Fires used to terrify city residents. New research suggests climate change could see this fear return
Fires and cities do not mix. Authorities have spent decades reducing the risk. But climate change will make some urban fires ...
Ford vows to fight for Canadians after Ontario election win: 'Trump is underestimating us'
In a combative victory speech, Ford vowed to work with all-comers to shield Ontario from the effects of a brewing trade war with the U.S., an extraordinary call to action against a country that was ...
Chinese naval flotilla enters Great Australian Bight after live-firing exercises in Tasman Sea
New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) said the Chinese naval taskforce was today located west of Tasmania and moving west in the large open bay. NZDF said it had continued to monitor the flotilla in ...
Preppy Princeton murder suspect Matthew Hertgen ripped out brother’s eye and ate it after killing him: source
Officers also found a bloody knife, fork and plate near victim Joseph Hertgen’s body, the source said — which has led cops to ...
New Zealand says China has agreed to consider concerns about its recent military drills
New Zealand’s foreign minister is meeting senior officials in China just days after New Zealand and Australia said that ...
Defence force not told of Chinese navy live fire drills
China's military failed to inform the Australian Defence Force it would be conducting "irresponsible" live-fire drills, which ...
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How to protect your property for flooding after fires before the snow starts to melt
Hours later he endorsed a GOP plan that could slash the program. An 11-year-old girl in Texas died by suicide after she was bullied about her family’s immigration status, her mother says ...
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Their homes survived the L.A. fires. Now they live in a moonscape of ash and debris.
Probably years of it, on block after block ... she said, before water is deemed safe and pipes repaired so service can return to all the homes in the fire footprint. Park said she is pushing ...
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Waste industry on ‘borrowed time’ before a truck driver is seriously injured or killed
A spate of garbage truck fires in January has triggered a chilling warning from an industry leader who says it’s only a matter of time before a driver ... after a blaze while three others ...
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Disabled people and fires
In California, the deadly fires that struck Sonoma and Butte ... help caregivers feel more prepared and self-assured before, during and after, Issagholian said. “When the emergency happens ...
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More than half of Australia's homes were built before fire standards came in. Here are five ways to retrofit them
The problem is, more than half (55%) of Australia's homes were built 30 or more years ago—before national standards for ... for properties in areas at high risk from fire. Older homes remain highly ...
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Authorities look for person with gas can after two fires reported in Chinatown
Both fires were reported on North Broadway shortly before 2 a.m., said Los Angeles ... Police officers also responded to the scene after receiving a report of a person walking with a gas can ...