MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Canadian-owned C-130 Hercules air tanker crashed while fighting bushfires in Australia’s alpine region on Thursday, killing all three of its crew, authorities said. A plane releases fire retardant over forest during bushfires in South Turramurra, New…

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - A new coronavirus spreading from the city of Wuhan has put a spotlight on China’s poorly regulated wild animal trade - driven by relentless demand for exotic delicacies and ingredients for traditional medicine. A worker in a…

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck 81 kilometers (50 miles) west of the city of Adak in Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Thursday. The quake was at a depth of 10 km, according to USGS. Reporting…

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Canadian-owned Hercules C-130 air tanker crashed while fighting bushfires in Australia’s alpine region on Thursday, killing all three of its crew, authorities said. FILE PHOTO: A television reporter stands in front of a Large Air Tanker…

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Lockheed C-130 Hercules tanker fighting bushfires in Australia’s alpine region crashed after losing contact with ground control on Thursday, authorities said. Modified versions of the aircraft are used around the world to dump large quantities of…

OKUMA, Japan (Reuters) - At the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant north of Tokyo, workers in protective suits are still removing radioactive material from reactors that melted down after an earthquake and tsunami knocked out its power and cooling nearly nine…

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Helicopters were searching on Thursday to locate an air tanker feared to have crashed while fighting bushfires in Australia’s alpine region, authorities said, as soaring temperatures and strong winds fanned blazes across the country’s east. The remnants…

FILE PHOTO - An aerial view of the Whakaari, also known as White Island volcano, in New Zealand, December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The death toll rose to 20 on Thursday from a volcanic eruption on New…

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities have lost contact with a large air tanker fighting bush fires in alpine areas of the southeastern state of New South Wales, they said on Thursday. “The New South Wales rural fire service is investigating…

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Soaring temperatures and strong winds stoked bushfires in Australia’s southeast on Thursday, with Sydney forecast to hit 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 Fahrenheit) following a few days of cooler weather. FILE PHOTO: The haze from bushfires obscures the…