An ongoing government corruption scandal could deter foreign aid and investment amid the gravest food crisis Malawi has seen in a decade.
Starting Friday, the United Nations will discuss the 17 new ambitious development goals that include ending poverty and taking action to combat climate change.
The amount of snow blanketing the Sierra Nevada mountains in California has been severely depleted as a result of successive years of lower-than-expected precipitation.
Connecticut native Nicholas Upton, 19, was last seen swimming in the East Cape province when he vanished into the surf.
“This is a very serious matter, and we are doing our absolute best to protect the athletes’ health,” the head of Rio's Olympic committee said.
Birds ingest the poisonous material at such high rates because they often confuse the plastic floating on surface waters with food, researchers found.
American astronauts drink recycled urine while aboard the International Space Station, but the Russian crews, who also inhabit the station, do not.
Venice welcomes millions of tourists every year, but some are more welcome than others.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is planning on spending $500,000 to clean up the wastewater breach on Animus River.
The dead zone, which is caused by the overuse of farmland fertilizers, is the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.
An evacuation has been ordered for some residents in Pasco County, Florida, after major flooding threatened the area.
It is impossible to determine a single requirement for everyone, since recommendations depend on diet, weather and level of physical activity.
It allegedly took more than 2,000 acre-feet of water.
The United Nation's children's fund warned that the ongoing cholera outbreak in South Sudan could claim a devastating number of lives if it spreads to war-torn areas.
"I felt so hot, I was vomiting," an elderly man told CNN. "I felt weak and my heart sank."
Greece's tourism industry has flourished despite the country's ongoing economic turmoil.
Two new studies have shed light on the precarious condition of the planet's largest aquifers.
With a drought looming, a spokesman for rice farmers says they will ignore government instructions and begin planting.
One-third of China's surface water was also graded unsuitable for direct human contact in a 2014 report released by the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Growers who agree to a proposal approved Friday can choose to cut consumption or let fields lay fallow. But the plan might not have much impact.
There are 47 political parties and 5,819 candidates in Ethiopia's national elections Sunday, but the vote will likely be anything but democratic.
Hundreds of flights were delayed and many others were cancelled after heavy rain inundated parts of southern and central China.