Environment

Displaced Gazans Burn Solid Waste For Cooking As Fuel, Shrubs Run Out

GAZA, Apr 30 (NNN-WAFA) – Mohammed Abu Hasna, a displaced Palestinian based in Rafah, can barely catch his breath as…

Cambodia Urges People To Minimise Direct Exposure To Sun With Soaring Temperature

PHNOM PENH, Apr 28 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Ministry of Health, today called on people, to minimise direct exposure to the…

6.5-Magnitude Earthquake Hit Off Western Indonesia, No Tsunami Alert Issued

JAKARTA, Apr 28 (NNN-ANTARA) – An undersea quake, with a magnitude of 6.5, jolted western Indonesia’s West Java province, last…

Mongolia Launched Programme To Mitigate Impacts Of Climate Change On Livestock Husbandry

ULAN BATOR, Apr 27 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia, yesterday, launched a national programme, to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change…

Storm Damages Hundreds Of Houses In Northern Laos

VIENTIANE, Apr 26 (NNN-KPL) – A storm passed through northern Laos’ Xayaboury province, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and hail,…

Bangladeshi Children At High Risk Amid Persisting Heatwave In Bangladesh: UNICEF

DHAKA, Apr 25 (NNN-BSS) – With an oppressive heatwave persisting throughout Bangladesh, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) remained deeply…

Kyrgyzstan Introduces Emergency Situation In Three Regions Due To Mudflows

BISHKEK, Apr 25 (NNN-KNA) – Kyrgyzstan introduced emergency situation in three of its regions due to mudflows, Deputy Minister of…

Massive Flooding Hits China’s Guangdong

GUANGZHOU, Apr 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of 38 hydrological stations at 24 rivers in south China’s Guangdong Province, reported…

Urgent: Japan Halts Ocean Discharge Of Nuclear Contaminated Water From Fukushima Due To Power Glitch: Local Media

TOKYO, Apr 24 (NNN-NHK) – The discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was halted,…

Philippines Tallies Six Heat-Related Deaths

MANILA, Apr 24 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH), today said, it has received at least 34 cases…