Australia

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Elton John says he’s ‘deeply upset’ after cutting short NZ concert

February 17, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, ELTONJOHN, Emerging Market Countries, Europe, General News, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Music, New Zealand, NEWZEALAND, United Kingdom, US

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – British singer-songwriter Elton John apologized to his fans in New Zealand late on Sunday after he lost

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Portuguese communities lock horns with lithium miners to save their land

February 14, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, China (PRC), Company News, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Enterprise Reporting, Environment, EU Institutions, Euro Zone, Europe, European Union, Graphics, INSIGHT, Insights, LITHIUM, Major News, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, Official Reserves, Pictures, Pollution, PORTUGAL, Special Reports, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), United Kingdom, US, Western Europe

LISBON (Reuters) – The lush, green hills where Paulo Pires has for years brought sheep to graze above his picturesque

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Australia’s ‘black summer’ provides glimmer of hope for climate policy action

February 12, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Environment, fired Power Stations, General News, Government / Politics, Lawmaking, Pictures, POLICY, Pollution, US, Wildfires / Forest Fires

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s deadly wildfires have opened up a small window of opportunity for the country to break a

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In fire-hit rural Australia, climate debate burns deep

February 11, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Environment, General News, INSIGHT, Insights, RURAL, Special Reports, US, Wildfires / Forest Fires

BUCHAN, Australia (Reuters) – Returning from a morning feeding his sheep, Jeff McCole, a 70-year-old farmer, paused to take in

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Heavy rains bring both relief and new dangers to bushfire-hit Australia

February 10, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Disasters / Accidents, Floods, Living / Lifestyle, Major News, Pictures, Precipitation, Transportation (TRBC), US, Video, Water, Water and Other Utilities (TRBC), Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A four-day downpour across Australia’s east coast has brought relief after months of devastating bushfires and years

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Bushfires, cyclone, torrential rain hit Australia’s coasts

February 9, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, General News, Government / Politics, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Precipitation, Transportation (TRBC), United States, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Severe bushfires burned through parts of Western Australia on Sunday, with other areas of the state dealing

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Cyclone nears Australia’s west with heavy winds, risk of storm tide

February 8, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, Company News, CYCLONE, Disasters / Accidents, Europe, General News, Iron / Steel, Iron Ore, MINING, Precipitation, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), STEEL, Transportation (TRBC), United Kingdom, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Western Europe, Wildfires / Forest Fires, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A tropical cyclone expected to hit Western Australia on Saturday was forecast to bring ferocious winds and

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Australia celebrates as heavy rains dampen huge bushfires

February 7, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Company News, Disasters / Accidents, Europe, General News, Major News, MINING, Pictures, Precipitation, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), Sweden, Transportation (TRBC), United Kingdom, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Much of Australia’s wildfire-ravaged east coast was drenched on Friday by the biggest rainfall in almost 20

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Australia receives a bittersweet bushfires reprieve with floods, cyclone

February 6, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Disasters / Accidents, General News, Precipitation, US, Wildfires / Forest Fires

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the smouldering remnants of a bushfire near Bumbalong, New South Wales, Australia, February 2, 2020.

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‘Black summer’: Australian PM leads tribute to bushfire victims

February 4, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments American Samoa, Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Disasters / Accidents, General News, Government / Politics, Nature / Wildlife, Pictures, POLITICS, Precipitation, US, Video, Wildfires / Forest Fires

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison reacts during the bushfire condolence motion in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in

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