Chevron ordered to pay Ecuador $9.51 bn on appeal: courtAn Ecuadoran court Tuesday upheld a ruling that US oil giant Chevron was liable for environmental damage in its Amazon basin region by sister company Texaco, but ordered it to pay a reduced $9.51 billion.
13 November 2013
Giant yellow duck victim of Taiwan quakeA giant yellow duck on display in Taiwan became a high-profile victim of Thursday's earthquake after it deflated before exploding during an attempt to reinflate it.
01 November 2013
No payout for Australia 'sex-at-work' womanAn Australian woman injured when a motel room light fitting fell and hit her while having sex on a business trip failed in a bid for workers' compensation.
30 October 2013
Britain braces for worst storm in a decadeBritain faced travel chaos on Monday and more than 10,000 homes were without electricity in northwestern France as a massive storm swept in from the Atlantic Ocean.
28 October 2013
Sandy clean-up 'enormous' one year onA year after Hurricane Sandy, the United States still faces an enormous task to repair $60 billion worth of damage and improve resiliency before the next cyclone.
Frogmen join body hunt as Japan typhoon tolls hit 24Frogmen were Friday scouring waters off the coast of a Japanese island where landslides buried houses when a huge typhoon rolled through, as the death toll reached 24.