Ethiopia has refused to halt work on a giant dam across the River Nile.

The Grand Renaissance Dam will cost more than £2.8 million and will be Africa’s [...]

24 people, many of them children, have been killed by a huge tornado.  Measuring up to a mile wide with 200mph winds the tornado struck in the afternoon, demolishing [...]

The World Health Organisation has expressed some concern regarding a new strain of bird flu’, 120 people have become infected, with 20% fatality.  24 people [...]

China has committed $75 billion to aid and development projects in Africa over the past 10 years long.  Although less than the $90 bn donated by the USA, [...]

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit China on saturday the 20/4/13 in the south-western province of Sichuan.

For more information go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22229336

An excellent article from today’s Observer gives a detailed explanation of the changes to the jet stream, and how this has affected our weather [...]

China’s thirst for resources is causing concern in Latin America. Whilst there is no doubt that they are causing no more damage than the West [...]

At a cost of more than the London Olympics approval has been given to a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset.

The [...]