Japan and the United States of America have decided to launch regular ministerial talks on economic and environmental issues in an attempt to boost bilateral cooperation, Kyodo quoted government sources as saying.
The launch of the framework, akin (...)
Survivors' tales are slowly beginning to come out of Tonga, after Saturday's volcanic eruption and tsunami.
The tale of one man, Lisala Folau, captured global attention after he told a local radio station that he swam for more than a day to survive (...)
Motor industry giant Toyota has warned customers in Japan that they will have to wait for up to four years to take delivery of its new Land Cruiser SUV.
The world's biggest carmaker says the delay is not related to the global chip shortage or the (...)
The year 2021 joined the list of the seven warmest years on record, the UN weather agency said on Wednesday, and was also the seventh consecutive year when the global temperature has been more than 1°C above pre-industrial levels; edging closer to (...)
Several international airlines say they will cancel flights into the United States starting Wednesday amid uncertainty about interference between new 5G cell phone service and critical airplane technologies.
Emirates, Air India, All Nippon Airways (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prime Minister, chaired the Cabinet's virtual session today.
At the outset of the session, the Cabinet was briefed on the content of the letter received by the Custodian of the (...)
The Cabinet stressed the role of Saudi Arabia in developing the minerals sector in light of Saudi Vision 2030 that aims at expanding the industrial base and economic diversification on Tuesday.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, (...)
Pollution from plastics is a global emergency in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a report.
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) says there's a cascade of evidence of harm from plastics.
It argues that the plastic pollution threat is (...)
The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 years, according to experts.
Dramatic images from space captured the eruption in real time, as a huge plume of ash, (...)
The prestigious, energy and sustainability-focused global platform, World Future Energy Summit, hosted by Masdar as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, began Monday with five simultaneous thought leadership forums. The Solar & Clean Energy, (...)
New Zealand has sent a plane to Tonga to assess the damage after a huge volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami.
The eruption has covered the Pacific islands in ash, cut power and severed communications.
Up to 80,000 people there could be affected, (...)
Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his deep concern after reports of a tsunami and ash affecting Tonga following the eruption of an undersea volcano near the Pacific nation.
The UN chief also aired his concern about the tsunami warnings (...)
Despite the annihilation of two major Japanese cities in 1945, atomic bombs have not been relegated to the pages of history books, but continue to be developed today — with increasingly more power to destroy than they had when unleashed on Hiroshima (...)
The US and Japan have advised people on their Pacific coastlines to get away from the shore as a precaution against tsunami waves caused by a volcano eruption in the South Pacific.
Japan has warned of waves as high as three meters, and waves of 1.2 (...)
An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending large waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
There were no immediate reports (...)
The Saudi Arabia volleyball national team has advanced in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) rankings to the 77th in the world, after it was 136th.
The advance was due to the team's positive participation in the 21st Asian Championship (...)
North Korea on Friday test-fired at least one unidentified projectile toward the country's east, CNN reported quoting South Korean and Japanese sources.
It is unclear how many projectiles were fired.
It was the third weapons launch this month by (...)
People are spending an average of 4.8 hours a day on their mobile phones, according to app monitoring firm App Annie.
In 2020, UK regulator Ofcom found similar amounts of time spent, although its research included watching TV.
App Annie's report (...)
North Korea says it has conducted another hypersonic missile test, under the watch of its leader Kim Jong-un, BBC reported.
State news agency KCNA said the missile fired on Tuesday had "precisely hit" a target some 1,000km (621 miles) away.
It marks (...)
More than 32 ministers, government representatives and 9 international organizations from around the world are participating in the inaugural Ministerial Roundtable on Sustainable Future Minerals that is being held in Riyadh today.
The inaugural (...)
Millions of British students have returned to school following the Christmas and New Year holidays, amid a record surge in infections and hospitalizations. For teachers and parents, the situation has brought a grim sense of déjà vu.
Unlike last (...)
More than 32 ministers, government representatives and nine international organizations from around the world are participating in the inaugural Ministerial Roundtable on Sustainable Future Minerals that is being held in Riyadh on Tuesday.
The (...)
The latest results from the Henley Passport Index show record-breaking levels of travel freedom for top-ranking nations Japan and Singapore, but also the widest recorded global mobility gap since the index's inception 17 years ago.
Without taking (...)
North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile, less than a week after it launched what it claimed was a hypersonic missile, BBC reported.
South Korea said it detected the launch at 07:27 local time on Tuesday (22:27 GMT on Monday).
Japan's (...)
The president of crisis-hit Sri Lanka has asked China to restructure its debt repayments as part of efforts to help the South Asian country navigate its worsening financial situation, BBC reported.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa made the request during a (...)
