The cancelled project has also weighed on Indonesia’s efforts to diversify nickel investments beyond China.
The raid follows last week’s seizure of 100 containers filled with e-waste bound for illegal smelters run by Chinese gangs in Malaysia.
Japan prepares for a blazing summer but tight budgets prompt many to shun air conditioning, while Seoul teems with insects due to early heatwave.
Mismanagement to blame for water shortage, as analysts urge authorities to prioritise conservation over development to prevent national crisis.
The waste was shipped in January from Japan to Energy Fuels’ uranium mill, a facility less than 2km from Bears Ears National Monument, in the US state of Utah.
Environment minister’s warning comes after interception of over 100 containers filled with toxic e-waste from Los Angeles port
The A-list activist has amplified local outrage over new hydropower plants that conservationists warn will wreak devastation.
Most people in a survey cited the professional benefits of lighting up at the workplace, a trend an anti-tobacco advocacy group says won’t last long.
Opec’s decision to relax output curbs has sparked fears of an oil glut that could derail Cop28 fossil-fuel phase-out plans.
Thousands of elderly Indonesians and Malaysians made the trip to Mecca this year, but the extreme heat is taking a deadly toll.
Legal experts say it could take months to complete an investigation into the collision that led to days of oil slicks on Sentosa Island.
Thousands of trainee doctors have been on strike since February – and are refusing to return to work until their demands are met.
Power prices are surging – and analysts doubt the government’s reliance on quick fixes and future renewables will offer much relief.
Residents of Dairi Regency rally outside the Chinese embassy in Jakarta, as experts warn of earthquakes, toxic waste should the mining project go ahead.
Researchers say the AI tool ‘works like a crystal ball and fortune-teller except on steroids’ – and it’s already saving lives.
The Malaysian metropolis is home to tens of thousands of trees, but just 21 tree surgeons – and they’re struggling to keep up.
Young people are driving the surge in new cases, say health officials, amid efforts to reduce stigma, improve outreach and testing options.
Activists fear a ‘big cannabis monopolisation’ will emerge instead of carefully constructed laws to regulate use and allow domestic businesses to grow.
Soaring temperatures are making life on the streets unbearable for New Delhi’s homeless. But government shelters lack the capacity to take them in.
The country’s social welfare agency has found Facebook pages involved in the sale of children, with some being peddled by their parents themselves.
Doctors are working overtime to ease the caseload as a result of people taking advantage of free healthcare services in Thailand, industry players say.