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A group of partially-incarcerated firefighters march along a forest road on deployment at the Oregon fire near Deer Park, Washington, U.S., August 30, 2023. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight

LA wildfires: The incarcerated firefighters battling blazes

When he left prison after serving close to a decade after an armored truck robbery, Anthony Pedro found himself sleeping in his car – which, he points out, was loaned to him and didn’t even…

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Local university students measuring the large leaves of the rare Magnolia atlantida tree present in the River Cangrejal area of Pico Bonito National Park, northern Honduras. 2024. Donovan Aguirre / FUPNAPIB/ Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation

Want to see climate change’s impact? Look at Honduras’ rare trees

Rich Howorth is Central America Programme Manager at Fauna & Flora The planet is heating at a rapid rate, and the effects are being felt in all corners of the…

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A firefighter works to extinguish flames as the Eaton Fire burns in Pasadena, California, U.S. January 8, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Q&A:-LA wildfires: Veteran firefighter says lessons must be learnt

RICHMOND – With decades of experience in the wildland firefighting field, Kelly Martin travelled from Idaho as part of a task force responding to the devastating Los Angeles…

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Workers of the company Greenland Anorthosite Mining drill at an exploration site at the Qeqertarsuatsiaat fjord, Greenland, September 11, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Greenland, Trump and the race for critical resources

BRUSSELS – Greenland is at the centre of a diplomatic storm after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he wants to make the Arctic island

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Commuters move on vehicles through a flooded road after the downpour at night in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 2, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

In Data: Wet weather turns wild as climate change bites

LONDON – Last year was the hottest on…

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