SYDNEY (Reuters) – A man’s body has been found in burnt-out bushland in New South Wales (NSW) state, taking the death toll from bushfires that have swept across Australia’s east coast to four, police said on Thursday. The Gospers Mountain fire is seen burning in bushland near Colo Heights, north west of Sydney, Australia, November
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FILE PHOTO: Cast member Russell Crowe takes part in a news conference for the film “The Nice Guys” out of competition at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 15, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman (Reuters) – Bushfires raging across Australia’s east coast destroyed two buildings on a rural property owned by Russell Crowe, the
PARIS (Reuters) – Checks carried out by French utility EDF at its Cruas nuclear power plant have revealed no anomalies so far, a company executive said on Tuesday, after it extended outages at three of the facility’s reactors until Nov. 15. FILE PHOTO: A logo of French electric company EDF is seen at an office
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Australians took shelter on Tuesday after authorities warned it was too late for them to leave their homes as bushfires raged across a vast area of the country’s east coast. Smoke from a large bushfire is seen outside Nana Glen, near Coffs Harbour, Australia, November 12, 2019. AAP
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least 13 people were killed in Bangladesh and India after cyclone Bulbul lashed coastal areas this weekend, though prompt evacuations saved many lives and the worst was over, officials said on Sunday. A woman is seen inside her damaged house after cyclone Bulbul hit the area in Khulna, Bangladesh, November 10,
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian firefighters will spend Sunday trying to contain bushfires as authorities warn that widespread fire danger on Tuesday will stretch their ability to protect people. Firefighters look as a fire rages on in Rainbow Flat, New South Wales, Australia, November 8, 2019, in this still image taken from social media video. @
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Three people have died, four are missing and at least 150 homes have been destroyed as bushfires rage across eastern Australia, authorities said on Saturday. A NSW Rural Fire Service firefighter conducts property protection as a bushfire burns close to homes on Railway Parade in Woodford NSW, Australia, November 8, 2019. AAP
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Two people have been found dead, seven are missing and at least 100 homes have been destroyed as bushfires rage across eastern Australia, authorities said on Saturday. A NSW Rural Fire Service firefighter conducts property protection as a bushfire burns close to homes on Railway Parade in Woodford NSW, Australia, November 8,
People wade through the floodwater in Bentley, north of Doncaster, Britain November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Craig Brough LONDON (Reuters) – A woman was found dead in flood water on Friday after severe storms brought a month’s rainfall in less than 24 hours to parts of central and northern England. Police said the woman’s body had been
TOKYO (Reuters) – Three quarters of Japanese companies have been hurt by a string of natural disasters over the past two years, suffering damage to factories, office buildings, distribution networks and supply chains, a Reuters survey found. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows residential areas flooded by the Chikuma river, caused by Typhoon Hagibis in
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for New York state and Exxon Mobil Corp will make closing arguments on Friday in the closely watched trial in the state’s lawsuit charging that the oil major hid from its investors the true costs of regulations aimed at curbing climate change. FILE PHOTO: Logos of ExxonMobil are seen in
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will offer farmers hurt by drought up to A$1 billion ($688.10 million) in cheap loans, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, as the government seeks to curb rising discontent from rural voters. FILE PHOTO: A field is sprinkled with the remnants of cotton after a harvest in Trangie, Australia, September
FAYOUM, Egypt (Reuters) – Ahmed Abd-Rabo used to get all the water he needed to feed his crops in northern Egypt. Then the canal linking his seven acres to the River Nile started drying up and he had to abandon half the plot. A general view shows the River Nile with houses and farmland in
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In the wake of two years of devastating wildfires in California, Wall Street is incorporating a new risk metric when evaluating companies: climate resiliency. FILE PHOTO: Cal Fire firefighters look on as a plane drops fire retardant on the Maria Fire in Santa Paula, California, U.S. November 1, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Dreifuss.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The air quality in the Indian capital, New Delhi, improved slightly on Tuesday as the wind picked up to blow away some of the pollution shrouding the city for days. Buildings are seen shrouded in smog in New Delhi, India, November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis But the air remained at the
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The former chief executive of Brazilian iron ore miner Vale received an anonymous email weeks before the deadly collapse of a tailings dam at Brumadinho in January 2019 warning about “dams at their limit,” according to the findings of an exhaustive congressional report on the disaster. FILE PHOTO: A member of
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