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Geography, Climate, Policy Failures: What Intensified Texas Floods
"There's no such thing as a natural disaster," geographers like to say -- a reminder that human choices turn hazards into tragedies.
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Texas Floods Death Count Crosses 100, More Rain Expected
The death count from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100 on Monday, as rescuers continued their grim search for people swept away by torrents of water.
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Families Of Air India Crash Victims May File Cases Against Airline In UK, US Courts
Legal teams from the US and the UK are preparing to file lawsuits against Boeing in the two countries over the Air India crash in Ahmedabad last month, in one of the worst aviation disasters the country has seen, sources have told NDTV.
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Opinion | The Latest G7 Was A Disaster, Thanks To Trump
With the deep differences between the US and the other six members from Trump's first term getting accentuated after his re-election, the prognostics for this summit were, in any case, not good.
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Opinion | Will He? Won't He? Should He? What To Make Of Trump's Plans For Iran
Let's hope Iran does not become another Iraq or Libya, where half-baked information or manufactured evidence led to a terrible disaster, whose reverberations continue to haunt the international community and US credibility to this day.
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Trump's Disaster Agency Chief Didn't Know Of A Hurricane Season In US: Report
David Richardson said he will not be issuing a new disaster plan because he does not want to make changes that might counter the FEMA Review Council.
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Hacker Steals Data From US Government Through App Used By Trump Aide
Reuters identified more than 60 government users of the messaging platform TeleMessage in a cache of leaked data provided by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a nonprofit whose stated mission is to archive hacked and leaked documents in public interest.
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US Auto Union Welcomes "Some Use Of Tariffs" On Auto Manufacturing
The head of the US auto workers union endorsed car tariffs Thursday as a way to address the "free trade disaster" while rejecting use of the levies for "political games."
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USAID Team Laid Off While In Myanmar Earthquake Zone: Report
Three US aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country's massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the Trump administration's dismantling of foreign aid affects its disaster response.
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Ukraine Envoy's Gesture During Trump-Zelensky Public Blowup Goes Viral
White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino also mockingly shared the video on X, calling Zelensky a "complete and total disaster".
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"Disaster": Trump Halts Law Barring Firms From Bribing Foreign Officials
President Donald Trump signed an executive order rolling back enforcement of a law that bars US companies from bribing foreign officials, arguing that the restriction puts American firms at a disadvantage.
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Donald Trump Orders To Pause All Federal Grants, Loans
Donald Trump's White House ordered a pause in all federal grants and loans starting on Tuesday, a sweeping decision that could disrupt education and health care programs, housing assistance, disaster relief and a host of other initiatives.
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Will Sign Order "Maybe Getting Rid Of" US Disaster Agency: Trump
US President Donald Trump said as he visited hurricane-hit North Carolina Friday that he would sign an executive order to overhaul or possibly scrap the federal agency that helps states cope with disasters.
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Amid Los Angeles Wildfires, Donald Trump Considers Big Move On Disaster-Hit US States
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday floated ending federal disaster relief and leaving states to fend for themselves during emergencies in his first Oval Office interview since returning to power.
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President Trump Mulls Letting US States Handle Own Disasters
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday floated ending federal disaster relief and leaving states to fend for themselves during emergencies in his first Oval Office interview since returning to power.
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Geography, Climate, Policy Failures: What Intensified Texas Floods
"There's no such thing as a natural disaster," geographers like to say -- a reminder that human choices turn hazards into tragedies.
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Texas Floods Death Count Crosses 100, More Rain Expected
The death count from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100 on Monday, as rescuers continued their grim search for people swept away by torrents of water.
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Families Of Air India Crash Victims May File Cases Against Airline In UK, US Courts
Legal teams from the US and the UK are preparing to file lawsuits against Boeing in the two countries over the Air India crash in Ahmedabad last month, in one of the worst aviation disasters the country has seen, sources have told NDTV.
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Opinion | The Latest G7 Was A Disaster, Thanks To Trump
With the deep differences between the US and the other six members from Trump's first term getting accentuated after his re-election, the prognostics for this summit were, in any case, not good.
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Opinion | Will He? Won't He? Should He? What To Make Of Trump's Plans For Iran
Let's hope Iran does not become another Iraq or Libya, where half-baked information or manufactured evidence led to a terrible disaster, whose reverberations continue to haunt the international community and US credibility to this day.
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Trump's Disaster Agency Chief Didn't Know Of A Hurricane Season In US: Report
David Richardson said he will not be issuing a new disaster plan because he does not want to make changes that might counter the FEMA Review Council.
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Hacker Steals Data From US Government Through App Used By Trump Aide
Reuters identified more than 60 government users of the messaging platform TeleMessage in a cache of leaked data provided by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a nonprofit whose stated mission is to archive hacked and leaked documents in public interest.
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US Auto Union Welcomes "Some Use Of Tariffs" On Auto Manufacturing
The head of the US auto workers union endorsed car tariffs Thursday as a way to address the "free trade disaster" while rejecting use of the levies for "political games."
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USAID Team Laid Off While In Myanmar Earthquake Zone: Report
Three US aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country's massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the Trump administration's dismantling of foreign aid affects its disaster response.
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Ukraine Envoy's Gesture During Trump-Zelensky Public Blowup Goes Viral
White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino also mockingly shared the video on X, calling Zelensky a "complete and total disaster".
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"Disaster": Trump Halts Law Barring Firms From Bribing Foreign Officials
President Donald Trump signed an executive order rolling back enforcement of a law that bars US companies from bribing foreign officials, arguing that the restriction puts American firms at a disadvantage.
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Donald Trump Orders To Pause All Federal Grants, Loans
Donald Trump's White House ordered a pause in all federal grants and loans starting on Tuesday, a sweeping decision that could disrupt education and health care programs, housing assistance, disaster relief and a host of other initiatives.
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Will Sign Order "Maybe Getting Rid Of" US Disaster Agency: Trump
US President Donald Trump said as he visited hurricane-hit North Carolina Friday that he would sign an executive order to overhaul or possibly scrap the federal agency that helps states cope with disasters.
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Amid Los Angeles Wildfires, Donald Trump Considers Big Move On Disaster-Hit US States
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday floated ending federal disaster relief and leaving states to fend for themselves during emergencies in his first Oval Office interview since returning to power.
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President Trump Mulls Letting US States Handle Own Disasters
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday floated ending federal disaster relief and leaving states to fend for themselves during emergencies in his first Oval Office interview since returning to power.
