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The heartbreaking drowning of 11 tourists in Swat River has triggered widespread grief and outrage across Pakistan, with ...
In the early 1990s, scientists fished the Mekong River on the hunt for a massive fish. The species was known by local fishers, but it wasn’t until 1991 that it was formally described in the ...
The study finds that glacier retreat, shrinking rivers, and rising temperatures are dramatically altering regional hydrology.
The film’s release on World Rainforest Day 2025 highlights Kayan River communities impacted in North Kalimantan.
In a scorching, scrub-covered valley in northeast Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej this week will dedicate a $28.4 million dam across a tributary of the mighty Mekong River. Part of an ambitious, ...
Water-sharing is a sensitive issue in South Asia, where river systems often criss-cross borders. The treaty divides the six rivers equally between the two countries, but gives Pakistan control ...
The rivers of the Eastern Tibetan Plateau, a lifeline for hundreds of millions of people across Asia, are a hotbed of geopolitical tension. A history of colonialism, border disputes, and competing ...
At Asia’s Mekong River, indiscriminate dam building is changing the landscape. Nowhere is this modification of river systems more apparent than on Southeast Asia’s largest river, where its ...
Asian food vendors who participate in the River Park Farmer's Market are hopeful but hesitant about their return. "It was great just to get that feedback that vendors are being reinstated," said ...
Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday after U.S. stocks hung near their all-time high as financial markets caught their ...
THE World Meteorological Organisation’s State of the Climate in Asia ... river management and joint disaster-response drills — must move from communiqués to concrete budgets. For Pakistan, resilience ...
Pakistan is heavily dependent on water from this river system for its hydropower and irrigation needs. Pakistan says India unfairly diverts water with the upstream construction of barrages and ...