Category: Asia

Japan detects bird flu in wild swans

TOKYO. Japan has detected a strain of bird flu in a flock of wild swans after stepping up checks

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Asia’s rainforests rapidly vanishing as timber, food demand surge.

Asia's rainforests are being rapidly destroyed, a trend accelerated by surging timber demand in booming China and India, and

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China calls for help on climate change

BEIJING - China called on the international community Thursday to increase the flow of technology to developing countries to

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Russian forest fires spreading

Russia is experiencing its worst forest fires in thirty years. Two people have been killed and hundreds of families

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Maldives president seeks help for ‘paradise drowning’

SINGAPORE (AFP) - Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom made an impassioned plea Tuesday for a cut in global greenhouse

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Drought hits millions in Thai rice region

More than 10 million people in parts of Thailand's rice bowl region have been hit by drought, the government

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A thirsty planet looks for solutions to water shortage

PARIS (AFP) - A world without fresh water would be a world bereft of humans, and yet one in

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Poisonous algae bloom threatens giant Chinese lake

A pollution-linked algae bloom has reappeared in China's third-largest lake, prompting renewed fears for the drinking water supplies of

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China has become the world’s worst polluter

China is now the world's biggest carbon emitter ahead of the US, a soon-to-be-published report says. Report courtesy of

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China drought leaves 670,000 without drinking water

BEIJING, April 13 (Reuters) - A drought in China's northeast Liaoning province has left nearly 700,000 people without drinking

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