Proton Holdings, Malaysia's biggest carmaker, plans to develop a car in the next five years that runs on gasoline-electric engines, Mahathir bin Mohamad, the former prime minister who is also the

For a market that is less than a year old and still feeling its way, European trading in carbon dioxide emissions has grown in liquidity and complexity well beyond the expectations of most of those

Alarmed by the rising number of AIDS cases, the Malaysian government has announced a plan to distribute condoms, needles and methadone treatment for drug users, igniting opposition from the

Bono, Jeffrey Sachs, Tony Blair, rock bands, finance ministers and aid agencies have been vowing to "make poverty history" in Africa as the Group of 8 summit meeting in Scotland begins this week. The

In the battle against AIDS, the Bush administration is both savior and scoundrel. Washington is the single largest financier of AIDS programs in poor countries. But the administration uses its muscle

President George W. Bush was planning to call on Thursday for a substantial increase in spending to fight malaria in Africa, according to people who had been briefed on the plan.Bush's plan will

Buoyed by increasing demand, global sales of illicit drugs are now worth about $322 billion, more than the individual economic output of almost 90 percent of the world's countries, the United Nations

With Africa at the top of the agenda at the Group of 8 summit meeting next month, world leaders would do well to focus on Congo, the sick heart of the continent, which combines all of Africa's worst

World Health Organization officials said Tuesday that efforts to determine the extent of a bird flu outbreak in western China were being hampered by a lack of information from the Chinese government.

The wish list of the world's poorest families is long. They need to grow more crops and start more businesses. They need to have smaller families, healthier and better educated children and safer