Green groups criticize announcement as just words in run-up to elections and UN climate confab; similar decision in 2018 never implemented

A section of the 10-story structure collapsed last week, leading to one of the country's deadliest disasters in years; hundreds protest over the weekend

Led by Environmental Protection Ministry’s national marine protection unit, exercise involves local authorities, Noble Energy and others in simulated response to pipe disaster

US-born Israeli Joshua Wander sees the coronavirus crisis and America's violent unrest pushing disaster preparedness to the mainstream -- and he has some advice for Diaspora Jews

Preparedness is no joke to comedy legend Mel Brooks' son Max, a writer and US military advisor, who lauds Israel's COVID response and says global pragmatism can beat crisis

Experts say Health Ministry has long suffered a lack of coordination, planning and oversight, leaving it woefully unprepared for coronavirus despite strong signs disaster loomed