddit threads – and tonnes of hate watchersThe year is 2009, and Glee has hit like a cultural earthquake. Every week, millions of people around the world tune in to watch a group of American high school misfits belt out musical theatre and pop hits, turning show choir into mainstream entertainment. The cast’s cover of Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ becomes an anthem, spending 37 weeks in the UK charts, catapulting its young stars to overnight fame. Glee clubs start in schools across the US and beyond, and Ryan Murphy’s show develops a devoted fanbase – myself included – who proudly call ourselves Gleeks. Online, we dissect every episode on Tumblr, trade theories and wear our fandom, plus the merch we bought to prove it, as a badge of honour.But by the time Glee came to a close in 2015, all its magic had faded. The Guardian reported tha...

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2 w. ago Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,085 as more bodies found

The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,085 as more bodies were found by search and rescue teams, the military-led government said

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2 w. ago Myanmar earthquake: Astonishing moment hotel worker buried beneath rubble rescued

The earthquake-hit hotel worker was spotted by Mayanma rescue workers buried under the rubble nearly a week after the 7.7-magnitude tremors shook vast tracts of southeast area

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2 w. ago Myanmar earthquake deaths set to pass 3,000 as looming monsoon sparks urgent call for aid

Torrential rains are expected next month, but many at the epicentre in Mandalay and Sagaing are still sleeping in the streetsThe death toll from the worst earthquake to hit Myanmar in a century is expected to surpass 3,000 on Wednesday, as humanitarian agencies urged other countries to ramp up aid ahead of the monsoon rains.Close to the epicentre, in the decimated cities of Mandalay and Sagaing, traumatised survivors slept in the street, with the stench of corpses trapped under the rubble permeating the disaster zone. Water, food and medicine are in short supply, and the monsoon could hit in May. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Iceland volcano eruption looks set to be 'much larger' than previous events, officials warn: Lava bears down on homes as island is hit by 200 earthquakes and civilians are evacuated

The Icelandic Civil Defence warned that the eruption on the Sundhnuksgigar Crater Row could continue to swell given the huge amount of magma built up

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