External Affairs

Eruption of the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai off Tonga

Tonga Eruption Was 500-Times as Forceful as Hiroshima Nuke: NASA

Reuters 21/01/2022

The blast in the small island nation was so...

Several birds are culled during an outbreak of avian influenza.

In December 2021, Two People Died of Bird Flu in China: Reports

The Wire Staff 20/01/2022

Two strains of the avian influenza virus infected as...

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Airlines Scramble to Rejig Schedules Amid US 5G Rollout Concerns

Tim Hepher and David Shepardson 19/01/2022

The Federal Aviation Administration had warned that potential 5G...

People stand in front of a closed pet shop after the government announced to euthanize around 2,000 hamsters in the city after finding evidence for the first time of possible animal-to-human transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Orders Hamster Cull After COVID-19 Hits Pets

Jessie Pang 18/01/2022

The government said it would euthanise around 2,000 hamsters...

A general view from a New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance flight shows ash covered homes and vegetation over Nomuka in Tonga

Tonga: UN Picks up Distress Signal, Extensive Damage and More Deaths Feared

Kirsty Needham and Praveen Menon 18/01/2022

The UN had earlier reported a distress signal was...

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In Major Move, Global Coalition Pushes for Moratorium on Solar Geoengineering

Vasudevan Mukunth 17/01/2022

Scholars are calling for an 'International Non-Use Agreement on...

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Scholars Float Political Intervention Against Solar Geoengineering

The Wire Staff 17/01/2022

'Solar geoengineering deployment cannot be governed globally in a...