In a matter of six years, India emerged as the world’s third-largest economy in 2011 from being the 10th largest in 2005, moving ahead of Japan, while the US remained the largest economy closely fo

Industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.3 percent in 2012, led by a U.S.

Industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.3 percent in 2012, led by a U.S.

Risk to life from earthquakes in Italy has worsened since the disaster on April 6, 2009, the National Council of Geologists warned at an event in the devastated city in the central Abruzzo region,

More people smoke worldwide today than in 1980, as population growth surges and cigarettes gain popularity in countries such as China, India and Russia, researchers said Tuesday.

A 4.9-magnitude earthquake last evening rocked much of southern Italy, sending frightened people into the streets of Naples and country towns.

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced measures on Tuesday to try to combat a fresh rubbish emergency in the area around the southern city of Naples where organized crime and widespread abus

A cyclone killed 18 people and made hundreds homeless as extreme rainfall flooded eastern parts of the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, Italian authorities said on Tuesday.