The strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land smashed into the Philippines on Friday, forcing more than a million people to flee, flooding villages and raising fears of widespread casualties.
More than 50 people demanding better wages for Wal-Mart workers in a protest organized by a union were arrested outside the retailer's store in the Chinatown section of Los Angeles on Thursday night.
John Kerry will join nuclear talks between major powers and Iran in Geneva on Friday in an attempt to nail down a long-elusive accord to start resolving a decade-old standoff over Tehran's atomic aims.
During London's damp and chilly days of November, the ubiquitous red Flanders poppies are eye-catching.
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Asian-Americans are the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States, and politicians are increasingly scrambling to reconcile a need to appeal to them with a lingering anti-China sentiment that reached a climax in the 2010 midterm elections.
When Jin Yiting set out to open a studio in Beijing, making and selling her handmade kesi artwork, she planned to choose an old warehouse on the outskirts of the capital which would not cost too much.
Police have recovered a baby allegedly stolen from a hospital in Hubei province and are questioning a suspect.
An expert in China's natural health products has one crucial suggestion for traditional Chinese medicine-makers interested in selling their products in the United States: Know the rules.
A three-man crew successfully blasted off into space with the Olympic torch on Thursday, ready to take it on its first space walk in what they said would be a "spectacular" showcase for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.
Swiss ex-pilot Yves Rossy flies over Mount Fuji in his custom-built, carbon-Kevlar jetwing with four engines on Nov 1, 2013. The Jetman made nine flights alongside Japan's landmark during demonstration flights from Oct 28 to Nov 3.
Hit by drought since mid-October, the largest freshwater lake in China has seen its water level drop to 8.2 meters on Wednesday, close to its seasonal low water level of 8 meters.
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