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A Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker (© AFP/Getty Images/File - Joe Raedle)

Fuel tanker runs aground in Canadian Arctic: coast guard

OTTAWA (AFP) - A fuel tanker has run aground in Canada's far north, carrying nine million litres (2.4 million gallons) of diesel fuel that risk spilling into the Arctic waters, the Canadian Coast Guard said Thursday.

Published 2 hours, 24 minutes ago

A Russian firefighter tries to stop fire near village Dolginino in August (© AFP/File - Artyom Korotayev)

Russian fires start up again: ministry

MOSCOW (AFP) - Forest and brush fires have flared up again in southern Russia, killing one person and burning down around 160 houses and buildings, the emergencies ministry said Thursday.

Published 3 hours, 51 minutes ago

Felipe Calderon (© AFP - Ronaldo Schemidt)

Mexico president defends drug policy, admits violence worse

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon admitted drug violence was worsening in Mexico but said that the toppling of several major drug bosses had weakened the cartels, in his annual address Thursday.

Published 5 hours, 53 minutes ago

A Coast Guard cutter patrols in the Gulf of Mexico in August 2 (© AFP/USCG/File - David R. Marin)

Oil rig blast forces 13 workers into Gulf of Mexico

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - An explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday forcing 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the US Coast Guard said.

Published 6 hours, 17 minutes ago

Store assistant manager Emily Venable prepares for Hurricane Earl (© AFP - Paul J. Richards)

Hurricane Earl closes in on US East Coast

KITTY HAWK, North Carolina (AFP) - Hurricane Earl closed in on a vast stretch of the US east coast on Thursday, as tens of thousands of people fled North Carolina's barrier islands to avoid dangerous winds and surf.

Published 6 hours, 48 minutes ago

The burning rig is said to be owned by Mariner Energy (© AFP)

Explosion on Gulf of Mexico oil rig

WASHINGTON (AFP) - An explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday dumping 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the US Coast Guard said.

Published 7 hours, 4 minutes ago

Unprecedented floods have affected more than 18 million people (© AFP - Rizwan Tabassum)

IMF, World Bank step up aid to Pakistan

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The IMF and the World Bank have stepped up aid to flood-hit Pakistan to help it cope with its worst-ever humanitarian disaster, officials said Thursday.

Published 7 hours, 8 minutes ago

A protester sets fire to tires on a street in Maputo, Mozambique (© AFP - Arthur Frayer)

Mozambique says price hikes 'irreversible'

MAPUTO (AFP) - Mozambique's government Thursday called price rises in the impoverished southern African country "irreversible" despite violent protests that it said left seven dead and 288 wounded.

Published 7 hours, 50 minutes ago

Floods and related natural disasters have affected 230 million people across China this year (© AFP - AFP)

China landslides kill eight, 40 missing

BEIJING (AFP) - At least eight people died and 40 were missing after rain-triggered landslides struck a community in southwestern China, state media reported on Thursday.

Published 10 hours, 41 minutes ago

NATO has around 150,000 troops in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban-led insurgency (© AFP - Andrew Winning)

NATO probes Afghan civilian deaths claims

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (AFP) - An Afghan official said Thursday that 10 election campaigners had been killed in an airstrike by international forces in the relatively peaceful north of the country.

Published 10 hours, 49 minutes ago
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