Kwekwe, Zimbabwe – Dorothy Moyo says a prayer every time she walks, runs or drives around her neighbourhood in central Zimbabwe – afraid that the earth will give away from beneath her feet, dragging her underground. The 36-year-old’s fear is not uncommon among the hundreds of families living in the…
The white beluga was found off the southwest coast at Risavika Bay by a father and son who were out fishing. A beluga whale nicknamed Hvaldimir, after his strange harness prompted suspicions he was a Russian spy, has been found dead in the southwest of Norway. The whale’s carcass was…
The first time I visited St Croix island, in 2017, it was home to about 6,000 breeding pairs of African penguins – 35 percent of the global population of this endangered species. On a blissful September morning, we sped across Algoa Bay on South Africa’s east coast, past a grimy…
Powerful storm with gusts of up to 216km per hour made landfall near Satsumasendai city in southwestern Kyushu. Dozens of people have been injured and power was cut to a quarter of a million households after Typhoon Shanshan struck southwestern Japan. The typhoon, bringing gusts of up to 252 kilometres…
Speaking at a meeting of Pacific Island leaders in Tonga, Antonio Guterres warned the region was ‘uniquely exposed’. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued his latest climate SOS, calling on countries to “Save Our Seas” as he warned of a crisis of an “unimaginable scale” caused by greenhouse gases…
Hondeklip Bay, South Africa – Before day breaks on a cloudy morning in Hondeklip Bay, a small fishing village in South Africa’s semi-arid Namaqualand region, Patrick Rulph rushes out of his front door in track pants, a loose-fitting hoodie and a dark cap. The 61-year-old moves with urgency as he…
The last time UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a summit with the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum, he made international news as he stood thigh-deep, dressed in a suit and tie, in the sea off the coast of Tuvalu. “Our Sinking Planet”, read the headline on the cover of…
Scientists warn volcano off coast of North Island could continue venting for “weeks to months” to come. The White Island volcano in New Zealand has erupted sending a huge plume of ash into the sky and grounding a number of flights. National carrier Air New Zealand said 10 flights were…
The Swiss Federal Department of Defence Procurement (Armasuisse) is offering 50,000 Swiss francs ($57,800) for the three best ideas on how to retrieve some 12,000 tonnes of old munitions from the country’s lakes, including Lake Thun, Lake Brienz and Lake Lucerne. “Armasuisse wants to involve academia and industry in the…
Bermuda minister warns third hurricane of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season ‘is not a storm to be taken lightly’. Hurricane Ernesto has made landfall in Bermuda, leaving tens of thousands of people without power as it lashed the British island territory with powerful winds, a dangerous storm surge and potentially…
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