1 million migrants, including Nepalis, in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could target The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended Nepal's TPS designation for 18 months, from December 25, 2023 to June 24, 2025. World 14 Nov, 2024
European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record -- again “It's this relentless nature of the warming that I think is worrying,” said Carlo Buontempo, director of Copernicus. Environment 07 Nov, 2024
Volcanic eruption burns houses in Indonesia, killing at least 10 people Lewotobi Laki-laki is one of the 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, an archipelago of 280 million people. World 04 Nov, 2024
7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern Philippines, briefly prompting a tsunami warning A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic around midnight after Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning. World 03 Dec, 2023
Scientists look beyond climate change and El Nino for other factors that heat up Earth Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat. Science and Tech 09 Aug, 2023
Search effort intensifies after Indonesia quake killed 268 More rescuers and volunteers were deployed Wednesday in devastated areas on Indonesia’s main island of Java to search for the dead and missing from an earthquake that killed at least 268 people. World 23 Nov, 2022
At least 13 dead in floods, landslides in south Philippines At least 13 people died and five others were missing in flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains that swamped a southern Philippine province overnight, officials said Friday. World 28 Oct, 2022
Powerful typhoon hits north Philippines, thousands evacuated Powerful typhoon hits north Philippines, thousands evacuated World 25 Sep, 2022
As Pakistan drowns, better climate planning urged to cut risks A third of Pakistan is underwater, with at least 1,100 people dead - including 380 children - but monsoon rains "on steroids", likely fuelled by climate change, are not the only cause of the nation's misery. World 01 Sep, 2022
Volcanic eruption in Japan forces evacuations in 2 towns Dozens of people have evacuated two towns on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu where a volcano spewed ash and large rocks into the nighttime sky. World 25 Jul, 2022
Hell hath no fury like the volcano: The anatomy of nature's ire When Mount Etna, in Sicily, spewed a mammoth 12-kilometre-high column of volcanic ash, recently, it re-affirmed nature’s own cyclic history. Opinion 21 Mar, 2022
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake kills 7 on Indonesia's Sumatra A strong and shallow earthquake shook Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, killing seven people and injuring 85, while causing panic on the island and in neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. World 26 Feb, 2022
