(AP) Earthquake shakes Mexico CityMEXICO CITYEarthquakes shook a broad swath of southern Mexico on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway in the capital and sending thousands fleeing into the streets as an earthquake alarm sounded. But there were no immediate reports
(AFP) – Global losses from natural disasters hit $138 billion in 2012, with half the sum claimed by drought and Hurricane Sandy in the United States, the UN said Thursday. Hurricane Sandy, which lashed the US east coast in October,
Following the example of the inestimable Charles Krauthammer, who calculated that President Barack Obama’s $1 million golf trip with Tiger Woods would pay for a full year of White House tours (at $18,000 per week), I decided to calculate the
Hundreds of survivors of the Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan filed a class action lawsuit Monday seeking restitution of the region that was contaminated by radioactive fallout. Some 800 plaintiffs filed the case with the Fukushima District Court, demanding 50,000-yen
When Field & Stream magazine asked Vice President Joe Biden about the pluses and minuses of using a shotgun for self-defense vs. an AR-15, Biden said one of the pluses is that you can “just fire the shotgun through the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Bawdy Silvio Berlusconi may return as Italy’s Prime Minister U.N. claims immunity in Haiti cholera compensation case U.S. deploys 100 troops to Niger to operate drone base Al-Qaeda ‘tip sheet’ for avoiding drones found
(AP) Japan posts record $17.4B trade deficit in JanBy ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business WriterTOKYOJapan posted a record 1.63 trillion yen ($17.4 billion) trade deficit in January as rebounding exports lagged behind surging imports of crude oil and gas due to rising
In a new tact to dissuade American gun owners from purchasing AR-15s, Vice President Joe Biden told an Facebook Q and A audience today it’s easier to hit people with an shotgun than with an “assault rifle.” Moreover, Biden believes
By a vote of 354-72, the House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to clarify that houses of worship are “eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities, and for other purposes.”
By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated PressSEOUL, South KoreaAn earthquake was detected Tuesday in North Korea just north of a site where the country has conducted nuclear tests. Neither Pyongyang nor Seoul confirmed whether the tremor resulted from a widely anticipated third nuclear
Author Sam Sheridan’s latest work may be one of the most unique books of the last decade. The Disaster Diaries: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse presents to us his very own nightmares about what disaster
This year, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) had before them perhaps one of the most star-studded Hall of Fame ballots in the last 75 years, and they did not vote one person into Cooperstown. Players like Craig Biggio, Barry Bonds,
Japan’s new leaders set to work Thursday on dismantling plans to rid the country of nuclear power by 2040, pledging to review a post-Fukushima policy. The pro-business Liberal Democratic Party-led government also said they would give the green light to
(AP) Shinzo Abe returns as Japan’s prime ministerBy ERIC TALMADGEAssociated PressTOKYOOld-guard veteran Shinzo Abe was voted back into office as prime minister Wednesday and immediately named a new Cabinet, ending three years of liberal administrations and restoring power to his
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated PressTOKYOJapan’s prime-minister-to-be announced his top lieutenants on Tuesday and promised his conservative party will pursue fresh policies to tackle the nation’s chronic economic woes and bolster its sagging influence on the international stage. Shinzo Abe, who led
A tsunami warning was cancelled on Friday, several hours after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit off the coast of Northeastern Japan.
AP: A strong earthquake struck Friday off the coast of northeastern Japan in the same region that was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami last year. A city in the region reported that a small tsunami had hit, but
By ALICIA CHANGAP Science WriterLOS ANGELESCiting harm to marine life, California coastal regulators on Wednesday soundly rejected a utility’s plan to map offshore earthquake faults near a nuclear power plant by blasting loud air cannons. The unanimous vote by the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Hurricane Sandy a new disaster for Haiti Hillary in Algeria to discuss military invasion of Mali Al-Assad bombs Damascus, to celebrate end of Syria’s ‘ceasefire’ Hurricane Sandy a new disaster for Haiti The only
Bette Midler wasn’t the only celebrity rushing to blame Hurricane Sandy on Global Warming … or Climate Change. A few comedians followed suit after the storm crashed into the East Coast yesterday, killing more than 30 people and leaving millions
President Barack Obama was on the campaign trail, at least as late as this July, claiming that $50-billion-bailed-out General Motors (GM) was back – as the globe’s top car seller. The President was saying this long after it stopped being
Elevated levels of cesium found in fish off Japan’s east coast 18 months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster suggest a “continuing source” of radiation in the ocean, a new study revealed on Thursday. Marine chemist Ken Buesseler of the Woods
By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business WriterTOKYOJapan’s Cabinet approved a 423 billion yen ($5.3 billion) economic stimulus package on Friday, moving to fend off recession as the recovery in the world’s third biggest economy falters. The emergency spending package, which is double
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Italy sentences scientists to jail for not predicting 2009 earthquake North and South Korea exchange threats over leaflet-laden balloons Lebanon’s politicians turn against Hizbollah After 50 years of political unity, France and Germany’s relations
By JENNIFER KAYAssociated PressMIAMIAnyone who needs to catch up with hip-hop star Wyclef Jean just has to refresh his Twitter feed. Some things need more than a tweet to explain, though, so Jean has written an autobiography, “Purpose” (It Books)
