China braced after rule changes

Australia's new restrictions on foreign buyers of agricultural land and electricity infrastructure are likely to affect all countries, but the impact on Chinese enterprises could be huge, said Chinese experts.

Blaze kills 11 in welfare dormitory

TOKYO - Eleven people died in a fire at a welfare facility for the elderly and people with special needs on Wednesday night in the northernmost prefecture of Sapporo, local police said on Thursday.

Trump warns of migrant peril, touts tax overhaul

WASHINGTON - Addressing a deeply divided nation, US President Donald Trump summoned the country to a "new American moment" of unity in his first State of the Union, challenging Congress to make good on long-standing promises to fix a fractured immigration system.

Half of world spot 'super blood blue moon' on rise

MIAMI - Many parts of the globe caught a glimpse on Wednesday of a giant crimson moon, thanks to a rare lunar trifecta that combines a blue moon, a super moon and a total eclipse.

New UN envoy talks of China role

Ma Zhaoxu, China's new ambassador to the United Nations, sees his country playing an important role in a rapidly changing world.

China stresses Russia bond despite 'sanction list'

A potential sanction list released by the United States that includes more than 200 Russian politicians and business leaders will not affect China's ties and cooperation with Russia, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Wednesday.

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Yemen separatists take key area in Aden

SANAA, Yemen - The embattled Yemeni prime minister was preparing to flee the country on Tuesday for Saudi Arabia after separatists seized the area around the presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden in fierce battles overnight, security officials said.

Apology from Abe over lawmaker's Okinawa remark

Slips of the tongue have often cost Japanese politicians their jobs, with the latest being Fumiaki Matsumoto, who stepped down as Japan's Cabinet Office state minister on Friday for heckling during a parliamentary meeting the previous day.

'US factor' puts Russia back in focus

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe stepped down on Monday, ahead of his planned retirement in March amid tensions with US President Donald Trump over his alleged ties with Russia, media reported.

Russia fighter jet intercepts US spy plane

WASHINGTON - The US State Department said on Monday that a Russian SU-27 engaged in an "unsafe interaction" with a US EP-3 aircraft in the international airspace over the Black Sea earlier on the same day.

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