Chennai: At least 11 people were reported dead on Friday as a powerful cyclone battered India's eastern coast, authorities said.Thousands of trees were felled by winds that destroyed homes and vehicles as hundreds of thousands fled to shelter homes.Cyclone Gaja packed winds of up to 120 kilometres (75 miles) per hour as it barrelled into Tamil Nadu after hitting the coast near Nagapattinam early Friday bringing heavy rains, India's weather office said.The ruling party in the prosperous state said on Twitter that 11 people were killed in the powerful storm that has flooded several low-lying areas along the coastline on...

Port Moresby: The United States will not back down from its trade dispute with China, and might even double its tariffs, unless Beijing bows to U.S. demands, Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday.In a bluntly worded speech at an Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Papua New Guinea, Pence threw down the gauntlet to China on trade and security in the region."We have taken decisive action to address our imbalance with China," Pence declared. "We put tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods, and we could more than double that number.""The United States, though, will not change course...