The White House on Friday rebuked the head of the World Bank David Malpass, who is battling charges of climate denial for dodging questions on the role of man-made emissions in global warming. Under ...

A world facing catastrophic climate change is perilously off course in meeting goals for slashing carbon pollution and boosting finance for the developing world, according to the UN's first official ...

China denied reports Thursday that reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il was preparing to visit Beijing and reiterated that it was not considering amending a mutual defense treaty with Pyongyang. ...

Air France-KLM chairman and chief executive Jean-Cyril Spinetta said Thursday he was mulling greater cooperation with China-based airlines in a bid to add more routes to key mainland cities. "We are ...

An explosion in demand for cooling systems in developing countries could worsen climate change unless sustainable solutions are prioritised, according to a United Nations report published Wednesday.

EBay ended its troubled marriage with Skype on Tuesday, agreeing to sell a majority stake to a group of investors in a deal that values the Web communications service at 2.75 billion dollars. The ...

Energy-starved Zimbabwe on Thursday launched a $533-million project with China to scale up electricity generation at one of its major power plants in a bid to ease perennial energy woes. China's Sino ...

The world's highest bridge opened to traffic in China on Sunday, state media said, capping an engineering feat three years in the making and snatching the record from another bridge in the same ...

The White House said Wednesday there was no evidence it has acted inappropriately, after reports said it rushed a review of a half billion dollar loan to now bankrupt solar panel firm Solyndra. The ...

The iPhone will be front and center at Apple's upcoming media presentation even as the California tech giant steps up its efforts in content and services for its devices. In its trademark, ...

A lack of international collaboration risks undermining efforts to decarbonise polluting sectors and could lead to decades of delay on the road towards net zero emissions, the International Energy ...

Chinese special forces and Tajik troops are preparing for anti-terrorist exercises due to take place next week in the mountains of the ex-Soviet state, the Tajik defence ministry told AFP Thursday.