Firefighters pump out a home in Highland Falls, Orange County, that was flooded last July. Alyse Pulliam / Special to the Times Union Climate change and extreme weather can mean many things to many people. Scorching heat waves, tornadoes and hurricanes, breaking off glaciers and droughts come to mind. For those in the insurance industry, …
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EXPLAINER Rat miners successfully rescued 41 workers trapped in India’s Uttarakhand tunnel after machinery broke down. Forty-one construction workers. Seventeen days. The hopes of a nation. On Tuesday, rescue workers managed to bring India a dose of good news, rescuing 41 men who had been trapped under a collapsed tunnel in India’s Himalayan state of …
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People walk past an electronic screen showing Japan’s Nikkei stock price index at a commercial building in Tokyo, Japan September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights TOKYO, Nov 30 (Reuters) – NISA, or Nippon Individual Savings Account, is a Japanese government tax-free stock investment program for individuals that will undergo a major overhaul …
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Real Housewives of Sydney star Caroline Gauthier shares an update on her mother, who was diagnosed with cancer while Caroline was filming. Real Housewives of Sydney star Caroline Gauthier shares an update on her mother, who was recently diagnosed with cancer while Caroline was filming the show. The reality star was told the devastating news …
[1/3]Relatives of trapped workers look at their mobile phones as they wait outside the collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 25, 2023. REUTERS/Shankar Prasad Nautiyal Acquires License Rights SILKYARA, India, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Rescuing 41 workers trapped in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for two weeks …
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[1/5]People walk at a tourist site on Qianmen Street, Beijing, China, March 14, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo License Rights Acquired BEIJING, Nov 24 (Reuters) – China will temporarily exempt citizens of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia from needing visas to visit the world’s second-largest economy in a bid to boost tourism after …
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A Volkswagen ID electric car is seen during a construction completion event at the SAIC Volkswagen MEB Electric Vehicle Plant in Shanghai, China, November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song Acquire License Rights HEFEI, China/BERLIN, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Volkswagen ( VOWG_p.DE ) said on Friday it will develop a new base electric vehicle platform in China …
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People wearing masks to prevent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk on a street in Beijing, China, February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Leading scientists urged caution on Thursday about fears of a new pandemic after the World Health Organization asked for more information from China on a rise …
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Small figurines are seen in front of the World Health Organization logo shown in this illustration taken on February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Ilustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Nov 23 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked China for details on a rise in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children, in …
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SILKYARA, India, Nov 21 (Reuters) – The first images emerged on Tuesday of 41 men trapped for more than a week in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas, showing them standing in the confined space and communicating with rescue workers as drilling resumed. pull them to a safe place. The men have been trapped …
