Al Jazeera Japan’s Toyota posts record profit as hybrid sales surge 31 percent Toyota has reported record profit and sales figures on the back of the weak yen and strong demand for hybrid vehicles. | The Japanese car giant said on Wednesday that it netted a record profit of 4.94... (photo: Creative Commons / Gennady Grachev) Global Trading Japan Photos Toyota Independent Online From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere In sweltering Brazil, flooding killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 million people. Voters and politicians in India, amid national elections, are fainting in heat that hit as high a... (photo: AP / Andre Penner) Brazil Floods Climate Change Extreme Weather Photos Wikipedia: Climate change Top Stories Hindustan Times Rape, terror and death at sea: How a boat carrying Rohingya children, women and men capsized MEULABOH, Indonesia — The boat glided across waters that were dark and still, under a night sky that was cloudless and calm. But on board, the 12-year-old girl quaked w... (photo: AP / Reza Saifullah) Indonesia Myanmar Photos Rohingya CNN Why too many homes and not enough people is a problem for Japan The number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to a record high of nine million – more than enough for each person in New York City – as the east Asian country conti... (photo: Creative Commons / 663highland) Asia Japan Photos Population Offshore Technology New report accuses fossil fuel companies of greenwashing, but profits are up A new report by the Senate Committee on the Budget details how fossil fuel companies have avoided tackling the climate crisis. | Last week, US Democrats released a report... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite, file) Climate change Fossil Fuels Oil Photos Philenews Japan tells US that Biden’s ‘xenophobia’ comment is regrettable Japan has described as “regrettable” U.S. President Joe Biden’s comment that “xenophobia” is stifling the Asian nation’s economic grow... (photo: AP / Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool) China Japan Photos US States Gallup Russia's Image Remains Tarnished in Its Own Backyard This article is the fourth in a series detailing the results from the latest Rating World Leaders report, which analyzes trends in approval ratings of the leadership of t... (photo: Creative Commons / Pavel Kazachkov) Photos Politics Russia Ukraine Gallup Confidence in Biden Economic Stewardship Historically Low WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With Americans less optimistic about the state of the U.S. economy than they have been in recent months and concern about inflation persisting, their ... (photo: White House) Economy Photos US States White House
