What Chile did right
Earlier this year, an 8.1-magnitude earthquake
hit Nepal, killing more than 8,000 people and displacing nearly
three million. A few days ago, an earthquake significantly more
powerful struck Chile. The epicentre was near populated areas, just
175 miles north of the capital Santiago, yet only 11 people died and
only a few hundred houses were damaged.
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Seeking solutions to the refugee crisis
The 28-member European Union (EU), which was
sharply divided over the Greek bailout financial crisis last year,
is facing its biggest test of unity over the growing refugee crisis
unfolding in European borders. At an emergency meeting in Brussels,
the EU hesitantly agreed to share some 40,000 refugees – mostly
fleeing from war zones in Syria,
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