THE infant mortality rate in Cuba remained at 4.2 per thousand live births in 2014, the same level as in the previous year and the lowest in the country's history, a local health official said on S

Tiny PM2.5 particles were the main pollutants with the intensity reaching 161.1 micrograms per cubic meters at 10am.

A MAGNITUDE 7.4 earthquake off the Pacific coast of El Salvador late on Monday disrupted power to several communities and claimed the life of one man who had been sleeping on a street.

SMOG-PRONE Beijing will adopt a special air pollution control plan for next month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, featuring the temporary closure of factories in the event of a

CHINA’S south-to-north water transfer project has reached its “overall” targets on water quality, with “certain” pollution being treated, an official said yesterday.

A LOCAL food company faces a fine of about 50,000 yuan (US$8,155) for illegally discharging black smoke.

CHINA has reported 4.6 times more cases of thyroid cancer over the past decade, with women worst hit.

A water plant in Beijing announced that it is ready for water diverted from the country's south in a move to combat water scarcity in the capital.

BEIJING’S education authority notified schools yesterday to make independent decisions on whether to suspend classes due to the orange-level smog alert.

MANILA, Oct.