Tag: environment

Two of India's holiest but most polluted rivers have been recognised as a "legal person" in a landmark court ruling ...

Head of Commercial Banking at Stanbic Bank, Abdul Jaleel Hussein, has hinted that the Agriculture sector can contribute more to ...

In Haiti By Force: UN Sex Abuse, Fault Lines speaks to Haitian women who say they were raped by UN peacekeepers ...

SAFETY expert, Samuel Kofi, has bemoaned a weak commitment to safety following the Kintampo waterfall tragedy which has left at ...

North Korea's uranium enrichment facility has doubled in size over the last few years, the UN's atomic watchdog chief has ...

Researchers have found that New Zealand's kea parrot has the avian equivalent of an infectious laugh -- a call that ...

Under a cloudless sky in South Africa's northwestern farming region, donkeys still amble along muddy paths, pausing to nibble on ...

A series of storms that pounded California this winter have forced the shutdown of the state's iconic coastal highway in ...

Ancient cave paintings at a world heritage site in the Sahara desert have been defaced with graffiti, Chad's minister of ...

New Zealand's strong economic growth is placing strains on the environment that threaten to undermine its "clean, green" reputation, the ...

Global warming has boosted the frequency and severity of deadly air pollution peaks in northern China, scientists said Monday. Toxic ...

Low-oxygen areas of the ocean known as dead zones threaten hundreds of coral reefs worldwide, fragile ecosystems already struggling because ...

Brazil said Monday that China had suspended imports of meat from the South American country over police claims that Brazilian ...

A Kuwaiti lawyer filed a lawsuit Monday seeking a temporary driving ban on millions of expatriates to ease traffic congestion ...

Dubai on Monday completed a solar plant big enough to power 50,000 homes as part of a plan to generate ...

The funds will go towards a vast number of projects over the next three fiscal years The World Bank has ...

Nineteen persons are confirmed dead at the Kintampo Waterfalls in the Brong Ahafo region after trees crashed on them following a ...

At least 10 people have been killed in the latest clashes in drought-hit Kenya between rural communities fighting over pasture ...

Brightly coloured wooden and brick houses line a clean riverside path amid trees and vegetable gardens, a tranquil scene in ...

A SpaceX reusable cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean safely on Sunday, ending a mission to supply astronauts ...