The World Monuments Fund list seeks to raise awareness and funds to help preserve the sites it spotlights. Africa's Swahili Coast, Maine's lighthouses and Buddhist grottoes in China are also in peril.
Through collaborations with communities, Mercy Corps is supporting locally led disaster preparedness in the wake of the 2004 ...
The devastating earthquake in Tibet last Tuesday that left 126 dead and 188 injured has exposed the danger associated with ...
Misrepresented videos continued to flood social media following the deadly January 7 earthquake that rocked China's remote ...
Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and India in one of the ...
The Himalayas, Earth's towering mountain range, stand as the product of a slow-motion geological collision between the Indian ...
About 1,000 of the earthquake-proof and heated houses are being sent to Tingri and can be erected in about 10 minutes, ...
Crowds of exiled Tibetans have gathered in India to stand in solidarity with the victims of Tibet's deadly earthquake.
The quake followed a northward compression of the Indian tectonic plate, state media said on Thursday, citing the China ...
The death toll stood at 126 as of Tuesday evening. The quake struck the city of Xigaze, the traditional seat of the Panchen ...
More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued, Chinese officials said on Wednesday, ...
More than 14,000 rescue workers have arrived in Tibet to continue the search for survivors after a strong earthquake killed ...