AP A car bomb exploded outside a mosque Sunday, killing at least 37 people and wounding another 141 in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi — the third mass-casualty attack on the minority sect in the country this ...
It's a dangerous, unpredictable world. Twice in January Chinese warships in the East China Sea challenged Japan's Maritime Self Defense Forces patrols in a manner deemed threatening. And on Feb. 12 came North Korea's nuclear test.
Here's an open secret: Japanese men have a bad international reputation on the romance front.
SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...
Kenta Maeda shook off worries about his form with five shutout innings as Japan beat China 5-2 in first-round Pool A of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at Fukuoka Dome. Japan improved to 2-0 following a tough win over Brazil in Saturday evening’s ...
A food fraud scandal over horse meat sold as beef deepened Saturday as two companies at the center of the row took legal action and European governments said criminal activity is suspected. Frozen food giant Findus lodged a legal complaint in France after evidence ...
Prime Minister David Cameron claimed victory in his battle to slash the EU budget Friday, saying marathon talks proved that his promise of a referendum on EU membership had not left Britain isolated. Cameron had vowed to accept nothing less than a real-term freeze ...
Britain’s food scare over lasagna with horse meat spread to several other European countries Friday, and officials said they suspected criminal activity was behind the growing scandal. Swedish food giant Findus pulled various frozen meals from store shelves in France and Sweden, a day ...
British authorities warned the public Thursday not to eat beef lasagna sold by the Findus brand and made in France after tests found it contained up to 100 percent horse meat. In the latest in a string of food scares in Britain, the Food ...
The former wife of disgraced former British Climate Change Minister Chris Huhne told her trial Thursday that he put pressure on her to admit a speeding offense on his behalf. Vicky Pryce said she refused point-blank when Huhne asked her to take the speeding ...
The discovery of King Richard III under a parking lot in the English city of Leicester thrilled history buffs around the world. But the news meant a winter of discontent for the rival city of York, and now the two are doing battle over ...
British researchers unveil a futuristic Antarctic research base that can move, sliding across the frozen surface to beat the shifting ice and pounding snow that doomed its predecessors.
The identification of King Richard III’s skeleton is the latest coup by forensic scientists who use radiocarbon-dating, DNA analysis, 3-D scanning and other high-tech tools to unlock the secrets of the long dead. Other famous cases include: “Oetzi” the Iceman: In 1991, hikers in ...
Scientists rescue the remains of Richard III from anonymity — and the monarch's fans hope a revival of his reputation will soon follow.
Under draft legislation set to be announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on Monday, Britain’s biggest banks will face being broken up if they fail to ring-fence their retail and investment arms. The new law will empower the government and a new ...
It’s a riddle faced by cash-strapped governments the world over: How can people be persuaded to make decisions that leave them healthier and happier, while saving taxpayers’ money at the same time? In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron has set up a team to ...
Near the entrance of York High School in northern England, painted in large letters, are the words of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” It is not a bad motto, particularly for a school that prides itself ...
