There have been 5,948 cases of dengue fever in Taiwan since May, mostly in the southern city of Tainan, the island’s health authorities said yesterday.

The European Parliament (EP), meeting for a plenary session in Strasbourg, voted on Tuesday for a proposed ban on cloning for agricultural purposes to be extended to all farm animals, their offspri

Approximately half of the US adult population has diabetes or is prediabetic, although prevalence of the disease appears to be leveling off after decades of increase, researchers said Tuesday.

The 14th World Forestry Congress (WFC) opened Monday in Durban.

Construction activity has swung up in Australia ending four months of contraction, according to data released on Monday.

Scientists have finally figured out how the key gene tied to obesity makes people fat, a major discovery that could open the door to an entirely new approach to the problem beyond diet and exercise

Hotels in Hangzhou will no longer be able to provide disposable toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shower gel, shampoo and combs in rooms according to a new regulation that is designed to reduce waste

The Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament opened on Monday at the UN headquarters, with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals expected as a focus of the three-day meeting.

To overcome an "emissions gap," an anticipated global deal on climate change should encourage countries to upscale their ambition on carbon emissions reductions every few years, according to a pape

Four people died and several others were missing as tropical storm Erika hit the Caribbean island nation of Dominica on Thursday.