Scientists say climate change fueled New Zealand’s storm rage
by climate change flooding worsened by a tropical cyclone that crippled much of New Zealand last month in one of the country’s costliest disasters, scientists said, …
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Will China’s next premier have a moderating influence on Xi?
HONG KONG (AP) – The pro-business track record of the man poised to become China’s top economic official will make his tenure a test of …
16 are still missing after 15 people died at an oil depot in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesian rescue workers and firefighters searched for possible victims under the rubble of charred houses and buildings on Saturday after a …
North Korea wants more control over agriculture in the face of food shortages
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to strengthen state control over agriculture and use every available effort to increase grain production, state media reported, …
Japan PM: Ban on Same-Sex Marriage, Not Discrimination
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the country’s ban on same-sex marriage was not discriminatory and insisted that constitutional freedom of marriage only provides for …
Police are looking for evidence in the case of the Hong Kong model who was killed
HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong police began searching a landfill on Tuesday looking for evidence linked to the killing of model Abby Choi. The …
Workers dig in shifts in search of 47 missing people at China mine
ALXA LEAGUE, China (AP) — Work teams trying to find 47 people missing after a collapse at an open-pit mine in north China have had …
Search suspended for 50 missing in China mine collapse
BEIJING (AP) – The search for at least 50 people missing since the collapse of an open-pit coal mine in north China has been suspended …
Philippine police are on the hunt for the killer of a New Zealand tourist
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A search was underway by Philippine police on Wednesday for two motorcyclists who shot dead a New Zealander in a brazen …
Albanese says US and UK benefit from Australian nuclear submarines
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines will be the biggest leap in the …