Sri Lankan police have arrested a man suspected of shooting Kawanthissa, one of the country’s best-known wild tuskers, and seized two illegal firearms as authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the elephant’s death
Sri Lankan police have arrested a man suspected of shooting Kawanthissa, one of the country’s best-known wild tuskers, and seized two illegal firearms as authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the elephant’s death
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Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has paid tribute to Kavanthissa, a widely admired elephant, in a Facebook post reflecting on the animal’s place in the country’s history, Buddhist traditions and cultural
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As a child, visits to my grandmother’s home in the rural area between the municipalities of Humacao and Yabucoa, in eastern Puerto Rico, often began with the same question: “Is there running
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Hundreds of major cities around the world are sinking by several millimetres a year, with the fastest rates recorded in parts of Mexico, Iran and South-east Asia, according to a study published
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Plans to open Sri Lanka’s Adam’s Bridge Marine National Park to tourism on October 15 have drawn strong objections from an environmental lawyer and a former senior wildlife official, who warn that
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Nepali authorities on Sunday urged residents living along riverbanks in several districts to move to safer locations after a major flood triggered by a landslide swept away houses and infrastructure in central
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Pacific nations have called for a major increase in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, warning that every additional fraction of a degree of warming will intensify rising seas, extreme weather
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Air pollution carried by heat, wildfires and atmospheric currents has exposed an estimated 40% of the world’s population to extremely high levels of ground-level ozone during the first eight months of 2026,
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El Niño is approaching record intensity, with sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific already reaching levels comparable with those recorded at the peak of the record-setting event in 2015. A study by
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Climate change is causing losses that extend beyond homes, crops, income and physical infrastructure, with communities experiencing damage to mental health, cultural identity, social cohesion and ways of life that are difficult
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The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
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Glaciers throughout the region have thinned by approximately half a metre each year since 2000, Immerzeel says. The glacier close to the collapsed slope retreated more than 300 metres between 2010 and
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At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed worldwide in 2025, according to Global Witness, bringing the number of documented killings and long-term disappearances since 2012 to more than 2,375. The
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The Himalayas are approaching a tipping point as glaciers melt faster than they did a decade ago, threatening water security as the region moves towards “peak water” by mid-century, according to a
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The world promises net zero while global energy demand and fossil fuel consumption continue to rise. Fossil fuels accounted for around 88 per cent of global energy production in 2024, while greenhouse
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