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Choking New Delhi smog shutters schools and shrouds Cricket World Cup
World
November 6, 2023
Choking New Delhi smog shutters schools and shrouds Cricket World Cup
CNN — A throat-searing blanket of smog has enveloped New Delhi, forcing schools to shut and disrupting the Cricket World…
Air quality over the US and Canada is slowly getting better. But the threat of more wildfires sending smoke across the border looms
Environment
June 12, 2023
Air quality over the US and Canada is slowly getting better. But the threat of more wildfires sending smoke across the border looms
CNN — Major US cities trapped under a thick, orange blanket of smog this week will soon get a reprieve,…
New York is choking on smog. But for these cities, it’s just another day
World
June 8, 2023
New York is choking on smog. But for these cities, it’s just another day
Hong Kong CNN — For days, images of New York choking in smoke have stunned the United States, as residents…
Schools, plants close as Indian capital is smothered by smog
World
November 17, 2021
Schools, plants close as Indian capital is smothered by smog
NEW DELHI (AP) — Schools were closed indefinitely and some coal-based power plants shut down as the smog-shrouded Indian capital…
Beijing smog casts gloom over China’s Lunar New Year holiday
World
February 13, 2021
Beijing smog casts gloom over China’s Lunar New Year holiday
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing was once again shrouded in smog on Saturday after several days of heavy pollution which have…
Micro-pollution ravaging China and South Asia: study
World
February 25, 2020
Micro-pollution ravaging China and South Asia: study
Nearly 90 percent of the 200 cities beset by the world’s highest levels of deadly micro-pollution are in China and…
Smoke haze blankets Sydney as bushfire threat rises
World
November 19, 2019
Smoke haze blankets Sydney as bushfire threat rises
Sydney was shrouded in dangerous haze Tuesday as smoke from bushfires blazing along Australia’s eastern seaboard sent pollution levels soaring…
Mothers-to-be fear for their unborn in smog-choked Delhi
World
November 8, 2019
Mothers-to-be fear for their unborn in smog-choked Delhi
Heavily pregnant Rachel Gokavi spends most days shut away in her New Delhi home, desperate to shield her unborn child…
India’s top court orders halt to stubble burning as Delhi chokes
World
November 5, 2019
India’s top court orders halt to stubble burning as Delhi chokes
India’s top court has ordered a complete halt to stubble burning around Delhi, a major contributor to lethal smog that…
Taj Mahal gets air purifier as Indian capital chokes
World
November 4, 2019
Taj Mahal gets air purifier as Indian capital chokes
New Delhi banned half the Indian capital’s private cars from its roads on Monday as the megacity’s 20 million people…