Less than a month after Fitch Ratings gave the Philippines the much-awaited investment grade, the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Monday breached the critical 7,000 level for the first time in the history of the local bourse.
On Wednesday, 200 Chinese students from the Boston University gathered at the campus to pray for the Chinese student who was killed and those who were injured.
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit off Japan's Hokkaido at around 12: 06 local time Friday, said Japan' s Meteorological Agency.
Ten years have passed since the outbreak of SARS in 2003. Yet, for those SARS survivors, the nightmare is far from over, as serious sequelaes continue to inflict them both physically and psychologically.
Reuters made a wrong statement on April 18 that securities mogul George Soros was dead. Soros' spokesperson soon clarified that he was alive and well.
A seven-year-old girl in Beijing who was infected with H7N9 bird flu, the first such case in the Chinese capital, was discharged from hospital Wednesday afternoon, local health authorities announced.
The FBI confirmed on Wednesday a suspect has been arrested for mailing letters containing poison ricin to President Barack Obama and two others.
The third victim in Boston Marathon blasts was identified Tuesday as a Chinese national, according to Chinese Consulate officials.
Casualties given by sources have been in contradiction after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.5 magnitude on the Richter scale hit southeastern Iran on Tuesday.
The 2013 Boston Marathon is the 117th version of the historical event, which was first held in 1897. The Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon and one of six World Marathon Majors.
The South Korean government on Wednesday made a formal confirmation that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was behind the March 20 cyber attack that paralyzed computer networks at banks and broadcasters.
Singapore is preparing for a bid for the Singapore Botanic Gardens to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong said on Monday.
The state finances of Cyprus have reached a borderline situation and the government may have difficulty in paying the salaries of its employees at the end of April, the island's Finance Minister Haris Georgiades said on Monday.
The state finances of Cyprus have reached a borderline situation and the government may have difficulty in paying the salaries of its employees at the end of April, the island's Finance Minister Haris Georgiades said on Monday.
India's ruling Congress party Monday dubbed as "lies" the latest release of diplomatic cables by whistle-blower website Wikileaks which claim that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi may have been a middleman for an arms deal in the 1970s.
Detroit bargain properties are very interesting with low-end homes being listed for as low as one dollar.
Two palliative care patients in a nursing home have died due to flu outbreak in Australia's North Queensland, local media reported on Thursday.
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