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Bangladesh garment industry faces crisis amid political unrest and floods
The garment sector in Bangladesh, a cornerstone of the national economy, encountered major disrupti…
PTI
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After Apple and Google, now Facebook is raising millions for Hurricane Harvey victims
It has raised $10 million for victims already. Founder Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is also sta…
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Flood-like a situation highlights how cities must adapt to climate change
According to the IPCC, urban climate resilient development is observed to be more effective if it i…
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Tsunami, earthquake hits Indonesia: Another Asian economy hit by an environmental calamity
The death toll had reached 1,203 as of Monday afternoon according to the Disaster Management Ins…
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Young women in South Korea spend $700 a month on skincare. Now they're risking their jobs, relationships, and status to revolt against the K-Beauty industry.
Author Elise Hu details the risks women take to join the "Escape the Corset" movement in South Kore…
Raquel Laneri
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Climate justice: Who will compensate if global warming is responsible for Pakistan's fatal floods that killed over 1,200 people?
More than 1,200 people have succumbed to Pakistan's unprecedented floods since August. The deluge h…
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Deadly floods in Pakistan highlight a troubling problem. It's at the center of the climate crisis, but barely contributes to global emissions.
Consecutive downpours damaged or destroyed more than 1 million houses and 1,800 miles of roads, aff…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Before-and-after images of landmarks around the world show the devastating sea-level rise that's coming
If global temperatures increase by 3 degrees Celsius, floods could overtake iconic landmarks like t…
Aria Bendix
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Mumbai rainfalls are become extreme because of warm ocean temperatures
Scientists on Thursday explained the extreme rainfall event in Mumbai to an anomaly that will becom…
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Tata Motors is penetrating South East Asian markets and will supply military vehicles to Thailand and Myanmar
Tata Motors, which is India’s leading automaker by sales, is implementing PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Act …
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Tokyo will be short an estimated 14,000 hotel rooms each day of the 2020 Olympics, and the city is scrambling to find alternatives for the flood of visitors
"We have started to sell packages to travel agents and the reaction has been very positive," Mori t…
Katie Warren
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A fishing deal with China could be the reason North Korean 'ghost ships' are flooding Japan
Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor at Japan's Waseda University, told The Washington Post: "Fisherme…
Alexandra Ma
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GSLV to be launched today! Here’s everything you need to know
The 2230-kg satellite, which took three years to be fabricated, is purely a communications sat…
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Saudi Arabia becomes a major power of refined fuel, triggers price war
The world’s top crude oil exporter Saudi triggers potential price war with its Asian competitors by…
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Celebrating Eid Al-Adha 2024: wishes, messages and quotes
Eid-al-Adha, also known as Bakr-Id, stands as the 'Feast of Sacrifice', representing one of the mos…
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How Chinese EV makers are slowly taking over the world
China's Tesla rivals, like BYD, are expanding rapidly in developing markets like Brazil, Mexico, an…
Tom Carter
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We need to get over syndrome that 'West is the bad guy': Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said the West was not the "bad guy" as it was not …
PTI
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Pakistani rupee sees highest one-day fall in 20 years
The foreign exchange companies had removed a cap on the Pakistani rupee-dollar exchange rate. This …
ANI
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Pakistan's forex reserves are close to nil, says local newspaper Dawn
Pakistan's exit from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) grey list has brought little cheer to…
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister resigns as protesters storm the president's official residence in response to financial crisis
Protesters stormed the home of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in the commercial capital …