Science & Environment
After the moon, India successfully launches its first mission to the Sun
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee Reuters Following quickly on the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency launched a rocket on Saturday ...India becomes first nation to land spacecraft near Moon’s south pole
By Aishwarya KUMAR AFP India on Wednesday became the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s south pole, a historic ...Japan to release Fukushima water into the ocean starting Thursday
By Sakura Murakami and Tom Bateman Reuters Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tonnes of ...Rain from Tropical Storm Hilary lashes California and Mexico, swamping roads and trapping cars
BY DAMIAN DOVARGANES and JORDI LEBRIJA AP Tropical Storm Hilary inundated streets across Mexico’s arid Baja California Peninsula with deadly floodwaters Sunday ...Russia launches lunar lander in race to find water on moon
Russia launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years on Friday in a bid to be the first nation to make a ...Amazon nations fail to agree on deforestation goal at summit
Eight Amazon nations agreed to a list of unified environmental policies and measures to bolster regional cooperation at a major rainforest summit ...Amazon rainforest nations gather to forge shared policy in Brazil
Leaders of the eight Amazon rainforest countries are gathering on Tuesday for the first time in 14 years, with plans to reach ...Powerful typhoon Doksuri lashes Philippines, threatens Taiwan, China
At least one person died as powerful typhoon Doksuri lashed the coastline of the northern Philippines with gale-force winds and torrential rain ...China, Taiwan brace for impact as super typhoon Doksuri nears
China urged fishing boats to seek shelter and farmers to speed up their harvest while Taiwan suspended annual military drills as super ...‘Heat storm’ stretches into southern Europe, health alerts issued
Italy issued hot weather red alerts for 16 cities on Sunday, with meteorologists warning that temperatures will hit record highs across southern ...