Science & Environment
China ratifies Paris climate pact, US tipped to follow
China ratified the Paris climate change accord on Saturday, with the US expected to do so later in a joint stand against ...Hurricane Hermine hits Florida with strong winds and flooding
Hurricane Hermine swept onto Florida\'s Gulf coast early Friday with winds and heavy rain causing flooding and cutting power to tens of ...Launch pad blast destroys SpaceX rocket, Facebook satellite
An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad during a test in Florida on Thursday, destroying a satellite that ...Powerful earthquake strikes in New Zealand
Evacuations were under way in New Zealand Friday after a tsunami warning was issued following a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck ...Italy quake death toll nears 250
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in central Italy rose to 247 on Thursday amid fears many more corpses would be ...Powerful quake hits Myanmar, damaging famed Bagan temples
A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar Wednesday, killing at least one person and damaging around 60 pagodas in the ancient ...Deadly earthquake rattles central Italy
A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday, devastating mountain villages and leaving at least 13 people ...Death toll rises to at least 120 in Italy earthquake
A powerful earthquake that struck central Italy on Wednesday has left at least 120 people dead, the country\'s civil protection unit said.Dozens of wildfires rage across arid U.S. West
Dozens of wildfires that have blackened hundreds of square miles raged in the arid U.S. West on Tuesday, as destructive blazes forced ...11 dead, 40,000 homes flooded in Louisiana
The death toll from historic flooding in Louisiana climbed to 11 as the expanding flood zone prompted authorities to declare disasters in ...




