Chris Kay And Iain Marlow Bloomberg

The US will provide $553 million in financing for a port terminal in Sri Lanka's capital being developed by billionaire Gautam Adani, as New Delhi and Washington look to curtail China's influence in South Asia.

From his office in the smog shrouded city of Lahore, environment official Saif Anjum pores over reams of pollution data and lists the actions being taken by Pakistan's largest province to combat the toxic air. He said they have arrested hundreds of crop-burning farmers and closed construction sites and industrial furnaces.

The US will provide $553 million in financing for a port terminal in Sri Lanka's capital being developed by billionaire Gautam Adani, as New Delhi and Washington look to curtail China's influence in South Asia.

From his office in the smog shrouded city of Lahore, environment official Saif Anjum pores over reams of pollution data and lists the actions being taken by Pakistan's largest province to combat the toxic air. He said they have arrested hundreds of crop-burning farmers and closed construction sites and industrial furnaces.