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Chile fires kill at least 18 as firefighters battle extreme heat, winds
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (276+ words) SANTIAGO " Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe in two regions in the south of the country on Sunday (Jan 18) as raging wildfires forced at least 20,000 people to evacuate and left at least 18 people dead. According to Chile's…...
Indonesian authorities recover body during search for drowned Spanish football coach and his children
2+ week, 6+ day ago (306+ words) JAKARTA " Indonesian rescuers on Monday (Dec 29) found a body during the search for Spanish football coach Fernando Martin and his children after their boat sank near the coast of a popular tourist spot on Friday, the country's rescue agency said....
Spain to resume pork exports to China from regions unaffected by swine fever outbreak
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (462+ words) BELLATERRA, Spain " Spain, which is mobilising to contain an outbreak of African swine fever in Barcelona, received confirmation from major pork importer China on Monday (Dec 1) that it can resume pork exports to the country from all other regions, its…...
8 more suspected swine fever cases as Spain struggles to limit export damage
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (291+ words) MADRID, Nov 30 " Eight more wild boar with suspected cases of African swine fever were discovered near Barcelona, La Vanguardia newspaper reported on Sunday (Nov 30), as Spain struggles to limit the damage to a pork export industry worth billions of euros…...
China bans pork imports from Barcelona after Spain's swine fever outbreak
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (551+ words) MADRID/BEIJING " China has banned pork imports from Barcelona province after Spain detected its first case of African swine fever in three decades in two wild boar found dead in the area, a Chinese Customs document seen by Reuters showed....
Peru protest strands hundreds of tourists near Machu Picchu
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (296+ words) LIMA " At least 900 tourists were stranded near Peru's ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu on Tuesday (Sept 16), the country's tourism minister said, after a passenger train service was suspended due to a protest. Train operator PeruRail said service had been…...
Huge wildfires stabilising in Spain, cooler forecast fuels hope worst is over
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (454+ words) GONDULFES, Spain " Wildfires raging in northern and western Spain have burned through nearly the same area in the past 24 hours as in all of last year, although the end of a 16-day heatwave and expected rainfall have fanned hopes that…...
'Cooked alive': Europe's wildfires hit tourism spots and forests
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (708+ words) MADRID/PODGORICA " Firefighters across Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Balkans were battling wildfires on Tuesday (Aug 12), with another heatwave pushing temperatures above 40 deg C across parts of Europe. Global warming is giving the Mediterranean region hotter, drier summers, scientists…...
Senior EU official says Gaza crisis 'looks very much' like genocide
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (396+ words) BRUSSELS " A senior member of the European Union's executive said the displacement and killing in Gaza looked very much like genocide, the first commissioner to level that accusation and publicly break with the body's position on the conflict. "If it…...
More than 18,000 people in lockdown as wildfire rages in Catalonia
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (298+ words) XERTA, Spain " Spanish authorities ordered more than 18,000 residents of the northeastern Tarragona province to remain indoors on Tuesday (July 8) and several dozen were evacuated as a wildfire raged out of control, consuming almost 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of vegetation. Large parts of…...