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Australia bushfire rips through heritage-listed island
[BRISBANE, Australia] Australian firefighters are struggling to control a massive bushfire that already destroyed 40...
Seven dead in Hong Kong apartment fire: officials
[HONG KONG] Seven people were killed and several others were injured when a blaze tore through an apartment in Hong...
General Motors recalling nearly 69,000 Bolt EVs for fire risks
[DETROIT] General Motors (GM) said on Friday it was recalling 68,677 electric cars worldwide that pose a fire risk...
Nearly a third of Indonesia forest fires are in pulp, palm areas: Greenpeace
[SINGAPORE] Forested areas greater than the size of the Netherlands have been burned in Indonesia in the past five...
Wildfires raze dozens of homes in New Zealand
[WELLINGTON] Wildfires have destroyed up to 50 homes in New Zealand, authorities announced Monday, saying it was a...
Three dead in fire at Huawei campus in southern China
[BEIJING] Three people have been found dead after a huge fire broke out at an unfinished research facility belonging...
Airbus-backed startup sees drones reseeding fire-ravaged forests
[SYDNEY] A startup backed by billionaire venture capitalist Chris Sacca and Airbus says it can turbo-charge forest...
Fires continue to rage in US as smoke reaches Europe
[LOS ANGELES] Devastating wildfires that have ravaged the US West Coast continued to rage on Wednesday as smoke from...
Sri Lanka tows supertanker away from coast after fire
[COLOMBO] Sri Lanka began towing a fully loaded supertanker that had caught fire off its east coast after it began...
Blaze breaks out again on supertanker off Sri Lanka; cargo area intact
A NEW fire broke out on a supertanker in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Sri Lanka, spokesmen for the country...
Blaze breaks out again on supertanker off Sri Lanka, cargo area intact
[COLOMBO] A new fire broke out on a supertanker carrying about 2 million barrels of oil in the Indian Ocean off the...
BREAKING NEWS
World facing 'catastrophic moral failure' on vaccines: WHO chief
[GENEVA] The world is on the brink of a "catastrophic moral failure" if rich countries hog Covid-19 vaccine doses...
HSBC chairman gives hints of looming strategy revamp
[LONDON] HSBC Holdings plans to accelerate its expansion across Asia in its imminent strategy refresh, according to...
Nutryfarm to sell S$24m worth of fresh durians to China firm
A WHOLLY-OWNED subsidiary of Nutryfarm International is selling 180 containers of fresh durians to a China-based...
New Silkroutes explores working with Huawei on genomic medicine
NEW Silkroutes Group has inked an agreement with Huawei International to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)...
Thai protesters accuse authorities of abduction, intimidation
[BANGKOK] Thai police said on Monday they were investigating a complaint by a political activist who said he had...
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