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California’s Insurance System Faces Crucial Test as Wildfire Losses Mount
It’s too soon to know how the Los Angeles fires will change life in California, but it may heavily depend on the answer to a single…
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Chinese stocks enter bear market as geopolitical risks mount
Chinese shares fell for a fifth straight day, pushing a closely watched benchmark into a bear market, as geopolitical tensions simmer…
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Jeju Air’s Problems Mount After Crash That Killed 179 People
When Jeju Air’s status as South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier seemed under threat from the merger of the country’s two biggest airlines…
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Volkswagen’s woes mount as workers prepare to strike across Germany
Tens of thousands of Volkswagen workers will participate Monday in strikes at plants across Germany, labor union IG Metall said, marking…
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Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki continues to unleash towering column of hot clouds
MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano continued to spew towering columns of hot ash high into the air on…
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Snow back on Mount Fuji after longest absence
Japan's Mount Fuji has seen its first snowfall after going through the longest period without snow since records began 130 years ago. Snow…
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Meet the Climber Set to Become the First Afghan Woman to Climb Mount Everest
Kriangkrai Thitimakorn/Getty In spring 2025, Freshta Ibrahimi aims to make history—by becoming the first Afghan woman to summit the…
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Casualties mount in Central Europe amid historic flooding
Further casualties were reported across Central Europe on Monday as severe flooding continued to overwhelm parts of Austria, Poland and…
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Israeli minister Ben-Gvir in provocative visit to the Temple Mount
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of a far-right religious party in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition…
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Italy’s Mount Etna erupts again, sends ash plume 32,000 feet into sky
MOUNT ETNA, Italy – For the fifth time this summer, Italy’s Mount Etna volcano has begun erupting, spewing ash above Sicily and…
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Frustrated Nigerians vow 'days of rage' as hardships mount
“We are protesting because we are hungry,” Nigerian activist Banwo Olagokun tells the BBC. He is part of the Take It Back Movement, one of…
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American tourist dies after sudden illness during excursion on Sicily's Mount Etna, rescuers say
ROME (AP) — A 55-year-old American tourist died after being taken ill during an excursion on the southern side of Mount Etna, in Sicily,…
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Mount Everest's highest camp is littered with frozen garbage, and cleanup is likely to take years
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up,…
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Japan’s Mount Fuji implements tourist tax in response to overcrowding concerns
Mount Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site and an icon of Japan, has put new regulations in place for climbers amid concerns about…
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Muslim pilgrims converge at Mount Arafat for daylong worship as Hajj reaches its peak
MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Following the footsteps of prophets beneath a burning sun, Muslims from around the world congregated…
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Indonesia’s Mount Ibu erupts 3 times, spewing lava and clouds of grey ash
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Ibu erupted three times on Thursday, spewing red lava and clouds of grey ash. No injuries were…
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Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts again, spewing thick, gray ash high into the air
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Ibu erupted again on Sunday and spewed thick, gray ash 7,000 meters (16,000 feet) into the…