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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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: 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…