Eastern China set for record-hot summers: studyBy 2024, more than half of summers in eastern China will be as hot as in 2013, when the region was hit by a record-busting heatwave and devastating drought.
13 October 2014
What is wrong with Kazakhstani education?Serik Irsaliev of the MInistry of Education shared the findings of an international study that looked into the Kazakh education system.
G20 lagging on growth targets: AustraliaReforms proposed to lift global growth in line with a target set by the world's biggest economies earlier this year are so far falling short, Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey said.
23 June 2014
Canada threatens to pull Commonwealth fundingCanada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has threatened to withdraw funding for the Commonwealth in an escalating row over rights abuses by Sri Lanka ahead of a summit next month.
Australian climate on 'steroids' after hottest summer Australia's weather went "on steroids" over a summer that saw an unprecedented heatwave, bushfires and floods, the climate chief said Monday, warning that global warming would only make things worse.
04 March 2013
Japan PM warns of security perils at Obama talks Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Tuesday warned of an increasingly severe security environment in Asia amid raging territorial disputes, as he met US President Barack Obama.
20 November 2012
IMF: US 'fiscal cliff' would set back world economy The International Monetary Fund warned US leaders that hitting the looming "fiscal cliff" would not only crush the American economy but spin havoc through the rest of the world.
11 October 2012
Japan begins power saving despite nuclear restart Electricity saving targets came into effect in Japan on Monday as the country eyes a power shortfall over the hot summer, despite the weekend re-start of a nuclear reactor.