The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

When The Global Times announced that Beijing was going to build a cascade of nine large HPPs on the Yarlung Tsangpo, human ...

Located close to one of Bolivia's major cities, La Paz, El Alto International is the highest international airport in the ...

Geologically, the Tibetan Plateau ranks among the most seismically active areas worldwide, serving as a convergence zone for the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates ...

A devastating earthquake in China’s remote Tibet region killed at least 126 ... and gusts in the mountains reaching 70 mph (113 kph). The most dangerous day will be Tuesday (January 14, 2025 ...

The India-China conversation on water has, over the years, merely skimmed the surface, unable, and often unwilling, to wade ...

The devastating earthquake in Tibet last Tuesday that left 126 dead and 188 injured has exposed the danger associated with the plan of China to set up a mega ...

The epicentre of Tuesday’s magnitude 6.8 quake, one of the region’s most powerful tremors in recent years, was located in Tingri in China’s Tibet, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Mount Everest, the ...

A firefighter distributes breakfast to quake-affected residents following the earthquake that struck Tingri county, in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China on Jan 8, 2025. (Photo: Reuters ...

The impact of the powerful earthquake was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, one of the holiest ... and caused uplifts in the Himalayan mountains strong enough to change the heights of ...

The 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Shigatse region of Tibet, China on January 7 triggered two avalanches from the Table Mountain above the Bechung Glacier in Lunana. While the glacier’s gentle ...

A firefighter conducts a search-and-rescue operation with a rescue dog at a village following the earthquake that struck Tingri county, in Shigatse ... China’s Tibet, about 80km (50 miles) north of ...