- Friday, 24 October 2025
Reuters
Brazil downpours leave at least 50 dead as rescue ship arrives
A Brazilian Navy ship arrived in the coastal city of Sao Sebastiao to help rescue victims of the heavy rains afflicting southeast Brazil, which have killed at least 50 people and displaced thousands.
Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Tajikistan, near border with China
An earthquake of about 7.2 magnitudes shook Tajikistan at 8:37 a.m. (0037 GMT) on Thursday at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), Chinese state television CCTV reported, citing the China Earthquake Networks Center.
Death toll rises after fresh earthquake hits Turkey-Syria border
Six people were killed in an earthquake which struck the border region of Turkey and Syria, CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, two weeks after a larger quake killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.
Jadeja, Ashwin dismantle Australia to put India on victory course
Ravindra Jadeja claimed a career-best 7-42 and combined with Ravichandran Ashwin to bundle out Australia for 113 and put India on course for a comprehensive victory in the second test on Sunday.
Earthquake death toll passes 45,000; many still missing in flattened apartments
More than 45,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, and the toll is expected to soar with some 264,000 apartments in Turkey destroyed and many still missing in the country's worst modern disaster.
India, soon world's most populous nation, doesn't know how many people it has
In two months, India is projected to become the world's most populous country with over 1.4 billion people. But for at least a year, and possibly longer, the country won't know how many people it has because it hasn't been able to count them.
Air India to buy 250 planes from Airbus as it transforms under Tata
Air India has agreed to buy 250 jets from Airbus (AIR.PA), part of a mammoth deal for 470 planes, as the carrier heralds a decades-long transformation under its new owners, Tata Group.
Turkey declares state of emergency for quake zone
President Tayyip Erdogan declared on Tuesday a three-month state of emergency covering Turkey's 10 southern provinces hit by devastating earthquakes and called it a disaster zone in a move meant to bolster rescue efforts.
Earthquake death toll in Turkey and Syria surpasses 5,000
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Tuesday that the death toll from the earthquakes centred in southeastern Turkey rose to 3,419, bringing the total including those killed in Syria to more than 5,000.
At least 23 dead as dozens of wildfires torch forests in Chile
Dozens of wildfires blazing though Chile caused the government to extend an emergency order to another region on Saturday, as a scorching summer heat wave complicates efforts to control fires that have claimed at least 23 lives so far.
Cracks begin to show in India's Himalayan building spree
The buildings and the land beneath houses had been weakened - geologists, residents and officials say - by the rapid construction in the geologically unstable mountains. The office of Uttarakhand's chief minister and the spokesperson for the federal government did not respond to requests for comment for this story. India's ministries of highways and railways, which own the state-run companies building the road and rail projects, also did not respond.
Gautam Adani no longer Asia's richest person as stock rout deepens to $74 billion
India's Gautam Adani lost his title of Asia's richest person on Wednesday as a rout in his conglomerate's stocks deepened to $74 billion after a short-seller report.
IMF lifts 2023 growth forecast on China reopening, strength in U.S., Europe
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its 2023 global growth outlook slightly due to "surprisingly resilient" demand in the United States and Europe, an easing of energy costs and the reopening of China's economy after Beijing abandoned its strict COVID-19 restrictions.
Pakistan mosque bombing death toll rises to 87
The death toll in the suicide bombing that tore through a mosque in Pakistan rose to 87 on Tuesday, a hospital official said, a day after one of the biggest attacks in the unstable South Asian nation.
COVID remains a public health emergency, says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that COVID-19 continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, its highest form of an alert.
