• Chinese floods kill 15, displace 400,000
    Chinese floods kill 15, displace 400,000 Reuters - Sun Jul 5, 6:22 AM

    BEIJING (Reuters) - Flooding and heavy rain in southern China have forced 400,000 people to evacuate their homes and killed at least 15, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

  • Vuvuzelas set to take World Cup by storm
    Vuvuzelas set to take World Cup by storm AFP - Wed Jun 24, 12:02 PM

    BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AFP) - You either love them or you hate them but whichever way you lean it seems certain that the vuvuzela is going to take the World Cup by storm.

  • Andres weakens to tropical depression off Mexico
    Andres weakens to tropical depression off Mexico Reuters - Wed Jun 24, 11:51 AM

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Andres, the first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season, has weakened to a tropical depression, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Wednesday.

  • Hurricane Andres pounds western Mexico, one dead
    Hurricane Andres pounds western Mexico, one dead Reuters - Tue Jun 23, 11:27 PM

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Andres, the first cyclone of the eastern Pacific season, pounded western Mexico on Tuesday after sweeping a fisherman to his death and flooding streets in Acapulco.

  • Andres becomes first Pacific hurricane of season
    Andres becomes first Pacific hurricane of season AFP - Tue Jun 23, 5:49 PM

    MIAMI (AFP) - Andres has become the first hurricane of the season in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday as the storm moved toward the west coast of Mexico.