The Occupy movement targeted May 1, May Day, to disrupt “business as usual.” Organizers are encouraging the 99 percent across the country to take off on this day and march. (read the story…)
A hotel maid’s sexual assault lawsuit against Dominique Strauss-Kahn can go forward to trial, a judge ruled Tuesday, rebuffing the former International Monetary Fund leader’s diplomatic-immunity claim. (read the story…)
“Since a truce was agreed on April 12 … and despite the deployment of United Nations ceasefire monitors, more than 34 children have allegedly been killed,” special envoy Radhika Coomaraswamy said in a statement. (read the story…)
On Wednesday in Washington, Newt Gingrich will bury a campaign that has been dead so long it’s begun to smell. It’s tempting to view the narrative arc of Gingrich’s last 90 days as a tragedy: the wily antihero who rose from the ashes (twice!), only to fall victim to his own hubris. (read the...
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Monday declined to confirm reports that a prominent blind legal activist in China, who escaped house arrest in Beijing, is in U.S. custody, instead stressing that human (read more…)
A Japanese research team has set a new record for deep-sea drilling depth, reaching 25,400 feet below the Pacific Ocean's surface. (read more…)
New hopes of a cure for baldness have been sparked after Japanese researchers claimed to have successfully grown hair on hairless mice, The Independent reported Monday. (read more…)
# japanquake A Canadian beachcomber made an unexpected find along British Columbia's Pacific Coast on April 18. Debris from Japan's tragic tsunami a year ago have only recently begun washing up on North America's west coast. Like on April 18th, when Peter Mark found a white container with a Harley Davidson inside of it....
# japan It's been more than a year since the Japanese tusnami caused a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant and the clean-up continues . But a bit of background radiation has not stopped a crew of Japanese hipsters from doing their hip business in the area. They've formed the "Gamma Watch Squadron," the...
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) – Although being Labor Day in plenty of countries, markets are "on" today with the Australian RBA cutting its key rate by 50bps from 4.25% to 3.75%. A larger (get the story…)
Following a successful bilateral meeting in April, Japan and Myanmar are already forging ahead to strengthen bilateral relations further rather than resting on their laurels. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda described his April 21 meeting with Myanmar President Thein Sein in Tokyo as "historic," and announced that Japan will reinstate full financial assistance to the...
Political meddling in monetary policy could be a bitter pill for the Bank of Japan to swallow, but it would be a necessary evil to pull the country out of its long economic stupor, say scholars and economists. (get the story…)
Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to fall on Tuesday, with stocks of exporters likely to be pressured by a yen that has strengthened after U.S. markets weakened and Spain said it had slipped into … (get the story…)
Japan's Nikkei Average ends with 1.8% loss as stronger yen drags on stocks (get the story…)
By Pamela Sampson, The Associated Press BANGKOK – Japan's Nikkei 225 fell Tuesday amid a stronger yen and signs of a slowing U.S. economy, while other key Asian stock indexes were closed for a public holiday. … (get the story…)
Japan's Nikkei falls amid strengthening yen as stock markets elsewhere break for holiday (get the story…)
Japan's Nikkei share average shed 1.8 percent to hit a 2-1/2 month closing low on Tuesday, hurt by uncertainty on the euro zone and concerns over U.S. economic growth, while a strong yen weighed on exporters. … (get the story…)
By Sophie Knight TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's Nikkei share average fell 0.9 percent on Tuesday morning as the yen hovered near two-month highs against the dollar, weighing on exporters, and euro zone uncertainty … (get the story…)
"Rebuilding seems so far away for us, it's like reaching for clouds in the sky," says Kazuko Takahashi. (read the story…)
A key witness to the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy has retracted her official statements in the case and now claims that convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan did not act alone. (read the story…)
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a potential running mate for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, will appear alongside Romney in Virginia on Thursday, Yahoo News has learned. (read the story…)
OAKLAND (Reuters) – A former nursing student accused of killing seven people and wounding three others in a shooting rampage at a tiny Christian college in Oakland pleaded not guilty on Monday to murder and attempted murder charges. Accused gunman One Goh, a Korean-American who appeared in court shackled at the hands and feet...
President Barack Obama denied charges that he has improperly politicized the first anniversary of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, declaring Monday, “I hardly think that you’ve seen any excessive celebration taking place here.” The Obama campaign has been criticized by Republicans for a campaign ad that implies Mitt Romney would not have...
