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MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak: How many Americans were on cruise ship?

Passengers aboard the MV Hondius face growing uncertainty as health officials trace possible hantavirus exposure across several countries.
Published on May 07, 2026 03:51 am IST

Hantavirus outbreak: What’s next for infected Atlantic cruise ship, crew members

Cruise Ship In Isolation After Deadly Hantavirus Scare? Passengers Speak From Quarantined Voyage
Published on May 07, 2026 07:57 pm IST

Hurricane Erin to bring life-threatening surf and rip current to US east coast

People fish along the shore in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, as Hurricane Erin brings rains to the island, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
Updated on Aug 18, 2025 05:18 pm IST

Erin weakens to a Category 3 hurricane, but expected to strengthen anew

Erin, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, reached an exceedingly dangerous Category 5 status Saturday before weakening.
Published on Aug 18, 2025 03:49 am IST

Category 4 Hurricane Erin moves past northern Caribbean islands

Hurricane Erin on Saturday strengthened to a "catastrophic" Category 5 storm as it barrelled towards the Caribbean, with weather officials warning of possible flash floods and landslides.
Published on Aug 17, 2025 07:05 am IST

Mike Waltz to be ‘forced out’ over war plan scandal? Trump to take final call

Mike Waltz should step down to avoid placing the president in a “bad position”, stated two senior White House sources to Politico.
Published on Mar 25, 2025 05:32 pm IST

Mid-Atlantic shuts down amid snowstorm, wreaks havoc on roads and travel in US

People sheltering with black umbrella's walk through snow at the Capitol, during a snowstorm in Washington.
Updated on Feb 12, 2025 01:56 pm IST

How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season

How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season
Published on Jul 02, 2024 01:56 am IST

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Caribbean island of Carriacou in Grenada

Waves crash into a sea wall after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Updated on Jul 02, 2024 05:01 am IST

Hurricane Beryl updates: Flood alerts in Barbados, Puerto Rico and other regions

Season's first, Hurricane Beryl, headed towards Barbados. Alerts issued in regions of central and western Caribbean Islands.
Published on Jun 30, 2024 08:13 am IST

St. Helena tourism guide: History, food, how to reach, where to stay

Tourists take photos of Jonathan, a 192-year-old tortoise, on the lawn of Plantation House on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena. St. Helena tourism guide: History, food, how to reach, where to stay at the remote island in South Atlantic
Published on Mar 22, 2024 12:31 pm IST

Drought-hit Panama Canal to restrict access for one year

A cargo ship navigates through the Panama Canal in the area of the Cocoli Locks, in Panama City on Agust 25, 2023. The drought-hit Panama Canal will maintain restrictions on the passage of ships for one year, a measure that has already led to a marine traffic jam as boats line up to enter the crucial waterway linking two oceans, an official said late Thursday.
Published on Aug 27, 2023 12:45 am IST

US bank runs hold key lessons for India

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A bank will survive only as long as it can carry the bluff that it can redeem all deposits even if it were to do so all at once. To SVB’s misfortune, its bluff got called. Avoiding that fate is a perennial challenge for a bank (AFP)
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 08:05 pm IST

Massive iceberg pivots, breaks near south Atlantic penguin colony island

A satellite image of the A-68A iceberg near South Georgia island in the South Atlantic, taken November 21, 2020.
Published on Feb 22, 2021 06:02 pm IST

Natural disasters cost insurance industry $76 billion in 2020: Officials

A rare lightning storm crackles over Mitchell's Cove in early morning in Santa Cruz, Calif. The severe storm system rolled through the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas in August, packing a combination of dry lightning and high winds that triggered wildfires throughout the region.
Published on Dec 15, 2020 04:53 pm IST

To honor slave trade victims, a memorial in the depths of the Atlantic

This photo provided by Air Force Reserve shows a sky view of Hurricane Epsilon taken by Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter team over the Atlantic Ocean.
Published on Nov 20, 2020 06:34 pm IST

Greta Thunberg warns of fallouts from climate change in powerful documentary trailer that gives goosebumps

Greta Thunberg’s documentary trailer will surely give you goosebumps
Updated on Sept 13, 2020 12:56 pm IST

Climate activist Greta Thunberg’s documentary to premiere at the Venice Film Festival

Greta Thunberg’s documentary contains never-seen-before footage
Updated on Sept 05, 2020 09:32 am IST

Tropical Storm Bertha forms, hits South Carolina coast, dissipates in a day

A pedestrian, carrying an umbrella and wearing a mask, crosses Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, as Tropical Storm Bertha lashes the South Carolina coast on Wednesday.
Updated on May 28, 2020 12:33 pm IST

Coronakrach: Two important books on what pandemics do to your mind

A man spraying the top of a bus with an anti-flu virus during an epidemic which followed World War 1.
Updated on Apr 10, 2020 01:28 pm IST

British Airways makes a record flight, crosses Atlantic in less than 5 hours

For the first time in years, a commercial passenger plane has flown across the Atlantic in less than five hours.
Updated on Feb 10, 2020 08:30 am IST

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches, destroys rocket in astronaut escape test

Cape Canaveral: A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from pad 39A during a test flight to demonstrate the capsule's emergency escape system at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla
Updated on Jan 20, 2020 04:36 am IST

In West Africa, a new threat to Indian sailors

What recourse does India and the international community have against non-State actors such as the pirates stalking the West African shores?
Updated on Dec 31, 2019 08:02 pm IST

Greta Thunberg hitches low-carbon ride across Atlantic

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Updated on Nov 29, 2019 04:10 pm IST

Hundreds of thousands evacuated as cyclone Bulbul hits Bangladesh

A strong cyclone made landfall early Sunday in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people have moved to shelters across the low-lying delta nation’s vast coastal region.
Updated on Nov 10, 2019 06:54 am IST

An India-Pak nuke war could trigger another ice age: Study

The study, published in the journal Science Advances, looks at a nuclear war scenario between the two neighbours in 2025.
Updated on Jul 06, 2020 06:26 am IST

‘Want to take a look ’: Trump confirms he is considering attempt to buy Greenland

US President Donald Trump wants to take a look at buying Greenland.
Updated on Aug 19, 2019 03:04 pm IST

Giant oyster weighing over 1 kg released back into water by farm. Here’s why

An employee of an oyster farm caught the mega-mollusc.
Updated on Aug 09, 2019 11:54 am IST

Former Vice President Biden likely to announce presidential run next week

This will be Joe Biden’s third shot at the US presidency, failing to clear the primaries in both the earlier attempts.
Updated on Apr 19, 2019 10:30 pm IST