The magnitude 8.7 quake struck 136 kilometres southeast of Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, shortly before 4:30 p.m. PST on Tuesday.

In the Pacific, forecasters are watching five systems, including Hurricane Iona and Tropical Storm Keli. Iona has ...

Hence, The Maldives faces severe 'climate change' threats, primarily from rising sea levels and increasingly frequent and ...