Environment

Music Festival Goers In Australia State Urged To Prepare For Heat Wave

SYDNEY, Dec 8 (NNN-AAP) – People attending music festivals in Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), should take precautions…

Catastrophic Bushfire Danger Warning Issued For South Australian Districts

CANBERRA, Dec 8 (NNN-AAP) – Local authorities have declared a catastrophic fire danger warning, for much of South Australia (SA),…

World’s 1st 4th-Generation Nuclear Power Plant Goes Into Commercial Operation In China

BEIJING, Dec 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – The world’s first fourth-generation nuclear power plant, China’s Shidaowan high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) nuclear…

Indonesia’s Ibu Volcano Erupts, Ash Up To 1,200 Metres

JAKARTA, Dec 7 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Ibu volcano on Halmahera Island, in the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku, erupted…

Death Toll Of 7.4-Magnitude Quake Rises To Three In The Philippines

MANILA, Dec 6 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll in the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit the southern Philippine Surigao province, last…

ADB Approves Loan To Improve Indonesia’s Flood Management

MANILA, Dec 6 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), said today that, it has approved a 250-million-U.S. dollar-loan, to…

Cyclone Michaung Kills Seven In South India

NEW DELHI, Dec 6 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in India’s southern coastal state of Tamil Nadu has reached seven,…

Sudan Cholera Cases Up 70 Percent With 160 Deaths

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 5 (NNN-SUNA) – UN humanitarians yesterday reported a 70 percent surge in cholera cases, in strife-torn Sudan,…

Death Toll Rises To Five, Airport Shut As Rains Play Havoc In South India

NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in India’s southern city of Chennai rose to five, amid heavy…

New Zealand’s Sustained Predator Control Pays Off For Threatened Kiwi Birds

WELLINGTON, Dec 4 (NNN-RNZ) – Surveying of brown kiwi in New Zealand’s Eastern Coromandel has shown a 10 percent increase…