A deadly ice cave collapse in Iceland has raised safety concerns and prompted calls for stricter rules for tourist expeditions that can be especially dangerous in the summer. An American tourist died after an ice cave collapsed at the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in southeastern Iceland on Sunday. Another woman, also from the United States, was injured in … Read more
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 9, 2024. David A. Grogan | CNBC Apple announced it will hold a press event at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Monday, Sept. 9, where the company is expected to announce new iPhones and Apple … Read more
Millions of Queenslanders are set to sweat through the remaining days of winter as a week of “unseasonably warm” temperatures culminates in a scorching Saturday in the southeast. Brisbane is forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology to record maximum temperatures of 30C and above every day except Tuesday (28C) before an expected top of 34C … Read more
People in three states have been put on alert over wild storms with the potential to bring down trees and power lines, triggering outages. Severe thunderstorms are expected to hit much of south eastern Australia on Sunday, extending from western New South Wales to the east of South Australia and much of northern Victoria. Adelaide, … Read more
A second earthquake has hit New South Wales’ Hunter region in as many days. The 4.7 magnitude event hit near Muswellbrook about 4.30pm on Saturday — close to the location of an earthquake of similar strength about 12pm the previous day. Nearly 600 people had reported feeling Saturday’s earthquake with Geoscience Australia, compared to about … Read more
The biggest earthquake to hit parts of the NSW Hunter region in decades could have been triggered by coal mining in the region, a geophysicist says. The 4.7-magnitude quake shook the town of Denman at 12.02pm on Friday, sparking thousands of reports of tremors in the following hour, including from people in Sydney, about 171km … Read more
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake that shook parts of New South Wales has damaged homes and businesses, caused power outages and forced some schools to evacuate. The earthquake struck near Denman in the state’s Upper Hunter region, about 135km from Newcastle, just after 12pm on Friday, according to Geoscience Australia. It was originally recorded as a … Read more
Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday night told the Democratic National Convention that “America is ready for a new chapter” and “we are ready for President Kamala Harris.” “And Kamala Harris is ready for the job,” said Obama, who preceded the vice president’s Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, in the White House. Obama, who … Read more
A farmer collecting grain from a combine harvester during the wheat harvest on a farm near Benfleet, UK, on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The global commodities market has been volatile this year, with prices remaining largely elevated. Orange juice and cocoa futures surged to record highs in the first … Read more
For every person who is killed by lightning, roughly another nine are struck and survive, often with life-changing injuries. And with climate change making stormy weather and lightning more common, activists like Daya believe the Indian government is failing to protect its people. “A bare minimum would be to at least spread information about all … Read more
