air pollution

Several Australian bushfires have combined to form a “mega fire” that is burning out of control across a swathe of…

CAIRO (AP) — Motorized rickshaws known as tuk-tuks have ruled the streets of Cairo’s slums for the past two decades,…

Eighty-four students suffered nonlethal suffocation at the Hussein Mersal Technical Secondary School in the Mahmoudiya waterway area, due to fumes…

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) — The Australian state of New South Wales was gasping under the worst levels of air pollution ever…

Sydney was shrouded in dangerous haze Tuesday as smoke from bushfires blazing along Australia’s eastern seaboard sent pollution levels soaring…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Yousuf fled with his family from his home in eastern Afghanistan eight years ago to escape…

India’s top court has ordered a complete halt to stubble burning around Delhi, a major contributor to lethal smog that…

New Delhi banned half the Indian capital’s private cars from its roads on Monday as the megacity’s 20 million people…

India’s capital New Delhi was enveloped in heavy, toxic smog Sunday — the worst levels in recent years — with…

Black carbon particles typically emitted by vehicle exhaust and coal-fired power plants have been detected on the fetus-facing side of…