Video: Tropical storm Talas batters Japan

16 November 2013 (UNOCHA) – Government agencies estimate that between 9 to 13 million people have been affected by Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) across nine regions. About 18 per cent (2.3 million people) of the total affected population...

[Is the Chinese real estate bubble bursting?] By Gus Lubin6 December 2011 Home prices in China most notorious "ghost city," a city called Kangbashi constructed outside Ordos, have fallen from $1,100 per square foot in 2006 to $470 per square,...

This figure shows how average air temperatures have changed in different parts of the United States since the early 20th century (since 1901 for the lower 48 states, 1905 for Hawaii, and 1918 for Alaska). Some parts of the United...