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- Japan struck by shallow and deadly 6.4 earthquake Fri, 15 Apr 16, 5:23amAt least two are reported dead and nineteen houses collapsed in southern Japan following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake which struck the nation at 12:26 GMT (9:26 PM local time). Japanese media are reporting at least 90 others...
- Japan struck by shallow but deadly 6.4 earthquake Fri, 15 Apr 16, 5:23amAt least two are reported dead and nineteen houses collapsed in southern Japan following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake which struck the nation at 12:26 GMT (9:26 PM local time). Japanese media are reporting at least 90 others...
- Cooking oil cans found “reinforcing” the pillars of collapsed Taiwanese apartment Wed, 10 Feb 16, 6:30amSome disturbing allegations have surfaced following a 6.4 earthquake in Taiwan on February 6th. One 16-story apartment complex, the Weiguan Jinlong, toppled over with more than 300 people inside, killing at least 24 people....
- Mumbai Building Collapse Kills 6, Dozens Feared Trapped or Dead Sat, 28 Sep 13, 1:30amVideo Still via BBC Six people have been killed, and dozens are feared trapped or dead due to a building collapse early Friday morning in Mumbai, India...
- New Device Saves Disaster Victims by Detecting Heartbeats Through Rubble Wed, 11 Sep 13, 3:30amThe Department of Homeland Security and NASA have teamed up to create a new technology capable of detecting the heartbeats of disaster victims through up to 30 feet of rubble, 20 feet of solid concrete, or across 100 feet...
- Fashion Victims: Spanish Artist Protests Unethical Treatment of Garment Workers in Live Street Performance Sun, 23 Jun 13, 2:13amThis month, Spanish artist Yolanda Dominguez brought a stark representation of Bangladesh's horrific Rana Plaza building collapse to a packed shopping district in Milan with a "live" performance that underscored the real...
- Walmart and Gap Still Refuse to Sign Bangladesh Workers’ Safety Accord Sun, 26 May 13, 5:07amIn the weeks following the horrific Rana Plaza building collapse that killed 1,127 workers -- one of the worst tragedies in the history of the garment industry -- more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies signed...
- Cambodian Shoe Factory Collapse Kills Two Workers Sun, 19 May 13, 2:29amThe ceiling of a shoe factory in Cambodia that makes Asics athletic shoes collapsed on Thursday, killing two workers and injuring at least a dozen. The tragedy, which took place less than a month after a clothing factory...
- More than 1 Million People Sign Petitions Calling on Bangladesh to Improve Safety Sun, 12 May 13, 6:10amAs the death toll Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh surpasses 1,100, people around the world are calling on the fashion industry to prevent a similar tragedy from occurring More than 1 million people have signed...
- Bad Buildings Kill – Rana Plaza and the Case For Stringent Building Practices Wed, 8 May 13, 2:15amPhoto by Andrew Biraj for Reuters We've been closely following the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh, where over 700 people have lost their lives when an eight-story garment factory collapsed on April 24th...
- Architects Tell Californians to Brace for the Next Big Earthquake Fri, 12 Mar 10, 10:45amThe US Geological Survey has said that California has a 99.7% chance of having a magnitude 6.7 earthquake — or bigger — in the next three decades. University of California, Berkeley Professor and former Architecture...