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A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, destroying homes, leaving residents out in a below-freezing winter night and killing 127 people in the nation's deadliest quake in nine years.The magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck just before midnight on Monday, injuring more than 700 people, damaging roads and knocking out power and communication lines in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, officials and Chinese media reports said.WATCH | Aftermath of the earthquake: See…

Every year, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) ranks the top 10 Canadian weather stories. Senior climatologist David Phillips compiles the list and this year, there was no doubt about what would take the number one position: the record-setting wildfires."There's no drum roll here," Phillips said. "The fires dominated everything.... In 28 years of putting together , it's never been a more obvious number one."Wildfire season got an early start due, in part, to the persistent drought conditions across B.C. and in…

The surviving Flash people prepare for a final push in an attempt to end the One-Minute War in this preview of Flash #795.Published Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:26:12 -0500 by Jude Terror | Welcome, comic book fans! It's time for another preview of Flash #795, and Bleeding Cool's Jude Terror is here to give you the lowdown. The surviving Flash people prepare for a final push in an attempt to end the One-Minute War in this preview of Flash #795. Joining me on this preview is my reluctant partner, Bleeding Cool's AI writing…

via Universal As the Fast & Furious franchise has continued its unstoppable expansion, almost everyone of note from movies past has been brought back for at least a cameo appearance with the family getting larger and larger as a result. In a gut-punch of bittersweet irony, Paul Walker’s Brian O’Conner is alive and well in canon despite the actor’s death almost 10 years ago, and such typically far-fetched explanations as fake deaths and amnesia have been weaponized to bring back an ongoing procession of…

Last Updated: February 20, 2023, 19:30 ISTImage for representation. (Photo: IANS)No one was injured in the fire which erupted at around 5 am in the 2,000 sq ft garage located in Majiwada area, ThaneA fire broke out in a garage where motor vehicle spare parts and other items were kept in Maharashtra’s Thane city on Monday morning, civic officials said.No one was injured in the fire which erupted at around 5 am in the 2,000 sq ft garage located in Majiwada area, Thane Municipal Corporation’s Regional Disaster Management…

Soldiers from Buryatia, a small Republic in Siberian Russia, were among the first to be sent to the front lines in Ukraine. And they were among the first to die there.When journalist Yelana Trifonova heard about a memorial service for the fallen, she immediately bought a ticket for the eight-hour trip from her home in Irkutsk to Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia. “I wanted to know what was going on there,” said the 46-year-old who works for the online platform Lyudi Baykal. “I wanted to feel the atmosphere, and I wanted…