Science & Environment
Siberian shipyard workers brave freezing cold for “the hardest job in the world”
A drone flies low over a snow-covered shipyard in Russia’s Far East, where workers toil in subzero temperatures to maintain the hulking ...Philippine landslide death toll climbs to 37
The number of people killed by a landslide in the southern Philippines has risen to 37, an official said on Sunday, as ...Forest fires kill 51 in Chile, menace urban areas
Forest fires raging in central Chile have killed at least 51 people and the death toll is likely to keep climbing, authorities ...Australia sweats in heatwave, lifting bushfire risk amid El Nino
Large swaths of Australia sweltered again on Sunday through a widening heatwave, which the national weather forecaster said raised the bushfire risk ...Volcano erupts in Iceland, flowing lava reaches fishing town
A volcano erupted in southwest Iceland on Sunday, with molten lava flows reaching the outskirts of a small fishing town by midafternoon, ...Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupts again, a month after deadly incident
Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupted on Sunday, with ash rising 1,300 metres (4,300 feet) from the peak six weeks month after a fatal ...Papua New Guinea declares state of emergency after 16 killed in rioting
By Lewis Jackson and Alasdair Pal Reuters Papua New Guinea’s prime minister declared a state of emergency on Thursday, suspending government and ...Japan quake: Rescuers rush to reach survivors
By Kiyoshi Takenaka, Sakura Murakami and Kantaro Komiya Reuters At least 30 people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit Japan on ...A dozen still missing after China’s earthquake, 137 dead
By Alessandro Diviggiano, Xiaoyu Yin and Liz Lee Reuters A dozen people were still missing on Thursday after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck ...Volcano erupts in southwest Iceland after weeks of earthquakes
A volcano in Iceland was erupting on Tuesday, with geysers of molten lava shooting into the pitch-black night sky after weeks of ...