Science & Environment
TikTok goes dark for US users, company pins hope on Trump
By David Shepardson Reuters TikTok stopped working in the United States late on Saturday and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ...Death toll in South Africa’s mine siege rises to 78
South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ...Deadly Los Angeles wildfires threaten Hollywood
By Huw GRIFFITH AFP Wildfires threatened to engulf parts of Hollywood on Thursday as a growing number of blazes raged across Los ...Death toll from powerful earthquake in Tibet rises to 95
By Isabel Kua and Sam Davies AFP A devastating earthquake in China’s remote Tibet region killed at least 95 people and collapsed ...Russia clears beaches after Black Sea oil spill, declares emergency in Crimea
Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tons of contaminated ...In 2024, China saw warmest year in decades, breaking records yet again
Chinese meteorological data shows 2024 was the warmest year for the country since comparable records began more than six decades ago, the ...Cyclone Chido death toll rises to 94 in Mozambique
Cyclone Chido killed at least 94 people in Mozambique in its deadly rampage through the Indian Ocean last week, the country’s disaster ...Angry residents of cyclone-hit Mayotte jeer Macron, plead for water
By Tassilo Hummel Reuters Angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood damaged by Cyclone Chido heckled French President Emmanuel Macron when he toured ...France rushes supplies to Mayotte, still reeling from deadly cyclone
By Tassilo Hummel Reuters France ramped up its relief operations to its cyclone-devastated overseas territory of Mayotte, with 120 tonnes of food ...Race against time for rescuers as hundreds feared dead in Mayotte
By Jeromine DOUX with Sylvie MALIGORNE in Paris AFP Rescuers raced against time Monday to reach survivors after a devastating cyclone ripped ...