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US commander: Stealth fighters '100 percent' safe
The deployment of a dozen F-22 stealth fighters to Japan has so far gone off without a hitch as the aircraft are being brought back into the skies in ...
China's Wen says global crisis worsening
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Thursday that the impact of the global economic crisis is worsening, and called during a visit by German Chancellor ...
Q&A about UN Security Council meeting on Syria
Turkey's foreign minister will urge the Security Council on Thursday to set up a safe zone in Syria to protect thousands of civilians fleeing the ...
2nd typhoon hits SKorea, moves toward NKorea
Strong winds and hard rain pounded southern South Korea on Thursday, as the second typhoon this week barreled down on the Korean Peninsula only days ...
FACT CHECK: Convention speakers stray from reality
Laying out the first plans for his party's presidential ticket, GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took some factual shortcuts Wednesday night ...
Ford breaks ground on new plant in eastern China
Ford Motor Co. is developing a lower-priced small car for the Chinese market but has no plans to start a separate, cheaper brand in China as rivals ...
Women gets 4 years for stealing Motorola secrets
A federal judge sentenced a Chinese-born American Wednesday to four years in prison for stealing millions of dollars in trade secrets from Motorola, ...
Notorious Pakistan A-bomb scientist tries politics
The man who made Pakistan into a nuclear power and later admitted to leaking atomic secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya is going into politics, ...
World marks day of the missing
Tens of thousands of people around the world are missing today because of armed conflicts or human rights abuses such as abductions and illegal ...
Japanese pachinko mogul sues Wynn Resorts in Tokyo
Japanese pachinko tycoon Kazuo Okada has filed a lawsuit in Tokyo District Court seeking $140 million in damages from casino operator Wynn Resorts.
Official: China's growth stabilizing at slow pace
Government efforts to reverse China's economic slump are taking effect and growth is "stabilizing at a slow pace," the head of the country's planning ...
Asia stocks edge up ahead of Fed chief's speech
World stock markets were mostly lower Wednesday, as investors remained largely on the sidelines ahead of a key speech by Federal Reserve chief Ben ...
Japan's Daikin to buy Goodman Global for $3.7B
Japan's Daikin Industries, Ltd., plans to buy Houston, Texas-based Goodman Global Group Inc., a purchase that will fortify its status as the world's ...
Typhoon hits N. Korea, still reeling from floods
A powerful typhoon that killed at least 10 people in South Korea hit the North early Wednesday, knocking down hundreds of trees, destroying power ...
Iran agenda faces 'realities' at world gathering
Iranian officials have made no secret about their massive ambitions for this week's nonaligned nations' gathering, with a guest list including leaders ...
Clinton to discuss South China Sea on Asia trip
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will discuss tensions in the South China Sea during a sprawling trip through the Asia-Pacific that will ...
Apple's victory means soul-searching for Samsung
A U.S. jury's $1 billion verdict against Samsung for what rival Apple claimed was the illegal copying of its iPhone and iPad designs signals a turning ...
Ford to sell luxury Lincoln brand in China
Ford Motor Co., eager to grab a piece of China's growing luxury market, plans to start selling its Lincoln luxury brand here in 2014. It will be the ...
Markets stall as traders await US Fed chief speech
Stock markets retreated Tuesday due to global worries about the impact of the eurozone debt crisis and as investors awaited a key speech by the U.S.
Vestas in talks with Mitsubishi
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world's biggest maker of wind turbines, says it is in talk with Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries over possible ...
Chinese industrial profits fall in July
Profits at China's industrial companies tumbled in July for a fourth straight month, a sign of enduring economic weakness that adds to pressure on ...
Ford breaks ground on new plant in southwest China
Ford Motor Co. is building a sixth plant in China as part of an effort to increase its sales in the world's largest auto market. Ford CEO Alan Mulally ...
3 traffic accidents leave 56 dead in China
A commercial van slammed into a truck Monday in northwest China, killing nine people and bringing the overall death toll to 56 in three big accidents ...
Japan takes LLWS title, beats Tennessee 12-2
Fast friends in the Little League dorms, the boys from Japan and Tennessee played one last game Sunday to decide which team would be crowned World ...