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Mining giants slam Australia's 'high' taxes, costs and currency Three of the world's biggest miners have warned that government taxes, high costs and a strong currency are putting pressure on their Australian operations, reports said Monday, as they battle falling commodity prices owing to a supply glut.

26 May 2014

Security tight in China's Urumqi after market attack Security was tight Saturday in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang, two days after the volatile Muslim Uighur homeland suffered its bloodiest attack in years, leaving 43 people dead, including four assailants.

25 May 2014

Elephants from Canada take up residence in US zoo Three female Asian elephants took up residence at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington on Friday after a 2,500-mile (4,000-kilometer) road trip from western Canada.

24 May 2014

US wins WTO case against China on luxury cars The WTO on Friday rejected Chinese tariffs on US-made luxury cars, handing Washington a victory on one of the growing number of disputes between the world's two largest economies.

24 May 2014

India wins Italy appeal over helicopter deal India on Friday partially won an appeal against an Italian court order rejecting its request to recover bank guarantees over a scrapped helicopter deal at the centre of a bribery scandal.

24 May 2014

McCartney to make full recovery from virus in Tokyo Music legend Paul McCartney has been treated in a Tokyo hospital for an illness that forced him to cancel a tour of Japan but is expected to make a full recovery, his representatives said.

24 May 2014

New Zealand's iconic kiwi no Australian immigrant New Zealand's iconic kiwi is most closely related to the extinct elephant bird of Madagascar rather than the Australian emu as previously thought, researchers said Thursday.

23 May 2014

Japanese methods of tissue regeneration in Kazakhstan Japanese scientist presented a research on tissues and bones repair in Astana.

23 May 2014

CICA adopts Shanghai declaration Participants of the 4th Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) have adopted a Shanghai declaration.

23 May 2014

Khmer Rouge 'First Lady' hospitalised in Thailand: son The former "First Lady" of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime has been hospitalised in neighbouring Thailand and is relying on a feeding tube and oxygen to survive, her son said.

23 May 2014

Two Koreas accuse each other of lying about shelling Seoul Friday accused North Korea of a "blatant lie" in claiming it had not fired shells near a South Korean warship and said Pyongyang had threatened to bombard its military vessels.

23 May 2014

China sentences mining tycoon to death A Chinese court on Friday convicted a mining billionaire said to have links with former security tsar Zhou Yongkang of murder and sentenced him to death.

23 May 2014

China museum closed over fake exhibits A Chinese museum has been ordered to close after thousands of its historical exhibits were found to be fake, state-run media said on Thursday.

23 May 2014

Former Supreme court judge named new S. Korean premier South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Thursday named a former Supreme Court judge as her new prime minister, as the fallout from last month's ferry disaster casts a long shadow over upcoming local elections.

22 May 2014

Driver with 'device' strapped on his head held in Australia A truck driver caused traffic chaos in Melbourne Thursday by speeding the wrong way down a freeway with what was feared to be an explosive device strapped to his head, police said.

22 May 2014

Teenager test case in Maldives death penalty revival A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder over a fatal stabbing in the Maldives, becoming the first minor to be accused of a capital offence since the death penalty was reintroduced, officials said.

22 May 2014

Singapore Airlines plane veers off Yangon runway, no injuries A Singapore Airlines plane skidded off the runway on touching down during heavy rain at Myanmar's Yangon International Airport, but no injuries were reported, the carrier said.

22 May 2014

Microsoft to press China after Windows 8 ban Microsoft said Tuesday it would maintain efforts to gain approval in China for its Windows 8 operating system after a ban announced by Beijing.

22 May 2014

New Japan satellite to survey disasters, rain forests Japan is scheduled to launch a new mapping satellite on Saturday that will be used to survey damage from natural disasters and changes affecting rain forests.

21 May 2014

Australian tycoon sells racing empire to Mideast group Australian coal tycoon Nathan Tinkler on Wednesday said his thoroughbred breeding and racing empire had been bought by a consortium of local and Middle Eastern parties for an undisclosed sum.

21 May 2014

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