Bangladesh building disaster death toll passes 500 The death toll from last week's collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh passed 500 Friday as the country's prime minister said Western retailers had to share some of the blame for the tragedy.
04 May 2013
Dozens hurt in powerful Prague gas blast A powerful gas blast ripped through a four-storey building in Prague's historic centre on Monday, injuring 43 people including foreigners, and causing panic in the Czech capital.
30 April 2013
Cranes clear Bangladesh disaster site as hopes fade Cranes began clearing the wreckage of a ruined garment factory complex in Bangladesh on Monday after the "last survivor" of the country's deadliest industrial disaster was killed by a fire.
29 April 2013
Bangladesh arrests owners of collapsed garment factory Bangladeshi police said Saturday they had arrested two owners of garment factories based at the eight-storey building that collapsed outside the capital as the death toll rose to at least 324.
27 April 2013
Bangladesh toll hits 273 as US vows to help crackdown Bangladeshi rescuers pulled dozens more people alive from a razed garment factory building Friday as the US pressed for a crackdown on deadly negligence of safety norms in the clothing industry.
26 April 2013
Bangladesh garment trade under fire as disaster toll rises Rescuers in Bangladesh Thursday hunted for survivors in a collapsed building as the death toll rose to 152 and criticism mounted of foreign firms that source cheap clothes from the country.
25 April 2013
Many feared dead as Bangladesh building collapses At least three people were killed and many more are feared dead after an eight-storey building housing a market collapsed Wednesday on the outskirts of Dhaka.
27 dead in India building collapse: police At least 27 people were crushed to death on the outskirts of Mumbai after a building collapsed while under construction, with many victims believed to be labourers living at the site.
Dar es Salaam building collapse toll hits 25 The death toll from a building which collapsed in Tanzania's economic capital Dar es Salaam reached 25 Sunday, officials said as hope faded of finding those missing two days after the accident.
01 April 2013
Sony sells Tokyo office building for $1.2 bn Sony said Thursday it has sold one of its main buildings in Tokyo for $1.2 billion as the embattled Japanese electronics giant offloads assets to help repair its tattered balance sheet.
28 February 2013
Smoke but no fire in smoggy Shanghai Shanghai was forced to deny that China's future tallest building, now under construction, was on fire Thursday after what looked like smog surrounded the towering structure.
01 February 2013
Dutch architect to build house with 3D printer A Dutch architect has designed a house "with no beginning or end" to be built using the world's largest 3D printer, harnessing technology that may one day be used to print houses on the moon.