This Day in Alaska History-January 14th, 1869
Village Grave Led to Virus Breakthrough
One-hundred-two years ago, a strain of influenza virus spread across the globe, eventually reaching Brevig Mission in Alaska. Five days after the flu hit the Seward Peninsula, 72 of the 80 villagers in Brevig Mission were dead. Through a series of events suited to a detective novel, researchers made a connection between Brevig Mission […]
Thousands of Syrians Flee Aleppo Countryside
GAZIANTEP, TURKEY—Thousands of Syrian villagers are fleeing homes in the countryside south of Aleppo in the face of a government ground assault backed by Russian airstrikes, one of four major offensives mounted since Russia’s military intervention in the long-running Syrian civil war. The three other offensives are focused mainly on rural areas in the provinces […]
Afghan Police, Villagers Clash at Site of Massive Landslide
Afghan police fired shots into the air Tuesday to disperse villagers demanding aid at the site of a massive landslide in northeastern Afghanistan.Authorities say no one was injured when several people rushed toward a truck carrying emergency supplies to those affected by last week’s landslide.Hundreds of people in the village of Abi Barik in […]