The United Nations agency that controls trade in endangered species has halted exports of caviar until the countries where it is produced comply with an agreement to protect sturgeon, according to an

India has decided to expand substantially its program to provide anti-retroviral therapy to people with HIV and AIDS government official say. By April, the government hopes to begin providing free

Philip Watts, the chairman of Roayl Dutch/Shell Group, has worked hard to recast a company once reviled for supposed indifference to the environment and human rights as a compassionate corporate

The World Trade Organisation agreed early to eventually eliminate billions of dollars of farm subsidies for rich nations. The landmark accord is expected to help establish a framework for revising

The number of girls in school and women in parliaments has risen, and their overall acces to contraception has improved in the past decade, according to a new report by the UN Population Fund. The

When the Bush administration issued an update last week on federal climate research, it was criticized with equal vigor by environmentalists and by industry-backed groups. The update featured new

The World Trade Organisation has authorized Japan, South Korea, India, the European Union and several other major trading partners of the United States to impose more than $150 million in retaliatory

While AIDS prevalence in the Phillippines is relatively low, AIDS experts and monitors are concerned that the situation could worsen if nothing is done about the increasing number of overseas

Cambodia's legislature gave final approval to the nation's entry into the World Trade Organisation, a step forced by new rules for international textile and apparel trade that could otherwise have

Smokers who try to give up cigarettes can double their chances of success by using patches, gum, lozenges, inhalers or nasal sprays containing nicotine. Yet three in four people who use these