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WWI Australia submarine wreck found off PNG

[2017-12-22 07:52]

SYDNEY - Australia's most enduring military mystery has been solved after the wreckage of the country's first submarine was found more than a century after vanishing off Papua New Guinea's coast, officials said on Thursday.

Watch out for 'wearables' as smart money is on doubling of market

[2017-12-22 07:52]

SAN FRANCISCO - Sales of "wearable" computing items - from internet-linked watches to step-counting shoes - will nearly double in the next few years, a market forecaster said on Wednesday.

US woman delivers baby from embryo frozen for 24 years

[2017-12-22 07:52]

MIAMI - A US woman has given birth to a healthy baby girl from an embryo that was frozen a quarter century ago, in what hospital officials said may be a world record.

Rising debt for youths in S. Korea

[2017-12-22 07:52]

SEOUL - South Korea's younger generation is facing rising debt while the older generation has less living costs, boosting worries about low birthrate amid an aging population, data showed on Thursday.

Slavery fight needs 'change in culture'

[2017-12-21 08:14]

LONDON - Police and prosecutors in Britain are taking the fight to human traffickers and slavemasters, but the country needs a "change in culture" to end modern slavery, the UK's anti-slavery czar said.

Teenage drownings prompt review of safety measures

[2017-12-21 08:14]

CANBERRA - Government of the South Australian state has announced a plan to improve safe swimming practices after two teenagers drowned at the same Adelaide beach within eight days.

'Serious' crack found on Japan train

[2017-12-21 08:14]

TOKYO - Train operator West Japan Railway Co said on Tuesday that a 16-centimeter crack found in a steel frame of a carriage of a shinkansen bullet train was "extremely serious".

Canadian province bans grizzly bear hunting

[2017-12-21 08:14]

VANCOUVER - The government of the Canadian province of British Columbia has decided to immediately end the hunting of grizzly bears throughout the province.

Chinese travelers enchanted with Christmas markets

[2017-12-21 08:14]

Christmas markets are becoming an important attraction for independent Chinese travelers looking for experiences that are different to those sought by mainstream tourists from China.

Decorations aim to make a difference

[2017-12-20 09:19]

DAMASCUS - Instead of the more traditional baubles and tinsel, a Christmas tree in the old city of Damascus is festooned with the wishes of people for 2018.

Normandy invasion plane discovered in US

[2017-12-20 09:19]

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin - A plane that led the invasion of Normandy during World War II has been saved from a junkyard and is being carefully restored in Wisconsin.

'Broken' K-pop star reveals loneliness in suicide note

[2017-12-20 09:19]

SEOUL - A top K-pop star wrote in a suicide note that he was "broken from inside" and "engulfed" by depression, it emerged on Tuesday as his death sent shockwaves among fans worldwide.

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