LATESTVIDEOSASEANBRICSMIDDLE EASTUS-CHINA

heatwave

Explore more about the topics related to heatwave on Astro Awani

Bangkok's rising heat: Over 2,300 lives, billions in wages at risk

Bangkok's rising heat: Over 2,300 lives, billions in wages at risk

The report highlights that Bangkok is experiencing increasingly severe and prolonged heatwaves.
Thu Mar 27 2025
Climate change forged a new reality in 2024: 'This is life now'

Climate change forged a new reality in 2024: 'This is life now'

In 2024, billions of people across the world faced climatic conditions that broke record after record.
Sat Dec 28 2024
The Mekong is drying up. What now?

The Mekong is drying up. What now?

A host of issues are tied together with climate change in the region and will require a sustained and coordinated effort to overcome.
Sat Aug 17 2024
Extreme heat poses new challenge for aid agencies in Gaza

Extreme heat poses new challenge for aid agencies in Gaza

Aid agencies tailoring responses to cope with extreme heat.
Tue Aug 13 2024
More than 47,000 people died in Europe last year due to heat, report says

More than 47,000 people died in Europe last year due to heat, report says

Europeans live in the world's fastest-warming continent, facing growing health risks stemming from intense heat.
Tue Aug 13 2024
Dangerous heat expected for much of Japan on Friday

Dangerous heat expected for much of Japan on Friday

The JMA and the Environment Ministry have issued heatstroke alerts for 30 prefectures, urging people across the country to take precautions.
Fri Aug 09 2024
UN demands action on extreme heat as world registers warmest day

UN demands action on extreme heat as world registers warmest day

Scorching conditions have killed 1,300 hajj pilgrims and closed schools for some 80 million children in Africa and Asia.
Fri Jul 26 2024
Ice baths and ventilators: India's hospitals adapt to killer heat

Ice baths and ventilators: India's hospitals adapt to killer heat

Over 100 dead and 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases were recorded in India.
Sat Jun 29 2024
Haj deaths show challenge of shielding pilgrims from scorching climate

Haj deaths show challenge of shielding pilgrims from scorching climate

Hundreds of the pilgrims who died in fierce heat at this year's haj were not officially registered with the Saudi authorities.
Thu Jun 27 2024
More than 1,000 die in haj amid scorching temperatures

More than 1,000 die in haj amid scorching temperatures

Extreme heat hammers nearly two million participants in the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.
Mon Jun 24 2024
EXPLAINER - How climate change fuels extreme heat worldwide

EXPLAINER - How climate change fuels extreme heat worldwide

Here's how climate change is pushing heat to new extremes.
Sat Jun 22 2024
EXPLAINER - How extreme heat threatens health and safety

EXPLAINER - How extreme heat threatens health and safety

Experts say more deaths occur earlier in the summer when people's bodies have not had a chance to acclimatize to the season.
Fri Jun 21 2024
Climate change threat hangs over haj pilgrimage as hundreds perish in heat

Climate change threat hangs over haj pilgrimage as hundreds perish in heat

Extreme heat has proved fatal for hundreds who began the journey last Friday to the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Thu Jun 20 2024
India reports over 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases over summer

India reports over 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases over summer

Billions across Asia are grappling with extreme heat this summer in a trend scientists say has been worsened by human-driven climate change.
Thu Jun 20 2024
Pilgrims brace for brutal heat during Haj

Pilgrims brace for brutal heat during Haj

Millions face heat stroke risk as Haj coincides with Mecca's hottest month.
Fri Jun 07 2024
Sudan's army shells Omdurman in push to oust RSF from capital region

Sudan's army shells Omdurman in push to oust RSF from capital region

RSF controls parts of Omdurman and has fortified west Sudan, dividing the nation into rival zones.
Fri Mar 28 2025
Canada's prime minister says nothing off the table in response to Trump's tariffs

Canada's prime minister says nothing off the table in response to Trump's tariffs

A trade war would be extremely damaging for Canada, which sends 75% of its exports to the United States.
Fri Mar 28 2025
Trump says larger tariffs could be imposed on Canada, EU if they cause US 'economic harm'

Trump says larger tariffs could be imposed on Canada, EU if they cause US 'economic harm'

Donald Trump warns of massive tariffs on the EU & Canada if they collude to hurt the US economy - far larger than currently planned.
Fri Mar 28 2025
Funding shortages may halt global child malnutrition programs, World Food Programme warns

Funding shortages may halt global child malnutrition programs, World Food Programme warns

The WFP has suffered severe financial setbacks after the US, its single largest donor, announced a 90-day pause on foreign aid assistance.
Fri Mar 28 2025
South Koreans mourn historic temple burnt by wildfire, race to save others

South Koreans mourn historic temple burnt by wildfire, race to save others

At least 18 heritage sites or objects damaged, destroyed.
Fri Mar 28 2025
What are the US and Europe doing to counter Houthi strikes in the Red Sea?

What are the US and Europe doing to counter Houthi strikes in the Red Sea?

Here is how the attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Houthis have affected trade for Europe and the US.
Fri Mar 28 2025
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un touts AI suicide drones, early-warning aircraft

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un touts AI suicide drones, early-warning aircraft

Kim Jong Un says unmanned control and AI capability must be the top priorities in modern arms development.
Fri Mar 28 2025
Russia soon to begin to build road bridge to North Korea

Russia soon to begin to build road bridge to North Korea

The bridge was agreed upon during Putin's 2024 North Korea visit, when both nations signed a strategic partnership deal.
Fri Mar 28 2025
Court allows Rosmah to include Govt, police as third parties in missing jewellery lawsuit

Court allows Rosmah to include Govt, police as third parties in missing jewellery lawsuit

Judge says Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has established a prima facie case to be granted leave to issue the third-party notice.
Thu Mar 27 2025
Najib named as suspect in 1MDB probe due to inflow of funds into personal account - witness

Najib named as suspect in 1MDB probe due to inflow of funds into personal account - witness

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was named a suspect after Bukit Aman found a money trail of 1MDB funds entering the ex-PM's accounts.
Thu Mar 27 2025