Insane winds blast through west Texas
Top wind speed hit 78mph in Morton, Texas! Full credit to @RaileyKayBrown on Twitter
Top wind speed hit 78mph in Morton, Texas! Full credit to @RaileyKayBrown on Twitter
GEORGE TOWN, March 24 — As soon as the clock strikes 8.30am, residents living next to an ongoing highway project are rud...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar has suggested the government consider a land exchange exerc...
As a child, Dong Van Canh watched while the rice fields of Vietnam's Mekong Delta were set alight to make way for the next crop, blackening the sky and flooding the air with potent greenhouse gases.In the Mekong Delta, Canh, now a 39-year-old rice farmer, does not leave straw out to decay on the paddies -- nor does he burn it, as his parents did before him.
The death toll from a fire at an Indonesian fuel storage depot run by state energy firm Pertamina has risen to 33 with nearly a dozen more in critical condition, health authorities said Friday.They are in the ICU and their condition is serious," Jakarta health agency spokesman Luigi, who like many Indonesians has one name, told AFP Friday.
STORY: The UN has warned that 'vampiric overconsumption' is draining the world's waterDate: March 23, 2023The UN hosted its first conference on water security in almost half a centuryto exhort governments to better manage the world’s water resources[Zac Goldsmith, UK Climate and Environment minister] “Water scarcity is a daily reality. 4.3 billion people struggle for at least one month per year, and around half the world's population experience extreme water scarcity for at least some part of the year.”[Source: United Nations]A quarter of the world's population relies on unsafe drinking water while half lacks basic sanitation
Belgium’s Pairi Daiza zoo and botanical garden welcomed its latest arrival, a rare Rothschild’s giraffe calf, to their herd on Wednesday, March 22, the institution said on Facebook.The calf was born at 4:09 am on Wednesday and measured about 1.5 meters (five feet) tall.Footage shared by the zoo shows the unnamed calf being looked after by its mother, Juul, shortly after the birth.“The little one, whose sex has not yet been determined, weighs about 70 kilograms [154 pounds] and is already eating well,” the zoo management said in a Facebook post.With the birth, Pairi Daiza’s giraffe section now houses four animals of the Rothschild subspecies, including the new arrival. Credit: Pairi Daiza/Belgium via Storyful
The San Bernardino County Fire Department helped rescue 17 animals at a farm in Muscoy, California, on Wednesday, March 22, after they became stuck in deep mud after days of heavy rain.The fire department said horses, cows and bulls were among the rescued animals. Crews set up a skid steer to clear a path to access some of the animals, they said.The department said the animals were transported to Devore Animal Shelter by San Bernardino County Animal Control. Credit: San Bernardino County Fire via Storyful
The floods in Johor have impacted lives and livelihoods, including the state's tourism. Here's how businesses have been affected.
The death toll from a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck much of Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan earlier this week rose to 21 on Thursday, after eight more deaths were reported in remote areas, officials said. Ten died in Afghanistan and 11 in Pakistan after the temblor rattled this South Asian region late on Tuesday. Most of the damage was reported in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Datuk Rohana Rozhan has returned US$10 million linked to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) s...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — Veteran fashion and lifestyle journalist Datuk Kee Hua Chee has died of pneumonia near Kota Bar...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) Youth chief Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal has comm...
A 33-year-old woman was found dead on Cove Station LRT train track by the SCDF and the police on Thursday night.
The boy emerged with a pitiful face while dragging his feet after surviving a day at school without eating.
‘Baby me and my sis hanging out with mum’s friend Lucy’
JOHOR BARU, March 23 — The Johor police have identified six individuals who are believed to be part of the heretical 'Si...
However you feel about the idea of you or your partner watching porn, a new study says be aware of how it could impact your relationship.
KOTA KINABALU, March 24 — Umno’s six-year suspension of Putatan MP Datuk Shahelmey Yahya was meant to show parties in Sa...
The singer-actress still has a small lingering scar above her right eye from the previous accident
Last month, Beckham showed off a large black-and-white portrait of his wife Nicola Peltz’s face on his upper arm