Years after an earthquake, rivers still carry the mountains downstream by Harrison Tasoff for UCSB News Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon’s Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin of
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China’s top diplomat to visit India for border talks by AFP Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Aug 16, 2025 China’s top diplomat will visit India next week for talks about their shared boundary, Beijing’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, as the two countries consider resuming border trade after a five-year halt. Foreign Minister Wang Yi will
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Plastic pollution plague blights Asia By Isabel MALSANG Geneva (AFP) Aug 13, 2025 Kulsum Beghum sorts waste at a landfill in Dhaka. Her blood contains 650 microplastic particles per millilitre, according to an analysis funded by a waste pickers’ union. “Plastic is not good for me,” she told AFP through a translator during an interview
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Pakistan establishes new missile force after India conflict, PM says by AFP Staff Writers Islamabad (AFP) Aug 14, 2025 Pakistan will establish a new military force to supervise its missile capabilities, the prime minister has said, after its worst conflict in decades with South Asian arch-rival India. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced the formation of
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Indian Private Space Consortium to Build First National Earth Observation Satellite Network by Riko Seibo Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 18, 2025 In a milestone for India’s space sector, a private consortium will design, deploy, and operate the nation’s first Earth Observation Satellite System (EOSS). The planned 12-satellite network will be completed within four to five
Toll of India Himalayan flood likely to be at least 70 by AFP Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 Indian officials say at least 68 people are unaccounted for a week after a deadly wall of icy water swept away a Himalayan town and buried it in mud. On top of four people
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US partners seek relief as Trump tariffs upend global trade By Beiyi SEOW Washington (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 President Donald Trump’s steeper global tariffs came into effect Thursday, leaving dozens of US trade partners scrambling to secure relief from soaring levies that are rewriting global trade practice. Shortly before the new rates kicked in, Washington
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India faces tough choices under US tariff pressure by AFP Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 India faces an ultimatum from the United States with major political and economic ramifications both at home and abroad: end purchases of Russian oil or face painful tariffs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the world’s most
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UN pushes nations to submit overdue climate plans by AFP Staff Writers Paris (AFP) Sept 3, 2025 The United Nations on Wednesday urged nations late in turning in their climate plans to do so quickly, with major polluters among dozens of countries still to unveil new commitments. The nearly 200 countries under the Paris Agreement
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‘Blood Moon’ to rise during total lunar eclipse Sunday night By Daniel Lawler Paris (AFP) Sept 4, 2025 Stargazers will have a chance to see a “Blood Moon” on Sunday night during a total lunar eclipse visible across Asia and swathes of Europe and Africa. When the Sun, Earth and Moon line up, the shadow
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