Pfizer Inc.is close to an agreement to buy Angiosyn Inc., a La Jolla, California, biotech start-up working on a drug to ward off blindness, in a deal potentially valued at $527 million, according to

In Tyrone Weerasooriya's lakeside hotel in southwest coast of Sri Lanka, hundreds of heron, cormorant and Siberian ducks that usually crowd Lake Hikkaduwa are gone in killer tsunami, as are the

The U.S. signaled its intention of stepping up trade pressure on China as Commerce Secretary Don Evans visits the nation this week before leaving office. Washington's complaint: China's recent

China reiterated a ban on new cigarette ventures, highlighting the complexities facing foreign tobacco giants as they struggle to gain entry to the world's largest cigarette market.

Britain is set to take up the G8 presidency this year and Kyoto Protocol advocate Tony Blair plans to make climate change one of his top agenda items. Writing in the Economist, the British Prime

Donations to Asia's tsunami-hit areas are pouring in from Chinese individuals and companies. Though a relatively modest $15 million has been collected so far, that still marks an unprecedented

Chandrasiri Abrew's family, friends and home were spared when six-meter high waves crashed ashore in Kosgoda, Sri Lanka. But he is still mourning a great loss: thousands of baby turtles. Until the

Tsunami damage to the hatcheries and ponds of South and Southeast Asia's shrimp-farming industry could crimp production of a valuable aquacultural export commodity and drive up prices for shrimp

The U.S. Food and Drug Administrtion approved a new cancer drug that offers a second chance to children and young adults with leukemia who fail to respond to the standard chemotherapy treatment. The

As a longtime health volunteer in the narrow alleys of her hillside neighbourhood, Ebon Sunarti has focussed on corralling other women into the local clinic so their toddlers could be vaccinated