Day: September 5, 2024

Magnitude-6.2 Quake Strikes off Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, striking off the northern coast.

A USGS map showed the tremor centred in a patch of ocean some 300 km east of the town of Vanimo, at a depth…

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20 Migrants Missing after Boat Capsized off Italy

At least 20 migrants were missing in the Mediterranean after their vessel sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Italy and Italian coastguard announced.

Twenty people are r…

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