Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary-General, welcomed efforts by Asian countries at a United Nations-backed regional forum this week in addressing the role of transportation in the effort to fight climate change and achieve sustainable development.
Andrew C. Revkin
Just in case you needed more reasons to be concerned about the stability of the Middle East, new research using data from NASA’s gravity-sen
Susan Heavey
More needs to be done to boost women's and girl's lagging online access, tech giant Intel Corp (INTC.O) said in a report to be released later on Thursday that calls for doubling the number of female Internet users in developing nations over the next three years.
Bettina Wassener
HONG KONG — Air pollution has worsened markedly in Asian cities in recent years and presents a growing threat to human health, according to experts at a conference that began on Wednesday.
Peter Murray
Short on arable land? One solution would be to plant…up. Singapore, a small country that imports most of its food, has now begun selling vegetables from its first vertical farm.
John Parnell
Speaking on the UN’s International Day of Biological Diversity, Ban said there was a “mutually reinforcing” relationship between biodiversity and water that should be harnessed.
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
Just over two years since Egypt's dictator President Hosni Mubarak resigned , little has changed.
Rachel Nuwer
As we noted here last week, over 600 million people lost power in India last summer, setting a mode
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
In April the World Bank governors endorsed two historic goals: to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to ensure that prosperity is shared.