Typhoon Mangkhut, which meteorologists called the most powerful storm in the world this year, swept through the northern end of the Philippine island of Luzon, leaving at least 25 people dead and wreaking havoc. It uprooted trees, ripped off roofs, set off landslides and flooded farms and roads.
Yet amid the suffering, there was also relief that the situation was not much worse. The initial casualty toll was far lower than officials had feared in the days before the storm made landfall early Saturday on the Philippines’ largest and most populous island.
China’s foreign minister told his US counterpart that Beijing denies charges that it is helping Russia’s...
At least 30 people have been killed and over 100 injured in an Israeli airstrike on...
Ukraine said today its missile forces carried out a strike on a Russian military airfield in...
