Earthquake shakes Japan’s south

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 shook southern Japan yesterday, but no major damage was reported and only relatively minor tsunami arrived at the coast. The quake hit at 4:42pm off ...

Taiwan stocks plunge more than 8%

The Taiwanese firm controls more than half the world's output of silicon wafers -- considered the lifeblood of the global economy -- that are used to power anything from smartphones and cars to ...