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Cyclone Ului hits Queensland coast
Cyclone Ului damaged homes and cut power to thousands of houses in Queensland's Whitsunday region on Sunday.
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Pope fails to calm anger over Irish abuses
Pope Benedict apologized Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by clergy in Ireland and ordered an official inquiry to try to stem a scandal gripping the Catholic Church which has swept across Europe.
Suspected explosive found on plane in India
A suspected explosive found on a passenger plane sparked a bomb scare and grounded the aircraft in southern India, police said on Sunday.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in Gaza
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning in his second visit since Israel ended its military operation in the coastal enclave.
Thai activists reject peace talks offer
5.6-magnitude quake hits Cuba, no casualties reported
India unexpectedly hikes rates a quarter point
Thousands of BA flights canceled as crew on strike
Obama appeals to Iranian people in Internet video
Protesters begin weekend march around Bangkok
US vital in pan-Asian institutions
Clinton expects new START deal to be signed soon
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Asia-Pacific
Japanese fish dealers welcome tuna ban rejection
Japanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna - a prized ingredient of sushi - while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing.
F-35 fighter succeeds in 1st vertical landing test
US weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin said Thursday the company's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter succeeded in vertical landing test for the first time earlier in the day, a rare piece of good news for the problem prone program.
Science and Health
Acupuncture can spread serious diseases: experts
Bacterial infections, hepatitis B and C, and possibly even HIV are being transmitted via acupuncture through the use of contaminated needles, cotton swabs and hot packs, experts warned on Friday.
Cloak of invisibility takes a step forward
From Grimm's fairy tales to Harry Potter, the cloak of invisibility has played a major role in fiction. Now scientists have taken a small but important new step toward making it reality.
NewsmakerKids who helped deliver baby describe ordeal
When their mom went into labor with no one else around, a 9-year-old California boy and his 11-year-old sister quickly responded like pros and helped care for their newborn brother.
Author assumes guise of 10-year-old to punk famous
Secretaries of state, touched by the 10-year-old's handwritten letters on grade-school notepaper, wrote back advising him how to settle a treehouse dispute with his sister. O.J. Simpson's lawyer told him how to get off the hook on accusations he destroyed a doll. A publisher of racy magazines, asked whether there was a version for kids, told him to read the Sears catalog instead, and "you'll be 18 before you know it."
Oldest person in US dies in NH at age 114
Mary Josephine Ray, the New Hampshire woman who was certified as the oldest person living in the United States, has died at age 114 years, 294 days.
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Global General
Volcano erupts in Iceland; US flights diverted
Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beneath a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency said Sunday
5.6-magnitude quake hits Cuba, no casualties reported
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted the eastern Cuban province of Guantanamo Saturday. But no casualties have been reported so far.
Pope fails to calm anger over Irish abuses
Pope Benedict apologized Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by clergy in Ireland and ordered an official inquiry to try to stem a scandal gripping the Catholic Church which has swept across Europe.
Thousands of BA flights canceled as crew on strike
British Airways canceled more than 1,000 flights after its cabin crew launched a three-day strike Saturday, wreaking havoc on the plans of tens of thousands of passengers just before the busy spring holiday season.
At least 200 killed in Sierra Leone mine cave-in
At least 200 people were killed in a cave-in at an unofficial gold mine in Sierra Leone, the West African country's Ministry of Mineral Resources said on Friday.
Global BizIndia unexpectedly hikes rates a quarter point
India's central bank has unexpectedly hiked key interest rates a quarter of a percentage point, as the bank tries to cool high inflation amid a faster-than-expected economic rebound.
Pressing on yuan to hurt US economy: US media
The efforts by US legislators to pressure China to reform its currency is to make China a scapegoat of the US domestic politics, according to articles published by US well known media in recent days.
Odd NewsUS man executed by electrocution
A Virginia man has been executed for killing a teen girl and then bragging about it to prosecutors once he thought he could not face the death penalty.
A lion cub finds a dog mother
The newborn cub, which is the only survivor after its mother and her three cubs died during the delivery, was taken by zoo employees to a mongrel dog to feed.
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