LUCKNOW, India— Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Sunday with a Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country. Across the country, dazzling multi-colored lights…
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said he hopes to see electric vehicles makeup at least 50 percent of the vehicles on the country’s roads by 2040. Marcos said on Monday that his target is…
MANILA, Philippines — The weather in the Philippines will feature overcast skies and rain showers throughout Monday, October 16, 2023, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said. Pagasa attributed the anticipated weather to three…
BANGKOK — Flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar’s southern areas has displaced more than 14,000 people and disrupted traffic on the rail lines that connect the country’s biggest cities, officials and state-run media said Monday.…
Weather disasters fueled by climate change — from floods to droughts, storms to wildfires — sparked 43.1 million child displacements from 2016 to 2021, the UN Children’s Fund warned Thursday, October 5, 2023, slamming the lack of…
Typhoon Jenny, which has an international name Koinu, maintained its strength and is accelerating west northwestward towards Taiwan. This is based on the latest bulletin of Pagasa at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. The location…
CEBU, Philippines—Typhoon Jenny, which has an international name of Koinu, has intensified, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its 11 a.m bulletin on Monday, October 2, 2023. Typhoon Jenny now packs maximum…
MANILA, Philippines — Jenny is now a typhoon, according to the latest bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). Typhoon Jenny, which has an international name Koinu, was located 675 kilometers (km) east of…
Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France —In the cradle of France’s atomic programme, researchers are using their nuclear know-how for a key project in the country’s energy transition: recycling the raw materials in old electric car batteries, solar panels and wind turbines. The…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—Fires are more likely to occur during El Niño, an official of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Central Visayas (BFP-7) warned. Fire Superintendent Joel Abarquez, chief of the Regional Operations Division of the BFP-7,…
MANILA, Philippines — There is a slim chance that a tropical cyclone will form or enter the Philippine area of responsibility this week, state meteorologists said on Monday, August 7, 2023. Obet Badrina, weather specialist of Pagasa,…
BEIJING— As residual rain from a typhoon drifted to northeast China, Heilongjiang province on Friday warned of swelling rivers amid severe weather and even tornadoes as storms pounded cities, including the already waterlogged provincial capital, Harbin. Grain-producing…
