NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on state television.
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) remains steadfast in its commitment to sustainability, equipping not only young talents but also local communities with the skills and knowledge needed to drive sustainable food production and environmental conservation.
PHNOM PENH: Since the beginning of the year, the armed forces and other authorities have conducted extensive operations against illegal fishing activities on the Tonle Sap Lake.
A new study published on Saturday finds that oxygen levels have dropped in lakes worldwide due to lasting climate warming and escalating heatwaves.
JERUSALEM, March 18 (Xinhua) -- A team of researchers from Israel and Switzerland has discovered that heavy rainstorms from the Atlantic Ocean are the main cause of lake filling in the northwestern Sahara today, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said on Tuesday.
ON one side of the lake, lovers glide on canoes, friends ride jet skis and families pose for pictures in the hazy sunset.
DAR ES SALAAM, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A new type of weed has invaded Lake Victoria, affecting marine transport on the world's second-largest freshwater lake shared by Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda, a Tanzanian official said on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Briton Matt Weston picked up his second men's skeleton World Championships win in Lake Placid, on Friday, winning by 1.90 seconds - the second-largest margin in the competition's history.
(Reuters) - Buyout firm Silver Lake is in exclusive talks to purchase a majority stake in Intel's programmable chip business Altera, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
THE 10th edition of the "Petaling Jaya Joran 2025" fishing competition will feature over RM20,000 in cash prizes.
For days, people in the Himalayan region of Kashmir watched in agony as a famed ancient spring ran dry amid extreme dry weather conditions. It was the first time in living memory that the spring water had vanished.
IPOH: A 140-year-old raintree fell at the Taiping Lake Gardens' Raintree Walk this evening (Feb 14).
Before the day breaks on a winter morning at the Pong Lake wetland in northern India, muffled honks of geese are heard in the distance.
LUSAKA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Zambia's state-owned power company Zesco Limited said Tuesday that it would not rush to increase electricity generation following steady water levels in Lake Kariba.
The allure of Perak’s karst ponds is undeniable, but they may actually belong to someone so paddlers must be mindful of potential trespass.
Fishing is no longer permitted at Tasik Pandan Perdana in Pandan Perdana, Selangor, in response to calls from the community to stop angling at the neighbourhood lake.
The growing conflict between humans and water snakes in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake – a vital ecosystem and the largest freshwater lake in South-East Asia – has reached a critical point, threatening the lake’s biodiversity.
In the soft light of dawn, a large flock of bar-headed geese at the water’s edge becomes visible.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- More lake-effect snow continues to slam the Great Lakes areas in the United States on Tuesday with snow squalls, strong winds and winter storms.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Fueled by several lake-effect snow events, snow amounts have generally been two to five times the season-to-date normal for the Great Lakes, but the United States in general has had just 68 percent of its normal snowfall to date as of Wednesday, reported The Washington Post on Thursday.