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JULY 7 (Reuters) — Los Angeles city officials say they don’t have enough water to irrigate all the trees in the city so they are cutting down those that are dead or dying from drought. According to the city, roughly 14,000 trees have died in the last year alone from drought. ”It’s difficult to say the specific cause of death. But the drought is a very much a very real contributing factor,” said Laura Bauernfeind, […]
JULY 7 (Reuters) — Hundreds of wildfires have swept across the western Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Saskatchewan, where the Canadian military was called in to help fight the 112 active fires that have forced the evacuation of more than 13,000 people and threatened several remote towns on Monday (July 6). The provincial government said more than 1,000 soldiers were on their way or already in the Prairie province, with some 600 to be […]
Greeks voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to reject terms of a bailout, risking financial ruin in a show of defiance that could splinter Europe. With nearly half of the votes counted, official figures showed 61 percent of Greeks rejecting the bailout offer. An official interior ministry projection confirmed the figure as close to the expected final tally. The astonishingly strong victory by the ‘No’ camp overturned opinion polls that had predicted an outcome too close to […]
(Reuters) — Americans marched in star-spangled parades, ran relay races, gathered for fireworks shows and crowned a new world hot dog eating champion as they celebrated Independence Day in traditional style on Saturday (July 4). Possible security threats, wildfires in the West and rainy weather on the East Coast apparently did little to dampen the spirits of celebrants decked out in red, white and blue from their headbands to their shoelaces The crowd in Washington, D.C. […]
(Reuters) — South Korea’s Health Ministry on Sunday (July 5) reported an additional case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), bringing the total number of cases to 186. “As of now, the total number of patients undergoing treatment is 37, 116 patients have been discharged from hospital and 33 people have died. And the total number of confirmed MERS cases is 186. Compared to yesterday, the total number of patients undergoing treatment has declined by […]
(Reuters) Tunisia President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on Saturday following an Islamic militant gun attack on a Sousse beach hotel, where 38 foreign tourists, mostly Britons, were killed, TAP news agency said, citing the president’s office. A state of emergency temporarily gives the government more flexibility and the army and police more authority, and restricts the right of public assembly. Tunisia last had a state of emergency during the 2011 uprising […]
(REUTERS) Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said European action toward the country was “terrorism” in an interview with Spanish newspaper El Mundo and said a trillion euros would be lost if Greece was allowed to crash. “What they’re doing with Greece has a name: terrorism,” Varoufakis said in the interview, published on Saturday. “Why have they forced us to close the banks? To frighten people. And when it’s about spreading terror, that is known as […]
(Reuters) Greek Prime Minister Tsipras urges crowds in central Athens to spurn the tough terms of an aid deal offered by creditors calling on people to vote ‘No’ in referendum. Elected in January on a promise to end years of austerity, Tsipras wants Greeks to spurn the tough terms of an aid deal offered by international creditors. He frames Sunday’s ballot as a battle for democracy. ALEXIS TSIPRAS, GREEK PRIME MINISTER: “Democracy is liberation, democracy […]
(Reuters) Alexis Tsipras was voted Prime Minister of Greece on a wave of euphoria after his leftist Syriza party won the election in January this year, promising to overturn 5 years of harsh austerity. With not quite enough votes to form a government, he joined forces with the anti-bailout, far-right Independent Greeks, headed by Panos Kamenos, whom he made Defence Minister. Also invited to join the cabinet were Nikos Kotzias as foreign minister, and […]
JULY 3 (Reuters) — China’s Foreign Ministry expressed anger on Friday (July 3) after the Pentagon’s updated National Military Strategy slammed Chinese claims in the South China Sea as aggressive and “inconsistent with international law”. “China’s actions are adding tension to the Asia-Pacific region,” says the paper, released this week in the first update of the strategy since 2011, making specific reference to China’s “aggressive land reclamation efforts” in the South China Sea. China’s Foreign […]
(Reuters) — The Japanese Goast Guard on Thursday (July 2) sent ships to survey a newly formed island some 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) south of Tokyo. This island, known as Nishinoshima, is slowly growing in size as its active volcano spews molten rock onto its surrounding shorelines. Its natural expansion began in late 2013 when a previously inactive volcano nearby suddenly erupted and merged with another nearby isle. Due to the island’s volcano activity and […]
JULY 3 (Reuters) — Surveillance footage released on Friday (July 3) by Chinese state television showed the moment a 6.4 earthquake struck a rural part of China’s far western Xinjiang region. At least four people were killed and more than 20 injured when the earthquake hit Guma County of Hotan Prefecture on Friday morning, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said. The footage showed the walls of a local supermarket shaking, with goods falling from shelves. […]
