Indonesia arrests nearly 200 over raging forest fires
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia has arrested nearly 200 people over vast forest fires ripping across the archipelago, police said…
7 years ago
fire
At least 11 dead in Rio hospital blaze
by Mauro PIMENTEL / Carlos FABAL Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- At least 11 people,…
7 years ago
Indonesians choked by forest fire haze pray for rain
PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AFP) -- Hundreds of people held a mass prayer for rain in a smoke-filled Indonesian city on Friday,…
7 years ago
Forest fires destroying vital buffer against climate change
PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AFP) -- With fierce blazes raging in jungles from the Amazon to Indonesia, concerns are mounting about the…
7 years ago
Amazon’s ‘tallest tree’ safe from fires, say scientists
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Intrepid Brazilian and British scientists say they have located the Amazon's tallest tree in northern…
7 years ago
33 bodies recovered after California dive boat disaster
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Rescue workers have recovered a total of 33 bodies from a scuba-diving boat disaster…
7 years ago
Israel, Hezbollah exchange fire after week of tensions
by Jalaa Marey with Mike Smith in Jerusalem KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel (AFP) -- Israel and Hezbollah exchanged fire along the…
7 years ago
Brazil’s Amazon basin fires keep surging
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon basin is still on the rise, even though…
7 years ago
Brazil bans burning for two months to defuse Amazon crisis
by Jordi Miro, with Allison Jackson in Rio de Janeiro Agence France Presse PORTO VELHO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's…
7 years ago
Toll rises to 28 in Mexico bar fire attack
by Ignacio Carvajal COATZACOALCOS, Mexico (AFP) -- Gunmen burst into a Mexican strip club in a hail of bullets and…
7 years ago
Bolivia lost 1.2 million hectares to fires this year, govt says
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) -- Fires have destroyed 1.2 million hectares (3.2 million acres) of forest and grasslands in Bolivia…
7 years ago
Brazil’s Bolsonaro fuels spat with Macron over Amazon fires
by Jordi Miro, with Allison Jackson in Rio de Janeiro PORTO VELHO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on…
7 years ago
This website uses cookies.