By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - Strong sales to aviation customers helped General Electric Co's first-quarter revenue beat Wall Street expectations on Friday, assuaging fears of a miss after a lukewarm report on March U.S. factory activity. The w... [Full Article]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Koreans celebrated the birthday of their first leader Monday by dancing in plazas and snacking on peanuts, with little hint of the fiery bombast that has kept the international community fearful that a missile laun... [Full Article]
BEIJING (AP) - As North Korea prepares a potential missile test and issues threats almost daily, the Obama administration is hoping yet again that China can force its unruly neighbor to stand down. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - The prospect of a North Korean missile launch is "considerably high," South Korea's foreign minister told lawmakers Wednesday as Pyongyang prepared to mark the April 15 birthday of its founder, historicall... [Full Article]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Korea has completed preparations for a missile test that could come any day, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said as Pyongyang prepares to mark the April 15 birthday of its founder, historically a time whe... [Full Article]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Scores of North Koreans of all ages planted trees as part of a forestation campaign - armed with shovels, not guns. In the evening, women in traditional dress danced in the plazas to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the... [Full Article]
By Edmund Blair and Hezron Ochiel NAIROBI/KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan police clashed on Sunday with a few dozen protesters angry at a court's confirmation of Uhuru Kenyatta as president-elect, but the unrest was minor compared with the nati... [Full Article]
IMJINGAK, South Korea (AP) - Busloads of tourists still show up to gawk at the world's most heavily fortified border, even as governments on both sides threaten to reduce each other to rubble. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese consumers' anger at KFC over a food safety scare has abated as the number of negative posts about the fast food chain owned by Yum Brands Inc on the country's most popular microblogging platform ... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's streets are turning into a daily forum for airing a range of social discontents from labor conditions to fuel shortages and the casualties of myriad clashes over the past two years. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]