1+ week, 1+ day ago   (107+ words) The death toll topped 1,300 with 5,600 persons missing Friday, nine days after a disintegrating glacier at the headwaters of a Himalayan river system triggered catastrophic flash flooding along the Nepal-China border. Emergency responders at a hydro-electric facility on the Chinese side…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (490+ words) Rescue teams continued their increasingly frantic work to locate survivors in the wake of catastrophic flash flooding at the Nepal-China border last week, as the death toll climbed above a thousand and the number of missing reached nearly four thousand....

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (123+ words) SÃO PAULO – The Cardinal Archbishop of Manaus has decried a startling increase in violence against indigenous persons in Brazil, as Indigenous communities face various attempts to drive them off what little they still hold of their ancient lands and further…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (123+ words) Firefighters from Spain to Greece have been battling blazes for months, with fires in Spain and France garnering sustained headlines all summer. Just this week, one of the largest fires ever recorded in Belgium was burning largely out of control,…...