Venezuela declares a flooding alert
Venezuelan authorities have declared a state of alert in 11 states after days of incessant rain that has left at least three people dead and thousands
Venezuelan authorities have declared a state of alert in 11 states after days of incessant rain that has left at least three people dead and thousands
After decades of development as Europe's year-round playground, the Alps may be suffering from overload. Mudslides, avalanches and the fire in the Kitzsteinhorn tunnel this month have led some
The Namibia authorities urged restraint by visitors after the deaths this year of four endangered black rhino calves, apparently because of stress caused by too many
During a severe earthquake in northwestern Turkey that killed more than 18,000 people, residents in newer concrete buildings died at a far higher rate than those in traditional timber structures,
A report from the Harvard Medical School estimates that people with diagnosable mental illness account for nearly 45 percent of the total cigarette market in the United States. The study, published
Rescuers in the Italian Alps found the body of a one year old boy as the confirmed death toll rose to 16 from weekend floods and landslides that swept Italy and
The U.S. Air Force plans to send emergency supplies this week to Vietnam, where the worst flooding in decades has hit half the country and killed at least 473 people, officials
African leaders called for an international conference to discuss the issue of land compensation, as Zimbabwe forged ahead with its campaign to seize white-owned farms for resettlement by black
The head of a UN climate conference has told delegates that no final agreement on fighting global warming is possible at negotiations due to end, and that a broad political accord was the best they
The European Commission said that it would take Philip Morris Cps and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. to court in New York, accusing the two U.S. tobacco giants of involvement in smuggling