At least one man was killed and 45 fishermen were missing after a powerful typhoon battered the northern Philippines, toppling power lines and dumping heavy rain across mountains, cities and the food-growing plain.

Japanese officials have recovered 461 chemical weapons abandoned during the past war in China’s Guandong province in a recent excavation project, an official said today.

AOL Time Warner is in talks to sell its controlling stake in its mainland Chinese television station, according to the Financial Times website.