Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who was suspended Thursday to face an impeachment trial, warned that the impeachment movement threatened key government welfare programs and recently-discovered deep-sea oil deposits.
The bereaved families who lost their loved ones in one of South Korea's deadliest maritime disaster seemed at a first glance to have returned to their normal life, smilingly having a chat with each other before press conference to foreign correspondents in Seoul earlier this week.
Locals and tourists wondering what is it like to die and be reborn can try out the death simulator, a two-hour experience at a Chinese amusement park that gives people an idea of what it is like to be cremated.
French Labor Minister Mayriam El Khomri on Monday promised to improve the text of a controversial labor reform that has fueled critics even from the ruling camp and would trigger street protest.
Half a century after they took the world by storm, the legacy of the Beatles earns 119 million U.S. dollars a year for their home city of Liverpool. Moreover, the 'Beatles industry' in the city is growing at 15 percent a year.
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura told press on Monday that intra-Syrian talks initially planned to start on Monday have been delayed until Jan. 29.
The visibly dazed Ariadna Gutierrez of Colombia says she is "still happy" for what she accomplished in the 64th Miss Universe on Sunday (Monday morning, Philippine time) even after a hosting gaffe.
Archaeologists with the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered fossils of seven giant rat species on East Timor, with the largest up to 10 times the size of modern rats, the university announced on Friday.
As the world awaits Chinese President Xi Jinping's first state visit to Washington, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said current China-U.S. relations are positive and limited only by imagination. "If anyone says there is a crisis between China and U.S., that is hushuobadao [Chinese equivalent for nonsense]," the Mandarin-speaking politician told Xinhua in an interview in Beijing. "Are there problems? Yes. Will there will problems in the future? Probably. But no crisis," said Rudd.
U.S. lawmakers and Asian American advocacy groups Tuesday urged the country's Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate what appeared to be a "growing pattern" of accusing innocent Chinese-Americans of spying for China.
It sold 4.5 million copies globally in just half a year and has become popular with foreign leaders, diplomats and scholars. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg placed an English copy on his workstation desk and purchased more for his colleagues to read.
Powerful blast at a weapon depot in eastern Syria killed at least 25 militants with the Islamic State (IS) militant group on Wednesday, a monitor group reported.
Malaysia's low-cost carrier AirAsia's shareprice fell to a low of RM2.56 (about 0.73 U.S. dollar) in a knee-jerk reaction following the disappearance of Flight QZ8501 in Indonesia on Sunday.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Thursday that her government will work to control inflation and trim public spending to spur economic growth.
The New Zealand government will act on recommendations made by inquiries to the Fonterra botulism scare, but it will not rush to conclusions about what went wrong, Trade Minister Tim Groser said Wednesday.
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