TWELVE countries have sent emergency supplies and deployed search and rescue teams to Bosnia and Herzegovina after deadly floods, the European Commission said on Monday. European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič thanked the participants for helping Bosnia and Herzegovina with the “devastating floods” in the The emergency support has been issued via the […]
Dozens of tigers dead after bird flu hits Vietnam zoos
Tigers, three lions and a panther reportedly died at two zoos in southern Vietnam Dozens of tigers have died in zoos in south Vietnam after a bird flu outbreak, according to state media. Three lions and a panther were also reported to have died of the virus alongside 47 tigers since August. The H5N1 outbreak […]
What Hurricane Helene Did To US Neigburhoods, Businesses
Damaged homes that were wrecked by storm Helene in Lake Lure, N.C., courtesy of George Americans are counting their losses after Hurricane Helene swept through a number of states and neigbourhoods, killing 64, flooding roads and upturning homes. A lot of pictures are trending online, supporting or independently telling the different perspectives of the devastating […]
Ghanaian anti-mining Activist Denied bail Amid Health Concerns
A GHANAIAN activist, Oliver Barker Vormawor, who led recent protests against illegal mining, has been denied bail despite reports of serious illness. Barker Vormawor, along with 11 others, was detained after organising a three-day demonstration in Accra to protest against illegal mining, locally known as galamsey, and the government’s failure to curb the practice. Appearing in […]
Hurricane Helene Makes Landfall in Florida
HURRICANE Helene made landfall on the west coast of the U.S. state of Florida, the US National Hurricane Center said on Thursday evening, with officials talking of at least one fatality. Shortly before making landfall, the National Hurricane Center classified it as an “extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane” at 6:20 pm (2220 GMT). “Hurricane […]
Flood: EU provides €5.4m in humanitarian aid to Sahel, Lake Chad regions
The European Union (EU) has released €5.4 million in humanitarian aid to help the most affected populations in the aftermath of the devastating floods in Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Mali and Burkina Faso. Janez Lenarčič, the Commissioner for Crisis Management, in a press statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday Informed that the […]
There is global alert even as two more asteroids —2020 GE and 2024 RO11— are heading towards our earth.
This is coming amidst studies that have shown that Asteroids are potentially dangerous, particularly near-Earth asteroids, which could cause cuts, bruises, burst ear drums, amidst other consequences. The concern is whether or not there would be such consequences for those below in this particular incident set to happen tomorrow, September 24.. They are set to […]
Watch NASA astronaut, two record-breaking cosmonauts head home to Earth on Sept. 23
The Roscosmos Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station’s Prichal module in this long-duration photograph as it orbited 258 miles above Nigeria. (Image credit: NASA) A NASA astronaut and two record-setting Russian cosmonauts are set to head back to Earth on Monday (Sept. 23), and you can watch their homecoming live. […]
Six persons dead after record rain causes floods in Japan
The floodwaters inundated temporary housing that were built for people who had lost their home during the New Year’s Day earthquakel Six people have been killed, and 10 others are missing after record rainfall caused floods and landslides in parts of Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture. The cities of Wajima and Suzu, which are still recovering from […]
Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants to feed citizens left hungry by drought
Zimbabwe’s elephant population is the second-largest in the world. Godong/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Zimbabwe has authorized a mass slaughter of elephants to feed citizens left hungry by its worst drought in decades. With nearly half of the country’s population facing the risk of acute hunger, “we are targeting to cull 200 elephants,” Tinashe Farawo, a […]