TOKYO (Reuters) - Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over how best to revive a moribund deflation-entrapped ...

2ND UPDATE, 1:15 PM: The Mountain Fire north of Los Angeles continues to grow in the hills northeast of Los Angeles. As of Friday morning, Cal Fire reported more than 20,630 acres burned with only ...

The fire came amid an unseasonably warm November. A wind-whipped Southern California brush fire that exploded to over 20,000 acres in about 24 hours, destroying homes and prompting mass ...

(Image courtesy of ABC7) Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a brush fire in Malibu early Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 6, after it charred 40 acres and threatened two structures. Also see ...

Roughly 50 miles south of the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, another brush fire on the highway in Malibu burned 50 acres before fire crews stopped its forward progress and contained it at 15% ...

Fueled by blasts from one of the most extreme wind events in years, the Mountain fire leaped and roared through more than 14,000 acres in Ventura County on Wednesday, devouring homes and trapping ...

VENTURA, Calif. — A brush fire that erupted northwest of Los Angeles on Wednesday has burned more than 14,000 acres, engulfing homes, prompting rescues, and forcing power shutoffs to thousands ...

The Broad Fire on the coast in California near Malibu has spread to a size of about 50 acres near seaside homes. The fire located inside Los Angeles County was reported at about 9 a.m. PT ...

Update: A more recent report on the Mountain Fire includes details of Thursday’s new evacuations. A Ventura County wildfire that ignited on a day of red-flag warnings across California has ...

A brush fire on the Malibu coast spread to about 50 acres near seaside homes on a day of strong wind gusts in Los Angeles County. The Broad Fire was reported at about 9 a.m. in what firefighters ...

SA police opened fire on Mozambicans attempting to cross into SA through the Lebombo border post. Police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at the group. Mozambicans who witnessed protests told ...