(Reuters) - Divers in Hawaii were watching a school of tiger sharks feast on a dead whale on Tuesday when a much bigger fish appeared out of the depths. A 20-foot-long great white shark, believed to be one of the…

FILE PHOTO: A jogger makes her way through snow at the Washington Monument following a winter storm, Jan. 14, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File PhotoMILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A major winter storm was expected to clobber a large swath of the northern United…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal court judge on Friday ruled that the federal government cannot process seismic testing permits for offshore oil drilling during the ongoing government shutdown, dealing a blow Trump administration’s energy agenda. Judge Richard Gergel of the…

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Tellurian Inc is seen in its booth at Gastech, the world's biggest expo for the gas industry, in Chiba, Japan April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai(Reuters) - Tellurian Inc’s proposed Driftwood liquefied natural gas (LNG) project…

(This January 17 story fixes attribution in 8th paragraph to GAO’s David Gootnick instead of anonymous GAO official) FILE PHOTO: The remains of a dead tree are pictured at the almost empty Maria Cristina water reservoir during a severe drought…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil should open indigenous land to commercial farming, Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Friday, while also seeking to soften many of President Jair Bolsonaro’s controversial stances on native people and the environment. FILE PHOTO: Chief…

(Reuters) - An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude struck off Clipperton Island in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake struck 688 kilometers east southeast of the uninhabited island in the eastern Pacific Ocean off…

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - At least five people were killed when an avalanche hit the truck they were traveling in Kashmir on Friday, and five more people were missing, officials said. After the avalanche in the Ladakh area of the…

Bodies of four baby lion cubs that died in a zoo, are seen in the southern Gaza Strip, January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaGAZA CITY (Reuters) - Four baby lion cubs died from the cold in a Gaza zoo after…

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African grain and red meat farmers are bracing for hard times after dry weather conditions and an outbreak of the highly contagious foot and mouth disease suspended meat exports, officials said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Cattle…