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A series of six earthquakes are reported to have hit near Sumatra island in Indonesia that were near 6.0 magnitude with them ranging from above 5.0 to just over 6.0 magnitude. There were no immediate reports of damage and no potential for a tsunami, according to Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency. The quakes struck near South Pagai, one of the Mentawai Islands, whch … Read More

Ninety million people – a third of the US – have seen temperatures of -17C (0F) or below. Some 250 million Americans overall have experienced the “polar vortex” conditions. The polar vortex mass of freezing air which usually hovers around the Arctic has created some amazing conditions in the U.S. Hospitals have been treating patients reporting frostbite as parts of … Read More

Mexico has been struck by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake, causing many buildings in the country’s capital to shake, according to seismological services. The earthquake hit near the coast of Chiapas, close to the border with Guatemala. The quake was also felt in Mexico city where high-rise buildings shook. The epicenter of the quake hit at a depth of 42 miles (68 km) … Read More

In Australia, its not unusual for snakes sometimes to slither into suburban backyards and homes. But when it gets extremely hot and dry, they seek places with moisture, as some Australians are quickly learning. Luke Huntley, a snake catcher in Queensland, East Australia, is having to remove snakes from people’s bathrooms, as the country experiences a record-setting heat wave. Last … Read More

As the polar vortex blew in a deep freeze with plummeting extreme sub-zero temperatures, people across the Chicago area have been kept up at night as they heard a series of booming explosions. The loud booms overnight, which can sound very much like what happens with an earthquake, are actually a weather phenomenon some call ‘ice-quakes.’ An ice-quake, or cryoseism as … Read More

Its reported that hundreds of private military mercenaries linked to Russia have flown to Venezuela in a desperate bid to save the country’s embattled President Nicolas Maduro, sources close to the group have said. Sources said there could be up to 400 contractors from Russia-backed clandestine group Wagner, adding there was a contingent in Caracas but could not elaborate what … Read More

It’s reported a small team of Israeli scientists think they have found the first complete cure for cancer. “We believe we will offer in a year’s time a complete cure for cancer,” said Dan Aridor, of a new treatment being developed by his company, Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies Ltd. (AEBi), which was founded in 2000 in the ITEK incubator in the Weizmann Science Park. … Read More

President Trump on Monday embraced a proposal from lawmakers in six states that would allow public schools to offer Bible literacy classes. “Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible. Starting to make a turn back? Great!” Trump wrote on Twitter. Similar measures have been introduced in Missouri, Indiana, West Virginia, Virginia and Florida. … Read More

Two nuclear-capable Russian aircraft encroached along American airspace forcing Canadian and U.S. fighter jets to scramble and intercept the planes. The Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers entered an area close to Alaska, with North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) saying that two U.S. F-22 and two Canadian CF-18 intercepted the Russian planes, escorting them away from the zone. The Russian Defense … Read More

It was a bleak outlook from The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a nonprofit organization that oversees the Doomsday Clock — a symbolic timepiece that represents humanity’s perceived proximity to a human-caused apocalypse. They said humanity remains just two minutes from Armageddon, unchanged from last year’s unveiling of the Doomsday clock and remaining the closest it has inched to symbolic … Read More