Indonesia deadliest earthquake in four years kills 51, as authorities make frantic efforts to rescue survivors
Twenty petrol stations were not operational due to power outages, said state energy firm Pertamina. The East Nusa Tenggara government is considering declaring an emergency for the province, BNPB said, which would allow authorities to mobilise resources and funding.
Cali city authorities say hopes of finding survivors fade as more bodies are recovered days after powerful earthquake
Around 290 people have died with 140 more missing and nearly 4,000 more injured, according to official estimates late on Saturday. More than two-thirds of the deaths were concentrated in the cities of Cali and Pereira.
How persistent cries of new-born baby saved family, entire village moments before deadly landslide in Java, Indonesia
More than 250 personnel from the National Search and Rescue Agency, supported by the military, police and volunteers, have been deployed across five search sectors. Helicopters, drones, sniffer dogs and heavy equipment are being used, though progress remains slow due to unstable terrain and deep mud, which in some areas exceeds five meters.
Boeing settles with a Canada-based Kenyan man whose wife and three children perished in 737 Max crash in Ethiopia
Boeing reached a settlement on Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to a devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Max jets. The jury trial at Chicago’s federal court had...
Rising Catholics priest shortage linked to sex abuse scandals and loss of moral commitment in Vatican
There were 2,466 diocesan priests in Indonesia in 2022, up from 2,203 in 2017, according to Vatican statistics as of December 31, 2022, the last year for which data is available. That number is supplemented by even more religious order priests, such as Jesuits or Franciscans, whose numbers reached 3,437 in 2022.
