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...
High Risk of ‘unprecedented’ Winter Downpours
There’s an increased risk of “unprecedented” winter downpours such as those that caused extensive flooding in...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...