Princess Noriko (R), second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, speaks beside fiance Kunimaro Senge at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo May 27, 2014.
One of the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines province of Leyte, a senior police official said Sunday.
The strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land smashed into the Philippines on Friday, forcing more than a million people to flee, flooding villages and raising fears of widespread casualties.
Vice-Premier Wang Yang announced a series of measures on Friday to support the economic and social development of Pacific island countries, including an infrastructure loan of $1 billion.
Secretary for Security of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government TK Lai urged the Philippines to respond to the Manila hostage tragedy victims' and bereaved families' four requests within the time the Hong Kong government specified.
Doha GOALS, the world's leading platform focusing on sport as a driver of social and economic change, will host a Ministers of Sport Summit for the first time this year.
An Indian Air Force fighter plane Friday crashed in the western state of Gujarat.
Emma Hack's team painted dancers in silver and fashioned them into poses that represent upcoming performances by the West Australian Ballet.
Tourists from China have been flooding into New Zealand and now a Shanghai-based property developer has bought an upmarket resort and plans a major upgrade to attract wealthy Chinese travellers to the South Pacific country.
One person was already confirmed dead in southern Philippines as Super Typhoon Haiyan (local codename: Yolanda) further barreled through the eastern and central Philippines on Friday, local authorities said.
At least 125,604 people have evacuated to safe places as typhoon "Haiyan", believed to be the strongest cyclone of this year in the world, made a landfall over Guiuan municipality in eastern Samar of the Philippines Friday morning.
Airplanes of British Royal Air Force Red Arrows Aerobatic Display Team perform in Doha, Qatar, Nov 7, 2013.
Authorities in the Philippines grounded air and sea transport on Thursday and urged fishing boats to return to port, as an approaching super typhoon, the most powerful storm on earth this year, gathered speed.
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