ZLITEN Libya: Much of Libya is bone-dry desert but one Mediterranean coastal town is suffering the opposite problem – its houses and fields have been inundated by a mysterious upsurge of groundwater. Stagnant water and squishy mud have flooded houses, streets and palm groves around the
UNITED NATIONS: In a UN Security Council debate on climate and water scarcity, Pakistan has once again emphasised the need for strict adherence to the Indus Water Treaty. “Increasing water demand, coupled with climate change impacts, creates the potential for trans-boundary water disputes in several parts
LONDON: Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) – a cheap and effective treatment for diarrhoea — can save lives of half a million children every year, according to a study. A whopping 500,000 children under five die of diarrhoea globally. India accounts for the most cases of child diarrhoea
LONDON: The world has entered an era of increasing instability as countries around the globe boost military spending in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Hamas attack on Israel and China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. That’s the conclusion of a new report
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haitian gangs are increasingly economically autonomous, a Geneva-based criminal research group warned, using funds coerced from private businesses, local residents and families of kidnapping victims to pay for guns and soldiers. "Gangs have undergone a radical evolution, going from rather unstructured actors dependent on resources
NEW DELHI: Protesting Indian farmers attempting to reach the capital New Delhi clashed with security forces for a second day on Wednesday, with drones being used to drop tear gas shells, television images showed. Hundreds of farmers, travelling on trucks and trolleys loaded with food, bedding
LONDON: Greece must address its responsibilities over the capsizing of a migrant vessel last year that led to the deaths of more than 600 people, Amnesty International said ahead of its participation in a European Parliament committee on Wednesday to discuss the sinking of the
PARIS: Past and future UN climate talk hosts the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Brazil said Tuesday they are forming a “troika” to push for an international agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The UAE hosted last year’s COP28 conference in Dubai, while
NEW DELHI: Indian farmers plan to continue a protest march to New Delhi on Tuesday after talks with ministers failed to make progress on issues including better crop prices promised in 2021 when thousands camped on highways leading to the capital. The march, the latest in
MEJILLONES Chile: With its emerald green waters and white sands, the small town of Mejillones in northern Chile looks deceptively like a typical seaside resort. However, in the distance, coal-fired plants and factories bellow noxious fumes into the air, a grim reminder that the town in