Philippines protests China’s deployment of ‘monster ship’ in maritime zone | South China Sea News

Philippines National Security Council spokesperson said Manila was surprised by China’s ‘increasing aggression’ in the maritime dispute. The Philippines has said China’s deployment of its largest coastguard vessel inside Manila’s exclusive maritime economic zone (EEZ) is alarming and clearly intended to intimidate fishermen operating around a shoal in the contested waters of the South China … Read more

Southern California Edison faces lawsuits over LA wildfires | Business and Economy News

In one suit, multiple witnesses are cited as having seen a fire at the base of a transmission tower owned by the utility. Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International, has been hit with multiple lawsuits claiming its electrical equipment started one of the major wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area, according to … Read more

Trump ally Steve Bannon blasts Elon Musk as ‘truly evil’ in MAGA split | Politics News

Former Trump adviser tells Italian newspaper that Tesla CEO intends to implement ‘techno-feudalism on a global scale’. United States President-elect Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon has promised to have Elon Musk “run out” of the White House, in the latest escalation of tensions within the MAGA (Make America Great Again) populist movement. In an … Read more

Firefighters race to contain LA wildfires as winds expected to pick up | Climate Crisis News

Evacuation orders throughout the Los Angeles area cover 153,000 residents, with 57,000 structures at risk. Firefighters are racing to cut off spreading wildfires around Los Angeles before potentially strong winds return, while new evacuation warnings left more homeowners on edge. An intense effort was under way on Saturday in the upscale Los Angeles neighbourhood of … Read more

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,052 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here are the key developments on the 1,052nd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Saturday, January 11: Fighting Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted investigators as saying two people had been killed and two wounded in a Ukrainian attack on a supermarket in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region, as … Read more

How big are the California wildfires – and why did they spread so fast? | Climate News

At least five people have been killed and thousands of homes have been gutted in wildfires that have ravaged multiple parts of Los Angeles in California – the most populous state of the United States. More than 130,000 residents in different neighbourhoods of Los Angeles city have been ordered to evacuate as the fires, which … Read more