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Entertainment
Dwayne Johnson, Oprah Winfrey jump-start Maui relief fund with $10 million donation
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson recently donated $10 million to help people affected by the Maui wildfires. About their announce...
Bryan Ke
Environmental
Mother who lost her home to Maui wildfires finds hope in a single photo found by a stranger
A mother who lost her Lahaina home and all of her belongings to the Maui wildfires found hope in a single photograph of her late great-grand...
Michelle De Pacina
Hawaiians voice concerns about underreporting of Maui wildfire deaths
As the death toll of Maui’s wildfires have climbed to at least 99 people, Hawaiians are voicing their concerns regarding the alleged underre...
Video: Lahaina church remains miraculously untouched amid Maui wildfires
A historic Lahaina Catholic church has miraculously remained untouched amid the devastating Maui wildfires that have killed at least 96 peop...
At least 55 dead, 1,000 people missing in Maui wildfires as evacuations continue
At least 55 people have died and many are still missing as evacuations continued Thursday in Maui, Hawaii, due to the wildfires. Death toll...
Historic Maui town of Lahaina nearly destroyed by raging wildfires in Hawaii
The historic Lahaina town in West Maui, Hawaii, has been nearly reduced to rubble as the wildfires send residents jumping into the harbor wa...
Watch: Filipino bride walks down flooded aisle after Typhoon Doksuri hits Philippines
A Filipino bride went viral for walking down a flooded aisle in her wedding dress after Typhoon Doksuri wreaked havoc in the Philippines. T...
Video: Divers encounter giant ‘doomsday fish’ of Japanese legend off Taiwan coast
In Japanese culture, the oarfish is revered as a “Messenger from the Sea God’s Palace” and has gained a reputation as a ha...
Ryan General
Japan
10 years ago, Lionel Messi auctioned off his ‘Golden Foot’ for $5 million
It has been a decade since Lionel Messi auctioned a gold cast of his left foot to help victims of the deadly 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsun...
China
Video: Man tells rescuers to save his girlfriend 1st after flood sweeps their car to river
Chinese social media users are praising a man for telling rescuers to save his fiancée first after a strong flood swept their car into a riv...
‘China’s Pompeii’ museum showcases skeletal remains locked in eternal embrace
The Lajia site predates Pompeii by over 2,000 years, making it a remarkable glimpse into an even earlier civilization ...
Malaysia’s deadly floods force more than 72,000 people to evacuate
A monsoon in Malaysia has triggered landslides and rural flooding, forcing more than 72,000 people to evacuate their homes. The country’s no...
Dashcam video captures moment deadly earthquake strikes China’s Sichuan province
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province, killing at least 65 people and injuring more than 200 others. There ...
News
Pakistani journalist reporting on deadly floods while neck-deep in water goes viral
A Pakistani news anchor has gone viral for reporting on the country’s flooding while immersed in neck-deep waters. A video clip shows only...
Rebecca Moon
7.0-magnitude earthquake leaves at least 5 dead and 130 injured in northern Philippines
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit northern Luzon, the Philippines’ most populous island, on Wednesday morning, killing at least five and injur...
Super Typhoon Rai kills 375, displaces 481,000 Filipinos
Super Typhoon Rai, a Category 5 storm, ripped through 10 regions in the Philippines last Thursday, displacing 481,000 and killing 375 Filip...
Ground-level witness videos of Mount Semeru eruption show devastation of Indonesian villages
Dozens have either gone missing, become injured or died after Mount Semeru’s volcanic eruption over the weekend devastated the Indonesian is...
Maina Chen