International

Foreign direct investment in Taiwan surged 48.19 percent year on year to US$1.24 billion in the first quarter of 2015, signifying a strong vote of confidence in the local business environment and economic outlook. A total of 853 cases were…

Taiwan's major ports of Hualien, Kaohsiung and Keelung are three of the world's top cruise destinations for 2014, according to the latest edition of U.K.-based trade magazine Cruise Insight. Hualien earned best tour experience honors for…

Istanbul, Turkey (AFP) -- A Turkish student was handed a suspended one-year prison sentence for "insulting" a local governor by retweeting a satirical article, as concerns grow over the state of freedom of expression in Turkey, reports said…

Bogota, Colombia (AFP) -- A court ordered a Cuba-bound Chinese ship loaded with undeclared weapons to sail for Havana on Tuesday, saying the arms could not be unloaded and might pose a safety threat. Da Dan Xia, which has been held since…

Belize City, Belize -- The full bench of the Caribbean Court of Justice is in Belize this week for the first time for itinerant sittings from 20-23 April, 2015. The sittings are being held in Courtroom 1, Supreme Court of Belize. This is…

Seoul, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-Koo was left in political limbo Tuesday after offering to resign over a scandal involving bribery allegations against senior members of President Park Geun-Hye's…

Washington, United States (CMC) -- Financial experts and policy makers have warned Caribbean countries that in the absence of reforms, members of the growing middle class may be vulnerable to poverty in their old age. The experts were…

Catania, Italy (AFP) -- The United Nations refugee agency has confirmed 800 migrants died in a shipwreck off Libya on Sunday after speaking to survivors of the disaster. "We can say that 800 are dead," said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for…

New York, United States -- A liquid form of medicinal marijuana could help treat children with severe forms of epilepsy, a new American study has indicated. Researchers discovered that using the marijuana-derived drug as an epilepsy…

Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) -- The International Organization for Migration said Monday it had received a distress call from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean carrying more than 300 people, with at least 20 people reported dead. IOM's Rome…

Ottawa, Canada (AFP) -- Canadian health officials have quarantined another poultry farm found to be infected with bird flu, authorities said. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said tests were conducted Friday after the "sudden deaths" of…

Washington DC, United States (CMC) -- The World Bank says remittances growth in the Caribbean is expected to slow in 2015. The Washington-based international financial institution said in its latest issue of its Migration and Development…

Austin, Indiana (AP) -- Indiana health officials say there are two dozen new HIV cases in south-eastern Indiana, bringing the outbreak's total cases to 130. The Indiana State Department of Health said Friday there are now 120 confirmed HIV…

New York, United States (AFP) -- One start-up founder is making his own effort to respond to the issue of income inequality -- cutting his own pay while seriously boosting that of his employees. Dan Price, founder and chief executive of…

Mineola, New York (AP) -- A Long Island heart doctor had another doctor's office torched, then hired people who turned out to be undercover officers in a failed attempt to have him hurt or killed, authorities said Wednesday. Dr Anthony J…