ASAKURA, Japan - At least two people have been killed and 18 others are missing in huge floods that are surging through southern Japan, with authorities warning hundreds of thousands of people to flee.
Intellectuals believe open dialogues and concrete partnerships between Europe and China will boost human rights
CAIRO/LONDON - Four Arab states refrained on Wednesday from slapping further sanctions on Qatar but voiced disappointment at its "negative" response to their demands and said their boycott of the tiny Gulf nation would continue.
SEOUL - South Korea has released rare video footage of Korean women forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II, the first time moving images have been shown of the comfort women.
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Normally Thu Phuong is as timid as a mouse, afraid of standing in front of a group of people. But last weekend, her persona changed as she took the microphone and belted out a ballad in front of her colleagues.
PARIS - Victor Hugo would be appalled to see the ravages inflicted by time, pollution and weather on his beloved Notre Dame, the soaring cathedral that adorns the heart of Paris.
LONDON - Many people from Asia choose a Westernized forename to make it easier for their friends and colleagues from that part of the world, as many Westerners struggle to get their vocal chords around some Chinese names.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma - Hobby Lobby Stores has agreed to pay a $3 million federal fine and forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts smuggled from the Middle East that the government alleges were intentionally mislabeled, federal prosecutors said.
SAN FRANCISCO - A female gray wolf, her mate and at least three pups are the second pack of wolves spotted in Northern California since the species went extinct there in 1924, state wildlife officials said on Wednesday.
TOKYO - Japan's labor shortage has pushed job-hopping to its highest since the global financial crisis, as companies scramble for workers with experience in the rapidly aging economy.
WASHINGTON - Most of the frogs alive today may owe a "big thank you" to the mass extinction that wiped out dinosaurs 66 million years ago. A new study by biologists from China and the United States showed that 88 percent of today's frog species have descended from just three lineages that survived the calamity, likely caused by an asteroid or comet striking the Earth.
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