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Earthquake doesn't disrupt food, fuel supply to Alaska

[2018-12-04 07:15]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The supply chain of food and other goods delivered to the Port of Anchorage from the Lower 48 has not been disrupted by the powerful earthquake that caused widespread damage to roads in the Anchorage area.

Conflict in France heads for impasse

[2018-12-04 07:15]

The conflict between the French government and protesters is likely to come to an impasse, as the causes for it have been there for some time, experts say.

Manufacturers stockpile goods as MPs brace for Brexit debate

[2018-12-04 07:15]

With Britain's March 2019 Brexit date looming, manufacturers in the United Kingdom are taking action, stockpiling goods as they prepare to face the prospect of queues at Britain's ports.

Qatar to withdraw from OPEC and focus on gas exports from January

[2018-12-04 07:15]

DOHA - Qatar said on Monday that it was quitting OPEC from January next year, but would attend the oil exporter group's meeting this week, saying the decision meant Doha could focus on cementing its position as the world's top liquefied natural gas exporter.

ROK hints at Kim visit by end of the year

[2018-12-04 07:15]

Seoul anticipates the first visit by a top leader from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in over six decades to happen this month to consolidate the continuous diplomatic reconciliation efforts witnessed this year on the Korean Peninsula.

Ghosn's legal woes highlight governance failings

[2018-12-04 07:15]

TOKYO - One of the biggest mysteries surrounding the arrest of Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn is over how he allegedly could have underreported his income by millions of dollars for years and why the company is going after the suspected wrongdoing now.

With extremists gone, booze is back in Mosul

[2018-12-03 07:49]

MOSUL, Iraq - Rows of yellow-labeled whiskey bottles sit alongside imported French wines, while cans of Korean beer chill in the fridge: with Iraq's Mosul free of jihadists, the booze is back.

China and EU commit to further achievements

[2018-12-03 07:49]

Business leaders and former senior officials from China and the European Union issued a joint statement on Friday calling for open, balanced and inclusive multilateralism and a rules-based trade and investment system.

Icelandic language fending off an English takeover

[2018-12-03 07:49]

REYKJAVIK - Two centuries ago experts predicted that Icelandic would be a dead language by now. But the doomsayers can eat their words: Icelandic is alive and kicking despite an onslaught of English brought on by modern technology.

Students set on record with solar car journey

[2018-12-03 07:49]

SYDNEY - A team of students left the Western Australian city of Perth on Saturday in an attempt to break the world record for traversing the continent with the lowest energy consumption in an electric car.

Straight-talking engineers attempt to right gravitationally challenged tower

[2018-12-03 07:49]

PISA, Italy - "It's still straightening," said engineer Roberto Cela, gazing at the Leaning Tower of Pisa gleaming in the autumn sunshine of northern Italy. "And many years will have to pass before it stops."

Manufacturing PMI narrows in Nov

[2018-12-01 06:41]

The official manufacturing purchasing managers' index narrowed to 50 in November, the benchmark separating expansion from contraction, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday.

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