Aid reaches Papua New Guinea landslide site
Supplies of food and medicine were beginning to arrive at the scene of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea Wednesday, with aid workers discovering children rendered mute by the shock of the disaster.
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Rohingya forced to fight alongside Myanmar army tormentors
Rohingya mother Sofura Begum has spent years in a squalid refugee camp after fleeing Myanmar. Now her teenage son has been taken to fight alongside the troops that put her there.
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'Two Mexicos' prepare to vote amid economic divide
One runs an aerospace parts maker, the other works in a restaurant near a major new oil refinery -- both women will vote in Mexican elections this weekend, but they could be from different countries.
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Pervert or pioneer? The entrepreneur trying to get S. Korea into porn
When entrepreneur Lee Hee-tae told his parents he was going into the porn business, he urged them not to worry about social disapproval in conservative South Korea and to think about the money instead.
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IMF lifts China's 2024 growth forecast to 5%
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday raised its 2024 growth forecast for China to five percent, citing recent policy moves by Beijing to boost its struggling economy.
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South Africa votes in 'watershed' election
South Africans vote on Wednesday in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance.
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Haiti transitional council names prime minister
Haiti's transitional government council on Tuesday named a new prime minister to lead the violence-hit Caribbean nation, council members said, choosing Garry Conille, who briefly served in that role from 2011 to 2012.
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Olympic champ Warholm to open outdoor season on home Oslo track
Karsten Warholm will make his long-awaited outdoor debut just 57 days out from the Paris Olympics when he takes to his home track in Oslo on Thursday in the sixth meeting on the 15-meet Diamond League circuit.
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West Indies ready to knock home T20 World Cup 'out of this world'
It is heaping a lot on to the shoulders of a player who has only played three T20 internationals but West Indies' hopes of triumphing in their home World Cup may just rest with young fast bowler Shamar Joseph.
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'Nice and relaxed': Marsh to stamp mark on Australia at T20 World Cup
A key goal of new Twenty20 captain Mitchell Marsh is to keep Australia "nice and relaxed" as they strive for an unprecedented triple crown of titles across the game's three formats at the World Cup.
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