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Crusaders Set for Last Match at Apollo Projects Stadium as Move to Te Kaha Nears

The send-off closes a 14-year run at a post-earthquake ground that became Christchurch’s rugby anchor.

Magnitude 5.5 Quake Strikes Tokat’s Niksar District Overnight

WMO Retires Hurricane Melissa After Deadly Caribbean Impact, Record-Tying 190 mph Peak

Xinjiang and Pakistan Register Moderate Quakes as NCS Logs M4.9 and M4.3

Saxony Launches Daily Forest-Fire Risk Alerts as Several Regions Reach Level 3

Maine National Guard Deploys to Rhode Island for Record Blizzard Snow Removal

Emperor Naruhito Marks 66th Birthday With Call to Support Quake Survivors

Hindu Kush Quake Rattles Afghanistan and Pakistan, No Major Damage Reported

Vajont Hydropower Plan Enters Environmental Review as Local Leaders Divide

Dr. Bob Says His Signature Beard Honors Victims of the 2004 Tsunami

TEPCO Sets Feb. 9 Restart for Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactor After Alarm Halt

Three Years After Quakes, Antakya’s Greek‑Orthodox Community Rebuilds Church as Recovery Remains Uneven

Moderate Quake Rattles Kashmir Valley Early Monday

Gujarat Quake, 25 Years On: Recovery, Reform and a Transformed Kutch

Kobe Remembers 1995 Quake 31 Years On as Memorials Decline and Risk Warnings Persist

Magnitude 4.1 Quake Rattles Kutch District With No Damage Reported

Kīlauea’s Summit Activity Prompts Aviation Code Orange as Short Eruptions Continue

Cebu Landfill Collapse: Death Toll Rises to Six, 32 Missing as 24/7 Search Continues

Magnitude 5.1 Offshore Quake Near Reggio Calabria Felt in Messina

Magnitude 6.2 Quake Jolts Western Japan With No Tsunami Reported