Debt for climate and nature swaps, a mechanism where indebted countries receive debt relief in exchange for environmental conservation, could generate $100 billion to combat climate change, according to a report by the International Institute for (...)
Infinity Power, the largest dedicated renewable energy provider in Africa, has declared that a unique consortium of over 10 countries has been formed with the aim of installing 5 GW of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) by the end of 2024.
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The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has signed a loan agreement of $77 million to finance a new solar project in Belize, a Central American country, according to an official statement on Saturday.
The project aims to support sustainable development (...)
أعلن موقع Lonely Planet المتخصص في الشأن السياحي والسفر دليله السنوي التقليدي لأفضل السياحة حول العالم مع نصائح السفر لعام 2022، على أمل أن يسمح الوضع الوبائي بإعادة فتح قطاع السياحة.
وفقًا لفريق Lonely Planet يتم تحديد أفضل وجهات السفر بين البلدان (...)
تعرض منتخب بليز الوطني لكرة القدم لحصار من قبل مسلحين متمردين في هايتي، قبل لقاء المنتخبين ضمن تصفيات كأس العالم 2022 لاتحاد أمريكا الشمالية والوسطى والكاريبي لكرة القدم (الكونكاكاف).
وكان لاعبو منتخب بليز في طريقهم إلى الفندق عندما أوقفت مجموعة من (...)
Hurricane Iota rapidly strengthened Monday into a Category 5 storm that is likely to bring catastrophic damage to the same part of Central America already battered by a powerful Hurricane Eta less than two weeks ago.
Iota has intensified over the (...)
The remnants of Hurricane Eta unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding on Central America, with fatalities sharply up on Thursday mostly because of mudslides as streets turned into rivers and bridges came tumbling down.
More than 70 (...)
Dangerously powerful Hurricane Eta churned toward Nicaragua's Caribbean coast with potentially devastating winds, while heavy rains thrown off by its storm bands already were causing rivers to overflow across Central America.
The Category 4 (...)
New Hurricane Eta quickly gained force Monday as it headed for Central America on the verge of becoming a major hurricane, threatening massive flooding and landslides across a vulnerable region.
Eta had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 kph) (...)
Hurricane Nana brushed past Honduras and barreled toward Belize, where thousands of people were stocking up on food, water and construction materials ahead of its landfall expected early Thursday.
Long lines stretched through supermarkets and (...)
يعمل فريق علمي على اكتشاف إحدى أغرب الظواهر الطبيعية على كوكب الأرض والتي يطلق عليها اسم "الثقوب الزرقاء".
ويحاول فريق علمي الدخول، لأول مرة، في أحد أغرب "الثقوب الزرقاء" على وجه الأرض، والذي يطلق عليها العلماء اسم "الموز الأخضر" قبالة سواحل (...)
Taiwan accused China on Monday of trying to influence its presidential and legislative elections after the Solomon Islands cut off ties with Taipei.
The Solomon Islands was the sixth country to switch allegiance to China since President Tsai Ing-wen (...)
Small farmers around the world burn woodlands to create fertile fields, releasing vast amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. In Belize, one project wants to move farmers away from this old method toward greener pastures.Project goal: Supporting small (...)
European Union governments adopted a broadened blacklist of tax havens on Tuesday, the EU commission said in a statement.
Ten jurisdictions were added to the list. It had previously included five.
Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Fiji, Marshall (...)
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Monday the self-ruled island would not bow to pressure after her high-profile trip to Latin America, including stops in the United States, which drew criticism from China.
China, which claims Taiwan as its (...)
China on Tuesday were angered at measures targeting it in a new U.S. defence act, saying it exaggerated antagonism and that Beijing would take a close look at aspects that beef up the role of a U.S. panel that reviews foreign investment (...)
TAIPEI, August 13, 2018 (News Wires) - A fire at a hospital in Taiwan in the early hours of Monday killed nine people and injured 15 and an investigation has been launched into the cause of the blaze, authorities said.
Premier William Lai said the (...)
Vowing that "no one can obliterate Taiwan's existence", President Tsai Ing-wen left on Sunday for the United States and two of its remaining diplomatic allies, amid pressure from China to try to stamp out references to the island (...)
A simple body-shape analysis can reveal what part of the ocean a fish came from, according to a new study from Smithsonian scientists working to develop better tools for managing small-scale fisheries.
The researchers found that body-shape analysis (...)
Part of the Mesoamerican Reef has just come off the list of endangered UNESCO heritage. In Mexico, mass tourism is to fund a first-of-its-kind insurance plan to restore its reefs after hurricanes. But challenges remain.”Welcome to my office,” shouts (...)
China and Burkina Faso formally established diplomatic relations on Saturday, after the West African nation severed ties with self-ruled Taiwan, in another victory for Beijing as it keeps up the pressure on Taipei.
The deal was signed by the Chinese (...)
Cyber. It is the inescapable prefix defining our world today. From the privacy of individuals to relations between states, cyber dominates discussions and headlines – so much so that we risk being paralyzed by the magnitude of the problems we (...)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to keep up pressure on North Korea until Pyongyang abandons its nuclear and missile programs, Japan's foreign ministry said on Thursday.
The two leaders confirmed in phone (...)
Soccer great Lionel Messi could have his 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud substituted for a fine after a Spanish prosecutor said on Friday it was open to dropping the jail term.
The judge in charge of the case will make a decision bearing in (...)
Water scarcity is a growing problem worldwide, with Africa being hit particularly hard. As temperatures soar and rainfall drops, vital lakes are drying up. We take a look at some of the most startling vanishing acts.Lake Poopó
Empty fishing boats (...)