SYDNEY (Xinhua/APP): A new study conducted by Australian experts has shown that insects were most likely the pollinators when the first flowers bloomed on Earth more than 140 million years…
TOKYO (Xinhua/APP): Japan has started sending seawater into an underwater tunnel built to release nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, local media reported…
KYIV (Agencies): Ukraine’s military said Russian forces have blown up a large dam in southern Ukraine, while the Moscow-installed official in the city of Nova Kakhovka in the Russian-controlled portion…
CAIRO (Agencies) : A huge sandstorm hit Egypt last week, killing four people and injuring five others when a billboard fell onto the 6th October Bridge. During the spring, Egypt…
Tokyo (AFP/APP): Heavy rain across parts of Japan has killed one person, left three missing and injured dozens more, authorities said Saturday, with thousands of residents issued evacuation warnings.The inundation…
UNITED NATIONS (APP): The world must beat the “toxic tidal wave” of plastic pollution that threatens human rights, UN experts said Friday, and called for putting rights at the centre…
Taipei (AFP/APP): Hacking at a bamboo plant with a machete, Avayi Vayayana peels back the shoot’s stiff bark as he scans southern Taiwan’s mountains, anxious for more of the money-making…
Paris (AFP/APP): Diplomats from 175 countries gathering in Paris for plastics treaty talks on Monday may want to pack an umbrella, but not just because there’s a chance of rain.France’s…
TRIPOLI (Agencies): The Tuna fishing season in Libya is a neglected economic resource that is costing Libya around US$ 5 billion annually in potential lost revenues due to illegal fishing…
UNITED NATIONS (APP): UN health experts have warned that cholera, a 19th-century disease, may be making a ‘devastating’ comeback after years of decline. In a new alert, the World Health…
