High Water Sweeps Fire Truck Into a River, Leaving 5 Missing, as Tropical Storm...
BEIJING (AP) — High waters swept a fire truck into a river in southeastern China early Tuesday, leaving five crew members missing, local authorities...
Taiwan Suspends Work, Transport And Classes As Island Braces For Arrival Of Typhoon Haikui
BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan suspended flights, rail transport and ferry services along with classes, outdoor events, and officials urged workers to stay home as...
One Man’s Sex Doll Museum Pushing Limits In Japan’s Subculture Scene
YASHIO - Japan holds a reputation for having some of the world's most eccentric and offbeat subcultures, and one man is pushing the boundaries...
Former Harrods Owner Mohamed Al Fayed, Whose Son Died In Car Crash With Princess...
LONDON (AP) — Mohamed Al Fayed, the flamboyant Egypt-born businessman whose son was killed in a car crash with Princess Diana, died this week,...
A Building Fire in Johannesburg Leaves at Least 74 Dead, Many of Them Homeless
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown five-story building in Johannesburg that was occupied by homeless people and squatters, leaving at...
Soldiers In Gabon Say They’ve Seized Power And Detained A President Whose Family Ruled...
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Mutinous soldiers claimed to have seized power in Gabon on Wednesday and put the president under house arrest, hours after...
Japan PM Eats Fukushima Seafood With Ministers To Dispel Concerns
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and several ministers ate seafood sourced from the sea off Fukushima Prefecture on Wednesday, against the backdrop of the ongoing...
Son Stolen at Birth Hugs Chilean Mother for First Time in 42 Years
WASHINGTON (AP) — "Hola, mamá."
What seems like an unremarkable greeting between mother and son was in this case anything but.
Forty-two years ago, hospital workers...
Japan Voices Concern About Chinese Harassment Over Fukushima Water
TOKYO - Japan on Monday voiced concern over the harassment of its citizens by Chinese people following the start of the release of treated...
Biden Is Widely Seen as Too Old for Office, an AP-NORC Poll Finds. Trump’s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans actually agree on something in this time of raw discord: Joe Biden is too old to be an effective president...
