Two 5.3-magnitude earthquakes hit the southern part of Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China on Sunday morning, said the China Earthquake Networks Center.
A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit sea area of Yilan County in Taiwan at a depth of 6 kilometers at 4:24 p.m. Beijing Time on Friday, according to China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit waters off Taiwan at 11:17 a.m. Beijing Time on Thursay, according to the initial measurement made by China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).The epicenter was monitored at 24.77 degrees north latitude and 121.98 degrees east longitude.
The heavy smog that has shrouded parts of north China will ease on Saturday thanks to a cold front, China's national observatory said.
China's weather observatory on Saturday issued a yellow alert for smog in the country's north that will linger until Wednesday.
Nearly 60,000 liters of crude oil have spilled into muskeg in north of Alberta province in west Canada, the Alberta Energy Regulator said late Saturday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has called for ending confrontation on the Korean Peninsula and improving north-south ties, the official KCNA news agency reported on Monday.
The N. Korea said Tuesday that South Korea's accusation of "shelling by north" was a fiction aimed at covering up unpardonable provocations, the official KCNA news agency reported.
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit off Japan's Hokkaido at around 12: 06 local time Friday, said Japan' s Meteorological Agency.
UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey on Tuesday said that the UN refugee agency "is readying itself to assist in the possible spontaneous return of thousands of conflict-displaced people in the north of Mali."
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