1:252 days agoDrone strikes set Saudi Arabia oil facilities on fireSaudi authorities attempt to control a fire at an Aramco factory.
4 days agoTwo teenagers arrested over Australian bushfire; firefighters continue to battle at least 50 blazesTwo Australian teenagers were charged Wednesday in setting one of the dozens of destructive fires that have raged across the country’s eastern coast since last week as experts warned of potentially dire conditions ahead of this year’s bushfire season.
6 days agoAustralia wildfires raging like ‘flamethrower’ devour homes, at least 400 evacuatedMore than one hundred wildfires raging like a “flamethrower” across southeast Australia have razed homes and sent hundreds of citizens fleeing from the blazes that could continue burning for weeks, officials said Tuesday.
September 3Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro to skip Amazon fires summit due to surgeryBrazil’s leader may be eager to speak about the ongoing Amazon fires that have drawn the world's attention, but he will have to wait, because surgery is forcing him to skip a summit of regional leaders called to discuss the matter.
August 29Amazon fires spur Brazil to ban most burning for 60 daysDevastating fires that have scorched parts of the Amazon region and fueled global outrage have spurred Brazil's government to ban most legal fires for land-clearing for at least 60 days.
August 28Focus on Brazil's Amazon fires, but a massive inferno rages next door in BoliviaAs Brazil’s Amazon fires continue to take center stage, another South American nation is battling its own catastrophic blazes, which have destroyed an area of land nearly as large as Lebanon.
August 28Brazilian governors say now is 'not the moment to turn down money' as Amazon wildfires rageBrazilian governors are urging President Jair Bolsonaro to accept foreign aid to help combat the raging fires in the Amazon rainforest after he criticized such donations and said he'd think about accepting the money if French President Emmanuel Macron apologized to him following a spat.
August 27Brazil's Bolsonaro will consider $40M G-7 Amazon aid package - if Macron apologizes to himBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he'll think about accepting offers of international aid to fight raging fires in the Amazon region if French President Emmanuel Macron apologizes for comments he deemed offensive.
August 25Leonardo DiCaprio-backed fund pledges $5M in aid for Amazon wildfiresLeonardo DiCaprio has joined with other philanthropists in pledging $5 million dollars through their environmental foundation to aid the Amazon as massive wildfires continue to burn across the region.
August 25G7 leaders vow to help Brazil fight fires, repair damageLeaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they were preparing to help Brazil fight the fires burning across the Amazon rainforest and repair the damage even as tens of thousands of soldiers were being deployed to fight the blazes that have caused global alarm.
