Residents of Japan's main southwestern island, Kyushu, braced themselves Thursday for an approaching typhoon designated Bart. The typhoon hit Okinawa, 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) southwest of

The Supreme Court has issued notices to over 1,000 hazardous industries in Delhi, asking them to show-cause why contempt proceedings shouldn't be initiated against them for not surrendering their

The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board(APPCB) has served closure notices on six industries, including three units of the Nizam Sugars at Mumbojipally in Medak, Bodfhan in Nizamabad and Mutyampet

Inder Raj Singh, a farmer in Rewala village, Outer Delhi, has little else to do except look heavenwards. The 78-year-old man and his friends merely sit at the village "chaupal" all day, waiting for

Hope is fading for missing victims of Taiwan's worst earthquake. Although there were a few success stories, rescuers said the chances of finding more survivors were slim and frequent aftershocks were

China said on Thursday it was ready to send specialists to rival Taiwan to help the island find hundreds of people trapped in the rubble after a devastating earthquake and medical teams to treat the

The mass confusion caused by Albany's annual last-minute budget scrambles often provides camouflage for mischievous legislation that nobody notices until well after the deed is done. This year was no

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning hurricane victims in Texas that gasoline-powered generators should not be used indoors because of the risk of carbon monoxide (CO)

FKP Inc., a company that owns and operates a gypsum pile along the Houston Ship Channel in Pasadena, TX, pleaded guilty on Aug. 16 in U.S. District Court in Houston to violating the Clean Water Act.

Southeast Asian environment ministers gather in Singapore on the weekend to discuss the return of regional haze from forest fires in Indonesia, the Singapore government. The eighth meeting of