BEIJING -- China is set to establish a unified cross-basin ecological compensation mechanism for the mainstreams of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers by 2027, as part of its broader efforts to improve ...

Brahma Chellaney urges the international community to hold China accountable for its destruction of the Tibetan Plateau.

Heavy rainfall triggering flash floods and mudslides have damaged roads, destroyed buildings and claimed bridges, wreaking havoc in China's southwestern Yunnan province on a long holiday weekend.

And in Freemont, west of Omaha, the Dodge County Sheriff's Office issued a mandatory evacuation for some residents after floodwaters broke through a levee along the Platte River. More: Southwest Iowa ...