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President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Wednesday held a fraternal consultative meeting with leaders of a number of brotherly countries. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed held the meeting with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman; King Hamad
The Mae Klong river dockyard in Muang district, in Thailand was damaged by an oil tanker explosion Tuesday morning, leaving eight workers missing. Police were notified of the explosion aboard the tanker Smooth Sea 22 at approximately 9:17 a.m. local
At least 68 of the 72 people aboard the plane died when it crashed into a gorge while trying to land at a newly opened airport in Nepal on Sunday. Witnesses reported hearing cries for help from within the fiery
Thunderstorms and one tornado struck central Alabama on Thursday, killing at least six people. In a statement to Reuters, an Autauga County Sheriff’s spokeswoman confirmed that six people had died in the storm. “In the storms that ravaged our state,
More than $9 billion has been committed by international donors to help Pakistan recover from the devastating floods last year. It has surpassed its external financing goals, setting the stage for a new model for raising funds to combat climate
According to reports in the French media, a number of people were injured in a stabbing incident at a Paris train station before police “rapidly neutralized” the attacker. Media reports citing unnamed police sources state that police fired upon the
New research suggests that even at 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above preindustrial levels, the Earth will lose nearly half of its glaciers. The shrinking Lewis glacier on Mount Kenya in August. Nearly half of the world’s glaciers outside of
Beginning in April, families in the Tokyo metropolitan area, including single-parent families, are eligible to receive 1 million yen ($7,700) per child if they relocate to less-populated areas. Children under the age of 18 and dependents over the age of
A major winter storm system passed through the United States on Tuesday, dumping sleet, freezing rain, and snow across the Northern Plains and Upper Great Lakes while posing a tornado and flood risk throughout the South. Reuters reports that the
An unmanned spacecraft from South Korea has returned images of Earth and the moon after reaching the moon’s orbit last month, according to the state space research center. South Korean News Agency (Yonhap) reported that the orbiter performed three lunar