Tag Archives: Alaska

US-based Alaska Airlines said it will give a $200 reward to its employees who are vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a press release. “Throughout the pandemic, the safety of our employees and guests has always come first, and we are committed to protecting our fellow employees, guests, and loved ones …

The warnings, issued for the US states of Alaska and Hawaii, the US Pacific territory of Guam, were later cancelled. The tsunami warnings issued across the Pacific Ocean after a shallow earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck the Alaska Peninsula have been lifted. The quake struck at 10:15 pm on Wednesday …

“The biggest threat would be any potential tsunami risk,” a USGS geophysicist said. Tsunami warnings were issued for parts of Alaska after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 struck off the peninsula’s coast early Thursday. The tremblor struck around 50 miles south of Perryville, a small town of …

The Trump administration will allow oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for the first time after decades of controversy and tension over concern drilling for an undetermined amount of oil would massively disrupt the pristine wilderness and tribes in the area. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said …

An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck off the south-south eastern coast of the Alaskan peninsula on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The quake, with an epicenter at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), prompted the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center to issue a tsunami warning for …

US fighter jets intercepted and escorted four Russian nuclear-capable bombers during a routine flight over neutral waters near the United States, the RIA news agency reported on Wednesday, citing the Russian Defence Ministry. Russia said the 11-hour flight, carried out by its Tupolev Tu-95MS bombers, complied with international law and …

5 questions about Donald Trump’s interest in buying Greenland, answered. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in recent weeks in buying Greenland. That is not a sentence from an Onion article, although you could be forgiven if you made that mistake. This President, the most unorthodox resident of …