India has turned the G20 into a diplomatic spectacle that has never been seen before. After 200 meetings held in 60 Indian cities through the year, the campaign to turn India’s G20 presidency into a global triumph has reached fever pitch in the run-up to the leaders’ summit this weekend.
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Japan quake death toll rises to 92
Rescuers in Japan are rushing to find 242 people missing after a devastating New Year’s Day earthquake. On Friday, the death toll from the 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the remote Noto peninsula rose to 92.
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Mississippi state government has declared a state of tornado emergency
At least 26 people have died in Mississippi and Alabama after a tornado tore through the southern US states. Search and rescue efforts are continuing, and the Mississippi state government has declared a state of emergency. In this rural town of only 2,000 people, where one fifth of residents live below the poverty line, dozens of buildings have been flattened by the fury of the tornado. The tornado hit in the middle of the night – people had been sleeping and had not heard the alerts.
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Cyclone Freddy become the longest-lasting tropical storm on record
President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi has said that nearly half of his country has been damaged by Cyclone Freddy, which has killed hundreds of people and become the longest-lasting tropical storm on record. The president asked for help from the international community and said the structural destruction was vast. By Saturday, the death toll in Malawi stood at 438. The President said the damage is across 13 districts, almost half the country, and it is not just the numbers of our people who have lost their lives, but the damage and devastation.
