Environment

New Zealand’s Sustained Predator Control Pays Off For Threatened Kiwi Birds

WELLINGTON, Dec 4 (NNN-RNZ) – Surveying of brown kiwi in New Zealand’s Eastern Coromandel has shown a 10 percent increase…

Japan Confirms Season’s Fourth Bird Flu Outbreak

TOKYO, Dec 4 (NNN-NHK) – Japan has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, at a poultry farm in…

Climate Change To Incur Up To 20 Percent Loss To Pakistan’s GDP By 2050: World Bank

ISLAMABAD, Dec 3 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP), is expected to decrease by a minimum of 18 to…

6.9-Magnitude Quake Rocks Southern Philippines, Tsunami Warning Issued

MANILA, Dec 3 (NNN-PNA) – An offshore earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, rocked Surigao del Sur province, in…

Air Pollution In Mongolia’s Capital Draws Public Concern

ULAN BATOR, Dec 2 (NNN-APA) – Air pollution in Mongolia’s capital has drawn increasing public concern, as its air quality…

Sri Lanka Issues Red Alert For Strong Winds, Rough Seas

COLOMBO, Dec 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s meteorology department, issued a red alert yesterday, for strong winds and rough seas,…

Malaysia Passes Anti-Smoking Bill Aimed At Protecting Minors

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia’s lower house of parliament, yesterday, passed an anti-smoking bill, aimed at protecting minors…

Rooftop Solar Panels Generate 483 Million Electricity Units In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Dec 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Rooftop solar panels have generated 483 million units of electricity to Sri Lanka’s national grid,…

COP28 Calls For Accelerating Global Climate Response In Dubai

DUBAI, Dec 1 (NNN-WAM) – The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations (UN) Framework…

Cambodia Not To Allow Construction Of New Coal-Fired Power Plants: PM

KOH KONG, Cambodia, Nov 30 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said today that, the country would no longer…