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Washington, United States: As fire-wrecked Los Angeles braces for a visit by President Donald Trump, many are worrying the mercurial Republican will yank the federal support the city needs to get back on its feet. Trump is due in the shell-shocked city for a few hours on Friday afternoon, where he will be able to…
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What remains of Chef Daniel Shemtob’s home destroyed by the Palisades Fire is seen, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California | Photo Credit: AP Parched Southern California continued to face dangerous winds but could get some badly needed rain this weekend, forecasters said Tuesday (January 22, 2025), dampening…
New Delhi: Author Amitav Ghosh, who is in the forefront of raising awareness about environmental damage and climate change, termed the California wildfires and particularly the Los Angeles inferno as “completely predictable”. He also pointed at the poorly understood idea of safety amid the climate crisis as “wealth and affluence” alone cannot save people. In…
A firefighter and his wife were overcome with emotion after he found his wedding ring amid the rubble of their home, now destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires. Pasadena Fire Engineer Chien Yu, accompanied by CNN’s Erin Burnett, was searching through the rubble when one of his colleagues discovered a silver ring and handed it…
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Los Angeles: A huge federal probe was under way Tuesday into what caused the deadly Los Angeles wildfires, with millions in the city clamoring for answers. Social media has exploded with theories about what started blazes that tore through the city of Altadena and the upmarket neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, killing at least 24 people…
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In the week since the fires in the Los Angeles County broke out, which have destroyed thousands of homes, at least 24 lives have been lost and 16 people were reported missing. The 24 deaths were attributed to the two major fires raging across the county: the Eaton fire, which accounted for 16 of them…
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Additional water tankers and firefighters arrived at the Los Angeles area in California, U.S., on Monday (January 13, 2025) ahead of fierce winds that were forecast to return and threaten the progress made so far on two massive infernos that have killed at least 24 people. Planes doused homes and hillsides with bright pink fire-retardant…
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Amid the ongoing California wildfires, the Oscar nominations are being pushed back almost a week from their original date. File | Photo Credit: AP The Oscar nominations are being pushed back almost a week from their original date amid the ongoing California wildfires. Nominations will now be announced on January 23, the Academy of Motion…
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Donald Trump accused California officials of incompetence over their handling of deadly wildfires raging around Los Angeles. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President-elect Donald Trump accused California officials on Sunday (January 12, 2025) of incompetence over their handling of deadly wildfires raging around Los Angeles. “The fires are still raging in L.A. The incompetent pols…
Californians on Friday (January 10, 2025) demanded to know who is at fault for the vast devastation caused by the raging Los Angeles wildfires, as a strict curfew went into force to prevent looting and lawlessness. At least 11 people died as flames ripped through neighbourhoods and razed thousands of homes in a disaster that…
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