Asia Pacific
Powerful typhoon blows off Philippines, threatens Taiwan
Philippine forecasters warned fishing boats not to venture out to sea and commercial ships to watch out for big waves Thursday as ...Australians vote in tight general election contest
Polls have closed on the Australian east coast on Saturday in general elections in which the ruling conservative coalition expected to lose ...Toyota announces recalls for defective air bags, canisters
Toyota announced Wednesday it is recalling 1.43 million vehicles for defective air bags and another 2.87 million vehicles for faulty fuel emissions ...69 million children to face early death by 2030
The number of children who do not attend school is rising, child marriage has not dropped in decades and millions of young ...Thousands rally in Australia for same-sex marriage
Thousands of Australians marched at same-sex marriage rallies across the country on Saturday calling on whichever party wins a July 2 national ...78 dead, 500 hurt by storms in eastern China
Hurricane-force winds, freak hailstorms, pounding rain and a tornado killed 78 people in China\'s eastern province of Jiangsu on Thursday and injured ...North Korea fires missile but appears to have failed: South Korea
North Korea fired one missile from its east coast just before 6 a.m. on Wednesday (2100 GMT Tuesday) but it appears to ...3 International Space Station astronauts land in Kazakhstan
An International Space Station crew including an American, a Briton and a Russian landed safely Saturday in the sun-drenched steppes of Kazakhstan.Japan protests after Chinese warship sails near disputed East China Sea islands
Japan summoned the Chinese ambassador early on Thursday to express concern after a Chinese navy ship sailed close to what Japan considers ...Canada secures Rio volleyball berth with 3-2 win over China
Canada beat China 3-2 on Sunday to secure the final Olympic berth at a men\'s volleyball qualification tournament.