Portland’s sewers right as rain

The most surprising tourist attraction in Portland, Ore., is its storm sewer system.

Deadly Blast Rocks Subway Station in Moscow

A huge explosion during rush hour in a subway station in central Moscow on Monday morning killed more than 20 people, officials said.

Sunken section of South Korean naval vessel found

The South Korean military says it has located the stern of its warship that sank in mysterious circumstances on Friday following an explosion.

Rain expected in China’s drought-hit areas in next three days

Cold weather would bring rain to China’s drought-hit southwest areas in the next two days, but the prolonged dry spell was forecasted to linger, said the National Meteorological Center (NMC) Monday.

Flood in new China coal mine traps 123 miners

Rescuers were searching for more than 120 coal miners trapped when a pit under construction in north China’s Shanxi province flooded on Sunday, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Rio Tinto Trial Shines Harsh Spotlight on Chinese Criminal Justice

While the facts of the alleged conduct of four employees of the British-Australian company Rio Tinto Ltd. who were on trial this week for taking bribes and infringing trade secrets are obscure, the trial starkly exhibits some key characteristics of Chinese criminal justice

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s watercress recipes

The start of the watercress season is a time of celebration, not just because it means that spring has finally sprung, but also for that gorgeous, peppery flavour.

New RFID Tag Could Mean the End of Bar Codes

Researchers from Sunchon National University in Suncheon, South Korea, and Rice University in Houston have built a radio frequency identification tag that can be printed directly onto cereal boxes and potato chip bags.

Emma Watson wears Christopher Kane

The young actress makes a statement in Scottish designer Kane’s leather and lace dress.

1111 Lincoln Road, Miami, Florida; Leighton House, London

A multistorey garage is usually little more than a soulless concrete stack, but as designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the architects of Tate Modern, a new one is bringing high style to Miami Beach