Laos has suspended consideration of new hydropower projects in the country pending reviews of development policy after the breach of a dam last month left at least 34 dead with 100 still missing, L

The World Health Organization says experts are starting to carry out Ebola vaccinations in Congo's latest deadly outbreak.

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The deadly Northern California wildfire, dubbed the Carr Fire has been named as the seventh most destructive in California’s history.

The heatwave gripping large stretches of Europe has already been blamed for deadly forest fires and crop failures. Now freshwater fish could be its next victims.

Finally, anti-bodies to three major Ebola viruses have now been developed.

More than a hundred are reported missing, with two confirmed dead, following the collapse Monday night of a dam being built in Attapeu province in southeastern Laos, Lao sources said.

NAIROBI - African and South Asian nations could miss national targets to curb greenhouse gas emissions unless rich countries stop using them as dumping grounds for millions of polluting old cars, a