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New phase of globalisation could worsen CO2 pollution: study
AFP, Published on 15/05/2018
» PARIS - The shift of low-value, energy-hungry manufacturing from China and India to coal-powered economies with even lower wages could be bad news for the fight against climate change, researchers cautioned Monday.
At least 41 killed as dam bursts in Kenya
Associated Press, Published on 10/05/2018
» NAIROBI, Kenya: A dam burst its banks in Kenya's Rift Valley, killing at least 41 people and forcing hundreds from their homes, officials said Thursday. At least 20 of the dead were children, police said.
Fragile peace at girls' school Malala built in Pakistan
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» SHANGLA, Pakistan: Dozens of girls in grey-and-white uniforms trooped into a building beneath a pine-covered ridge in Pakistan's mountainous Shangla district on Friday for classes at the school built with Malala Yousafzai's Nobel Prize money.
Ex-con prefers jail to loneliness of freedom
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 26/03/2018
» Pushkar Dutt Bhatt lives the way people in primitive times did in India. He has no electricity, tap water or washroom in his house. He cooks his food on firewood and bathes in the natural pool located two kilometres from his residence.
World sees rapid upsurge in extreme weather: report
AFP, Published on 22/03/2018
» PARIS - A world addled by climate change has seen a four-fold increase in major flooding events since 1980, and a doubling of significant storms, droughts and heat waves, Europe's national science academies jointly reported Wednesday.
Global warming could threaten half of species in 33 key areas
AFP, Published on 14/03/2018
» PARIS: Global warming could place 25 to 50% of species in the Amazon, Madagascar and other biodiverse areas at risk of localised extinction within decades, a report said Wednesday.
Diver films rubbish wasteland in Bali waters
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» NUSA PENIDA, Indonesia: Millions of tourists are drawn to Bali's palm-fringed scenery and rich marine life, but a British diver has released stark footage highlighting a growing problem in its famously crystal-clear waters: plastic rubbish.
At least 5 dead as storm brings wind, floods, snow to US Northeast
AFP, Published on 03/03/2018
» NEW YORK - At least five people were killed after a major winter storm pounded the US East Coast on Friday, with strong winds, heavy rain and snow disrupting thousands of flights and forcing the closure of federal government offices in Washington.
Woman rescued from Indonesia landslide after 13 hours
Associated Press, Published on 06/02/2018
» JAKARTA: Rescuers in Indonesia pulled a woman alive from a car trapped by a landslide for 13 hours as torrential rains caused havoc in parts of the capital and neighbouring West Java, killing at least five people.
Indonesia's capital braces for floods as landslides kill 2
Associated Press, Published on 05/02/2018
» BOGOR, Indonesia: Landslides caused by torrential rains have killed at least two people and triggered a flood warning for the Indonesian capital.