Small town near Seattle declares state of emergency over false alarms from dam warning system
A state of emergency was declared in a small city in Washington state this week after a warning system for a dam protecting the city from being flooded by a reservoir falsely went off a fourth time since 2020, city officials said.
2023-09-02 09:19
Russia labels editor and Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov 'foreign agent'
Dmitry Muratov's Novaya Gazeta daily lost its licence in Russia and now he is labelled a "foreign agent".
2023-09-02 05:51
Country Garden: Debt crisis-hit China property giant in record loss
Country Garden reported a record $6.7bn loss for the first six months of the year.
2023-08-31 11:29
Evergrande: Crisis-hit Chinese property giant reports $4.5bn loss
The heavily-indebted firm's shares are set to resume trading in Hong Kong from Monday.
2023-08-28 09:17
Belarusian president says he warned Wagner boss Prigozhin twice to watch out
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said he warned Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin twice to watch out for threats to his life.
2023-08-26 15:25
‘Chinese spy’ targeted thousands over LinkedIn
The alleged spy used several names in attempt to entrap officials and extract state secrets
2023-08-24 01:20
Hawaii wildfires: More than 1,000 still missing as search continues
Officials are using cadaver dogs and asking families for DNA swabs, hoping to narrow the search.
2023-08-23 23:27
A tropical depression is expected to strengthen before hitting South Texas, threatening floods and dangerous storm surge
South Texas is bracing for heavy rain, flooding, powerful winds and dangerous rip currents as a tropical depression churning in the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to strengthen and hit the state Tuesday as a tropical storm.
2023-08-22 12:59
Texas under tropical storm warning for storm expected Tuesday morning
Areas along the South Texas coast are under tropical storm alerts for a yet-to-form system that could start lashing the area with wind, rain and coastal flooding as soon as Tuesday morning.
2023-08-22 01:28
Adobe co-founder John Warnock, who helped invent the PDF, is dead at 82
John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe, has died aged 82, the software company announced on Sunday.
2023-08-21 20:48
Adobe co-founder John Warnock dies at 82
(Reuters) -Photoshop maker Adobe's co-founder John Warnock died on Saturday aged 82, the company said in a statement early on
2023-08-20 17:51
Hawaii wildfires: Maui emergency chief quits after sirens criticism
Hawaii residents tell the BBC a stronger emergency response could have saved lives in the blaze.
2023-08-18 11:30