climatechange

AFP/APP London: From forest fires to hurricanes and other natural disasters: climate change risk is increasingly influencing oil prices, just as the world is struggling to shift away from high-polluting fossil fuels. Hurricane Beryl…

AFP/APP Bogotá: Colombian guerrillas fighting the government and rival armed groups on Tuesday threatened a major UN biodiversity summit to be held later this year in Cali, the city closest to territory they dominate. The 16th meeting…

AFP/APP Bharatpur: Nepali rescue teams on Saturday recovered the first body from around 50 people missing after monsoon rains triggered a landslide that swept two buses off a highway and into a river. The force of Friday's landslide…

News Desk  Islamabad: The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has dedicated a decade, from 2025 to 2034, to combating the increasing occurrence of sand and dust storms—extreme weather conditions that pose significant environmental,…

AFP/APP Sbikha, Tunisia: In front of a small mosque in central Tunisia, women queue at one of their village's last water sources, a pipe meant for crop irrigation, but now a lifeline in the parched area. "We just need something to…

Xinhua/APP Beijing: China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Tuesday activated a Level-IV emergency response to flooding in Jiangsu Province, east China. From Tuesday to Saturday, heavy rain to torrential rain…

AFP/APP Houston: Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday in the southern US state of Texas, where some residents were evacuated over warnings of flooding and power outages. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Beryl hit the town…

AFP/APP Indonesia: At least 11 people are dead and 35 more are missing after heavy rains caused a landslide near an illegal gold mine on Indonesia's central island of Sulawesi, an official said Monday. Unlicensed mines are common…

AFP/APP Nepal:Hanging from a rope-and-bamboo ladder off a Himalayan mountain cliff, skilled Nepali climbers gather highly prized hallucinogenic honey -- an ancient tradition stung by environmental degradation and rapid climate change.…

AFP United Nations: Refugees and migrants face extreme violence, abuse, and exploitation while traversing Africa to reach the Mediterranean, with more deaths occurring on land routes than at sea, according to a recent UN-backed report.…