Tag: environment

With oil production at its lowest in years, a total halt in phosphate exports and power generation sharply reduced, Syria's ...

South Africa To Harvest the Highest Maize Crop In 40 Years

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South Africa is expecting to harvest its biggest maize crop in four decades a year after drought devastated output of ...

CSIR Supports ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ With New Cassava Varieties

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The Crop Research Institute under the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has introduced three new improved varieties of ...

Esoko Refutes Allegations of Thwarting Planting For Food and Jobs Project

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Esoko, a Ghanaian private company, says it is not thwarting government’s Planting for Food and Jobs project under a contract ...

Sri Lanka Appeals For Help As Floods Cripple Water Supply

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Sri Lanka appealed for volunteers Tuesday to help with a massive recovery operation in the wake of devastating flooding that ...

Hundreds of Thousands Evacuated As Cyclone Hits Bangladesh

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Cyclone Mora hit Bangladesh Tuesday packing winds of up to 117 kilometres per hour (73mph) after authorities evacuated hundreds of ...

Chiefs Invoke Curses On Fishermen

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The Chiefs in the Edina Traditional Area in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem municipality have bemoaned the high rate of illegal fishing activities ...

Greenstreet Tells Akufo-Addo

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Sniper-turned scuba diver and presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) for the 2016 elections, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, has ...

Tree With Solar Panels Unveiled In France

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A solar tree with giant square leaves that convert sunlight into electricity was unveiled in the central French town of ...

US Launches Probe Into Imports of Photovoltaic Cells

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The United States has launched an investigation into imports of photovoltaic or solar cells, to determine if they pose a ...

No Compensation For Farmers Affected By Army Worms

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The Deputy Minister said what the government is doing now is to assess the damage caused A Deputy Minister for ...

Sri Lanka Deploys More Troops As Flood Toll Climbs To 180

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At least 180 people have now been confirmed dead in the worst flooding to hit Sri Lanka for 14 years. ...

Sumbrungu Chiefs, Residents Protest Relocation of Airport

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Residents of Sumbrungu including the chiefs in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East region have advised the Aviation Minister ...

Nearly 300,000 Evacuated As Cyclone Approaches Bangladesh

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Bangladesh has evacuated nearly 300,000 people as Cyclone Mora barrelled towards its southeastern coast at speeds of more than 85 ...

6.6-Magnitude Quake Hits Indonesia’s Sulawesi

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A shallow, 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit inland on the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Monday, US seismologists said, causing people ...

Great Barrier Reef Can No Longer Be Saved

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The Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved in its present form and is damaged beyond repair, scientists have ...

Taiwan Steel Plant Opens In Vietnam After Fish Deaths

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A Taiwanese steel firm behind a toxic waste dump that killed tonnes of fish in Vietnam last year started operations ...

Pakistan Protesters Demand Electricity As Temperatures Soar

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Violent protests erupted in Pakistan Monday as crippling electricity cuts left hundreds of thousands of people without power in soaring ...

Sri Lanka Deploys More Troops As Flood Toll Climbs To 177

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Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battled Monday to get relief supplies to nearly half a million people displaced by the ...

Compensate Farmers For Losses Arising Out of Army Worm Havoc – Fmr. MP

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