Science & Environment
World Bank approves $140 million for Myanmar electricity
The World Bank said on Tuesday that it will extend a US$140 million interest-free loan to Myanmar to refurbish a power station ...At least 328 killed in strong earthquake in Pakistan
A huge earthquake hit southwest Pakistan Tuesday, killing at least 328 people, toppling scores of homes and sending people around the region ...25 dead as Typhoon Usagi hits southern China
At least 25 people in southern China have been killed in what has been described as the most powerful storm on earth ...US sets first curbs on power plant carbon emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\'s proposed limits on power-plant emissions blamed for climate change represents a new battleground for an agency that ...MERS virus transmitted from animals to humans more than once
Saudi Arabia has experienced most of the cases and deaths since the new MERS virus was identified in September 2012.Super typhoon Usagi threatens Taiwan, Northern Philippines, China
The Philippines, Taiwan and southern China are preparing for the arrival of a rapidly intensifying super typhoon.Syrian chemical weapons destruction will take one year, Assad says
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has pledged to destroy his stockpile of chemical arms but said it would take one year to do ...Mine collapse kills 27 in north Afghanistan
At least 27 miners in Afghanistan have been killed in a collapse in a coal mine, officials ...Japan launches “Epsilon” rocket from Kagoshima
Japan\'s new solid-fuel rocket blasted off on Saturday carrying a telescope for remote observation of planets in a launch coordinated from a ...Three dead, thousands evacuated in Colorado flooding
Flooding in the western U.S. state of Colorado worsened Friday, with thousands of people in and around the city of Boulder forced ...