OSLO –– Norway, Europe’s largest gas supplier, is closely monitoring the progress of a probe into unexplained damage on a Baltic Sea gas pipeline, having already stepped up security at its energy installations after the Nord Stream blasts last year. …
CHAHAK, Afghanistan (AP) — Another strong earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after an earlier one killed more than 2,000 people and flattened whole villages in Herat province in what was one of the most destructive quakes in the …
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Lidia dissipated Wednesday after hitting land as a Category 4 hurricane near the resort of Puerta Vallarta, where one person was killed by a falling tree and two others injured The hurricane knocked over trees and …
LONDON (AP) — Thousands of travelers faced disruption as all flights were suspended Wednesday at London`s Luton airport after a fire tore through a newly built parking garage, destroying vehicles and partially collapsing the structure. Four firefighters and an airport …
Global economic losses could reach $5 trillion under a “plausible increase” in extreme weather events linked to climate change that cause crop failures and food and water shortages, insurance marketplace Lloyd’s of London said on Wednesday. Lloyd’s, which carried out …
Finnish investigators said that a ruptured gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland was most likely caused by mechanical force rather than an explosion. It’s too early, however, to exclude any possibility from the investigation, Risto Lohi, a detective superintendent …
Hurricane Lidia rapidly intensified in the Pacific Ocean as it approached Mexico’s coast on Tuesday, coming ashore as a powerful Category 4 with 140-mile-per hour winds near Cabo Corrientes, the US National Hurricane Center said. It has since dissipated over …
ZINDA JAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Clinging to hope that finding survivors was still possible, Afghan rescuers and villagers kept digging through rubble in western Herat province on Tuesday, three days after one of the deadliest earthquakes in the region left …
DUBLIN (AP) — Rugby will use mouthguard technology as part of its efforts to detect brain injuries suffered by players on the field. The smart technology, which measures the force of head impacts in real time, will send alerts to …
Hurricane Lidia will bring flooding rains and high winds across west-central Mexico later Tuesday, the US National Hurricane Center said. Four to eight inches of rain is forecast for areas within the states of Sinaloa, Jalisco and Nayarit, with some …