Day: 19 June 2018

4 dead, hundreds injured as 6.1-magnitude quake rocks western Japan

June 19, 2018

TOKYO, June 18 (Xinhua) — At least four people have been confirmed dead and 350 others have been injured after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Osaka prefecture in western Japan on Monday. According to local authorities, in Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture, a 9-year-old girl was killed on her way to school when an outer wall at […]

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Europe sees far fewer asylum seekers in 2017

June 19, 2018

Source:Xinhua Applications for international protection in the European Union (EU) nearly halved from 1.3 million in 2016 to 728,470 in 2017, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) said Monday in a statement. Applications in early 2018 averaged less than 50,000 per month, it said. Throughout 2017, migratory pressure at EU external borders remained high, but […]

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