NANGARHAR (SW) – Nangarhar University is set to host an international meeting on Climate Change this week. The Ministry of Higher Education (MHE), in collaboration with the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), is organizing the event at Nangarhar University during the ongoing week.
MONITORING (SW) – The death toll from raging wildfires in Chile on Friday, has risen to at least 112 people, with hundreds more missing, authorities have said.
KABUL (SW) – In a delayed yet welcomed turn of weather events, the capital city of Kabul and various provinces in the country have finally witnessed snowfall this year. Despite the tardiness, residents of Kabul express their contentment with the snowfall.
MONITORING (SW) – The World Bank on Thursday said it approved new initiatives to allow member countries hit by natural disasters and other shocks to quickly access emergency funds from their existing loan programs to help them respond to an increasingly crisis-prone world.
KABUL (SW) – Officials from the Ministry of Energy and Water emphasize the crucial need for international cooperation and active involvement of organizations to combat drought in the next solar year and successfully execute major dam construction projects.
MONITORING (SW) – Torrential rains that turned avenues into rivers have killed at least 11 people in Brazil.
MONITORING (SW) – At least 33 people have been killed in a landslide brought on by heavy rains in northwestern Colombia, officials have said.
MONITORING (SW) – The death toll from Japan’s New Year’s Day earthquake has jumped to 161 with more than 100 people still missing, and snow complicating relief efforts.
HERAT CITY (SW) – Herat’s devastated earthquake victims say months have passed since the calamity, but their miseries with shelter, food, and other needs of life remain as harsh winter makes life even more difficult for them.
MONITORING (SW) – A woman in her 90s has been pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan, 124 hours after the area was struck by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 126 people.
MONITORING (SW) – More than 50 people have been reported missing, as Japanese rescuers battle the cold to reach communities that remain cut off three days after a devastating earthquake struck the country’s western coast.
MONITORING (SW) – The death toll from the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan’s west coast on Monday has risen to at least 30, according to Ishikawa prefecture authorities on Tuesday.
