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