A hearth has ripped by means of an condominium constructing in Dubai, killing 16 folks and injuring an additional 9, authorities have mentioned.The hearth engulfed the five-storey within the Al Murar space of Dubai's historic Deira neighbourhood, which is positioned alongside the Dubai Creek and can be dwelling to its gold and spice markets, a significant vacationer attraction within the metropolis. A authorities assertion revealed by the state-linked newspaper The National indicated security compliance issues within the constructing might have induced the blaze.An investigation into how the hearth began will now be carried out.The constructing is in one of many metropolis's oldest areas, a densely populated warren of streets and alleys. It was believed to be shared by a numb...

SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Energy and atmosphere ministers of the Group of Seven rich nations met Saturday in northern Japan, looking for to reconcile the world’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels with the urgency of ending carbon emissions to stave off the worst penalties of local weather change. The conferences ...

Germany has begun shutting down its three remaining nuclear energy vegetation as a part of a long-planned transition in the direction of renewable vitality.The shutdown of the Emsland, Neckarwestheim II and Isar II reactors, which was agreed upon greater than a decade in the past, has proved divisive. Other industrialised nations - such because the UK, US, Japan, China and France - are relying on nuclear vitality to interchange fossil fuels.Germany's choice to cease utilizing each nuclear and fossil fuels has been met with some scepticism, in addition to unsuccessful last-minute calls to halt the shutdown.Decades of anti-nuclear protests in Germany, stoked by disasters at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima, put strain on successive governments to finish its use. Envir...