by Our Correspondent in Colombo Updated Story 2: The Disaster Management Center (DMC) reports that the death toll from the severe weather gripping the country has risen to 47, with 37 of
A new study published just days before a devastating earthquake struck Myanmar, claiming over 3,000 lives, warns that China and its neighboring countries are at an elevated risk of catastrophic earthquakes. The
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Considering the increasing instances of waste dumping and the ongoing deaths and injuries caused by reckless driving—particularly by bus drivers—one cannot help but feel that the much-publicised Clean Sri Lanka initiative has
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Regulatory efforts to eliminate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from drinking water have triggered a surge in the development of technologies aimed at capturing and destroying these persistent pollutants. As highlighted by
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Scientists have developed a groundbreaking artificial intelligence model that significantly improves the ability to predict when and where wildfires will ignite, Financial Times reports. The new Probability of Fire (PoF) model, developed
More The death toll from the catastrophic earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday has reached nearly 3,000, as rescue teams race against time to find survivors amid the ruins. The powerful 7.9 magnitude
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Reaching net zero by 2050 is one of humanity’s most ambitious and urgent challenges. The concept is simple: every tonne of carbon dioxide emitted must be offset by an equal amount removed.
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South Korean authorities have identified a man in his 50s as the suspected cause of the country’s largest wildfire, which has claimed at least 26 lives. The fire, which ravaged southeastern Uiseong
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Japan’s government has issued a stark warning about the potential devastation of a megaquake along the Pacific coast, projecting it could kill nearly 300,000 people and inflict economic damage equivalent to half
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Amidst the devastating tragedy of an earthquake will the Myanmar military and the resistance reconcile? On 28 March, at approximately 12:51 pm local time, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck about 21 kilometres northeast
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Update: Myanmar’s military-led government has reported that the death toll from the devastating earthquake has risen to 1,002, with 2,376 others injured and 30 still missing. Officials warned that these numbers could
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