Delta jet dumps fuel on California school playground
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- A Delta airliner experiencing mechanical trouble on Tuesday dumped jet fuel onto a school…
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International
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon up 85 percent in 2019
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) - Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85 percent in 2019, compared with the…
6 years ago
Volcano erupts on ecologically sensitive Galapagos island
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- A volcano erupted on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos, Ecuadorian authorities said, spewing lava on…
6 years ago
Iran floods kill at least three: reports
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Flooding in southern Iran has killed at least three people and left hundreds of villages cut…
6 years ago
One dead, one missing in blast at Spanish chemical plant
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- One person was killed, six others injured and one reported missing following an explosion and fire…
6 years ago
New protests as Iran makes first arrests over downed airliner
by David Vujanovic TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran announced Tuesday its first arrests over the accidental shooting down of a…
6 years ago
Ousted Ghosn seeks retirement benefit from Renault
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The former chief executive of Renault Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan while awaiting trial on financial…
6 years ago
EU to lay out trillion-euro ‘Green Deal’
STRASBOURG, France (AFP) - Marine LAOUCHEZ Going green can be a costly business, as the EU's executive body will make…
6 years ago
Huge sinkhole swallows bus, kills six in China
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- An enormous sinkhole swallowed a bus and pedestrians in China, sparking an explosion, killing six people…
6 years ago
France, Sahel nations vow to step up anti-jihadist fight
PAU, France (AFP) - Laurence Benhamou and Marie Wolfrom France and its five partner nations in the Sahel region…
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