3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (132+ words) BEIJING – A cargo ship docked for repairs in a Chinese port caught fire, killing 25 people, Chinese state media reported Thursday. A total of 42 people had been on the vessel, and 12 of them were safely evacuated, Xinhua reported. Five were injured…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (795+ words) ISLAMABAD – Razia Noreen and her colleagues had just checked on the 15 newborns in their care at the hospital nursery in Islamabad and were preparing injections for some of them in an adjacent room when she saw noticed something unusual: flames....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (394+ words) GUADALUPE COUNTY, Texas – Guadalupe County Fire and Rescue has grown significantly since becoming fully operational in 2022, expanding from a five-person department to 21 firefighters as the county continues to grow. The department was established in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic delayed its…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (368+ words) Evacuations were being ordered Tuesday in rural Texas where a wildfire has ballooned in size, burning through ranchland and forcing schools to delay or cancel classes. The fire that began early Monday afternoon has ripped through more than 78 square miles…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (431+ words) Haven Daly And John Seewer RENO, Nev. – A wildfire that mushroomed over the weekend in the Sierra Nevada foothills spread perilously close to neighborhoods in Reno, Nevada, forcing authorities to urge more than 90,000 residents to leave their homes. The out-of-control…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (605+ words) JAKARTA – Indonesian police on Sunday arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the recent forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country triggered a harmful cloud known as a choking haze. Indonesia has…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (592+ words) Kirsten Grieshaber And Jovana Gec BERLIN – A woman died and at least two other people were injured as severe storms caused extensive damage overnight across parts of Germany. Further southeast, in the Balkans, firefighters continued to battle wildfires that have…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (375+ words) SAN ANTONIO – The temperature inside St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church on the Southeast Side wasn’t just hot; it was sweltering. “This church has no windows that you can really open up, and so we put some fans in with some…...