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U.S. military installations, bases brace for Hurricane Dorian

Sep 04, 2019 (UPI)

The hurricane was rated at Category 5 when it struck the Bahamas and then diminished, bringing heavy rain and wind, as it slowly moved westward toward Florida, ...

Hectic rescue underway as Bahamas death toll rises to 20

Sep 04, 2019 (AFP)

The United Nations said 70,000 people on Grand Bahama and Abaco island -- virtually the entire population -- were in "immediate need" of aid while the governmen...

Pentagon frees $3.6 bn for wall construction on Mexican border

Sep 03, 2019 (AFP)

Six weeks after being confirmed by Congress, Defense Secretary Mike Esper has signed off on the diversion of funds from 127 "deferred military projects" both in...

Desperate calls for help from Bahamas; As Floridians flee or bunker down

Sep 02, 2019 (AFP)

"Anybody who can help me, this is Kendra Williams. I live in Heritage. We are under water; we are up in the ceiling. "Can someone please assist us or send some ...

Amazon fires create image nightmare for Brazil

Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)

"This is the worst crisis Brazil has had for its image in 50 years," former government minister Rubens Ricupero told O Globo newspaper. The daily Folha de S.Pau...

Morales under pressure over Bolivia's Amazon fires

Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)

While the Amazon blazes in Brazil have attracted worldwide attention, the blazes in Bolivia's forest and grassland have raged largely unchecked over the past mo...

Trump denies report he wanted to nuke hurricanes

Aug 26, 2019 (AFP)

During a briefing, Trump asked if it would be possible to disrupt hurricanes forming off the coast of Africa by dropping a nuclear bomb in the eye of the storm,...

Scores missing after SW China hit by mudslides

Aug 22, 2019 (AFP)

A 33-year-old firefighter was among those killed by a flash flood that tipped over an emergency response vehicle as they went to help people affected by a mudsl...

The NRA's Wayne LaPierre: Washington's all-powerful gun man

Aug 22, 2019 (AFP)

But with President Donald Trump desperate to win reelection next year, the National Rifle Association chief worked his magic, convincing the US leader to furthe...

Trump: 'mentally stable' Americans should be able to own guns

Aug 21, 2019 (AFP)

"I want guns in the hands of people that are mentally stable," Trump told reporters. "Those people, I want them to be easily able to get a gun. But people who a...

Spain sends navy to save migrants as Italian justice intervenes

Aug 20, 2019 (AFP)

But no sooner had the Audaz, with a crew of 62, departed Rota in southwestern Spain during the early evening than an Italian prosecutor ordered the migrants be ...

HBO's 'Chernobyl' sparks tours, stokes fears in Lithuania

Aug 19, 2019 (AFP)

"They know what they're doing," the retired computer engineer from Chicago says, referring to organisers of the three-hour tour of the Ignalina power station in...

Dutch families join 'people's farm' to counter climate change

Aug 19, 2019 (AFP)

The farm is owned and run by a cooperative of hundreds of local consumers and aims to change habits in a low-lying country engaged in an existential fight again...

Sinking city: Indonesia's capital on brink of disaster

Aug 16, 2019 (AFP)

One of the fastest-sinking cities on earth, environmental experts warn that one third of it could be submerged by 2050 if current rates continue. Decades of unc...

'Explosive' situation on migrant rescue boat in limbo off Italy

Aug 16, 2019 (AFP)

Italy has evacuated a handful of people from the Open Arms ship for medical treatment but far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini refuses to allow the vessel...

Employees urge Google not to work with US immigration officials

Aug 15, 2019 (AFP)

A petition signed by more than 600 "Googlers" as of late afternoon was prompted by word that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was preparing to request bid...

Italy's defence minister blocks decree against migrant ship Open Arms

Aug 15, 2019 (AFP)

Salvini earlier this month signed a decree banning the Spanish charity Proactiva's Open Arms from Italian waters, saying it was needed to protect public order. ...

China's Tencent sorry for saying typhoon killed 'nearly everyone'

Aug 15, 2019 (AFP)

Typhoon Lekima hit the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Shandong and Anhui over the weekend, forcing more than two million residents to flee. China's official new...

One million moved into camps, 184 dead in India monsoon floods

Aug 12, 2019 (AFP)

The southern state of Kerala, a tourist haven known for its beaches, hill resorts and backwaters, has been the worst hit region for the second consecutive year,...

'It's humanitarian': the medics helping Hong Kong's protesters

Aug 09, 2019 (AFP)

Nurses, doctors, medical students and ordinary people with first aid training all clamoured to join what has become a small volunteer corps helping treat people...