By Trevor Hunnicutt, Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden asked Congress to sharply increase spending to combat climate change and gun violence and to support education in a budget that marks a sharp departure from his predecessor, Donald Trump. The $1.5 trillion budget, reflecting an 8% increase in base funding from the current year, […]
By Ahmad Ghaddar, Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) – This week’s surprise decision by Saudi Arabia and other top oil producers to broadly stick with output cuts despite rising crude prices was influenced by events in an unexpected place – Italy. About a year after the country’s financial heart became one of the first European cities to […]
By Tim McLaughlin, Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) – As Texans cranked up their heaters early Monday to combat plunging temperatures, a record surge of electricity demand set off a disastrous chain reaction in the state’s power grid. Wind turbines in the state’s northern Panhandle locked up. Natural gas plants shut down when frozen pipes and components shut […]
US President Joe Biden is set to declare a major disaster for Texas, clearing the way for more federal funds to be spent on relief efforts. Power is returning in the state and temperatures are set to rise but some 13 million people are still facing difficulties accessing clean water. Mr Biden has said he […]
Texas Senator Ted Cruz flew to Mexico with his family amid a winter weather crisis that has left millions in his state without power. In a statement on Thursday, Mr Cruz said that he planned the trip for his daughters, “wanting to be a good dad”. Photos of the Republican lawmaker at an airport emerged […]
By Saurabh Sharma Members of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) carry the body of a victim after recovering it from the debris inside a tunnel during a rescue operation after a flash flood swept a mountain valley destroying dams and bridges, in Tapovan in the northern state of Uttarakhand, […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Climate change A devastating flash flood in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand killed at least 32 people and trapped workers in underground tunnels. It also sparked informed speculation on what caused Sunday’s deluge. Did an avalanche cause a glacial lake to burst? Or could an avalanche or landslide have dammed a […]
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – Hundreds of military personnel were deployed in the Indian Himalayas on Monday to help find at least 125 people unaccounted for after a part of a glacier broke away, setting off a torrent of water, rock and dust down a mountain valley. Sunday’s violent surge swept away a […]
An Indonesian village has been inundated by blood-red water after flooding hit a local batik factory. The crimson dye was released through the street of Jenggot in central Java on Saturday. The area, south of the city of Pekalongan, is famed for its traditional wax and dye batik textiles. Thousands of social media users shared […]
IMAGE COPYRIGHT EPAimage caption The extreme weather has led to major travel disruption, as here in Haarle in the Netherlands The Netherlands has been hit by its first major snowstorm in a decade, forecasters say, as cold weather pushes through much of northern Europe. Dutch authorities have closed all coronavirus testing centres because of the […]
