Three dozen rescued after blast in east German potash mine
Around three dozen mine staff in eastern Germany were rescued on Friday after being trapped 700 meters (2,300 feet)below ground following an unexplained blast in...
World’s worst air: India’s pollution crisis in perspective
Wildfires have raged across California for about a month and air problems persist in China, but no other place on Earth is battling the scale...
All people rescued after mine explosion in Germany: police
A rescue operation for dozens of miners after an explosion in eastern Germany was successful on Friday, police said on Twitter https://twitter.com/Polizei_HAL/status/1192752452401074176....
Residents told to leave homes as downpours bring floods across northern England
Britain issued more than 100 flood warnings on Friday, with residents in parts of northern England advised to evacuate their homes amid concern that lives...
No apologies: Africans say their need for oil cash outweighs climate concerns
A handful of protesters on the ground floor of the cavernous Cape Town International Convention Centre spread fake oil on the ground and chanted, demanding...
Trapped and helpless: How families are fighting Delhi’s pollution horror
When a toxic smog darkened the skies over the Indian capital last weekend and air pollution peaked to its highest levels this year, Nabeela Moinuddin...
Magnitude 5.9 quake off Apia, Samoa, no reports of damage
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck around 250 km (150 miles) south-southwest of Apia, Samoa, on Friday, but local workers said there had so far been...
Poppy-stealing pigeon offers poignant reminder of war anniversary
A pigeon has been pinching poppies from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Australia’s national war memorial in Canberra and using them to build...
Around 35 trapped in east German potash mine: website
Around 35 mine staff were trapped about 700 meters below ground, two of them injured, after an unexplained blast in a potash mine in eastern...
Up to 30 people trapped in German mine: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung
Up to 30 people have been trapped after a mine explosion in a town in eastern Germany, regional newspaper Mitteldeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday....