UN chief saddened by loss of life in Chi...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "deeply saddened" to learn about the loss of life and injuries caused by the explosion at a chemical plant in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province of

UN chief saddened by loss of life in Chi...

UNITED NATIONS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "deeply saddened" to learn about the loss of life and injuries caused by the explosion at a chemical plant i

Rivers blocked to prevent pollution into...

BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- China has blocked the rivers flowing through the chemical industrial park ripped by a deadly explosion to prevent polluted wastewater from entering the sea, the Ministry

Thousands join rescue efforts after chem...

Thousands of firefighters and medical workers and hundreds of ambulances and fire trucks have joined an all-out rescue after an explosion rocked a chemical plant Thursday in east China's Jiangsu Pro

China Focus: Thousands join rescue effor...

NANJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of firefighters and medical workers and hundreds of ambulances and fire trucks have joined an all-out rescue after an explosion rocked a chemical plant Thursda

Rescue effort underway chemical plant bl...

At least 47 people were dead, 32 fatally injured and 58 critically injured in an explosion at a chemical plant in Yancheng City, east China's Jiangsu Province. The explosion occurred at around 2:48 p

More schools closed in Malaysia's Johor ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian authorities were forced to close more than 100 schools in southern Johor state on Wednesday due to serious chemical pollution. In a statement late on Wedn

Germany's chemical industry suffers setb...

BERLIN, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Chemical production in Germany declined by 10 percent and has ended in "very weak fourth quarter", the German chemical industry association (VCI) announced on Tuesday.The

UNEP calls for urgent action to tackle c...

NAIROBI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Urgent action is needed to tackle global chemical pollution as countries are yet to meet the internationally agreed goal to minimize the adverse impacts of chemicals and

Security Council discusses watchdog repo...

The UN Security Council met behind closed doors Wednesday to discuss the latest findings by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) of the chemical weapon use in Syria. The r