Climate change will make the world much nastier place Quotable Climate scientist Bob Watson says recent floods in Asia are a result of human-driven climate change, and action must be taken to prevent even more extreme weather in the future. Video Duration 01 minutes 12 seconds 01:12 Video Duration 01 minutes 01 seconds 01:01 Video Duration 01 minutes 03 seconds 01:03 Video Duration 01 minutes 07 seconds 01:07 Video Duration 01 minutes 13 seconds 01:13 Video Duration 01 minutes 17 seconds 01:17 Video Duration 01 minutes 09 seconds 01:09
Nine of the top 10 mega-cities are in Asia, with Bangladesh's Dhaka projected to be the world's largest city by 2050. A new United Nations report has found that Indonesia's capital Jakarta is the world's largest city with 41.9 million people living there, followed by Dhaka in Bangladesh, which is home to 36.6 million. A low-lying coastal city located in the west of the densely populated island of Java, Jakarta rose from second place to replace Tokyo,
According to data collected by House Fresh, the world's most polluted city is Byrnihat in India, with an average concentration of 128.2 micrograms of toxic PM2.5 particles per cubic metre (µg/m³). That makes Byrnihat 25 times more polluted than the World Health Organisation's recommended safe levels of just five µg/m³. This is followed by Delhi in India (108.3µg/m³) and Karaganda in Kazakhstan (104.8µg/m³).
By 30, my career looked ideal on paper, but I couldn't ignore the pull to create something of my own. When I was studying international management at the University of Manchester, I spent a year abroad in Hong Kong. That experience opened my eyes to Asia's pace and possibilities, and I knew I wanted to be part of it. In 2016, two years after graduating, I joined AB InBev's Asia Pacific headquarters in Shanghai.
Today, Sora Ventures announced the launch of Asia's first Bitcoin treasury fund, unveiled during Taipei Blockchain Week. The fund, backed by a $200 million commitment from partners and investors across the region, aims to purchase $1 billion worth of Bitcoin within the next six months, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. This new fund follows the individual Bitcoin treasury firms that have emerged across Asia in recent years -
Large parts of Asia are experiencing extreme rainfall, with significant impacts observed in Hong Kong, northern India, and Japan. Hong Kong issued multiple black rainstorm warnings, marking a record for a single week. The rainfall in Uttarakhand caused flash floods and landslides, leading to one fatality and numerous missing persons. Japan saw record-level rainfall in Kanazawa, resulting in disruptions to transportation and infrastructure, as an area of low pressure contributed to intense weather. Heavy precipitation is expected to continue across the region, impacting South Korea as well.
A State Department spokesperson stated that mission-critical functions will be integrated elsewhere in the department, indicating that many offices eliminated had an outdated or duplicative purpose.
