More than a dozen people were killed when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit China's Tibet on Thursday evening local time, according to local officials. Security cameras captured crowds running out of buildings as the tremors began.
🇯🇵 Strong winds, heavy rain in Japan's Ishigaki as Typhoon Champi nears
Stores are closed and people shelter from the heavy rain in Ishigaki, in Japan's Okinawa prefecture, as Typhoon Champi approaches the island.
Taiwan issued a land warning ahead of the arrival of powerful Typhoon Champi and cancelled more than 100 flights, with the storm expected to brush past the island's northeastern coast and gradually weaken on approach https://t.co/ct6WXK4lYg
🇫🇷 Authorities and researchers are looking into the role that social media played in the violence that erupted across #France on Saturday.
Some politicians are suggesting the temporary suspension on Instagram, Snapchat and other platforms after live videos garnered thousands of views, clips of destroyed shops went viral and real-time tracking allowed viewers to know the exact locations of clashes.
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Nigeria reported its first Ebola case in more than a decade, becoming the fourth African country and the most populous yet to be affected by an outbreak that health officials have described as the fastest-spreading on record https://t.co/5Pv09OaeK2
We're headed for an El Niño that is — quite literally — off the charts.
WMO's Global Seasonal Climate Update shows that El Niño is forecast to exceed the scale of global monitoring charts. Its impacts will be felt well into 2027.
Read the full update: https://t.co/TNAzqhUN1h