Artificial intelligence can help to reduce the impacts of natural hazards, but robust international standards are needed to ensure best practice. Jürg Luterbacher is a professor at the Center for ...

The International Rescue Committee provides opportunities for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and other immigrants to thrive in America. Each year, thousands of ...

SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year. The capsule ...

Luckily, Thomas O'Malley and his rag-tag bunch of Alley Cats come to their rescue! This feline adventure ... which includes the Disney favorites "The Aristocats," "Scales and Arpeggios" and ...

The Falcon 9 rocket took off at 1:17 pm (1717 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It used a new launch pad, the pad's first use for a crewed mission. "Congrats to @NASA and @SpaceX on a successful ...

It’s not easy being a customer-service agent—particularly when those customers are so angry with a product that they want to yell at you down the phone. That’s the sort of rage that Sonos, a ...

A dashboard camera filmed the moment drivers in St Paul, Minnesota, stopped in the middle of a highway to rescue a man trapped inside a burning vehicle. The footage shows people desperately trying ...

SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year. The capsule ...

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Rescue efforts to free a dog trapped 26ft (8m) into a cliff face were ongoing despite safety concerns over drilling into the rock. Rose the Jack Russell has been stuck since last Thursday in a ...

SpaceX has launched a rescue mission for the two astronauts who have been stuck on board the International Space Station since December. A Falcon 9 rocket, carrying NASA's Nick Hague and Russia's ...

A search and rescue operation is under way, with specialist teams arriving from around the world. However, people in some badly-hit areas say rescue efforts have been slow. Some have had to dig ...