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Heavy rains bring both relief and new dangers to bushfire-hit Australia
Environment
February 10, 2020
Heavy rains bring both relief and new dangers to bushfire-hit Australia
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A four-day downpour across Australia’s east coast has brought relief after months of devastating bushfires and years…
Threatened species hit hard by Australia’s bushfires
Environment
January 20, 2020
Threatened species hit hard by Australia’s bushfires
Australia’s bushfires have burned more than half the known habitat of 100 threatened plants and animals, including 32 critically endangered…
Dust storms and giant hail batter bushfire-weary Australia
World
January 20, 2020
Dust storms and giant hail batter bushfire-weary Australia
Thunderstorms and giant hail battered parts of Australia’s east coast on Monday after “apocalyptic” dust storms swept across drought-stricken areas,…
Photos: Fire devours cafeteria in Hurghada
Egypt
January 19, 2020
Photos: Fire devours cafeteria in Hurghada
A huge fire devoured a cafeteria in the Mubarak Five area on the Airport Road in Hurghada on Sunday, with…
Smoke from Australia bushfires reaches Brazil
Environment
January 8, 2020
Smoke from Australia bushfires reaches Brazil
Smoke from bushfires raging across Australia reached Brazil on Tuesday, an arm of the National Institute for Space Research said…
Military reservists called up as thousands flee Australian fires
World
January 4, 2020
Military reservists called up as thousands flee Australian fires
Up to 3,000 military reservists were called up to tackle Australia’s relentless bushfire crisis on Saturday, as tens of thousands…
Under pressure Australia PM visits beleaguered firefighters
World
December 22, 2019
Under pressure Australia PM visits beleaguered firefighters
Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited firefighters battling Australia’s bushfire crisis on Sunday as he apologized for a Hawaiian holiday that…
‘Catastrophic’ conditions as bushfires rage in Australia
World
December 21, 2019
‘Catastrophic’ conditions as bushfires rage in Australia
A scorching heatwave intensified bushfires ravaging parts of Australia on Saturday, and out-of-control blazes surrounding Sydney worsened under “catastrophic” conditions.…
Toxic Sydney bushfire haze a ‘public health emergency’
World
December 16, 2019
Toxic Sydney bushfire haze a ‘public health emergency’
Australia’s biggest city is facing a “public health emergency” over the bushfire smoke that has choked Sydney for weeks, leading…
Four killed, two injured in Luxor fire
Egypt
December 13, 2019
Four killed, two injured in Luxor fire
Four people were killed and two others were injured on Friday in a house fire in Armant al-Hait, west of…