emergency

Several independent MPs, reformists, and opposition parties urged Lebanon’s caretaker government on Monday to declare a state of emergency in southern Lebanon and hand over control to the military. They asked parliament to adopt a…
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Canada’s western province of British Columbia declared a state of emergency on Friday as firefighters battled a wildfire raging in the hills and mountains above the town of West Kelowna forcing thousands of evacuations. West Kelowna, a…
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A group of countries is set to request an urgent meeting of the UN human rights body on the Sudan crisis next week, a document showed on Friday, in a move that rights activists hope will increase scrutiny of violations by rival military…
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The National Center for Security Operations received almost 2.5 million calls during Ramadan via the unified emergency number 911 in Riyadh, Makkah and the Eastern Province. All of the calls were transferred to the relevant authorities…
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New Zealand warned on Monday the final cost of the devastating Cyclone Gabrielle, which has left at least 11 people dead, could rise above $8 billion as authorities announced emergency funding to help in the recovery efforts. The cyclone…
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3 years after declaring the disease a health emergency of global proportions, the World Health Organization decided, on Monday, to maintain the maximum state of emergency regarding the Covid-19 epidemic. The Director-General of the…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said the expanding Mnkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency. Saturday’s declaration could spur further investment in treating…
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Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency, according to a government notice released late on Sunday, as his administration seeks to quell social unrest and tackle an economic crisis gripping the…
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Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency Wednesday as thousands of people mobbed the prime minister’s office after the country’s president flew to the Maldives, following months of widespread protests against an economic crisis. President…
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The pilot of a Maher plane was able to make an emergency landing in the middle of a busy highway in America, after the plane's engine failed. The pilot recorded the dangerous moments from inside the cockpit, as he made an emergency landing…
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