Environment

Operator Of Crippled Fukushima Plant Urged To Ensure Nuclear Safety

TOKYO, Feb 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s industry minister, yesterday, urged the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, to…

Landslide Killed 25 In East Afghanistan

KABUL, Feb 19 (NNN-ANA) – At least 25 people were killed and 10 others injured, as a landslide struck a…

Landslide Death Toll Climbs To 98 In Philippines

MANILA, Feb 18 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll from a landslide in a mining town in Davao de Oro province…

Mongolia’s Capital, Provinces Impose Traffic Restrictions Due To Blizzards

ULAN BATOR, Feb 18 (NNN-APA) – Traffic restrictions were enforced in Mongolia’s capital, until noon today, in response to heavy…

Philippine Landslide Death Toll Rises To 92, Search For 36 Continues

MANILA, Feb 16 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll from the Feb 6 landslide that hit a mining town in Davao…

Mongolia Issues Warning Of Spring Floods In Capital

ULAN BATOR, Feb 15 (NNN-APA) – The Emergency Commission of Mongolia’s capital, today issued a warning of spring floods. “A…

Iconic Rock Formation In Malaysia’s Sarawak State Destroyed By Big Waves

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The iconic rock formation of Bako National Park, in the northern Borneo state of…

U.S. Gov’t Oil Drilling Plan Sued By Green Groups, Oil Companies

SACRAMENTO, Feb 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Environmental groups and oil companies, filed two separate legal challenges at almost the same time,…

Mongolia Issues Warning Of Heavy Snow, Blizzards

ULAN BATOR, Feb 12 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia’s National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, yesterday issued a warning of snow,…

Philippines Landslide Death Toll Rises To 54

MANILA, Feb 12 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll from a landslide in the southern Philippines has risen to 54, the…