Climate Change a Factor in ‘Unprecedented’ South Asia Floods 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ A fire caused by suspected arson spread through an office building Thursday in South Korea’s... Read More