BEIJING — China executed two people today for their roles in a tainted milk powder scandal in which at least six children died and more than 300,000 became sick.
Zhang Y...
Ceremony honors Hindu goddess
KATMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal today for a ceremony involving the slaughter of mor...
GENEVA — Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more t...
BROMONT, Quebec — A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression said she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photographs of her on Facebook in ...
LONDON — Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if ...
SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama said today the United States has begun talking with allies about fresh punishment against Iran for defying efforts to halt it...
Stakes are high in Afghanistan
KABUL — Afghanistan will control its own security within five years and prosecute corrupt officials, President Hamid Karzai pledged today i...
He will end trip to Asia in S. Korea
BEIJING — President Barack Obama absorbed history's expanse today from atop the Great Wall of China, a man-made wonder of such enormi...
Delicate surgery successful so far
MELBOURNE, Australia — An aid worker who helped bring formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins to Australia where doctors managed to separa...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A beverage company asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whisky that has been on the rocks sin...
