The news comes amid one of the worst H5N1 outbreaks in the recent years, with bird flu detected in poultry farms in 48 states and dairy herds in nine states.

Chinese regulators give a green light for pharma giant's diabetes drug tirzepatide, which is marketed as Mounjaro, or Zepbound (for weight loss). It comes at a time of huge global demand

Analysts say they foresee a shift to factories in Mexico, Vietnam or other parts of Southeast Asia, by Chinese carmakers and other firms in a bid to avoid US tariffs; Beijing accuses US of 'bullying'

New measures will affect $18 billion in Chinese imports such as steel and aluminium, 'legacy' chips, batteries, critical minerals, solar cells, cranes and syringes

"We can't cut ourselves off and we don't now want China to cut us off, so we have to do this in a systematic way,” a US lawmaker said

China says its fully homegrown brain-computer interface was tested on a monkey, allowing it to control a robotic arm with only its thoughts

Southeast Asia remains a key destination for illicit waste shipped primarily from Europe, North America and other parts of Asia, according to a report launched on Tuesday by UN agencies

US intelligence officials say Chinese pharma companies are risking national security at a time when Washington is considering multiple bills targeting those firms access to funds

There has been an unprecedented rise in sea water temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization's annual State of the Global Climate report

China looks set to install another 200 GW of solar power this year, while starting work on 80 GW of pumped storage projects, but not all the news is good

Emissions data fraud has been a big problem for China's carbon trading scheme, but State Council officials have drawn up new rules with far tougher penalties, which are set to be enforced in May

Flights between China and the US were badly disrupted by the Covid pandemic, but the US says Chinese airlines can boost weekly flights to 50 from March 31.