This is probably the largest Croatian earthquake since 1667.
The ex-Yugoslav Balkans are a forgotten area for seismicity but historically large & seriously damaging quakes have struck in this complex mountainous region.
The authorities saied this in a interview. Officials said that in Petrinja, a town of about 25,000 residents, a 12-year-old girl died.
According to state HRT television, another four people were killed in villages near the area. “The center of #Petrinja as it used to be no longer exists,” HRT reported, saying people remained inside collapsed buildings.
The biggest part of central Petrinja is in a red zone, which means that most of the buildings are not usable. The army has 500 places ready in barracks to house people, while others will be accommodated in nearby hotels and other places.
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As reported by the Ministry of Public Health, various intensive care units for Covid-19 patients in Ecuador are nearly full.
The situation derives from a rise in respiratory disease cases across the nation, with a capacity of 95 percent for special and intensive care units.
In the case of Quito, the capital, and the epicenter of the pandemic for months, there are also hospitals where a patient waiting list already exists, such as the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute of the South, where, according to Danilo Calderon,
Apple is worth almost $ 2.3 trillion after last year's soaring on the stock market - making it the most valuable company in the world at the end of 2020.
The US smartphone and software giant, whose share has risen 78 percent since the beginning of the year (as of December 29), has replaced the oil company Saudi Aramco at the top of the stock market rankings, according to calculations by the management consultancy EY and Reuters.
Seven of the ten most expensive companies in the world are from the United States and two from China. The large German corporations are falling behind the global giants - measured in terms of market capitalization - despite the upturn in the German leading index Dax.
Reports from Iran today indicate that the Iranian authorities have passed a bill to compensate the families of those killed in the downing of the PS 752 Ukraine International Airlines flight.
A bill was passed today by the Legal Department of the President's Office that will see $ 150,000 in compensation offered to the victims' bereaved families. “The Ministry of Transport and Urban Development has been instructed to arrange for the payment of $150,000,
or it’s equivalent in euros to the families of each of the victims as soon as possible and to pay the amounts to the beneficiaries based on the relevant documents,” the Legal Department announced, according to The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) via the Tehran Times.
From next year it will be a criminal offense to photograph or film accident victims. Unintentional photographing under the skirt or in the neckline is then made a punishable offense: the Federal Ministry of Justice pointed this out.
"From now on, our criminal law protects better against infamous exposing photos and videos," said Federal Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht.
So far, according to the ministry, it has only been a criminal offense to take and distribute photos and videos of accident victims who are still alive. In the future, this will also apply if the victims have died. So-called "upskirting" and "downblousing",
Baden-Württemberg complains to the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate about increasing vaccination tourism.
According to the Ministry of Health, many people from the Rhineland-Palatinate border region in Baden-Württemberg register for vaccination because this is not yet possible in Rhineland-Palatinate.
In the south-west, citizens have been able to make an appointment for a vaccination since December 27th; in Rhineland-Palatinate, appointments will not start until January 4th. Baden-Württemberg decided to give individual appointments from day one,
Berlin has to do without a vaccine delivery in the first week of January. "We have now received the message from the Federal Ministry of Health that the delivery will be canceled without replacement in the first calendar week,"
says Health Senator Dilek Kalayci from the SPD. It should not continue until January 11th. "This is now causing us great difficulties, as we have made our plans based on these commitments," says Kalayci.
The country needed the additional vaccination doses "to be able to start with the over 80s. Of course we can't do that now." Therefore, people over 90 years of age would now be invited to the vaccinations by letter.