Description
Added on the 15/03/2019 08:09:33 - Copyright : Wochit
Hundreds of firefighters continue to battle Spain's first major forest fire of the year, as authorities say that they're beginning to make headway in limiting the blaze. "The overall development is positive," firefighters in the province of Castellon, where the fire broke out on Thursday afternoon, said on Twitter. The fire has already burnt 3,800 hectares of vegetation and led to the evacuation of 1,500 people in the Valencia area. More than 500 men are still fighting the flames. IMAGES
The US envoy to the United Nations says North Korea's barrage of missile tests made a mockery of the Security Council in veiled criticism of China and Russia. "These members have bent over backwards to justify the DPRK's repeated violations, and in turn they have enabled the DPRK and made a mockery of this council," Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield tells a Security Council session, using the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. SOUNDBITE
A new Chinese stock exchange focused on SMEs began trading in Beijing on Monday, boosting support for smaller-scale firms as economic growth slows and Beijing cracks down on domestic tech giants. IMAGES Beijing Stock Exchange exteriors
Beijing, Sep 24 (EFE/EPA).- The shares of Chinese real estate giant Evergrande plummeted Friday by 11.6 percent in the stock market after the expiration a day earlier of the term to pay the interests of a group of “offshore” bonds.Although at the opening of the session the fall was much more moderate, of little more than 2 percent, the uncertainty prevailed on the mentioned payments, which would suppose a disbursement of about $ 84 million.The company has now entered a 30-day period before it is officially deemed to have defaulted. (Camera: ARCHIVE).B-ROLL OF EVERGRANDE ROYAL SCENERY HOUSING COMPLEX IN BEIJING; EVERGRANDE CITY PLAZA IN BEIJING AND EVERGRANDE CENTER IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.
Raymond, Jul 14 (EFE/EPA).- Firefighters battling a blaze that extends for more than 38,590 hectares (150 square miles) in Northern California - the state's largest this year - have made major progress in recent hours, the United States Forest Service said Wednesday.That agency's latest bulletin said that the so-called Beckwourth Complex Fire has been 71 percent contained, up from 26 percent contained on Tuesday.Formed by the lightning-triggered Dotta and Sugar blazes, that fire is affecting Plumas National Forest, which is located near the city of Beckwourth - and northwest of Lake Tahoe - at the northern terminus of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. (Camera: DAVID ODISHO). SHOT LIST: HOT SHOTS BIG BEAR CREW PERFORM MOP UP DUTIES ON A HILLSIDE SITUATED ALONG ROAD 600 IN RAYMOND, CALIFORNIA, US.
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
