Science & Environment
EU Parliament delays vote on new car pollution limits
The European Parliament on Thursday postponed a vote on new car pollution limits that could have killed a compromise agreed by EU ...Nepal to begin much-delayed earthquake reconstruction
Nepal will start repairs and reconstruction next week for nearly a million homes damaged by last year\'s deadly earthquakes, the head of ...Quake strikes northeast India, Bangladesh; 11 dead, nearly 200 injured
A powerful earthquake struck northeast India and Bangladesh on Monday, killing at least 11 people and injuring nearly 200, with efforts to ...Snowstorm hits Lebanon, cutting off roads and villages
A snowstorm has engulfed Lebanon on the first day of the new year, cutting off mountain roads, isolating villages and worsening living ...Floods claim 19 lives, force evacuation of US town
Federal officials were monitoring 19 vulnerable levees on the rising Mississippi River and its tributaries, warning that hundreds of homes in Illinois ...US death toll at 43 as wild weather tears across central states
Texas reeled from rare December tornados on Monday as days of storms battering a vast region stretching from the southwestern US to ...Eight dead after tornado, storms hit Texas
Tornadoes swept through the Dallas area leaving substantial damage and at least eight people dead either from the storm or related traffic ...Nepal appoints quake reconstruction chief
Nepal has appointed a new chief for its reconstruction authority which will allow the body to finally start rebuilding and disbursing aid ...World climate accord hailed as turning point from fossil fuels
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius presented a landmark global climate accord on Saturday, a "historic" measure for transforming the world\'s fossil fuel-driven ...Strong 7.2 quake strikes in Tajikistan, felt in New Delhi
An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude struck Tajikistan on Monday, shaking buildings as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi and ...