Water & Other Utilities

By Leonardo Benassatto SAO JOAQUIM DE BICAS, Brazil (Reuters) - Three years ago, the collapse of the tailings dam at...

By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's capital Buenos Aires was hit by a major power outage on Tuesday...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Floods around South Africa's eastern coastal city of East London have killed at least 10 people and...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Four beekeepers were detained after protesting in front of Chile's presidential palace in Santiago on Monday, according...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Tuesday mapped out a plan for releasing contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear...

By Leonardo Benassatto and Amanda Perobelli ITABUNA, Brazil (Reuters) -Two dams gave way in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia...

(Reuters) - The Canadian government would need to commit at least C$6 billion ($4.68 billion) for safe drinking water infrastructure...

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China's major southern cities Guangzhou and Shenzhen have warned of severe water shortages lasting into next...

By Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) - Severe flooding has hit South Sudan's northern state of Unity, cutting off communities from...

By Andrea Januta (Reuters) - Poverty, poor infrastructure and natural weather variability are bigger contributors to Madagascar's food crisis than...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian security forces used tear gas, batons and apparently birdshot on Friday during clashes with protesters demonstrating...

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Muath Freij AMMAN (Reuters) - Several thousand Jordanians protested on Friday against a water-for-energy deal with...

By Layli Foroudi and Manuel Ausloos CALAIS, France (Reuters) -French fishermen temporarily blockaded the port of Calais and Channel Tunnel...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than half of families in Lebanon had at least one child who skipped a meal by...

JERUSALEM/DUBAI (Reuters) - Israel and Jordan have signed a declaration of intent for a water-for-energy deal, Israel's Energy Ministry said...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Thousands of farmers and their supporters gathered in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Friday, state...

By Loucoumane Coulibaly ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Commuters in Ivory Coast's bustling commercial capital Abidjan are turning to waterways to escape...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it had decided to refer Ireland to the Court of Justice...

By Stefica Nicol Bikes SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tuvalu is looking at legal ways to keep its ownership of its maritime...

(Reuters) - "My dad, he was born in a village that doesn't exist anymore," UNHCR goodwill ambassador Emtithal Mahmoud said...