Forecasts for heavy rains in southern China over the next week are raising the risk of flash floods, potentially inundating crops and damaging rice fields.
Air India crash memorial to be held on anniversary
A memorial service will take place in Leicester to mark the first anniversary of the Air India plane crash. The London-bound Flight 171 went down shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad in western …
China’s new underwater data center has an unexpected power source
There’s no stopping the rapid proliferation of data centers, but one Chinese company is moving them underwater and powering them with green energy.
China is killing Europe’s chemicals industry. Brussels wants to intervene.
Meanwhile, Europe’s dependence on imported chemicals is growing. Non-EU suppliers delivered 31 percent of chemicals consumed in the bloc in 2023, up from 22 percent in 2013, according to Cefic. China, the largest supplier, has doubled its share of imports to 18 percent over the past decade.
‘Illegal push-ins, border killings’ to be discussed during meeting of India, Bangladesh security forces
Bangladesh on Sunday said that border killings and “illegal push-ins” by India will be among the issues that will be discussed in the upcoming meeting between the heads of both the countries’ border …
Bangladesh’s ‘polluter pays’ push stalls amid court delays
The “polluter pays” principle, though not new in Bangladesh, remains only on paper, as polluters continue to evade accountability.
Americans travel to Pakistan to free Christians trapped in modern-day slavery: ‘God’s hand was in it’
Aaron Hutchings says he was shocked to see children making bricks under the hot sun in Pakistan to pay off family debts that had accumulated over generations.
Key INDIA bloc meet in Delhi amid DMK-AAP absence, internal rifts: What’s on the agenda as Oppn leaders huddle?
DMK and AAP are unlikely to attend, with the former citing Congress’s alliance with TVK in Tamil Nadu as the reason for the boycott.
Tamim Iqbal elected BCB president, vows transparency and revival of Bangladesh cricket
Tamim Iqbal will serve a four-year term as Bangladesh Cricket Board president, having already spent the last two months running the board’s interim committee.
‘Push-in’ issue to feature in upcoming BGB-BSF talks: Bangladesh
The story of Pakistan’s obsession with India, its military dominance fueled by faith and forged in battle, and a political rebirth as a new mediator in West Asia.