Chinese Paddlefish and wild Yangtze Sturgeon extinct: IUCN

HONG KONG: The extinction of the Chinese language Paddlefish and crazy Yangtze Sturgeon, announced by the International Partnership for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), unleashed a torrent associated with comments on China’s social media platforms on Friday (Jul 22) urging more environmental protection. The IUCN’s latest list of threatened varieties, publishedContinue Reading

Japan regulator approves release of treated Fukushima water

TOKYO: Japan’s nuclear regulator on Friday (Jul 22) formally approved a strategy to release more than a mil tonnes of handled water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear energy plant into the sea. The plan has already been adopted from the government and recommended by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),Continue Reading

Proud Sri Lanka athletes defy crisis to fulfil Games dreams

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan badminton champion Niluka Karunaratne heads to Britain next week to cover his Commonwealth Games career exactly where it began : a swansong almost derailed by his bankrupt country’s bruising recession . Competition organisers and Sri Lanka’s cricket board are funding the island country’s largest Games contingent, withContinue Reading