Environment

Australia's farmers count cost after bushfires wipe out livestock

Australia is reeling from bushfires that since September have claimed 28 lives, including two on Kangaroo Island, and razed 10 million hectares (25 million acres) of land -- an area larger than South Korea or Portugal.

Greta warns world leaders at climate protest before Davos

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and a crowd of thousands of protesters marched in the Swiss city of Lausanne before many of them head to Davos next week to challenge political and business leaders to combat the climate crisis.

Record 45 million need urgent food aid in southern Africa - UN

Low growth, rising population, drought and floods have contributed to worsening food insecurity in the region.

Thunderstorms sweep across Australia's bushfire-ravaged east coast

Officials warned, however, that short, intense thunderstorms could lead to flash flooding, while lightning brought the risk of new fires being ignited.

Australia's dinosaur-era pines live on after bushfire rescue

The giant prehistoric trees were thought to be extinct until 1994, but then authorities found 200 of them in a national park near the Blue Mountains north-west of Sydney.

Death toll climbs to 160 in avalanche-hit Pakistan, Afghanistan

Pakistani officials said that 21 more bodies have been recovered in the avalanche-hit disputed region of Kashmir, bringing the total number of deaths to 160 in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Q&A: ‘Russia is not willing to reduce its share of the European gas market’

In an interview with TRT World, energy security analyst Omid Shokri Kalehsar touched upon several aspects of competing foreign policies in the Eastern Mediterranean, saying Moscow would like to play a dominant role in the overall energy equation.

Five thousand feral camels killed in drought-hit Australia

Aboriginal leaders in South Australia state said non-native camels, brought over by British settlers in 1840, were driven towards rural communities by drought and extreme heat, threatening scarce food and drinking water while damaging infrastructure.

Australia's massive fires could become routine – scientists warn

Bushfires ravaging Australia have provided a foretaste of the kinds of conditions that could become normal, says Richard Betts, Head of Climate Impacts Research at Britain's Met Office Hadley Centre.

Protests as Siemens backs Australia coal mine project

Campaigners slam German engineering group for opting to develop a controversial coal mine project in Australia with catastrophic bushfire season there fanning more anger against the proposed mine, owned by India's Adani group.

Rumbling volcano shuts down Philippines' capital

Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes around Taal, one of the world's smallest active volcanoes, which spewed ash for a second day from its crater in the middle of a lake about 70 km south of central Manila.

Storms sweep southern US, Midwest as death toll rises to 11

Storm-related fatalities were reported in Texas due to icy weather, in Alabama from a deadly tornado and in Louisiana, where winds were so strong that a trailer home was lifted off its foundation and carried several hundred feet.