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Melbourne set to roast on hottest day in decade
Associated Press, Published on 25/01/2019
» MELBOURNE: Tens of thousands of Melbourne homes and businesses lost power Friday as air-conditioners taxed the power supply on what was forecast to be the hottest day in a decade for Australia's second-largest city.
Smoke blots out western United States
Associated Press, Published on 22/08/2018
» SEATTLE: Smoke from wildfires clog the sky across the entire western part of the United States, blotting out mountains and city skylines from Oregon to Colorado, delaying flights and forcing authorities to tell even healthy adults in the Seattle area to stay indoors.
New dam in Cambodia 'would destroy Mekong'
Associated Press, Published on 18/05/2018
» A Chinese-backed plan for Cambodia to build the Mekong River's biggest dam would destroy fisheries that feed millions and worsen tensions with Vietnam, the downstream country with most to lose from dams on the waterway, according to a three-year study commissioned by the Cambodian government.
At least 41 killed as dam bursts in Kenya
Associated Press, Published on 10/05/2018
» NAIROBI, Kenya: A dam burst its banks in Kenya's Rift Valley, killing at least 41 people and forcing hundreds from their homes, officials said Thursday. At least 20 of the dead were children, police said.
Revellers around the world ring in 2018
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2017
» A look at how people around the world are ringing in 2018:
California governor: Christmas fires 'the new reality'
Associated Press, Published on 11/12/2017
» FALLBROOK, California: A week of destructive fires in Southern California is ending but danger still looms.
UN: Smugglers throw 280 migrants into the sea off Yemen
Associated Press, Published on 11/08/2017
» UNITED NATIONS -- Smugglers have thrown some 280 migrants into the sea off the coast of Yemen in the last two days, causing more than 50 to drown and leaving over 30 missing, the UN migration agency said Thursday.
Five migrants dead, over 50 missing off Yemen
Associated Press, Published on 10/08/2017
» ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - Five migrants are dead and more than 50 are missing after smugglers forced them from a boat off the coast of Yemen in the second such drowning in two days, the UN migration agency said Thursday.
Sicily firefighters suspected of setting blazes to get work
Associated Press, Published on 07/08/2017
» ROME -- Police in Sicily say 15 firefighters are suspected of setting blazes that they were then called to extinguish.
Global warming blamed for rising suicides on Indian farms
Associated Press, Published on 01/08/2017
» NEW DELHI - When Rani's husband died by drinking pesticide, he left the family in debt. But even if they could pay off the loans, Rani said their farming days are over.