A wildfire encroached upon a suburb of
the main city of the Portuguese island of Madeira Friday, injuring
eight people, dpa quoted civil protection authorities and a hospital
representative as saying.
Flames had reached barns on the outskirts of (...)
At least 32 people have been killed by torrents of water and mud unleashed by a violent rainstorm on the Portuguese resort island of Madeira, officials said on Saturday.
The deluge felled trees, washed away bridges, blocked roads with rocks and (...)
The death toll from mudslides and flash flooding on the Portuguese island of Madeira rose to 40 people Sunday as the government rushed emergency aid to the resort haven. More than 120 others were injured and an unknown number were missing, (...)
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) today decided to postpone controversial decisions at its 61st annual meeting on the Portuguese island of Madeira, dpa quoted environmentalists as saying.
The sources described the decision as a "scandal," (...)
The International
Whaling Commission failed to find a compromise between whaling
and anti-whaling nations today in a serious blow to its
authority as a regulator, according to Reuters.
Instead of coming up with a deal, IWC delegates agreed (...)
