Taxis can often be a lifeline, particularly for a tourist with no sense of direction who has become hopelessly lost in a bustling megapolis like Tokyo.
Australia's opposition leader is under increasing pressure to support Australia's landmark free trade agreement (FTA) with China.
When boats packed with refugees capsized in the Mediterranean, resulting in countless deaths, Western powers ought to acknowledge their responsibilities for the tragedies, and should do more to embrace the hopeless.
The Greek ferry "Elefteros Venizelos" brought almost 2,500 new migrants from Syria in the Greek port Pireia on Tuesday, Greek media reported.
Chevron's Gorgon Project of the Western Australia northwest coast is expected to be delayed further after workers overwhelmingly supported taking industrial actions over work roster concerns.
Seven people were killed - two pilots in one plane and two pilots and three skydivers in another - in a collision involving two small aircraft near the village of Cerveny Kamen in Western Slovakia on Thursday.
Researchers on Monday said they may have discovered a new species of gliding possums.
Two small brush-tailed rock-wallaby joeys have emerged from their mother's pouches at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, continuing its successful breeding program for the endangered species, it was announced Friday.
A string of violent and bloody incidents in recent days have set off the alarm bells that Israel might be evolving into a violent society and losing its moral compass.
China is considering a ban on exaggerated claims in cosmetics ads such as "skin as white as a newborn within a week".
Comprehensive sexual health tests needed, not just HIV screenings: Aussie doctors warn
The State Council, China's cabinet, said on Wednesday that the country has the confidence and condition to realize its major economic and social development targets this year.
President of Argentina's football association (AFA), Luis Segura Tuesday called for an end to the mistreatment of star playmaker Lionel Messi after Argentina were defeated in the Copa America 2015 final by hosts Chile.
An international team of scientists will begin a pioneering project beneath the seafloor off New Zealand in 2018 as they seek to learn more about the causes of earthquakes and tsunamis.
South Korea banned financial transactions with three individuals and four institutions of the third nationalities believed to have supported the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) through arms trade, Yonhap News Agency reported Friday citing the foreign ministry.
China entered the quarterfinal for the first time in eight years after defeating Cameroon 1-0, thanks to a first-half goal of Wang Shanshan, at the Women's World Cup here on Saturday.
MSCI Inc. is going to add China A-Shares to its MSCI Emerging Markets Index quicker than many anticipate, which could happen in 2015 toward the end of the year, a U.S. financial expert told Xinhua.