Japanese man, 80, oldest to top Everest _ for now
Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 11:00am
An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him.
Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone
Riaz Khan, Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 10:40am
An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday.
Markets roiled by Nikkei's 7.3 percent slide
Pan Pylas and Pamela Sampson, Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 10:08am
Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago.
North Korea envoy awaits chat with China's leader
Louise Watt, Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 7:55am
On a visit to repair ties with China and waiting to meet its leader, a North Korean envoy paid deference Thursday to hopes by the North's chief ally for renewed multinational nuclear talks.
Taliban rickshaw bomb kills 13 in Pakistan
Abdul Sattar, Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 7:39am
A large bomb hidden by the Taliban in a rickshaw exploded as a police vehicle passed in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 11 policemen and two civilians, police said.
Malaysian charged with sedition, 3 more arrested
Sean Yoong, Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 7:11am
Malaysian authorities detained three anti-government figures, charged a student activist with sedition and seized hundreds of opposition newspapers Thursday, raising political tensions after recent national elections triggered claims of fraud.
Japan gyrations underline economy's vulnerability
Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 5:25am
Japan's financial markets gyrated wildly Thursday, underscoring the vulnerability of its economy to a loss of investor confidence as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attempts shock monetary easing to end two decades of stagnation.
US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquest
Heather Tan, Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 5:05am
The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year left the city-state Thursday before the end of a coroner's inquest, saying they had lost faith in the process. Their lawyer said they would push for a U.S. congressional investigation.
Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff
Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 3:49am
Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it.
Father of Afghanistan cricket captain abducted
Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 3:17am
Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said Thursday.
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