So far, some 23 people have been killed and more than 12,300 structures destroyed. It’s a similar picture to Australia’s catastrophic 2019-20 bushfire season, which resulted in 33 deaths and more than 3,000 homes burnt. In each case, a landscape transformed through thousands of years of Indigenous fire agriculture has proven deadly to a modern…
(Bloomberg) — Vice President Kamala Harris is canceling a three-nation overseas trip to remain in the US and assist in the federal response to the catastrophic wildfires in her home state of California. “In response to the historic wildfires in Los Angeles, the vice president has made the decision to cancel her and the second…
(Bloomberg) — The wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles are unlikely to trigger significant losses in catastrophe bonds designed to capture such risks. Roughly 12% of the $50 billion cat-bond market is currently exposed to wildfire risk, according to Florian Steiger, chief executive officer of Icosa Investments AG, a Swiss-based investment firm. Even in an “extreme…
Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony: The grand closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics was held on August 11 at the Stade de France stadium in the capital, complete with firecrackers, concerts and an exciting entry by Hollywood heavyweight Tom Cruise. At the conclusion of 329 medal events, around 9,000 athletes and staffers filled the…
India’s Hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh will be the joint flagbearer with pistol shooter Manu Bhaker at the Closing Ceremony of the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. The India Olympics Association (IOA)A had earlier named Manu Bhaker, who opened India’s medal tally in the ongoing Olympics after she secured third place in the women’s individual 10m Air…
