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Lahore struggles with worst air quality

LAHORE: Lahore was again on Thursday ranked the world's most polluted city struggling with the worst hazardous air quality levels. According to air pollution data...

Air quality picking up in quarantined countries

Air quality is improving in countries under coronavirus quarantines, experts say, but it is far too early to speak of long-term change.

India’s capital banishes some cars in hope of clearing the air

The U.S. Embassy air quality index, which measures the concentration of tiny PM 2.5 particles, exceeded 500, indicating serious aggravation of heart and lung disease, and premature mortality

Citing ‘unhealthy air’, country tells people to limit outdoor activities

Vietnam warned its people on Tuesday to limit outdoor activities because the air quality in the Southeast Asian country has persistently been at “unhealthy” levels for days

Most EU countries miss air quality targets: report

Most EU countries fail to meet the bloc's air quality standards and more than 1,000 Europeans die prematurely each day, ten times more than in road accidents.

EU chokes on own air quality standards

BRUSSELS: In the skies above Katowice in the heart of Poland’s coal industry, Polish officials are deploying the latest weapon against air pollution: drones...

Beijing factories shut amid smog nightmare

BEIJING: Beijing ordered hundreds of factories to shut and allowed children to skip school as choking smog reached over 25 times safe levels on Tuesday, casting a cloud over China's participation in Paris climate talks.

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