Dead Bodies Clutter Flood-Hit Libyan Port
DERNA: Libya's devastating flood has transformed Derna from a busy port welcoming fishing boats and ships loaded with goods and passengers into a dump brimming with rubble, car wrecks and…
Incorporating Climate Change into Curriculum
KARACHI: Participants in a workshop stressed the need to incorporate climate change and the environment into the curriculum, build capacity and coordination among all stakeholders, and pool technical and financial…
EU proposes 10-year renewal for glyphosate herbicide
BRUSSELS: The European Commission is proposing to renew the use of the controversial and widely used herbicide glyphosate in the EU for 10 years in a text published on Wednesday…
UN On Off-track Sustainable Development Goals
UNITED NATIONS: A “rescue plan” for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must now result in policies, budgets and investment to ensure a more just, equitable and green future by 2030,…
Libya Flood Horror Recounted by Survivors
DERNA (LIBYA): It was long past midnight when Abdel Moneim Awad al-Sheikh awoke to desperate screams from outside his home in the Libyan city of Derna, only to find his…
Austrian climber raises 1,70K $ funds for children of deceased porter
ISLAMABAD: Austrian mountaineer Wilhelm Steindl, who came to Pakistan to climb K2 but ended his summit midway due to the death of his local porter Muhammad Hassan, raised funds of…
New York’s lights shine too bright!
NEW YORK: Big Apple's annual Climate Week is underway, bringing together activists, politicians and business leaders for hundreds of events aimed at addressing the planetary crisis.But the bright lights that…
UN warns of disease threat in flood-ravaged east Libya
DERNA (Libya): The UN on Monday warned that disease outbreaks could bring "a second devastating crisis" to Libya a week after a massive flash flood devastated the coastal city of…
Libya Flood: Aid groups sound alarm
DERNA (Libya): Aid groups have warned of growing risk posed by the spread of disease that could compound the humanitarian crisis in Libya, as hopes of finding more survivors fade…
California sues oil giants!
LOS ANGELES: The US state of California sued five of the world's largest oil companies on Friday, alleging the firms caused billions of dollars in damages and misled the public…
Flash Flood in Libya: Global aid effort intensifies
TRIPOLI: A global aid effort for Libya gathered pace Thursday after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 4,000 people, with thousands more missing - a death toll the UN…
Rising cases of dengue in Punjab
LAHORE: Punjab has seen a concerning surge in dengue fever cases in the last 24 hours, with approximately 130 new confirmed cases reported. The Health Department's latest update, issued on…
Floods in Libya claim 6000 lives
DERNA: Libya was reeling on Wednesday from a massive flood that killed more than 6000 people, wreaking havoc in the eastern city of Derna where bodies wrapped in blankets were…
Foreign rescuers join Morocco quake race against time
TALAT NYACOUB: Moroccan rescuers supported by foreign teams on Monday (11 September, 2023) faced an intensifying race against time to dig out any survivors from the rubble of mountain villages…
China to continue to provide help to quake-hit Morocco
BEIJING: China is following closely the devastating earthquake in Morocco and stands ready to continue to provide help to the quake-hit country in light of its needs to the best…
Fossil fuel
G20 fails to agree fossil fuel phase-out
NEW DELHI: G20 leaders meeting Saturday failed to agree to a phase-out of fossil fuels, despite a UN report a day earlier deeming the drawdown "indispensable" to achieving net-zero emissions.…
Conspiracy theories falsely link wildfires to ‘smart cities’
WASHINGTON: Disinformation about deadly wildfires in the United States and Canada has run rampant across social media, with posts falsely blaming coordinated arson, lasers - and plans to develop "smart…
3M kids out of schools due to recent floods
ISLAMABAD: Education Advisor for Save the Children Sahar Taimor said that recent floods had destroyed 30,000 schools and deprived three million students of education while rebuilding schools and re-enrolling students…
Seminar on Int’l Literacy Day held in Quetta
QUETTA: A seminar was organized here on Friday (8th of September, 2023) to observe the Int'l Literacy Day. Speaking on the occasion Balochistan Governor Malik Wali Kakar emphasized on the…
Biden
Biden bars drilling over vast swath of Alaska
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced it is banning new oil and gas drilling over a vast region of Alaska that is significant for Indigenous communities and home…
Climate change worsening air quality: UN
GENEVA: Climate change is driving more intense and more frequent heatwaves, which in turn generate a "witch's brew" of pollutants, threatening the health of humans and all living things, the…
UNDP
UNDP holds media sensitization workshop on HIV/AIDS
ISLAMABAD: The Program Management Unit at UNDP has conducted a two-day interactive workshop and consultation session to sensitize media professionals about HIV/AIDS. The participants from over 30 media organizations attended…
Africa demands global fin reforms for its green growth
NAIROBI: African leaders on Wednesday (6th of September, 2023) demanded sweeping changes to the global financial system and urged the international community to back a surge in renewable energy as…
Pakistan’s Coastal NCB urges attention to depleting marine resources
ISLAMABAD: IUCN-Pakistan has organised the 22nd meeting of the National Coordinating Body (NCB) of the coast here on Monday (4th of September, 2023). It was meant to discuss issues and…
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