California wildfire, fueled by desert winds, forces evacuations

California wildfire, fueled by desert winds, forces evacuations

TEMECULA, California, Oct 31 (Reuters) – A Southern California wildfire fueled by desert winds burned 2,487 acres (1,010 hectares) and prompted evacuation orders for more than 4,000 people in Riverside County, officials said on Tuesday. The Highland Fire nearly doubled in size from Monday night to Tuesday, blowing toward the west by Santa Ana winds. … Read more

Category 4 hurricane Otis spreads over Mexico’s southern coast

Category 4 hurricane Otis spreads over Mexico’s southern coast

[1/4]Members of the federal forces chat as they keep watch at a beach as Hurricane Otis barrels towards Acapulco, Mexico, October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Javier Verdin Acquire Licensing Rights ACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Hurricane Otis reached Mexico’s southern coast on Wednesday, with damaging hurricane winds from the now Category 4 storm spreading inland over … Read more

UAW strikes GM’s Escalade factory, turning up pressure for higher wages

UAW strikes GM’s Escalade factory, turning up pressure for higher wages

The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 24 (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers (UAW) union on Tuesday struck a General Motors (GM.N) assembly plant in Texas that builds … Read more

Estonia seeks China’s help over severed Baltic Sea telecom cables

Estonia seeks China’s help over severed Baltic Sea telecom cables

Finnish Navy Deep Divers support to civilian authorities in the investigation of the gas pipe damage in the Gulf of Finland, in this undated handout. Finnish Navy/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. Acquire Licensing Rights VILNIUS, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Estonia has contacted … Read more

Disney reveals ESPN’s financials, proving its sports business isn’t ‘imploding’

Disney reveals ESPN’s financials, proving its sports business isn’t ‘imploding’

Walt Disney Co. offered investors their first glimpse at ESPN’s financials Wednesday with disclosures that struck one analyst as a “relief.” ESPN generated $12.6 billion in revenue during the nine months that ran through July 1, up from $12.3 billion in the comparable period a year before. The business brought in $1.9 billion in operating … Read more

Apple supplier Pegatron to halt ops at India plant for second day after fire

Apple supplier Pegatron to halt ops at India plant for second day after fire

Employee buses enter the Pegatron facility near Chennai, India, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Praveen Paramasivam/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights CHENNAI, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Apple (AAPL.O) supplier Pegatron has told its factory workers not to report for work on Tuesday, halting the assembly of iPhones for a second straight day at its south India factory where … Read more

US government shutdown: What is it and who would be affected?

US government shutdown: What is it and who would be affected?

Sept 22 (Reuters) – U.S. government services would be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed without pay if Congress fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. Workers deemed “essential” would remain on the job, but without pay. Many government agencies have not updated shutdown plans they have prepared … Read more

Philippines issues health warning as capital hit by smog, volcanic gas

Philippines issues health warning as capital hit by smog, volcanic gas

BATANGAS, Sept 22 (Reuters) – A small but restive volcano near the Philippine capital Manila spewed above average sulfur dioxide and volcanic smog on Friday, prompting authorities to close schools in dozens of cities and towns and to urge people to stay indoors. The state volcanology and seismology institute said it observed upwelling of hot … Read more

Trawler’s attempt fails to free grounded cruise ship in Greenland

Trawler’s attempt fails to free grounded cruise ship in Greenland

View of the Ocean Explorer, a luxury cruise ship carrying 206 people that ran aground, in Alpefjord, Greenland, September 12, 2023. Danish Air Force/Arctic Command/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights HELSINKI, Sept 13 (Reuters) – A fish trawler’s attempt to free a luxury cruise ship that ran aground two days ago in a remote part … Read more