United Nations warns extreme cold, heavy snow in Mongolia threatens lives The United Nations warned Monday that extreme winter weather that has killed ...
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Friday hailed a move by Mongolia's president to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty, saying ...
TORONTO (Reuters) - Colorful dealmaker Robert Friedland, who made a fortune selling an undeveloped Canadian nickel deposit, is seeking new options for his current venture, Ivanhoe Mines <IVN.TO>, as it starts building a massive copper-gold mine near Mongolia's border with resource-hungry China. ...
The Chinese capital was in the grip of its coldest weather in 20 years Tuesday after snow storms caused chaos, while South Korea sent out an army of civil servants and soldiers to clear clogged roads. China's national weather centre said the ...
Heavy snow has brought more travel chaos to north China, stranding thousands of truckers for two days on a Beijing highway and 1,400 rail passengers in Inner Mongolia, state media said Tuesday. The snow that blanketed the region at the weekend has ...
The Chinese capital was in the grip of its coldest weather in 20 years Tuesday after snow storms caused chaos, while South Korea sent out an army of civil servants and soldiers to clear clogged roads. China's national weather centre said the ...
South Korea's weather service Friday issued a warning against airborne pollution known as "yellow dust", advising residents in western areas to avoid outdoor activities. "Yellow dust which originated in Mongolia reached South Korea, blanketing most of the western parts of the country," ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mongolia may eventually list state-owned mineral assets in international stock markets so that the country can convert more of its natural resource wealth into cash, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Prime Minister Sukhbaatariin Batbold said that the ...
TUV AIMAK, Mongolia (Reuters Life!) - Often, the best eco-friendly initiatives stem out of necessity. In Mongolia's vast steppe, where thousands still practice the nomadic lifestyle of their ancestors, solar panels are pitched atop more and more tents, taking the place of ...
After spending 16 months cycling 18,000 kilometres (11,180 miles) from Brisbane to Copenhagen, Kim Nguyen is taking part in the UN climate talks with a host of eyewitness accounts of the effects of global warming from his odyssey. "The first place that ...
(Reuters) - As world leaders prepare to head to Copenhagen for talks aimed at reaching a deal to slow the pace of climate change, people around the world are experiencing environmental destruction in myriad ways, some subtle, others devastating. Here are a ...
Russian state-owned mining firm ARMZ Uranium Holding Company wants to acquire at least two-thirds of Canadian rival Khan Resources Incorporated, Russian news agencies reported on Monday. "Two-thirds of shares would suit us," ARMZ director general Vadim Jivov was quoted as saying by ...
