The recently reshuffled Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had its very foundations rocked Monday, following the doubly-whammy of two of the five female ministers he ushered into his inner coterie one month ago both stepping down the day due to money scandals.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's newly launched cabinet on Monday was jolted by resignations of two female ministers over their political funds scandal, with the prime minister seeing the appointments of the two resigning officials as his responsibilities.
A Queensland nurse has tested negative for the Ebola virus after returning from treating patients in west Africa where the disease is rife.
A runoff is expected to take place between Brazil's incumbent President Dilma Rousseff and her rival Aecio Neves on Oct. 26.
A 30-year-old mother in the U.S. state of Delaware has been charged with child endangerment and drug possession after her toddler daughter took packets of heroin to her day care center, Delaware State Police said Tuesday.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who will compete in a runoff for presidency later this month, said Monday she would compare her government programs with those of her conservative rival in the lead-up to the vote.
Gazing at an old black-and-white photo of Tiananmen Square in 1979, Jiao Li recalls celebrating the National Day as a child.
Three Venezuelans on Tuesday were sentenced to 24 years and 26 years in prison for murdering former Venezuelan beauty queen and her ex-husband.
Greece pays tribute to the great late Greek-American soprano Maria Callas with the establishment of a Museum-Opera Academy dedicated to her and her work scheduled to open in 2015, according to the Association for the Maria Callas House.
Presidential candidate of the Brazilian Socialist Party, Marina Silva, on Thursday denied that she would stop exploring Brazil's extensive pre-salt oil reserves if elected.
Chen Lin, a young violin player, has packed away all her competition trophies, symbolizing a farewell to the 10-year toil her parents believed would secure her a spot in a top university.
Lady Gaga kicked off her "AreRave: The Artpop Ball" world tour performance in Dubai at Meydan Racecourse with tens of thousands of her "little monsters" inspired on Wednesday evening.
Top U.S. presidential aide Susan Rice is to visit China next week to patch up recent rifts and put bilateral ties back on a right track.
"Moldova is an example for the states with European aspirations, especially because it chose the path to the West and simultaneously wants to keep the good relations with the East," visiting Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini Monday told her Moldovan counterpart Iurie Leanca.
Cering Yangzom, an ethnic Monba living deep in Tibet's mountains, never thought her pastime singing to the odd tourist traveling through her small village would ever become more than a pleasant diversion.
Nineteen students and a driver were sent to hospitals after the school bus they were riding slammed into a tree in the U.S. city of Houston Tuesday morning, local media reported.
Liu Yunxia owes a debt almost equal to her family's annual income. Yet, after publishing her script for a TV drama, she believes her dream is closer to coming true.
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