Gulf News speaks to blue collar workers in Dubai to find out what makes them happy

British artist Sami Yusuf sings to remind people of the plight of hunger-stricken Somalia.

Dubai Municipality discovers health and cleanliness violations during recent visits to food outlets

SHIMLA – The minimum temperature in Himachal Pradesh rose marginally on Sunday as there was no major snow or rain in the past 24 hours, the Met office said.

JERUSALEM – Scientists have developed a way of using satellite images to help farmers detect small-scale changes in climate and improve their harvests, a method that could bolster food supplies for an increasingly hungry world population.

WASHINGTON – Manmade emissions over the last two centuries have already raised ocean acidity far beyond the range of natural variations, threatening important species of marine life.

The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild in under 30 years unless immediate steps are taken to protect its rapidly diminishing habitat, environmental group WWF said on Tuesday.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A mass-stranding of whales on a New Zealand beach has left 36 of the creatures dead and threatens 40 more.

Manila – The growing ranks of wealthy Asians and their increasing appetite for more expensive fish are threatening stocks, potentially causing wider environmental damage, experts at a UN conference said on Tuesday.

Representatives from around the world gather in Rio in June to try to hammer out goals for sustainable development at a U.N. conference designed to avoid being tripped up by the intractable issue of climate change.