ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is among the top 23 countries facing a major drought emergency.... In Pakistan

plan to support households affected by drought in Zambia. Beatrice Mutali, the UN resident

Meteorologists are linking the unfolding drought to human-caused climate change, which is leading

, respectively, as drought tightened its grip on the region. Water managers in the basin states

what has been called one of its worst droughts in living memory. Much of Central Asia, including

KUALA LUMPUR: If the Russia-Ukraine war is protracted, its negative impact on Malaysia’s economy would be transmitted through higher inflation( due to a surge in commodity prices), supply chain disruptions, a potential dampening of global demand and financial markets instability. CLICK TO ENLARGEIn its latest Corporate Default and Rating Transition Study, RAM Ratings said the outbreak of the war poses a surprise downside risk to its 6.8% growth projection for Malaysia’s 2022 gross domestic produ

8, with large stretches of each province collecting less than 40% of usual precipitation.... This has forced some farmers to reduce their herds.... Canada's cattle inventory hit its lowest level on record in 2022, according to Statistics Canada. Farms in southern Alberta depend on irrigated river water to sustain crops of potato and sugar beet....

conditions will lead to continued elevated wildfire risk in Connecticut, Rhode Island

Join our Whatsapp channel THE wind howls through the abandoned mud huts of Kotanay Wala, a once-thriving village just 12km from the historic Derawar Fort.... Residents must fund repairs themselves and pay for fuel to transport water.“ We had no choice but to leave, ” said Hameed, a Kotanay Wala resident, pointing to the cracked earth where water once pooled.... “ We marked our cattle and let them roam....

Hawaii on Aug.... Drought conditions have reached the most severe level in some parts of Hawaii in