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Biden surveys hurricane damage in Florida

U.S. President Biden arrived in Florida on Saturday with First Lady Jill Biden to survey the damage wrought by Hurricane Idalia. The Bidens toured the town of Live Oak

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Biden visits Hawaii to view fire damage, meet survivors

U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Hawaii on Monday to view the widespread damage from the recent Maui wildfires, meet with survivors and fend off criticism that his g

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Canada to deploy army in British Columbia to tackle spreading fires

Canada is sending armed forces to tackle fast-spreading wildfires in British Columbia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday, as the western province deals with

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Maui emergency management agency head resigns over 'health reasons'

The head of the emergency management agency of the wildfire-devastated Maui, Herman Andaya, has resigned, citing health reasons. Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen made t

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Trudeau, Macron hold phone talks on wildfires, protests

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that he spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron and discussed the current wildfire situation in Canada, the on

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14 killed in wildfires in Kazakhstan

Fourteen people have died in major forest fires in the Abai Region of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said on June 10, the country's highest such toll

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Canada's Trudeau says he talked to Biden over raging wildfires

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday that he talked to U.S. President Joe Biden over the wildfires as hundreds of American firefighters have recentl

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Spain battles northwest wildfires

Spanish firefighters on Saturday struggled to contain wildfires that have ravaged large tracts in the northwest, as a third summer heat wave grips the country.Firefight

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Firefighters start to control California wildfire near Yosemite

Firefighters on Monday finally started to control California's largest wildfire so far this year, halting its eastward expansion toward nearby Yosemite National Park wh

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Heatwave in Europe underscores need for effective action to combat climate change: WHO

As the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) reels from the effects of a prolonged heatwave responsible for a series of ferocious wildfires and escalat

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Wildfires rage across Europe as climate alarm sounded

Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain's hottest day tha

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Reporter's Notebook: CGTN reporters remember their top stories in 2021

In 2021, CGTN reporters across the globe covered some of the most important stories of the year. We asked our U.S. correspondents in Washington D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York to sh

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U.S. state of Colorado declares emergency over wildfires

Structures are seen burning as a wind-driven wildfire forced evacuation of Superior in the suburb of Boulder, Colorado, U.S., December 30, 2021. /Reuters Governor Jared Polis of the U.S. State

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Canada failing migrant farmworkers on COVID-19 inspections: audit

As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, Canadian government inspectors frequently deemed the employers of migrant workers compliant with health and safety rules despite a lack

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Heavy rain and flooding in Spain leaves thousands without electricity

01:00 Intense rain caused flooding in eastern Spain, forcing dozens of people to be rescued by emergency workers from their homes, cars and campgrounds on Wednesday.High temperatures an

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Shell plans to double electric car charging points in the UK by 2050

The Shell logo reflected in the side mirror of a car in London in January 2015. /Reuters/ Toby Melville Royal Dutch Shell will install 50,000 new electric car charging points in the UK by 2050

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Lake Tahoe wildfires force thousands to evacuate

02:19 Wildfires continue to cause devastation across the U.S. state of California.And now one of the blazes is forcing massevacuations in LakeTahoe– one of California’smost populardesti