Environment

News Hour: Radiation levels inside a stricken reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant have hit a record high capable of shutting down robots, in the latest challenge to efforts aimed at dismantling the disaster-hit facility. Radiation...

News Hour: The Paris 2024 Olympics bid committee is proposing a strong eco-friendly plan that will slash carbon emissions by more than half compared to the last two Games in London and Rio. Speaking to Reuters...

News Hour: Five Indian soldiers were trapped under heavy snow in Kashmir on Saturday just days after another 20 people were killed by avalanches in the disputed territory, a military spokesman said. The soldiers were approaching...

News Hour: The death toll from weekend storms that lashed the southeastern United States rose to 20 on Monday, after a woman was killed when a tree fell on her home. Severe weather including an estimated...

News Hour: A huge avalanche swallowed up a luxury mountain hotel in central Italy after a series of strong earthquakes rocked the area, burying up to 30 people under tonnes of snow and debris, officials said...

News Hour: A shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fiji on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake, recorded at 6:11 pm (0611 GMT) was...

News Hour: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 struck off Indonesia’s Maluku archipelago on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was recorded 120 km (75 miles) west-northwest of the island of...

News Hour: China will close its domestic ivory market by December 2017, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued the following statement from Carter Roberts, president and CEO: “China’s announcement is a game changer for elephant conservation. The...

News Hour: Traces of pesticides in urine have been found to decrease significantly among people, particularly children, who moved from a conventional to an organic diet. The findings come from a study involving two Japanese families,...

News Hour: Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) under the support of Free Press Unlimited organized a day-long strategic workshop titled ‘Community Radio for the Future: Multi-Platform Presence, Multi-Generation Reach, Editorial Independence & Serving...