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FILE PHOTO: A man wearing protective gear walks by the Yangtze river in Wuhan, Hubei province, on April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Thursday said it would spare no effort to ensure the novel coronavirus … Continue reading China vows to protect coronavirus-hit Hubei from flooding
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Groups working to protect the Mekong River have called for greater transparency and cooperation from China after a report that Chinese dams held back water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year. FILE PHOTO: General … Continue reading Mekong river groups urge China to show transparency after dam report
VIENTIANE/BANGKOK (Reuters) – China on Thursday said it was helping its downstream neighbors cope with a prolonged drought by releasing more water from its dams on the Mekong River, adding it would consider sharing information on hydrology to provide further … Continue reading China releases water from dams to ease Mekong River drought, promises more help
FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison reacts after attending the inauguration of Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo for the second term, at the House of Representatives building in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 20, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime … Continue reading Australian PM reshuffles cabinet after coalition partner ructions
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – One in two Australians have donated money to support bushfire relief efforts, a new survey showed over the weekend, with meteorologists warning more hot and dry weather is to return after a heavy rain respite dampened many … Continue reading Half of Australians donated to bushfire appeal: survey
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s bushfire-stricken state of Queensland saw heavy rainfalls on Sunday dampening some of the fires that have razed 2.5 million hectares (1.2 million acres) of land since September, but the wet weather caused major flooding. Some areas … Continue reading Heavy rains dampen fires in Australia’s Queensland state, cause flooding
Clouds gather but produce no rain as cracks are seen in the dried up municipal dam in drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibian state-owned meat processing and marketing firm Meatco is in … Continue reading Namibia looks to import cattle as drought decimates local herds
HARARE (Reuters) – In a backyard in Zimbabwe’s capital, a 50-year-old mother of two is using hydroponics to grow vegetables for some of Harare’s top restaurants, defying drought and an economic crisis that have left millions needing food aid. Venensia … Continue reading In Zimbabwe, a backyard hydroponic farm beats drought to grow veg
LANDQUART, Switzerland (Reuters) – Climate activists set off on a three-day hike from Landquart in eastern Switzerland to the ski resort of Davos on Sunday to draw attention to global warming at the World Economic Forum this week. Hundreds of … Continue reading Climate activists dressed as koalas set off on mountain hike to Davos
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and a crowd of some 10,000 protesters marched in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Friday before many of them head to Davos next week to challenge political and business leaders to … Continue reading ‘You have not seen anything yet,’ climate activist Greta says ahead of Davos
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The United Nations World Food Programme said on Thursday that a record 45 million people in the 16-nation Southern African Development Community faced growing hunger following repeated drought, widespread flooding and economic disarray. FILE PHOTO: Victims of … Continue reading Record 45 million people across Southern Africa face hunger: U.N. food agency
Displaced women from drought hit areas wait to fill their jerrycans as they gather at the water point at a camp for internally displaced people in Dollow, Somalia April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The United Nations World … Continue reading Record 45 mln people across Southern Africa face hunger- U.N. food agency
