Tag Archives: Environment

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – At least six people were killed and 20 wounded on Sunday when Guatemala's volcano Fuego erupted violently, spewing a stream of red-hot lava and belching a thick plume …

CAIRO, June 2 (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has approved measures to increase drinking water bills by up to 46.5 percent, the official gazette said on Saturday. increase in less …

India's economic growth is accelerating in an environment of rising price pressures, setting the stage for an increase in the interest rate next week. Growth accelerated to 7.7 percent in the fourth …

In the journal Nature the scientists expressed their surprise that those perforated earth cores "undermine the theory that recovery in sites closer to the crater is the slowest due to environmental pollutants, …

LONDON, May 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than three million cases of dengue fever, the fastest growing tropical disease in the world, could be prevented annually if global warming is limited …

THOOTHUKUDI, India (Reuters) – An Indian state on Monday ordered the permanent closure of a copper smelter operated by Vedanta Resources, which is listed in London, after 13 people protested to demand …

The mussels also contained four types of synthetic surfactants – the chemicals found in detergents and cleaning products – seven types of antibiotics, five types of antidepressants, more than one antidiabetic drug …

LONDON, May 27 (Reuters) – London's Stansted airport delayed, diverted and canceled some flights after lightning struck a plane's fuel system during storms that unleashed more than 64,000 thunderclaps. The British skies …

Last Updated May 24, 2018 3:25 PM EDT Shareholders at McDonald's annual meeting today rejected a proposal to ban plastic straws in the 37,000 stores of the fast-food giant serving 68 million …

A controversial Australian marine scientist who rejects research showing the main human-induced impacts on the Great Barrier Reef has been fired from James Cook University in Queensland for alleged multiple violations of …