The parent company of StarKist Tuna is being sued by the family of a man who drowned aboard a company fishing boat three years ago. Pacific Daily News reports the family of chief engineer Chang Cheol Yang sued last week …
Air force helicopters and rescue teams searched for survivors in northern India after days of monsoon rains triggered flash floods and landslides, killing at least 138 people and leaving hundreds missing. Parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the worst-hit states …
Come rain, wind or sunshine, weather has long been one of Britain’s main topics of conversation. Now it has also become a mystery. Meteorologists and climate scientists are meeting Tuesday to discuss why this traditionally temperate country has recently experienced …
Stephen Markscheid holds one of the riskiest jobs in the world—or so say directors and officers liability insurers. The 59-year-old former banker, a Mandarin-speaking American, sits on the boards of five U.S.-listed Chinese companies, including Jinko Solar Holding Co. The …
A government official says at least 3 people have died and 12 others are missing after floods washed away an apartment building in northern India. Amit Chandola says the three story building in Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand state was hit Sunday …
A dozen faculty members from universities in Indonesia are spending the summer at the University of Hawaii to learn about disaster risk management and how it can save lives in their country. Under a pilot program, the 12 Indonesian university …
Several hundred garment workers were sickened at their factory outside Bangladesh’s capital on Sunday, apparently after drinking water there. Police official Mohammad Jahid said many of the workers were treated at various hospitals after the incident at East West Factory …
An economic partnership representing companies in north central Idaho and southeastern Washington is trying to sell boats to the descendants of the seafaring Vikings. The Lewiston Tribune reports the fire department in Stockholm, Sweden, is in the market for welded …
After Cuban scientists studied the effects of climate change on this island’s 3,500 miles (5,630 kilometers) of coastline, their discoveries were so alarming that officials didn’t share the results with the public to avoid causing panic. The scientists projected that …
Allianz SE, Europe’s biggest insurer, said preliminary estimates show its net losses from the flood claims in Germany, Austria and part of Central Europe are 350 million euros ($467 million). The gross impact, before reinsurance, is “probably” above 500 million …
