Under pressure Australia PM visits beleaguered firefighters
by Andrew Beatty SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited firefighters battling Australia's bushfire crisis on Sunday…
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State of emergency as bushfires rage in Australia
by Daniel DE CARTERET Agence France Presse BUXTON, Australia (AFP) -- A state of emergency was declared in Australia's…
7 years ago
Eight killed in blaze at Bangladesh plastics factory
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Eight people were killed and at least 24 critically injured when a devastating fire swept through…
7 years ago
Toxic bushfire haze blankets eastern Australia
by Andrew BEATTY / with Daniel de Carteret in Gosford Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Toxic haze…
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Smoke haze settles over Australian capital as bushfires burn
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Smoke haze from bushfires raging in Australia spread to the capital Sunday, as firefighters raced to…
7 years ago
Indian Prime Minister expresses condolences to families of victims of deadly fire in Delhi
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed on Sunday condolences to the families of victims of the deadly…
7 years ago
At least 43 killed in Delhi factory fire
NEW Delhi, India (AFP) -- At least 43 people have died in a factory fire in India's capital New…
7 years ago
Australia braces for heatwave as more than 100 fires burn
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Out of control bushfires forced residents in eastern Australia to flee their homes on Saturday,…
7 years ago
Arson suspected in Athens hotel fire
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Authorities in Greece on Thursday were investigating possible arson in a four-star Athens hotel fire in…
7 years ago
23 killed as fire engulfs Sudan factory
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) -- Twenty-three people were killed and dozens injured as a fire triggered by an explosion in a…
7 years ago
Firefighters battle new blaze in California
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Hundreds of California firefighters on Tuesday battled a wind-driven brush fire that grew out…
7 years ago
Online fundraiser for bushfire-hit koalas tops Aus$1-million
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- An online fundraiser for koalas injured in devastating bushfires topped Aus$1 million ($680,000) on Thursday, making…
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