Lebanon Officials Ignored Warnings on Chemical Tied to Blast The volatile chemical suspected of causing the deadly explosion that flattened Lebanon’s main port had been lying in storage there... Read More
Heaviest One-Day August Rain in 47 Years Slams Mumbai The heaviest one-day rain in August in 47 years in Mumbai, home to India’s financial markets and the central bank,... Read More
Glass Maker Seeks to Seize Venezuela-Owned Oil Tanker to Collect Award NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY — U.S. glass manufacturer O-I Glass Inc is seeking to seize an oil tanker owned by Venezuela... Read More
Miners Need More Engineers to Meet New Tailings Dam Safety Standard JOHANNESBURG/TORONTO — Mining companies need more skilled engineers if they are to meet strict new global safety standards for tailings... Read More
Europe Air Safety Regulator Gives No Firm Date For 737 Max to Fly Again PARIS — Europe’s air safety watchdog has no firm date for Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX to resume flights, it said... Read More
The Cost of Killer Heat: A Rising Risk of Death in Poor Nations A few years ago, several top climate researchers joined forces to launch a data-intensive economics research project that promised the... Read More
Hail, High Water and Lockdown: Europe’s Fruit Growers Prepare For Tough Harvest PARIS/LONDON, July 31 — Europe’s been eating more fruit under lockdown, by all accounts. The problem is, it could struggle... Read More
China-Backed Hackers ‘Targeted COVID-19 Vaccine Firm Moderna’ WASHINGTON — Chinese government-linked hackers targeted biotech company Moderna Inc, a U.S.-based coronavirus vaccine research developer, this year in a... Read More
Hackers Are Targeting the Remote Workers Who Keep Your Lights On In July alone, hackers took over the twitter accounts of U.S. politicians, stole terrabytes of coronavirus research and even infiltrated... Read More
Coastal Flooding Could Hit 20% of World GDP by 2100 – Study LONDON — Failure to rein in climate change and bolster sea defenses could jeopardize up to a fifth of the... Read More