Cyclone Mocha death toll reaches 145 in Myanmar
The death toll from Cyclone Mocha has reached 145 in Myanmar with the majority Rohingya refugees, authorities said Friday, after the region's most powerful storm in more than a decade hit at the weekend.
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Tsunami alert lifted after 7.7-magnitude Pacific quake
A tsunami warning in the Pacific has been lifted after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday, sending many islanders fleeing coastal areas.
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'Not just the fastest woman': Norwegian mountaineer eyes speed record
When Norwegian climber Kristin Harila stepped onto the summit of Cho Oyu this month she became the fastest woman to climb all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks.
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Most Asian, European markets rally on US debt deal hope
Most markets built on a global rally Friday as traders grow increasingly hopeful that US lawmakers will hammer out a deal to lift the debt ceiling and avert a calamitous default.
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Rushdie says 'struggle continues' in first public appearance since attack
British writer Salman Rushdie attended a New York gala on Thursday night in his first public appearance since a knife attack that nearly took his life last year.
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'Mini kangaroos' hop back in South Australia
The brush-tailed bettong -- a rare, very cute marsupial resembling a rabbit-sized kangaroo -- is bouncing back on the South Australian mainland, more than 100 years after disappearing from the region.
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'Friends to all': US-China influence race a boon for Pacific islands
When the US secretary of state travels through Papua New Guinea's capital next week to meet the leader of the South Pacific nation, it will be on a six-lane highway built by China.
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Zelensky to attend Japan G7 in person, as new sanctions unveiled
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will attend the G7 summit in Japan in person, officials familiar with his plans revealed Friday, as the bloc announced new sanctions targeting Russia's "war machine".
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Hong Kong court rejects Jimmy Lai challenge to national security body
A Hong Kong court on Friday dismissed a legal challenge by jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, conceding it had "no jurisdiction" over Beijing's national security apparatus in the city.
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In S.Africa a 3-year-old reader stands out amid literacy 'crisis'
At three years old, a South African toddler reads better than 80 percent of the country's schoolchildren who are more than three times her age.
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