Postcards: Pope Francis’ ordinary shoes bring pride to his Argentine neighbourhood – and his cobbler
ISABEL DEBRE, of Associated Press, visits Muglia Shoes in the Flores neighbourhood of Buenos Aires…
Indonesia to permanently relocate thousands of residents after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki eruptions
Jakarta, Indonesia Reuters The Indonesian Government plans to permanently relocate thousands of residents after a series of eruptions of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano which killed nine people and damaged thousands of houses, officials said. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, located on Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted on Sunday night, followed by smaller eruptions on […]
Indonesia to evacuate 16,000 people after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki eruption
Jakarta, Indonesia Reuters The Indonesian Government aims to evacuate at least 16,000 residents from villages around the active Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano that erupted and killed nine people and damaged thousands of houses, an official said on Tuesday. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, located on Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted on Sunday night, followed […]
Floods, landslides, kill dozens in Indonesia and East Timor
Jakarta, Indonesia/Dili, East Timor Reuters Flash floods unleashed by torrential rains killed 41 people on the Indonesian island of Flores on Sunday, the disaster management agency BNPB said, and at least three more were reported killed in neighbouring East Timor. At least 49 families were hit on Flores, in the east of Indonesia’s sprawling archipelago, […]