By Chris Thomas, Munsif Vengattil and Jose Devasia KOCHI, India (Reuters) – By Chris Thomas and Jose Devasia CHOORALMALA, India (Reuters) – Rescue workers began looking for people trapped under debris early on Wednesday, a day after landslides caused havoc in the Wayanad district of India’s Kerala state, with at least 151 people dead and many still missing. Heavy rain in one of India’s most attractive tourist destinations collapsed hillsides and triggered torrents of mud, […]
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Chilean surfing star on quest to save hometown coast
by Giovanna FLEITAS Ramon Navarro is one of the world’s top big-wave surfers, but this fisherman’s son still has a place in his heart for the spot where he learned his trade — a stretch of Chilean coastline he is now fighting to save. Navarro, a wiry 37-year-old with the deeply tanned face of those who have spent their lives on the sea, is from Punta de Lobos, a remote, rocky stretch of coast in […]





