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Across southeast Asia, record-breaking rains and flooding caused by back-to-back tropical storms have claimed hundreds of lives and brought devastation and displacement upon entire communities, UN agencies said on Tuesday. more
Catastrophe alert: UN warns Asia is facing unprecedented cyclones and rainfall

Across southeast Asia, record-breaking rains and flooding caused by back-to-back tropical storms have claimed hundreds of lives and brought devastation and displacement upon entire commun ...

India’s West Coast Turns Protector: Whale Shark Rescues Surge from Gujarat to Kerala

Once targeted for oil and meat, the whale shark is now being saved by fishers along India’s Arabian Sea coast. What began as a Gujarat-led conservation movement has reached Lakshadw ...

Belém COP30 announces major climate finance boost

In a pivotal outcome at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, countries agreed on a sweeping package to scale up climate finance and accelerate implementation of the Paris Agreement – but ...

Three dead after magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits Bangladesh, strong tremors felt in Kolkata

At least three people died after an earthquake caused a railing to collapse from a five-storey building in Bangladesh capital Dhaka, on Friday.

Chaos at COP30: Pavilion blaze leaves 13 injured amid global climate summit

At least 13 people were treated for smoke inhalation after a massive fire broke out at the COP30 UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil, on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of the ven ...

As extreme weather intensifies, refugee camps may struggle to remain habitable by 2050: Reports

At least 117 million people have been displaced by war, violence and persecution, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, while highlighting how much their plight is tied to the gro ...

In Brazil, Guterres sounds alarm: The clean energy shift must be ‘fair, fast and final’

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is continuing his campaign to accelerate the global switch from fossil fuels to clean energy – “the cheapest source of new electri ...

India sends urgent food aid to Afghanistan after massive 6.3 magnitude earthquake

India on Monday dispatched a consignment of food items to earthquake-hit Afghanistan, where a powerful 6.3 magnitude tremor recently left at least 20 people dead and over 500 injured acro ...

Study finds pandemic survival could depend on your location — Here’s why?

A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making them more deadly, more costly and longer lasting – and where you live, c ...