All the 13 miners trapped by a coal mine blast in Southwest China's Guizhou province were confirmed dead, rescuers said Thursday, seven days after the accident.

The government of the Tibet autonomous region plans to invest more than 3.5 billion yuan ($563 million) in 2013, 10.5 percent more than last year, in environmental protection.

The program to combat pollution will place greater emphasis on monitoring, gathering and releasing information and tackling PM2.5, the minister leading the fight for cleaner air told a major anti-p

An earthquake jolted Shenyang, one of Northeast China's largest cities, on Wednesday.

Beijing's tap water will not lead to the formation of stones in an organ or duct of the human body, known as lithiasis, an official said, in the latest effort to ease public doubts about water qual

Heavy floods in Indonesia's capital of Jakarta since Tuesday have killed 20 and affected about 250,000 people, an official said on Monday.

As one more body was found Monday, the death toll in Friday's coalmine accident in southwest China's Guizhou province has risen to three, with 10 miners still missing.

Capital proposes targeting vehicles, factories and outdoor barbecues

The Asian Development Bank has extended a $275 million loan to China to help its bus operators shift their fleets to cleaner fuel, a move that is seen to reduce the growing air pollution in Chinese

China's stepped-up urbanization should benefit agricultural modernization, and the two will complement each other, Vice Premier Li Keqiang said Tuesday.