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20 hours ago · Lured by official promises of cheap hydropower, China Hongqiao Group and a handful of other coal-reliant smelters several years ago began moving 6.56 million metric tons of capacity - about 15% of China's total - from the northern rust belt to the mountainous and ethnically diverse Yunnan province, known for tea, coffee and wild mushrooms.
May 12, 2024 · 12th May 2024, 02:05 GMT+10. JAKARTA, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Ten people were killed and more than 10 others wounded in a bus accident in Subang regency of Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday, a rescuer said. The accident occurred at 18:45 Jakarta time at Kampung Palasari street, said the province's head of search and rescue office Hery ...
20 hours ago · A highly destructive invasive beetle that kills ash trees has been found in B.C., marking the first time it has been officially recorded in the province.Larvae of the emerald ash borer (EAB) were recently found in Vancouver by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), indicating that the bug has been on the move into B.C. from other provinces.Dezene Huber, a professor in the faculty of ...
1 hour ago · Smoke travelling into Saskatchewan from wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta has prompted special air quality statements for parts of the province.Parts of northern and central Saskatchewan, including Saskatoon, Prince Albert, La Ronge and Meadow Lake, were under air quality statements from Environment and Climate Change Canada as of noon Saturday.Environment Canada said the plume of ...
20 hours ago · The province’s health authority is providing an update on the outbreak of pertussis—or whooping cough—in the eastern zone. NL Health Services says the Medical Officer of Health and Communicable Disease Control team are working with other health-care professionals to monitor and respond to the evolving situation.
7 hours ago · The U.N. food agency says more than 300 Afghans have died in flash floods that also destroyed more than 1,000 houses in the northern province of Baghlan.
20 hours ago · More than 200 people were killed and thousands of houses were destroyed or damaged in Baghlan province when heavy rains on Friday sparked massive flooding, the UN's International Organization for Migration told AFP. In Baghlani Jadid district alone, up to 1,500 homes were damaged or destroyed and "more than 100 people died", an IOM emergency ...
