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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a cafe in Kostroma, Russia November 5, 2022. Russian Emergencies Ministry in Kostroma region/Handout via REUTERS

At Least 13 Killed in Russian Nightclub Fire, Officials Say

At least thirteen people have died in a fire at a nightclub in the Russian city of Kostroma, the region's governor said on Saturday. Kostroma is about 300 kilometres (190 miles) north-east of…

05 November 2022

The ship, Felicity Ace, which was traveling from Emden, Germany, where Volkswagen has a factory, to Davisville, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, burns more than 100 km from the Azores islands, Portugal, February 18, 2022. Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa)/Handout via REUTERS

Fire Dies Down on Ship Carrying Luxury Cars, With Little Left to Burn

A fire which swept through a cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury cars and adrift off the coast of Portugal's Azores islands has lost its intensity, probably because there is little left to burn,…

21 February 2022

The Caldor fire is reflected off of Caples Lake near the Kirkwood ski resort Wednesday, September 1, 2021 in Lake Tahoe, California. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Our Fire and Flood Summer Predicts a Catastrophic Future

Journalist Ginia Bellafante hit the nail on the headwhen she tweeted that the overused phrase “historic weather event” must be retired. “It gives the ongoing climate catastrophe the hint of…

Virginia Heffernan 04 September 2021

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