Environment

Powerful Hurricane Idalia pummels Florida, churns on to Georgia

By Gerard MARTINEZ Idalia roared across Florida Wednesday as a dangerous and powerful hurricane, bringing potentially catastrophic storm surge to…

Japan PM eats ‘safe and delicious’ Fukushima fish

  TOKYO, Aug 30, 2023 (AFP) - Japan's prime minister ate what he called "safe and delicious" fish from Fukushima…

Japan’s century of efforts to tame earthquakes

By Etienne BALMER Takashi Hosoda was in a Tokyo skyscraper when the 9.0 magnitude quake struck on March 11, 2011,…

‘Animals are thirsty’: Dust and bones on Turkey’s shrinking lake

https://youtu.be/UiTg27NR3Gc By Fulya OZERKAN Shepherd Ibrahim Koc recalls his youth with fondness as he grazes cattle on a barren field…

Hurricane Idalia intensifies as nears Florida

By Jesus Olarte, with Gerard Martinez in Steinhatchee, Florida Hurricane Idalia intensified early Wednesday as it hurtled towards northwest Florida,…

Houses destroyed in Swiss landslide

A landslide slammed into a Swiss village on Tuesday after days of heavy rain, destroying half a dozen houses but…

Several sea lions die from bird flu in Argentina

Scores of sea lions have died from bird flu in Argentina, officials said Tuesday, as an unprecedented global outbreak continues…

Tropical Storm Idalia strengthens off Cuba, barrels toward Florida

Tropical Storm Idalia strengthened as it passed by the western tip of Cuba on Monday, taking aim at the Gulf…

‘Like an urban dumpster’: rare corpse flower stinks out California

A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but with a corpse flower -- well, tinkering around the…

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