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Countries must forge ‘Global Blue Deal’ to protect the ocean: UNCTAD

New York: The ocean can provide vast opportunities for developing countries to build more innovative and resilient economies, but climate change, pollution and overfishing threaten the li ...

New temperature records, food security threats likely as El Niño looms

New York: The development of an El Niño climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean this year is more and more likely, with dangerously high temperatures and extreme weather events expect ...

Three hurt as 5.2-magnitude earthquake rocks southwest China's Yunnan

Kunming: Three were injured in a 5.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted the city of Baoshan in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Tuesday evening.

Nature’s Hints In Kerala And Balochistan: Road To Extinction

Human greed is causing destruction of forest covers in India's Kerala and Pakistan's Balochistan exposing the regions to future climate disasters. Sai Kiran from from India's ...

Pakistan: Heavy rains hit Balochistan, several houses damaged

Quetta: Heavy rainfall battered several regions of Pakistan's Balochistan region over the last four days, causing damage to houses, media reports said.

China’s quest for Rare Earth Elements and its environmental impact!

Since the 1980s, China has been the top global producer of Rare Earth Elements (REE), accounting for some 90% of the material. It is also home to some of the world’s largest deposit ...

Landsharks rule Pakistan’s climate debate

Islamabad: Even as the Shehbaz Sharif-government ministers are busy globetrotting calling upon the world to save Pakistan from climate disaster, the government is spearheading a disastrou ...

Iran: 3 die in flash floods

Tehran: At least three people were killed in flash floods in western Iran over the past 24 hours, Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported.

Spain registers second hottest March in 21st century

Madrid: The latest data from the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) on Tuesday showed that last month was the second hottest March of the 21st century recorded in the country, wi ...