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Seit Tagen kämpfen Einsatzkräfte am Mittelmeer gegen verheerende Feuer. Tiere, Häuser, Felder: Die Flammen fressen sich erbarmungslos durch die Landschaft. In einigen Regionen deutet sich Besserung an.

Für die zahlreichen Großbrände in Griechenland und der Türkei gibt es weiterhin keine Entwarnung. In der Nacht auf Samstag kämpften die Feuerwehrleute in beiden Ländern weiterhin gegen die Flammen. Weil die Winde am Vormittag nachließen, hoffen die Einsatzkräfte auf ein Zeitfenster, um die Brände unter Kontrolle zu bringen. Die Brände im Norden Athens konnten am Samstag teilweise eingedämmt werden.

Waldbrände trüben Himmel in New York In Kalifornien und anderswo brennts, und an der US-Ostküste spürt man die Folgen. Die massiven Waldbrände im Westen tragen die Rauchwolken über Tausende von Kilometern hinweg. Fehler gesehen? Die riesigen Waldbrände im Westen der US-Küste sind am Dienstag selbst im Tausende Kilometer entfernten New York zu spüren gewesen: Starker Wind trieb den Rauch von den Feuern in Kalifornien, Oregon, Montana und anderen Staaten im Westen bis an die Ostküste. N...

  In Saturday’s books pages, Keith Ridgway talks to John Self about A Shock, his first book in a long time; Anne MacManus talks to Una Mullally about her debut novel, Mother Mother; and David O’Doherty talks to Patrick Freyne about his new children’s book. Reviews are Una Mullally on Rememberings by Sinéad O’Connor; Niamh Donnelly on Trouble by Philip Ó Ceallaigh; Catherine Taylor on the best new fiction in translation; Kevin Gildea on The Stranger Times by CK McDonne...

(Photo: PA/ Unknown author, Wikimedia Commons) THE COUNTY OF WORCESTERSHIRE has a lot of links and ties to the tragedy of the Titanic. The anchor ship itself was made in Worcestershire and a lot of former Worcestershire residents also boarded the ship. One such passenger was Francis Millet who met his tragic demise on the ship when it sunk in 1912. While he was born and bred in America, he did spend some of his later years in Broadway in the Cotswolds living with his family. Early life ...

Julie Mitchell Those of us who live in the Napa Valley are no strangers to the effects of climate change. Last summer and fall’s extreme heat and devastating wildfires — along with drought, floods, hurricanes, and fires worldwide — should be enough to convince even the most skeptical that the earth is heating up. But what is climate change, really? And what is meant by global warming? How can an ocean temperature rise of just a few degrees cause climate catastrophes? ...

Jimmy Barnes Reboots Like Music In Victoria With Sounds Better Together Live music sounds good, doesn’t it … and its back. Jimmy Barnes headlined the first of the 21 Sounds Better Together concerts at the Rochford Winery in Victoria’s Yarra Valley. Victoria’s music fans are descending on venues all over the state as the Andrews’ government brings back live music with the 21 Sounds Better Together initiative. On Saturday, while Jimmy Barnes was rocking the Yarra Valley Missy Higgins to...

Osha has tried to rein in bp after serious incidents at bps facilities in texas city and toledo, ohio, osha, according to the center for public integrity, slapped bp with 862 citations between june 2007 and february 2010. osha told cnn it levied $87 million in fines because bp was slow to correct the violations. but osha, the union and other safety experts caution, while bp might be the biggest offender, it isnt the only one. when you look at the number o fires that have occurred in the last 2 1...