Climate Change a Factor in ‘Unprecedented’ South Asia Floods June 23, 2022 By Aniruddha Ghosal and Al-Emrun Garjon SYLHET, Bangladesh (AP) — Scientists say climate change is a factor behind the erratic and early rains that triggered unprecedented... Read More
Monterrey Suffers Weeks-Long Water Cutoff Amid Drought June 22, 2022 By Marcos Martinez Chacon MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — The industrial hub of Monterrey has long been one of Mexico’s most prosperous cities, so its... Read More
Afghanistan Earthquake Kills at Least 1,000, More Trapped in Rubble June 22, 2022 By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Jibran Ahmad KABUL —The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than... Read More
Dozens Dead, Thousands Homeless in Bangladesh, India Floods June 22, 2022 By Al-Emrun Garjon and Aniruddha Ghosal SYLHET, Bangladesh (AP) — Villagers in northeastern Bangladesh crowded makeshift refugee centers and scrambled to meet boats arriving with food... Read More
Officials Try to Deliver Aid to Flooded South Asia Villages June 21, 2022 By Julhas Alam and Wasbir Hussain DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in India and Bangladesh struggled Monday to deliver food and drinking water to hundreds of... Read More
8 More Dead as India’s Assam State Reels Under Floods June 20, 2022 By Wasbir Hussain GAUHATI, India (AP) — Massive flooding and mudslides in northeastern India’s Assam state have claimed eight more lives, officials said... Read More
Spain, Germany Battle Wildfires Amid Unusual Heat Wave June 20, 2022 By Joseph Wilson BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Firefighters in Spain and Germany struggled to contain wildfires on Sunday amid an unusual heat wave... Read More
UK Pubs Giant Takes on Insurer Trio in $1.2B COVID Trial June 14, 2022 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn LONDON –– Britain’s biggest pubs group Stonegate, which is suing Zurich Insurance and two peers for 1 billion pounds ($1.2... Read More
Train Derailment in East Iran Kills at Least 22, Injures 87 June 10, 2022 By Nasser Karimi TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A passenger train traveling through eastern Iran struck an excavator and nearly half its cars derailed... Read More
Fire Caused by Suspected Arson in S. Korea Kills at Least 7 June 10, 2022 By Kim Tong-Hyung SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ A fire caused by suspected arson spread through an office building Thursday in South Korea’s... Read More