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Asia stocks up on hopes for a US budget deal
Signs that U.S. political leaders may be closing in on a budget deal to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" boosted Asian stock markets Thursday.
Japan suspends dubious reconstruction projects
Japan's government has suspended 35 projects included in a budget for reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami after criticism the ...
Asia stocks fall as talks over US budget stall
Lack of progress in negotiations for a deal to avoid a U.S. budget crisis before a January deadline sent Asian stock markets lower on Wednesday.
UN climate scientist: Sandy no coincidence
Though it's tricky to link a single weather event to climate change, Hurricane Sandy was "probably not a coincidence" but an example of the extreme ...
AP Exclusive: Graph suggests Iran working on bomb
Iranian scientists have run computer simulations for a nuclear weapon that would produce more than triple the explosive force of the World War II bomb ...
What's your QELRO? Fast guide to UN climate lingo
Every time U.N. negotiators meet for their annual climate talks, they come up with a new set of unintuitive acronyms, as if to make sure that people ...
Will US role at climate talks change after storm?
During a year with a monster storm and scorching heat waves, Americans have experienced the kind of freakish weather that many scientists say will ...
Asia stocks meander as US, Japan observe holiday
Asian stock markets saw little movement Friday as the U.S. and Japan observed holidays, although traders kept an eye on Americans hitting the stores ...
California city building "tsunami-resistant" port
It doesn't matter if the earth sways in Chile, Alaska or Japan, the formation of the sea floor along the U.S. West Coast generally aims any tsunami ...
Calif. city building a "tsunami-resistant" port
It doesn't matter if the earth sways in Chile, Alaska or Japan, the formation of the sea floor along the U.S. West Coast generally aims any tsunami ...
Japan brands fend off rivals at China auto show
Global automakers and their Chinese rivals put on sleek displays of new cars at a major auto show Thursday in Guangzhou, the southern Chinese ...
Survey on China manufacturing lifts Asia stocks
Asian stock markets rose after a private survey released Thursday showed manufacturing in China at a 13-month high, rare good news for the global ...
Toshiba shows off robot meant to help at nuke site
Toshiba Corp. has developed a robot it says can withstand high radiation to work in nuclear disasters, but it's not clear what exactly the robot is ...
Internment camp letters found in Denver building
Some letters arriving from Japanese-American internment camps during World War II were very specific, asking for a certain brand of bath powder, cold ...