U.S. and China Reach Climate Deal After Months of Talks

BEIJING ? China and the United States made common cause on Wednesday against the threat of climate change, staking out an ambitious joint plan to curb carbon emissions as a...

Can TV Save India?

But in the 1990s, cable television arrived and private channels like Star Plus and Zee TV popped up — and quickly started catering to the lowest common denominator. T...

Queen to release lost Freddie Mercury song for charity

Queen will release new track Let Me Be In Your Heart Again to help raise funds for Coca-Cola’s RED campaign to benefit the Global Fund, which fights AIDS, tuberculosi...

Climate change is a problem. But our attempts to fix it could be worse than useless

Panicked, ill-thought-through responses to the threat of climate change could hurt more people than they save

The UN Climate Panel came out with it...

Bob Geld of Reportedly Planning Band Aid Single to Fight Ebola

Bob Geldof is reportedly considering releasing a fourth version of the charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” reported The Sun.

The Boomtow...

Gates Foundation boosts aid to stamp out malaria; targets Ebola

Philanthropist Bill Gates says he wants to end malaria in his lifetime and will give more money toward that goal, part of his broader fight against tropical diseases that a...

Taking a stand against child marriage- UCSD’s Anita Raj works to bring equality to women around the globe

Early marriage of girls increases their health risks, particularly in the context of pregnancy and delivery. They are more likely to experience complications in pregnancy, ...

US greenhouse gas emissions rise despite Obama's new climate change push

Federal agency finds that emissions increased during 2014 polar vortex, raising questions about US?s targeted 2020 cuts America?s energy-related carbon pollution rose 2.5% ...

Child sex trade worth 343 billion dollars, says Kailash Satyarthi

Trafficking of young girls from countries like Nepal and Bangladesh into India for forcibly pushing them into prostitution shows no sign of abatement even as three million ...