A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near the popular Taiwanese tourist city of Hualien on Tuesday night.

He's disabled. His closest friend is a goat. He lives in a house that has no heat or water. And he was nearly beaten to death during a recent robbery.

Puerto Ayora (Ecuador) (AFP) - With its iconic giant tortoises, crested black iguanas, huge ocean manta rays and a veritable menagerie of other cool creatures, the Galapagos Islands are one of the most beautiful places you will probably never visit.

Not everyone can afford a Donegal carpet. But there's nothing new about that - when the first factory opened in Killybegs, most of its own employees could scarcely afford shoes, let alone a carpet.

TORONTO — A six-yearinvestigation into alleged wrongdoing by senior staff at Ontario's air ambulance service was unable to gather enough evidence to support criminal charges, provincial police announced Thursday, saying they were hampered by a lack of co-operation from key individuals and inadequate business records.

Vancouver's park board did nothave the authority to ban whales, dolphins and porpoises at the city's aquarium, a British Columbiajudge has ruled.