A Marseille senator has called for military intervention in France’s second city as inter-gang violence, fueled by the drug trade and typified by the use of AK-47 assault rifles, spirals out of control. Not everyone agrees.

Household registration restrictions on "migrant students" to take the national college entrance exam (NCEE) should be eased beginning from the end of this year

Of the 1.9 crore adults who enrolled for the government’s adult literacy programme, Saakshar Bharat, since 2009, an overwhelming 72% were women.

Scientists say this year’s record declines in Arctic sea ice extent and volume are powerful evidence that the giant cap of ice at the top of the planet is on a trajectory to largely disappear in summer within a decade or two, with profound global consequences.

Facebook Inc is weeding out fake Likes on its social network that are being caused by spammers, malware and black marketeers as it strives to maintain credibility as an advertising

Russian environmentalist and protest leader Yevgeniya Chirikova had not even made it to the local election headquarters to register as a candidate on Monday before opponents

Fungi found in plants may not be the answer to mitigating climate change by storing additional carbon in soils as some previously thought, according to an international team of plant biologists.

Being the first to take combined heat and power energy-efficient technology online isn't always easy, Casey Houweling found.

Government and education bodies to help legitimate cases hit by withdrawal of university's right to accept non-EU students

Larry Yung Chi-kin is a loyal scion of the Chinese Communist upper crust. His late father, Rong Yiren, was the legendary Red Capitalist, one of the few industrialists to stay behind