China celebrates Mao’s birth with noodles
SHAOSHAN (AFP) – Admirers of Communist China’s founder Mao Zedong celebrated the 120th anniversary of his birth Thursday with noodles and fireworks, as President Xi Jinping marked the occasion by...
Thai police battle protesters trying to stop election
BANGKOK (AFP) – Thai police fired tear gas and rubber bullets Thursday as clashes broke out with protesters trying to prevent political parties registering for elections, leaving dozens wounded and...
New island isn’t disappearing— it’s growing
An island that sprouted out of the Pacific thanks to an undersea volcanic eruption some 600 miles south of Tokyo last month might just be here to stay. Scientists...
India maids speak out on diplomat’s arrest
NEW DELHI – Indian maid Manju Bahri has heard about the controversy in New York over the alleged mistreatment of a fellow maid by an Indian diplomat. It doesn't surprise...
NKorea explodes myth of unchallenged Kim dynasty
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's propaganda machine has long kept alive the myth of a serene, all-powerful ruling dynasty that enjoyed universal love and support at home. In...
China’s rover leaves first tracks on moon in 40 years
BEIJING — China's first moon rover set off slowly Sunday to travel across the right eye of the Man in the Moon, leaving the first wheeled tracks on the moon's...
Man charged with reckless homicide in Ind. girl’s death
INDIANAPOLIS --Two years after Aubrey Peters was hailed as a hero for helping save two children who fell through ice on Morse Reservoir in Indiana, grieving teens gathered near that...
North Korea purges Kim Jong Un’s powerful uncle
BEIJING — The House of Kim has shuffled its cards, but don't expect a prize for guessing who still holds the strongest hand. In an unusually public purge, North...
Airspace dispute to dominate Biden’s visit to China
BEIJING — China's sudden claim of ownership of the airspace above the East China Sea has turned Vice President Biden's swing in Asia for talks about job growth into a...
India refuses to budge on subsidies at WTO talks
BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Chances of a breakthrough in global trade negotiations dimmed as India refused to budge on food subsidies that are an obstacle to an eleventh hour agreement...