Top Beijing Scientist: China Faces 'Huge Impact' From Climate Change
The head of the country's meteorological administration says it faces climate disasters and ecological degradation resulting from a warming planet.
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Police In India Arrest Hundreds In 10th-Grade Cheating Scandal
The crackdown follows the airing of video taken in the country's northeast that showed parents, relatives and friends of students scaling school walls to pass cheat sheets through windows.
Renewed Fighting Creates Setback For Myanmar's Efforts To End Civil War
For the third time in six years, fighting between government troops in Myanmar and ethnic insurgents is sending refugees streaming over the border into China.
Solar Eclipse Wows Parts Of Europe, Middle East And Russia
The eclipse, total in some areas far north and partial for many others, lasted about 2 1/2 hours and was visible from South America to Asia.
On Happiness Day, 6 Nepalis Tell How To Not Worry And Be Happy
Nepal is a poor country. Unemployment is high. Politics is a mess. But as one resident puts it, "[We] have the ability to be happy about how unhappy we are."
Prices For Chanel Handbags To Rise In Europe, Lower In Asia
Chanel says it is aligning the cost of its handbags worldwide. The move reacts to the depreciating euro and aims to stop people from buying up the classic bags to sell at a profit in other countries.
Australia Taking Over Local Government On Tiny, Bankrupt Island
Norfolk Island, home to descendants of sailors who mutinied on the HMS Bounty in 1789, will be administered from Canberra beginning next year.
Australian Leader Raises Furor In Parliament With 'Goebbels' Comment
Roars of disapproval rang out in Australia's Parliament on Thursday, after Prime Minister Tony Abbott called Labor leader Bill Shorten "the Dr. Goebbels of economic policy."
Japan, China Hold Security Talks, Hoping To Defuse Tensions
The meeting between foreign ministers on both sides is the first such dialogue in four years after relations were frozen by Beijing in 2011 over a disputed island chain in the East China Sea.
Thai Court Charges Ex-Premier Yingluck With Negligence
Yingluck Shinawatra, whose government was ousted in a military coup in May, will be tried for her role in overseeing a failed policy to boost the price of rice paid to mostly poor, rural farmers.