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In line with the theme of the SAARC summit, “Towards a Green and Happy South,” 15 artists from the South Asian countries have been brought together in Thimphu to depict climate change through art. Eight more artists will join them this week. The art camp, which began from April 19, was initiated as a side [...]
The southern US state of Louisiana is seeking emergency help after reports that an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico was five times worse than previously thought. Rear Admiral Mary Landry of the US coast guard said on Wednesday that the leak from an underwater oil well owned by British energy company BP was [...]
A new species of giant lizard has been discovered in the Philippines. The 2m-long reptile is a monitor lizard, the group to which the world’s longest and largest lizards belong. The monitor, described as spectacular by the scientists who found it, lives in forests covering the Sierra Madre mountains in the north of the country. [...]
Monsoon rains, vital for farm output and economic growth, may arrive 10 days before the usual date current weather conditions indicate, a widely consulted former weather director said on Tuesday. “This year the monsoon may hit the Kerala coast a week to ten days ahead of schedule,” said P.V. Joseph, a former director at the [...]
World stock markets rose Monday as fears of a Greek debt default eased following last week’s request by the country to tap a rescue package from its 15 partners in the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund. In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 36.38 points, or 0.6 percent, at [...]
Japanese officials reported more suspected cases of foot-and-mouth disease on Sunday, days after announcing the country’s first outbreak in a decade. The government of the southern prefecture of Miyazaki, on Kyushu island, said four cows had tested positive for the highly contagious disease at a farm with 725 cattle. All of the cows on the [...]
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