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Premiere of 'Terminator: Dark Fate' cancelled due to Southern California w
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Oct 29 (ANI): The Los Angeles premiere of the upcoming film 'Terminator: Dark Fate' has been cancelled due to ongoing wildfires in Southern California.
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California Governor declares state emergency due to wildfires
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sacramento (California) [USA], Oct 28 (ANI): California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday declared a state emergency in the wake of massive wildfires fueled by powerful winds in the region and urged the people to follow all warning by local officials even as rescue and firefighting operations
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California wildfires: State's largest utility to shut off power to 9,40,00
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
California [USA], Oct 27 (ANI): California's largest utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on Saturday said that it will shut off power to 9,40,000 customers in what it called a "public safety power shutoff" across 36 counties in northern part of the state, as massive wildfires fue
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California wildfire leads to the evacuation of many residents in Los Angel
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
California [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): A wildfire in the northern part of Los Angeles (LA) county has burned thousands of acres of land and led to the evacuation of scores residents from their homes.
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California wildfire: Estimated 200,000 homes, businesses facing power cuts
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
California [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): An estimated 2,00,000 homes and businesses across California are facing power cuts, affecting at least half-a-million people, while scores more could be in the dark soon, as massive wildfires fuelled by high winds and brittle conditions continue to rage thr
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Amazon fires: Macron has to withdraw insults for Brazil to accept anything
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Aug 28 (ANI): Brazil may reject the USD 20 million offer from G7 nations to combat the Amazon fires if French President Emmanuel Macron fails to withdraw his "insults", the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday.
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Brazil rejects G7 aid to tackle Amazon wildfires
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Aug 27 (ANI): Brazil government on Monday rejected the aid by G7 members to fight wildfires in the Amazon and asked French President Emmanuel Macron to focus on "France and its colonies".
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G7 countries pledge $20m to tackle Amazon wildfires
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 27 (ANI): World leaders at the G7 summit in France on Monday pledged to spend a total amount of USD 22 million to fight the raging wildfires in the Amazon in South America that are threatening the world's biggest rainforest.
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Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental fund pledges $5 million towards Amazon p
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
California [USA], Aug 26 (ANI): Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio's new environmental fund with Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth has pledged USD 5 million towards the preservation of the Amazon rainforest as wildfires continue to ravage "the planet's lungs".
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Trump calls Brazil President, offers assistance in tackling Amazon rainfor
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 24 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump called Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday (local time) and offered assistance, if needed, to tackle the raging wildfires in the Amazon rainforest.
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Crimean zoos offer shelter to animals from Siberian forests affected by wi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Simferopol [Russia], Aug 4 (Sputnik/ANI): The Director of Crimea's Taigan and Skazka zoos, Oleg Zubkov, on Sunday said that the parks are ready to accept animals from Siberian forests, which are engulfed in heavy wildfires.
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Italy offers Russia assistance in fighting wildfires in Siberia
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Aug 3 (Sputnik/ANI): The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Saturday said that they may send two planes to assist Russia in fighting wildfires in Siberia.
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