Environment

China’s First Homegrown Hydrogen-Powered Urban Train Completed Test

CHANGCHUN, China, Mac 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – China’s first independently developed hydrogen-powered urban train, completed a test at a speed of…

Losses To Philippine Agriculture Due To El Nino Reach 31 Million USD

MANILA, Mac 21 (NNN-PNA) – The El Nino dry spell, and ensuing drought, have caused over 1.75 billion pesos (roughly…

After 20 Years, Iraqis Still Suffer From Impact Of U.S. Use Of Banned Weapons

BAGHDAD, Mac 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Twenty years after the U.S. military offensive in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, locals are…

Stormy, Snowy Weather Expected Across Japan: Weather Agency

TOKYO, Mac 20 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s weather agency, today said, strong winds and high waves are expected across the country,…

Nearly Half Of Australians Hit By Wild Weather During Summer: Report

SYDNEY, Mac 19 (NNN-AAP) – A new report has estimated that 47 percent of Australians were hit by wild weather…

Defence Force Deployed To Evacuate Australians From Path Of Damaging Cyclone

CANBERRA, Mac 18 (NNN-AAP) – The Australian Defence Force (ADF), is deployed, to carry out evacuations from a remote area…

Landmine Explosion Killed One In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Mac 18 (NNN-AKP) – A boy was killed and his two younger sisters seriously wounded, in a landmine…

Japan finishes first-year ocean discharge of nuclear-tainted wastewater amid backlash

TOKYO, Mac 18 (NNN-NHK) – Despite opposition and concern from at home and abroad, Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power…

Bangladesh’s Sea-Land Oil Storage, Transportation System Operational

DHAKA, Mac 18 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh’s first sea-land integrated oil storage and transportation system, has been put into commercial operation.…

Cambodian PM Presided Over Opening Ceremony Of 8th River Festival In Siem Reap

SIEM REAP, Mac 17 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Prime Minister, Hun Manet, yesterday, presided over the opening ceremony of the eighth…