Los Angeles, the U.S. second largest metropolis, will benefit a great deal from the federal economic stimulus package passed by the Congress on Friday, a renowned economist said. Of the 789 billion U.S. dollars being sought b...
Hillary Clinton leaves on Sunday for Japan, Indonesia, South Korea and China on her first overseas tour as secretary of state, which reveals the importance the new U.S. administration attaches to a rising Asia. CHINA, AN ESS...
Kenya's sprawling and overcrowded Dadaab refugee complex is grappling with a cholera outbreak, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported Friday. The disease has infected 14 people so far, most of the...
Indonesia and Japan have agreed on the gas sales extension for 10 years, the Jakarta Post reported on Saturday. The signing of the initial agreement was conducted Friday in Osaka, Japan, which could soon be followed up by the...
Somali pirates have released a Japanese-owned oil tanker with 18 Filipino seamen on board, the Philippine government has confirmed. Bayani Mangibin, spokesman for the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, told reporters F...
Young lovers filled up theatres around China on Valentine's Day to see a play about a young man, his unrequited love of a neighbor and how his dilemma was symbolized by the animal he was in charge of feeding at a zoo. "Rhin...
Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) recorded a total of 13,864 criminal cases in 2008, increasing by 7.3 percent over 2007, the Macao Daily News reported on Saturday, quoting official figures. Crimes of encroachment upo...
