Science & Environment
Hundreds evacuated in west Indonesia after magnitude 6.1 earthquake
About 200 people evacuated to higher ground after an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck islands in western Indonesia on Sunday, causing some ...Heavy rains trigger landslides in Uganda, killing at least 15
At least 15 people died in western Uganda after their homes were buried in a landslide triggered by torrential rains, the Red ...Earthquake in China’s Sichuan kills more than 30, shakes provincial capital
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province on Monday, the strongest to hit the region since 2017, killing more than 30 ...South Korea braces for ‘very strong’ typhoon, businesses curb operations
Typhoon Hinnamnor neared South Korea on Monday, forcing flight cancellations, suspensions of some business operations and closures of schools, as the country ...UK PM favourite Truss promises immediate action on energy
British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Sunday she would set out immediate action in her first week in power to tackle ...Russia, West step up energy war as risk of nuclear disaster haunts Ukraine
As UN inspectors sought to avert a nuclear disaster on Ukraine’s frontline, the West and Russia wounded each other’s economies, with Moscow ...U.N. inspectors assess damage to Ukraine nuclear plant in high-stakes visit
United Nations experts who crossed into Russian-held territory in Ukraine to assess the safety of Europe’s biggest nuclear energy plant are seeking ...U.N. team presses on with Ukrainian nuclear plant visit despite fighting
U.N. nuclear experts set out from the city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday to visit a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant in Ukraine’s south ...NASA delays debut Artemis flight of new moon rocket after engine cooling issue
An engine-cooling problem forced NASA on Monday to postpone for at least four days the debut test launch of the colossal new ...NASA’s next-generation megarocket set for debut test launch to moon
NASA’s colossal next-generation rocketship was set for its long-awaited debut launch on Monday on an uncrewed, six-week test flight around the moon ...