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‘Water is life:’ Unexpected rainfall revives Iraq's historic marshlands

24 Apr 2019

Local farmers are counting their blessings after unexpected heavy rainfall at the end of 2018 caused the dams to overflow by early January and water came gushing back to the wetlands in southeastern Iraq.

‘Difficulties on the road to AI’: man pours water on Baidu chief at conference

03 Jul 2019

A man poured a bottle of water over Baidu Inc Chief Executive Robin Li on Wednesday at the opening of an annual conference for the Chinese search giant.

Team Abu Dhabi target Rouen race glory

28 Apr 2019

Team Abu Dhabi are primed for a major effort to secure a second victory in the prestigious 24 Hours of Rouen endurance race which gets under way on the River Seine in Northern France on Tuesday.

Pakistan's PM performs ground-breaking of historic Mohmand Dam

02 May 2019

The Mohmand Dam is being constructed on the Swat River and it will be completed by 2024. The dam has the capacity to store1.2 million acre feet of water. Upon completion, it will generate some 800MW of electricity.

190 people fall sick due to contaminated water

09 Jun 2019

Over 190 people living in Ajman underwent medical treatment in several hospitals after they suffered from vomiting and diarrhoea on Saturday.

India's PM calls for water conservation push as drought hits crops

30 Jun 2019

The monsoon season is responsible for around 70% of India's annual rainfall, and is particularly important for the farm sector since more than half of the country's arable land is rain-fed.

UAE's Well of Hope will provide clean water to 34 countries

19 Jun 2019

The “Well of Hope” campaign will provide clean water to over one million individuals in disadvantaged communities after 21 participating entities across the UAE pledged to dig 150 wells in 34 countries.

Karnataka government asked to release water to Tamil Nadu

25 Jun 2019

The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), at a meeting held in Delhi, has scolded the Karnataka government and asked it to release water to Tamil Nadu immediately and help it tide over an acute water crisis, officials said on Tuesday.

DiCaprio steers attention to Chennai water crisis

26 Jun 2019

Oscar winning Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, known for his environmental activism, has raised awareness about the ongoing water crisis in Chennai.

China to conduct military drills in waters near Taiwan

29 Jul 2019

The agency did not say when the exercises would be held or what type of forces would be involved but it placed an area off the coast of Guangdong and Fujian provinces,

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