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Rescue efforts intensify after China’s Xizang quake kills 16, injures at least 65

Rescue teams are continuing search and rescue operations on Friday after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Drachen county in Nagchu city, China's Xizang autonomous region, killing…

  • Published: October 23, 202611:54 am
  • Author Palden Nyima and Zheng Jinran
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‘We’re breathing in the smoke even as we sleep’: Living with haze in Indonesia’s Sumatra

While haze from the fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan has affected Indonesia’s neighbours, local communities mainly bear the brunt of the environmental catastrophe.

  • Published: October 23, 202611:49 am
  • Author Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja and Karina Tehusijarana
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Why can’t Singapore’s anti-haze law get Indonesian companies to stop the fires?

Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA) has been criticised for being toothless, but is that criticism fair? And if the anti-haze law is not working, can Singapore…

  • Published: October 23, 202611:04 am
  • Author The Straits Times
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No voice of authority: The Jakarta Post

"When a government responds to choking toxic haze with bizarre boasts about 'exporting oxygen', it reveals a broken communications machine that breeds distrust while lives hang in…

  • Published: October 23, 202610:44 am
  • Author The Jakarta Post
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Record haze, no masks: Where living dangerously is the new norm in Indonesia’s Palembang

Teenagers playing futsal outside and the unmasked crowd at Palembang's airport show how ordinary the haze has become to many Indonesians – reflecting not resilience, but of the…

  • Published: October 23, 202610:36 am
  • Author Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
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Pakistan already has a climate budget — the one written after each disaster

"Major floods now produce post-disaster needs assessments, reconstruction budgets, and emergency appeals. The fix is not more tagging of development spending. It is pricing…

  • Published: October 23, 202610:22 am
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Vietnam could face a super typhoon like Yagi every seven years

Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has released an updated report on climate change scenarios, explaining how rising global temperatures could lead to super…

  • Published: October 23, 20269:43 am
  • Author Viet Nam News
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A look back at Southeast Asia’s strongest fire and haze episodes

In 1982, 1997, 2015, and 2026, the climate phenomenon brought drier, hotter weather that worsened Indonesia’s fires. Most are started by farmers who burn land to clear it, an…

  • Published: October 23, 20269:20 am
  • Author Shabana Begum
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Second haze mask distribution starts Oct 23 for Singaporeans aged 60 and above

Singapore's Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said on Oct 22 that those aged 60 and above can collect two masks each in this exercise. Previously, only…

  • Published: October 23, 20269:19 am
  • Author Ang Qing and Shabana Begum
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Haze crisis debate heats up ahead of ASEAN summit

For weeks, forest and peatland fires have continued to ravage large parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan amid an unusually severe El Niño-driven dry season, with toxic haze spreading…

  • Published: October 23, 20268:33 am
  • Author Yerica Lai

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