The government says it will use the fires to generate power - but a spending watchdog has attacked the cost and environmental impact of the plan.
The nation is the first to advance such a move in South-East Asia, a region known for its stringent drug laws.
A total of 166 Covid infections in China have been linked to a single bar in the capital Beijing, officials say.
Major tampon manufacturers in the United States have pledged to make more of the sanitary products to address shortages in the country.
Researchers believe they have discovered the origins of the Black Death, more than 600 years after it killed tens of millions in Europe, Asia and north Africa.
England's first women's health ambassador is calling for "one-stop shops" where women can sort out their health needs.
Chemicals that cause harm to human health or to the environment can be found in everyday household products, from cleaning sprays and food packaging to furniture and cookware.
A Swedish court has given a disgraced Italian surgeon a suspended sentence for causing bodily harm during an experimental stem-cell windpipe transplant.
The youngest victim among the at least 21 people who died at a drinking place at the weekend was 13, police minister Bheki Cele has said.
A third dose of its vaccine candidate SCB-2019 resulted in a 19-fold increase in neutralising antibody levels against the Omicron BA.2 subvariant from pre-booster levels