Nakamura: Japan doctor who devoted his life to Afghanistan

Dec 6,2019
Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura, killed Wednesday in an attack in Afghanistan, devoted 35 years of his life to healing Afghans and Pakistanis and eventually became an honorary citizen of his adopted home.
2010s hottest decade in history, UN says as emissions rise again
Dec 04
This decade is set to be the hottest in history, the United Nations said Tuesday in an annual assessment outlining the ways in which climate change is outpacing humanity's ability to adapt to it.
Early cholesterol treatment lowers heart disease risk: study
Dec 04
Treating younger people with high cholesterol levels may help reduce their risk of heart attack or stroke in later life, a major study showed Wednesday.
Japanese man, 71, arrested for 'making 24,000 complaint calls'
Dec 03
A Japanese pensioner has been arrested after ringing a phone company 24,000 times to complain they had violated his contract, police and local media reported.
Protests send Hong Kongers to Taiwan in search of new lives
Dec 02
Protests that have paralysed Hong Kong for nearly six months are pushing residents to seek new lives abroad,
Nun-chucks: kung fu sisters battle stereotypes
Nov 29

Five years after sanctions, Russian cheeses getting top marks
Nov 27
Elvira Kovtun made her first cheese in a pot in her kitchen four years ago.