U.S., Chinese military try to stem tension
BEIJING — China’s defense minister and the U.S. Navy secretary on Tuesday discussed security at sea and plans to bolster the U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific region that have been sharply...
View Articletvsdesign celebrates the opening of the Third Largest Retail center in China
TIANJIN, China, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The global architecture and interior design firm, tvsdesign, celebrates the opening of Galaxy Mall, the retail portion of Tianjin's prestigious new...
View ArticleChristmas wrap: Bethlehem’s sacred and secular sides
Ruth Hill Ask me a question. WASHINGTON, November 27, 2012 – Mention Bethlehem, and most minds turn to the ancient city in Palestine, location of the Nativity. But Eastern Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley...
View ArticleGermans move to quash rising right-wing extremism
Councilman Jörg Lämmerhirt wanted people to stop looking the other way. In his Dresden districts, including one of myriad shoe-box-shaped "" – housing communities that communists in the former East...
View Article36 Hours in Ljubljana, Slovenia
SLOVENIA'S first city, Ljubljana, has its fair share of charming Old World plazas, baroque churches and dramatic castles. But this walkable capital (population 280,000) also has a rich cultural scene...
View ArticlePictures of the Day 11/29
Posted Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 Previous Next AP Snow-covered trees stand on a meadow in Winterberg, near Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday Nov. 29, 2012. Weather forecasts predict more snowfalls in...
View Article>China leader's brings a new affability to the job
BEIJING (AP) — In his travels abroad, Xi Jinping has often been something unusual for a Chinese communist leader: an ordinary guy. In Ireland, he stopped at a stadium to kick a soccer ball around. On...
View ArticleThings to do in Paradise/Downtown Nov. 20-26
In Your Neighborhood A dedication ceremony for the newly renamed Justice Myron E. Leavitt and Jaycee Park is scheduled from 2 to 3 p.m. today at the park at St. Louis and Eastern avenues. Visit...
View ArticleDenver Mail Carrier Steps Around Man Who Died
By ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER -- The U.S. Postal Service is defending a mail carrier who stepped around a Denver man who collapsed and died near his front door. Dale Porch was dropped off at home last...
View ArticleActivists: China at Center of Illegal Timber Trade
BEIJING (AP) — Voracious demand for wood to feed factories for exports and satisfy wealthier consumers at home has turned China into a magnet for the illegal timber trade, causing other countries to...
View ArticleA Party’s Over, but Nostalgia Lingers
BEIJING — No more red lanterns and flags. Forget the vast swath of red carpet, the smiling hostesses in matching outfits and the pot of towering multicolored flowers. On a recent blustery afternoon in...
View ArticleA new generation rises in Windsor Park
For the near future, no other midcentury Austin neighborhood faces as much potential change as Windsor Park. Credit — or blame — Mueller. The New Urbanist project rising over the site of the former...
View ArticleChina Home Amid Highway A Symbol Of Resistance
BEIJING -- In the middle of an eastern Chinese city's new main road, rising incongruously from a huge circle in the freshly laid pavement, is a five-story row house with ragged edges. This is the home...
View ArticleAP IMPACT: China surpasses US as top global trader
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Shin Cheol-soo no longer sees his future in the United States. The South Korean businessman supplied components to American automakers for a decade. But this year, he...
View ArticleAP IMPACT: China overtaking US as global trader
Click photo to enlarge In this July 18, 2012 photo, Shin Cheol-soo, chief executive of ENA Industry, speaks at his office in Gyeongsan, south of Seoul, South Korea. Shin no longer sees his future in...
View ArticleJames Pachokas, Fire-Breather, Faces Arson Charges After Police Say He Spat...
James Pachokas booking photo. By ASSOCIATED PRESS GREELEY, Colo. -- A Colorado man faces arson charges after police say he spat flaming streams of lighter fluid at two other men. James Pachokas told...
View ArticleChina poised to overtake US as global trader (+graphic)
The first instalment in the Associated Press' "China's Reach," project - that will analyse China's influence with its trading partners over three decades, and explore how that is changing business,...
View ArticleChina homeowners won't yield to highway
Beijing -- In the middle of an eastern Chinese city's new main road, rising incongruously from a huge circle in the freshly laid pavement, is a five-story row house with ragged edges. This is the home...
View ArticleAmerica's art cities
Pay a visit to Washington DC's Smithsonian American Art Museum, and you can gaze at the bright splendour of Cape Cod Morning, a watercolour of light and hope crafted in 1950 by the iconic New York...
View ArticleThe best international cultural events of 2012
From Beijing to Berlin, a roundup of some of the events that have been wowing the crowds around the world this year Mo Yan … Nobel prizewinner. Photograph: Getty Images Kabul, Afghanistan...
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