State of Emergency

State of Emergency

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Sri Lankan Parliament approves state of emergency

Sri Lankan president said it is needed to control food prices and prevent hoarding amid shortages of some staples

Journalists gather near a mural featuring Haitian President Jovenel Moise, at the leader’s residence in Port-au-Prince where he was killed by gunmen in the early morning hours of July 7. Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said police and military were in control of security in Haiti [Joseph Odelyn/AP Photo]

Haiti declares state of emergency after Moise assassination

Pedestrians wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic walk past Japanese national flags in Tokyo, Japan, April 8, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Japan faces longer state of emergency, casting doubt on Olympics

A woman, wearing protective mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks on an almost empty street in the Dotonbori entertainment district of Osaka, Japan, March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Japan's Osaka to ask government to declare state of emergency: governor

Workers install more piping for effluent to flow at Port Manatee, where a breach in a nearby wastewater reservoir on the site of a defunct phosphate plant forced an evacuation order for hundreds of homes and threatened to flood the area and Tampa Bay with polluted water, in Piney Point, Florida, U.S. April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones

Florida evacuations order lifted as danger from leaky wastewater reservoir fades

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis talks to the media during a news conference as Hurricane Dorian approaches the state, at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, U.S. August 29, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello

Florida declares state of emergency over toxic wastewater leak

Floodwaters stream down a street in Hauula, Hawaii, U.S. March 9, 2021, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Courtesy of Adam Palmer/Social Media via REUTERS

Hawaii declares state of emergency after rains cause floods

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint. File photo: Xinhua

Myanmar govt declares 1-year state of emergency

People wait in line to be tested for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a testing station in Klang, Malaysia December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

Malaysia's king declares state of emergency to curb spread of Covid-19

China's Wuhan declares red alert as floods disrupt supply chains

China's Wuhan declares red alert as floods disrupt supply chains

A man wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks at Ginza shopping and amusement district in Tokyo, Japan April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Japan declares coronavirus emergency, approves stimulus package

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a news conference on Japan's response to the coronavirus outbreak at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Tokyo medical staff say Japan's 'state of emergency' already here

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Japan to declare state of emergency for about a month: PM