Children studying in schools exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution are at an increased risk of having impaired cognitive development, a Spanish study said Tuesday.

SHANGHAI’S lawmakers are working to amend the current anti-smoking law to include a ban on smoking in indoor public and at work places after an earlier effort during the 2010 World Expo delivered e

China's Ministry of Science and Technology has started planning for a five-year air pollution prevention and control project, the ministry announced on Tuesday.

A HUGE infrastructure project kicked off in China's northwest province of Gansu, which will facilitate trade and people exchanges between China and central Asia.

At least 14 people have been injured when a 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China’s Yunnan Province yesterday.

Authorities are working on plans to ban commercial logging in the country’s natural forests, which produce about 49.94 million cubic meters of timber every day, according to Zhao Shucong, chief of

Ugandan Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda on Tuesday called for a more effective campaign against malnutrition, especially among children and women of child-bearing age.

China will build 13,000 new toilets and renovate another 9,000 in 2015 at tourist sites to upgrade the notorious facilities, tourism authorities announced on Thursday.

THREE people were confirmed dead and six others are sick from poisoning in an illegal gold mining operation in Henan Province, local authorities said today.

Vietnam saw drop in malnutrition among kids under five years old nationwide in 2014, said the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) under Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Monday.