Newmont Clears Air
Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) has stated categorically that it will not condone gold mining activities in its attachment areas that pose danger to public health. The gold mining company’s...
Tag: environment
Two Perish In ‘galamsey’ Pit Collapse
Two illegal gold miners were killed after a mining pit collapsed on them at Patriensa, near Konongo in the Asante-Akim Central Municipality. Their bodies had been recovered and they were identified...
High Risk of ‘unprecedented’ Winter Downpours
There’s an increased risk of “unprecedented” winter downpours such as those that caused extensive flooding in 2014, the UK Met Office says. Their study suggests there’s now a one in three...
Blast Kills 15, Injures 20 In Pakistan’s Lahore
An explosion killed at least 15 people and injured 20 in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore Monday, rescue officials said, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blast. "We have 15 confirmed...
Hospitals Overwhelmed As Sri Lanka Dengue Toll Nears 300
Sri Lanka announced Monday it was intensifying its war on dengue fever, with schools to shut across the island to help curb the unprecedented outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus that has claimed...
Rhino Poaching Dips Slightly In South Africa
The number of rhinos killed for their horns by poachers in South Africa dipped slightly in the first half of this year, but more than 500 were still slaughtered, the government announced Monday....
UN Accuses Australia of Breaching Refugee Deal
The UN accused Australia Monday of backtracking on a deal to relax its strong stance on asylum-seekers and resettle some refugees now held in overseas detention on home soil. The UN High Commissioner...
Sri Lanka Navy Rescues Two Elephants Washed Out To Sea
Two young elephants washed out to sea were saved from drowning Sunday by the Sri Lankan navy in the second such incident off the island in as many weeks. The navy said the pair of wild elephants were...
Flood-Hit New Zealand Braces For More Rain
Flood-hit regions of New Zealand were warned to expect more wild weather Sunday after a deluge forced evacuations and emergency declarations in parts of South Island. The military was called in to...
Robot Finds Possible Melted Fuel Inside Fukushima Reactor
Lava-like rocks believed to be melted nuclear fuel have been spotted inside Japan's stricken Fukushima reactor by an underwater robot, the plant's operator said at the end of a three-day inspection....
China Road Crash Kills 11, Injures 9
Eleven people died and nine others were injured after a traffic collision in north China's Hebei province, a report said Saturday. The crash, involving a bus carrying 19 people and a lorry, happened...
COCOBOD To Cut Down Over 100 Million Cocoa Trees
The Ghana COCOBOD is looking forward to cut down about one hundred million cocoa trees by the 2017/2018 crop season. The trees, mostly diseased ones, are among the 40 percent of total unproductive...
Solar Eclipse Offers Millions A Chance At Citizen Science
Millions of people, from students to rocket scientists, are poised to contribute to a massive scientific effort to study the total solar eclipse that will sweep across the United States August 21....
German Car Giants ‘secretly Colluded Since the 1990s’
German carmakers Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, BMW and Daimler secretly worked together from the 1990s onward on issues including polluting emissions from diesel vehicles, according to a report...
Underwater Robot Probes Inside Fukushima Reactor
The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant said Friday it is using an underwater robot in a renewed attempt to inspect damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown. A massive undersea...
UN Envoy Urges China Stop Repatriating N.Korea Refugees
The UN's human rights envoy to North Korea on Friday urged China to stop repatriating escaped defectors to the North, where they face harsh punishment, torture or execution. Tomas Ojea Quintana, the...
Hottest Day Ever In Shanghai As Heat Wave Bakes China
Shanghai sweltered under a new record high of 40.9 degrees Centigrade (105 F) on Friday, authorities said as they issued a weather "red alert" over a stubborn heat wave that has plagued much of the...
Researchers Mourn Killing of Cecil the Lion’s Cub
A trophy hunter in Zimbabwe has shot dead a cub of Cecil the lion whose death in 2015 caused worldwide outrage, researchers tracking the pride confirmed Friday. Xanda, a six-year-old lion fitted with...
Coastal Communities Needs More Support
The paramount chief of the Lower Dixcove Traditional Area in the Western Region Nana Kwesi Agyemang IX who is also the chairperson of the Western Region Coastal Foundation has said that although some...
Tokyo 2020 Living With Spectre of Killer Quake
For modern Olympic host cities, the twin threats of terrorism and financial ruin constantly loom. But spare a thought for Tokyo 2020 organisers, who face the added risk of a devastating earthquake or...