BANGKOK (AP) — Typhoon Matmo strengthened ahead of making landfall Sunday in China, prompting the government to evacuate 150,000 people from southern Guangdong province. The storm had maximum sustained wind speeds of 151 kph (94 mph) on Sunday morning, according to China’s National Meteorological Center. It is expected to make landfall around midday. The weather…
With artificial intelligence use growing rapidly, demand for data centres — which eat up vast amounts of energy — is ballooning – Copyright AFP STR Emily WANG, Jing Xuan TENG Power-hungry data centres run hot, so one Chinese company is planning to submerge a pod of servers in the sea off Shanghai with hopes of…
Labour would have made fewer mistakes if it had listened to its MPs, the health secretary has said. Wes Streeting told a fringe event at the Labour Party conference: “We would have avoided some of the mistakes of the past year if we’d listened to our MPs. “We’ve got to have the humility to listen.”…
China’s new target for cutting greenhouse-gas emissions has been branded “disappointing” and “underwhelming” by climate experts, who warn the pledge falls far short of the action needed to avert climate catastrophe. But the goal also stirred hopes that China, which until now has only promised to stop emissions from rising, may ultimately be able to…
HONG KONG – The much weaker Tropical Storm Ragasa pushed west along the southern Chinese coast toward Vietnam on Thursday after flooding streets and homes in the economic hub of Guangdong province and causing deaths in Taiwan and the Philippines. In parts of the Guangdong city of Yangjiang, tree branches floated on the water in…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — With China leading the way by announcing its first emission cuts, world leaders said Wednesday they are getting more serious about fighting climate change and the deadly extreme weather that comes with it. At the United Nations’ high-level climate summit, Chinese president Xi Jinping announced the world’s largest carbon-polluting country would…
Despite frictions on trade and geopolitics that hang over their bilateral ties, leaders from the European Union and China vowed to work together to tackle global challenges on Wednesday, a day after US President Donald Trump ridiculed the “green scam” of climate change. Europe wants to work more with China on climate and biodiversity, even…
HONG KONG (AP) — Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest in years, whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and halted life on the southern Chinese coast early Wednesday after leaving destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines. Taiwan reported 14 deaths and the Philippines three after the typhoon took a path between them….
Published On 23 Sep 202523 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share At least three people have been killed and thousands have been evacuated from villages and schools in Northern Philippines, while offices were closed, as one of this year’s strongest typhoons threatened to cause flooding and landslides on its way…
HONG KONG – Southern Chinese cities scaled back many aspects of daily life on Tuesday with school and business closures and flight cancellations as the region braced for one of the strongest typhoons in years that has already killed three people and led to the displacement of thousands of others in the Philippines. Hong Kong’…