Throughout an exceptionally long political career, Jacques Chirac, who died Thursday at 86, personified the paradoxes of a country passing from one century to another.
Chile earthquake of 1960, the largest earthquake recorded in the 20th century. Originating off the coast of southern Chile on May 22, 1960, the temblor caused substantial damage and loss of life both in that country and as a result of the tsunamis that it generated in distant Pacific coastal areas. The earthquake hit at 3:11 pm approximately 100 miles (160 km) off the coast of Chile, parallel to the city of Valdivia. The shock is generally agreed to have had a magnitude of 9.5, though some studies alternately proposed that it may have been 9.4 or 9.6. A series of foreshocks
Indian Navy and French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its strike group kicked off their large-scale operational cooperation Varuna from Goa, according
The Mauna Loa volcano erupted on Sunday, spewing ash and lava on Hawaii's Big Island, the first eruption from the world's largest active volcano in almost 40 years.