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Australia has slashed forecast production levels for wheat, cotton and other agricultural commodities in 2015-16 as the El Nino weather phenomenon grips the country and dries out farmland.

Tropical Storm Bill formed in the Gulf of Mexico, leaving Texas bracing for another round of flooding in less than a month.

Thousands of villagers living at the foot of Indonesia's Mount Sinabung have been evacuated following a violent eruption.

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Tuesday that 2,904 people were taken to hospital nationwide in May due to heat exhaustion.

HONG KONG, June 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted 36km NW of Ndoi Island, Fiji at 06:16:59 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

BEIJING - China's energy output is expected to grow while energy consumption will dip in 2015, according to a report released on Monday.

The Pentagon's top arms provider and firms partly funded by Silicon Valley billionaires Bill Gates and Paul Allen are among dozens of companies collectively betting more than $1.3 billion that a ne

Nairobi — China has signed an agreement to assist Kenya to set up a 50 Megawatt solar plant, which will be one of the largest solar plants in Africa, Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Liu Xianfa said on

NAVI MUMBAI: The civic body has incorporated a more comprehensive transport corridor skirting the city in its coastal road plan to the MMRDA's regional transportation plan.

LANDI KOTAL: With the rehabilitation activity gaining momentum in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency, the forests in the picturesque area face serious threat owing to cutting of trees by local residents