Asia

Here's how the Year of the Pig began in different parts of Asia.

Female members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army honor guard wait to greet Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio during a welcome ceremony in the Great Hall of the People on August 30th, 2018, in Beijing, China.

The Chinese president has cleared the way for a lifetime presidency, something his country has fought against since the reign of Mao Zedong.

Nepal's successful anti-poaching measures are a model for other countries, while African rhino-range countries excel at marketing wildlife tourism.

Nepalese conservationists and their foreign partners are awakening to a new menace on the horizon: lethal pathogens.

There is now a set of guidelines for palm oil companies to use when implementing their commitments to address the deforestation associated with their operations.

As many as 65 percent of people in some countries haven't even heard of climate change, and perceptions of risk often depend on local temperatures as much as beliefs about humans' role in the changing environment, a new study finds.

Simple: It's a cheap way to power manufacturing plants, according to a new study. And that bodes poorly for the environment.

An antibiotic-resistant strain of typhoid has swept across Asia and Africa over the last three decades.

New research refutes the claim that European rodents are responsible for the Black Death.

Heavily subsidized pads are making their way into rural areas, where girls were resorting to feathers, soil, and more—anything to absorb the blood—but we must find low-cost alternatives.

Rose George reports from Nepal and Bangladesh on menstrual taboos.

How a Welsh director made the next great Eastern action film.

Student protests in one of Asia’s most stable democracies are facing violent police crackdown. The effects could echo throughout the region.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says destroying ivory can reduce supply and demand at same time.

South Africa debates legalization of the rhino-horn trade to stem smuggling.