The drought in Southeast Asia will cause billions of dollars in damage and continue at least until March, climate experts said at a conference organized by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in
Traditionally a guilt free smoker's paradise that imposes few restrictions on smoking in public places, Germany plans to introduce one of the toughest anti-smoking laws in
The EU is pressing Ireland to fall into line with other European Union member states by introducing domestic water charges, indicating that otherwise future aid from Brussels may be
The British stage beetle is set to join the elephant and rhinoceros in the pantheon of protected species, as ministers seek to thwart to lucrative international trade in the endangered
The French government has confirmed the permanent closure of the controversial Superphenix nuclear reactor, the largest fast reactor ever built, dealing a blow to the country's powerful nuclear
Lukoil's licence to explore oil deposites in the Russian sector of the northern Caspian Sea has been put in jeopardy by Yuri Skuratov, Russia's prosecutor general, who said this week that oil
The Commonwealth ombudsman has undermined the Australian Government's position on greenhouse gas reductions by describing the coalition's economic models on the impact of climate change as unbalanced
Sulphur dioxide emissions from one of the world's largest lead, copper and silver mines may be affecting wildlife in northern Queensland, a CSIRO researcher has claimed. The Tropical Savannas
The Kerala State Government has decided not to go in for equity participation by private companies in setting up the 163-MW Athirappally hydro-electric project. Instead, it is considering the global
