MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Fears of disruption to the Australian Open from bushfire smoke receded on Saturday but some players were clearly concerned about the conditions their colleagues were forced to play in earlier in the week. FILE PHOTO: Tennis -…

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Thunderstorms lashed parts of Australia’s east coast early on Saturday, causing road closures and flash flooding, but the country was still battling nearly 100 bushfires and some of the affected areas remained dry. Victoria, New South Wales…

XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK, Brazil (Reuters) - She is only 16 and from a remote Brazilian village on the Tapajos River in the heart of the Amazon, but her plea has been heard at the United Nations and the Vatican. Beka…

A dog is seen in a blizzard in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada January 17, 2020 in this image obtained from social media. Max Liboiron/via REUTERSOTTAWA (Reuters) - A winter blizzard hammered Canada’s Atlantic coast on Friday packing wind…

(Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit by children and young adults who claimed they had a constitutional right to be protected from climate change, in a major setback to efforts to spur the…

(Reuters) - One man was killed and another seriously hurt on Friday when they were caught in an avalanche at a northern California ski resort, the local sheriff’s office said. The injured man, a skier, was taken to a local…

When Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, it plunged the surrounding area into darkness as an avalanche of hot ash and lava poured down. Ash buried homes, smoke blocked the sunlight, and deadly mudslides swallowed nearby cities. So…

FILE PHOTO: Democratic candidate for Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo takes the stage for a campaign rally with United States first lady Michelle Obama in Providence, Rhode Island October 30, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder(Reuters) - Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed…