Month: January 2024
At least seven suspects were killed in a shootout Sunday between police and suspected members of a criminal gang in southern Brazil, local media reported.
Citing the military police, the report said the firefight occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning in the Parolin district in Curitiba, the capital city of southern Parana state, after residents reported hearing more than 50 gunshots and seeing suspects circulating through the streets with large-caliber weapons.
Upon arrival, police faced a hail of gunfire, leading to a fierce shootout.
The military police said they found on site 10 weapons, two bulletproof vests, cartridges for AK-47s, and equipment to convert pistols into long-range firearms.
According to the report, the initial shootings were due to rival gangs fighting for control of local drug sales.
Japan experienced a powerful earthquake today with a magnitude measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale.
The Japan Meteorological Agency reported a quake on Monday hitting Ishikawa and nearby prefectures, one of them measuring a preliminary magnitude of 7.4.
It issued a major tsunami warning for Ishikawa and lower-level tsunami warnings or advisories for the rest of the northwestern coast of the island of Honshu.
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NPR News: 01-01-2024 3AM EST
TOKYO — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit north central Japan on Monday, public broadcaster NHK said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning along western coastal regions of Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama prefectures.
Tsunami of up to 5 meters high are believed to be reaching Noto in Ishikawa Prefecture, according to the weather agency.
Waves more than 1 meter high hit the coast of Wajima City in Ishikawa Prefecture, NHK reported.
Japanese public broadcaster NHK TV warned torrents of water could reach as high as 5 meters (16.5 feet) and urged people to flee to high land or a top of a nearby building as quickly as possible.
Reports of damage were not immediately available.
South Korea’s meteorological agency said on Monday the sea level in some parts of the Gangwon province on the east coast may rise after the earthquake hit north central Japan.
Hokuriku Electric Power said there are no irregularities at its nuclear power plants, NHK reported.
TOKYO — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit north central Japan on Monday, public broadcaster NHK said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning along western coastal regions of Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama prefectures.
Tsunami of up to 5 meters high are believed to be reaching Noto in Ishikawa Prefecture, according to the weather agency.
Waves more than 1 meter high hit the coast of Wajima City in Ishikawa Prefecture, NHK reported.
Japanese public broadcaster NHK TV warned torrents of water could reach as high as 5 meters (16.5 feet) and urged people to flee to high land or a top of a nearby building as quickly as possible.
Reports of damage were not immediately available.
South Korea’s meteorological agency said on Monday the sea level in some parts of the Gangwon province on the east coast may rise after the earthquake hit north central Japan.
Hokuriku Electric Power said there are no irregularities at its nuclear power plants, NHK reported.
The NK Observer team wishes our audience the best for the new year, we appreciate the support. 2023 saw major changes, including the demographic map of the region with NK’s fall and the major exodus of locals, more challenges and armed conflict possibly await the region.
— Nagorno Karabakh Observer (@NKobserver) January 1, 2024