Environment

On Tuesday, Myanmar will observe a minute of silence in remembrance of the victims of a devastating earthquake that has destroyed buildings as far away as Bangkok and killed over 2,000 people. Many people in Myanmar...

Japanese authorities issued a mid-level warning Sunday for a volcano in the southwestern Kyushu region, telling people not to approach and that an eruption “may occur”. There was, however, no evacuation order for local residents near...

A powerful earthquake has killed more than 1,000 people in war-torn Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand and caused widespread damage. Here is what we know about relief efforts: China China sent an 82-person team of rescuers to...

The Directorate of Environment (DOE) today requested all concerned not to use one-time use plastic and polythene during the Eid journey by launch. The DOE also urged the passengers of the launches to keep the food...

Ecuador found a new leak in a fuel pipeline in the Amazon region on Saturday and dubbed it an “attack,” days after another spill affected hundreds of thousands of people. The energy ministry did not report...

Japan partially lifted wildfire evacuation orders on Friday after rain helped stop the country’s worst blaze in more than half a century from spreading. The fire had raged in the mountains around the northern city of Ofunato for over...

As President Donald Trump cuts foreign and environmental funding, the United States on Tuesday stopped measuring pollution at its embassies, which had been a crucial source of information, particularly in Beijing. “Budget constraints” were the excuse...

On Tuesday, a densely populated area of Australia’s east coast braced itself for what might be the first tropical cyclone to hit the area in half a century. Tropical Cyclone About 550 kilometers (340 miles) east...

As the tumultuous dry season began in the tropical Southeast Asian nation, local officials said that schools were closed in about half of the Philippine capital on Monday due to the high temperatures. The heat index,...

As over 4,600 residents are still under an evacuation advisory, officials announced Monday that almost 1,700 firemen are fighting Japan’s largest forest fire in thirty years. Following last year’s hottest summer on record in Japan and...