Karoline Kan

6 days ago | bloomberg.com | Karoline Kan

Hi, it’s Karoline in Singapore. China is proud of its forestation campaign, but people are wondering whether the government could have picked better plants. More on that in a moment, but first …China’s move to contain its northern deserts with a Great Green Wall has resulted in more than 30 million hectares of forest planted in 40 years.

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Karoline Kan

19 hours agoOn the ground in Kashmir: The Independent reports live from wreckage siteIndia said it had conducted precision strikes in Pakistan in an overnight military operation on Wednesday, 7 May, following a terrorist attack in Kashmir that left 26 people dead and escalated tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Targets of the strikes were nine facilities allegedly linked to proscribed militant groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, Indian officials claimed.

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Karoline Kan

Smog in New Delhi. (Bloomberg) -- Climate change may exacerbate the spread of infections that don’t respond to common antibiotics, with developing nations being most at risk, according to a new study in Nature Medicine. The study challenges the notion that the rise of antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is solely due to the overconsumption of antibiotics, putting a spotlight on factors such as healthcare spending, air pollution and raising temperatures.

2 weeks ago | propertycasualty360.com | Karoline Kan

Climate change also means many diseases that are transmitted through blood, such as dengue fever, West Nile virus and malaria, will spread to more regions as the insects that spread them find new regions with suitable temperatures for living. (Free use image) (Bloomberg) — Climate change and increasingly extreme weather are taking a toll on global supplies of blood, endangering the lives of people with life-threatening injuries and conditions, a new study has found.

2 weeks ago | news.nestia.com | Karoline Kan |Ishika Mookerjee

By Karoline Kan and Ishika Mookerjee(Bloomberg) – Singapore’s ruling party recruited a younger, more female slate of candidates ahead of the May 3 election in a bid to connect with a changing electorate, but across the political spectrum, efforts to showcase diversity only go so far. ……