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Chinese star wins US website apology over sex claims A US-based Chinese news agency has apologized to award-winning actress Zhang Ziyi for claiming she slept with top Chinese officials for money and gifts, a publicist said Wednesday.

19 December 2013

US 'regrets' diplomat treatment as India seethes The United States voiced regret to India on Wednesday over the treatment of a diplomat whose account of being stripped and cavity-searched triggered outrage.

19 December 2013

Philippines launches $8.17 bn Haiyan rebuilding plan The Philippines launched an $8.17 billion plan on Wednesday to rebuild the lives of millions made homeless by Super Typhoon Haiyan and strengthen the disaster-prone nation's defences against future tempests.

19 December 2013

Australia PM stands firm against 'corporate welfare' Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned struggling Australian companies Wednesday to get their house in order, refusing to indulge in "corporate welfare" subsidies despite car giant Holden's decision to shut local plants.

19 December 2013

Brazil, China to make new satellite launch in 2014 Brazil and China will launch a new joint environmental monitoring satellite next year to replace one which failed to enter orbit earlier this month, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said Tuesday.

19 December 2013

China's graft crackdown hits watches, luxury market Luxury watch sales fell in the key Chinese market this year in the face of a crackdown on corruption and extravagance, a global consultancy said.

19 December 2013

China confirms human death from new bird flu type A 73-year-old Chinese woman has died of a type of bird flu new in humans, health officials say, but experts believe the risk of it spreading between people is low.

18 December 2013

Filipina crowned Miss International in Japan A Philippine beauty queen has been crowned Miss International in a pageant marred by allegations of intimidation that kept her predecessor away -- pledging to use her title to help victims of the country's devastating typhoon.

18 December 2013

China's Jade Rabbit rover sends first moon photos China's Jade Rabbit rover sent back its first pictures from the moon, as officials on Monday lauded the first lunar soft landing in nearly four decades as a step forward for "mankind as a whole".

18 December 2013

Santa takes gourmet dinner to Japan nuclear evacuees When Santa arrived at a school hosting children who fled Japan's nuclear disaster, he brought the usual presents, but he also bore something a little less ordinary -- a gourmet Christmas dinner.

18 December 2013

World experiences hottest November in 134 years: US The month of November was the hottest experienced on Earth since record-keeping began in 1880, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday.

18 December 2013

Row grows after US Marshals strip-search Indian diplomat US officials admitted Tuesday that they strip-searched a female Indian diplomat after she was arrested in New York in a new twist to a growing row that has seen India hit back with reprisals such as removing security barriers around the US embassy.

18 December 2013

US to cut funding on Turkish Chinese-missile purchase The US Congress is set to adopt a law next week forbidding Turkey from using American funds to acquire a $4 billion missile system from a Chinese company blacklisted by Washington.

14 December 2013

US, Chinese warships nearly collide in S. China Sea A Chinese naval vessel came dangerously close to a US warship during a tense incident in the South China Sea last week, US military officials said Friday.

14 December 2013

China's first lunar rover to land on moon Saturday A space module carrying China's first lunar rover is scheduled to land on the moon Saturday evening, state media said, in a huge step for the Asian superpower's ambitious space programme.

14 December 2013

Hefty fine for ignoring 'Do Not Knock' sign A door-to-door salesperson who ignored a "Do Not Knock" sign to try to win over a gas customer has ended up costing their Australian employers Aus$60,000 (US$53,600).

14 December 2013

Wine dealer 'lied over fake vintages': US trial Renowned wine collector Rudy Kurniawan forged some of the finest vintages in the world, a series of French experts told his New York fraud trial Thursday.

13 December 2013

Japan to pledge $20 bn aid to ASEAN: reports Japan will pledge $20 billion in aid to Southeast Asian countries at a 11-nation summit this weekend as it looks to shore-up ties in a region increasingly dominated by China, reports said Friday.

13 December 2013

Karzai warns against 'initimidation' on US troop deal Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he would not be bullied into signing a security pact to allow US troops to stay on after next year, as he tried to persuade India Friday to provide more military assistance.

13 December 2013

Ford to open plants in China, Brazil; add 5,000 US jobs US automaker Ford said Thursday it will open two new plants in China and a third in Brazil next year while adding more than 5,000 jobs in the United States.

13 December 2013

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