There is no doubt that extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity. [[tweetable]]In Africa alone, 90% of all disasters in recent decades have been driven by weather and climate.[[/tweetable]] While we cannot stop them from striking, we can tell people about them, managing the risk that they present – by advancing our work in hydromet. Hydromet is the union of hydrology and mete
Hurricane Irma transformed the color of the Caribbean landscape when it barrelled through the islands as a powerful category five storm. Read Full Article at RT.com Read more
Syria’s military have liberated around 85 percent of the country’s territory from the control of insurgent terrorists, according to the latest statement by the Russian Ministry of Defense. Read Full A ... Read more
Guy Verhofstadt says it is in British prime minister’s interests to rethink her decision to only speak to chamber’s political leaders Guy Verhofstadt, the European parliament’s Brexit coordinator, has ... Read more
Britain said on Tuesday it was "vitally important" that a trade dispute between U.S. plane maker Boeing Co and its Canadian rival Bombardier, a major employer in Northern Ireland, was settled. Read more
Nintendo has some good news for retro gaming fans. The company announced that it’s extending shipments for its SNES Classic Edition into 2018, having originally said that it would stop by the en ... Read more
The GST Council on September 9 had decided to hike cess on mid-size cars by 2%, on large cars by 5% and on SUVs by 7 per cent to bring tax rates on these cars at pre-GST levels. Read more
by Joshua Kucera Azerbaijan has threatened to cut off its military cooperation with the West in response to escalating pressure on Baku for its human rights violations. But that threat may ring hollow ... Read more
Russian leader Vladimir Putin will announce his participation in the 2018 presidential race in November of this year, becoming a technically independent candidate in late December or early January, ac ... Read more
Alaska Air Group (ALK) witnesses rise in traffic statistics, thanks to the high air-travel demand. This raises optimism on the stock, especially post Harvey and Irma. Read more
Britain may be famous for its classic custom-made black cabs, but London's electric taxi company has decided to go beige to impress the Germans. Read more
One thing companies not wanting to be the next Equifax can do is review the types of open-source software used in applications they deploy—and then look for ways to more effectively mitigate those thr ... Read more