heatwaves

AFP/APP United Nations: Demographic shifts, worsening climate change and rapid technological transformation risk creating a bleak future for youth in the mid-21st century, the United Nations agency for children warned Tuesday in an annual…

APP Islamabad: Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri, Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights, and Romina Khurshid Alam, Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, have reached a consensus on the urgent need to…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: As Typhoon Bebinca approaches China’s densely populated eastern coastline, it underscores the growing impacts of climate change, especially in South and Southeast Asia, where extreme weather events such as…

AFP/APP Beijing: China logged its hottest August in more than six decades last month, its national weather service said, after the country endured a summer of extreme weather and heatwaves across much of its north and west. China is…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: Pakistan stands among the nations most severely impacted by climate change, with each passing year intensifying the severity and spread of its effects.  The country is frequently devastated by natural…

News Desk News York: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a UN agency based in Geneva, has reported a new milestone for extreme weather: July 22 was recorded as the hottest day in recent history. This event highlights the…

APP Peshawar: In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, especially in Nowshera, Peshawar and Charsadda, residents are facing deteriorated water quality following the devastating floods of 2022. These floods have severely impacted groundwater, leaving many…

AFP/APP Paris: The wider Paris region is put on a severe storm alert Tuesday as the city hosts the Olympic Games, with heavy rain, strong thunderstorms, hail and lightning forecast from 6pm, informed France’s weather service.…

AFP/ Xinhua Beijing: Heavy rain and flooding hit central China’s Hunan province, taking seven lives and three going missing, state media reported Tuesday. The rain damaged nearly 900 homes and caused 1,345 road collapses. Around 5,400…

Shazia Mehboob  Islamabad: In a stark and urgent appeal, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has underscored the severe consequences of extreme heat and climate change. With global temperatures soaring, the impacts on health,…