The United Nations climate conference in Egypt on Saturday adopted a "loss and damage" fund to help countries cope with the cost of climate damage.(CGTN)
TensofthousandsofpeopleinPapuaNewGuineaareinurgentneedofsuppliesafterlastMonday'spowerfulearthquake,aidagenciessay.Landslidesanddamagedroadshavemadeitimpossible
ThedeathtollfromthestrongestearthquaketostrikePapuaNewGuinea’sruggedinteriorinalmostacenturyhasclimbedto31andwouldprobablyrisefurther,officialssaidonThursday,as
DrinkingalcoholmaycauseirreversibledamagetotheDNAofstemcellsandincreasetheriskofdevelopingcertaincancers,anewstudyhasrevealed.Usinggeneticallymodifiedmice,Briti
ResearchershaveusedmicetoshowhowalcoholdamagestheDNAofstemcellsresponsibleforproducingnewblood.Thismayexplainwhydrinkingincreasestheriskofcancer,accordingtoastu
Chinawillexpandapilotreformtonationwidestartingnextyear,obligingpolluterstorepairtheenvironmentorpayacompensation.ThedecisionwascontainedinadocumentissuedSunday
Atleast38peoplewereinjuredinthetornadoinTurkey'ssouthernAntalyaProvincelateMonday,DoganNewsAgencyreportedTuesday.Thetornado,whichmovedswiftlytowardsthelandfromt
Satellite images show multiple landslides but no major collapse or damage of buildings near the epicenter of a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in southwest China.
Satelliteimagesshowmultiplelandslidesbutnomajorcollapseordamageofbuildingsneartheepicenterofa7.0-magnitudeearthquakeinsouthwestChina.TheInstituteofRemoteSensing
FloodsinnorthernVietnamhavekilled26peopleandwashedawayhundredsofhomesoverthepastweek,causingdamageestimatedatmorethan940billiondong($41million),thegovernment'sd
Scientists studying the earthquake that struck southern Japan in April have identified a number of seismological factors that made the tremor so destructive – and warn that should the same factors combine beneath a major city it could bring down a skyscraper.
Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has vowed to pay for a marble table that was damaged in parliament during a rowdy party held the night he was ousted as prime minister.
Israel's top court held a hearing Wednesday to decide whether to release a high-profile Palestinian prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for 64 days.
Nepal's Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has come up with an action plan for the protection and reconstruction of heritage sites damaged by the deadly April 25 quake and its aftershocks, local media reported Monday.
Administering three doses of erythropoietin (EPO), a blood-doping hormone that stimulates the formation of red blood cells, immediately after birth may significantly reduce brain damage in very preterm infants, a study published by the Journal of American Medical Association said Tuesday.
More than 1,000 insurance claims have been made by people who lost their homes and properties in the New South Wales (NSW) bushfires, with the bill estimated at 138 million AU dollars (132.58 million U.S. dollars), the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) said on Friday.
A number of schools in Fiji's Western Division will be forced to go on with the classes in makeshift tents in 2013 affected by tropical cyclone Evan that hit the country earlier this month, an education official said Friday.