The vast Chinese-American community has contributed millions of dollars to relief efforts, dwarfing past fund-raising campaigns.

Rowing is at the heart of China?s plan to capture, for the first time, more gold medals than any other nation at the Olympics.

In this history of the Amazon, a scholar builds his case for the benefits of rivers, rain forests and native inhabitants.

Rowing is at the heart of China?s plan to capture, for the first time, more gold medals than any other nation at the Olympics.

Just over half a century ago, Iraq?s Jews numbered more than 130,000, but only seven or eight still remain today, groups say.

Cable TV and ice cream on one side of town, white bread and roaches on the opposite side.

The referendum has been put forward by a right-wing party that wants to change naturalization by public approval to a secret vote, the result of which could not be challenged.

Law enforcement experts wonder if the lessons learned fighting the Sicilian Mafia in Italy and the United States can be applied to the escalating crisis in Mexico.

Ireland is set to vote on June 12 in a referendum that will decide whether the European Union finally gets a full-time president and a single, more powerful, foreign policy chief.

Santi Santamaría, one of Spain?s most prominent chefs, has directed bruising public attacks at his avant-garde counterparts, saying their food is pretentious and their ingredients often dangerous.