Science & Environment
Australia pledges 26% emissions cut by 2030
Australia plans to reduce carbon emissions by at least 26 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Tuesday, ...Bangladesh shoots dead six alleged tiger poachers
Bangladesh police Sunday shot dead six alleged tiger poachers in the world\'s largest mangrove forest as it launched a crackdown following a ...Deadly Typhoon Soudelor batters Taiwan
Typhoon Soudelor barreled toward mainland China on Saturday after downing trees, traffic lights and power lines in Taiwan, where at least six ...Nepal may be poised for another big earthquake
Large quakes in Nepal this year only partially relieved stress on a major Himalayan fault line, and chances for a big tremor ...Nigeria on alert for massive flooding
Nigeria on Thursday warned tens of thousands of people living along one of its main rivers to expect massive flooding as neighbouring ...Nepal villagers recover the remains of 17 people missing after landslide
Nepal villagers have recovered the remains of 17 people who went missing after their village was buried by a landslide triggered by ...Barack Obama unveils major climate change proposal
President Barack Obama framed climate change as the toughest and most pressing challenge of our time Monday, as he unveiled the first ...Heavy monsoon rains kill more than 90 in India, leave thousands homeless
India\'s Home Ministry says heavy monsoon rains have killed more than 90 people in the past week and forced tens of thousands ...30 killed in Nepal as monsoon rains spark landslides
Landslides caused by heavy rains buried several mountain villages in Nepal on Thursday, killing at least 30 people, and bad weather was ...560,000-year-old tooth found in southern France
A 16-year-old French volunteer archaeologist has found an adult tooth dating back around 560,000 years in southwestern France, in what researchers hailed ...