Deaths climb from monsoon rains in India and Nepal
Monsoon rains that have battered northern India and western Nepal since Saturday have left thousands of people stranded and ...
North Korea “willing” to rejoin nuclear talks
North Korea has expressed willingness to rejoin six-party talks on its nuclear program, its ally China said Wednesday. Pyongyang was ...
China demands answers over Snowden claims
Days after the leakage of top secret US surveillance programs threatened to dislodge newly founded cooperation between Washington and ...
US teacher arrested in Shanghai for child abuse
An American teacher at an elite French school in Shanghai has been arrested on suspicion of molesting "several" students. Chinese ...
“Explicit and repugnant” emails rock Australian army
Three Australian Defence Force personnel have been suspended over a series of "explicit and repugnant" e-mails and messages that ...
World Bank cuts China’s growth outlook
China's growth outlook has been cut to 7.7% from 8.4% on falling investments that could trigger a potentially "sharp" ...
Woman sentenced to death over insurance murder
A Taiwan court Thursday upheld a death sentence given to a woman who murdered three close family members to ...
US to probe Snowden’s ties with China
US lawmakers have begun to speculate whether former CIA employee Edward Snowden had underlying motives when he fled to ...
Children’s Day
Giant carp banners are popping up all over town, blowing in the wind. What’s going on? It’s the fifth day of the fifth month, otherwise known as Children’s Day. Formerly meant for boys (after all, girls have their own day), [...]
Mumbai proposes ban on lingerie clad mannequins
Following a gruesome trend of sexual attacks on Indian women, authorities are scrambling to stamp out sex crimes - apparently blamed on sexual desires of men - by banning mannequins ...
“Flushed” Chinese baby rescued from sewer pipe
Firefighters in China have rescued a newborn baby boy who was lodged inside a sewage pipe after being flushed down a toilet, sparking outrage online. Residents of an apartment building in ...
Up to 300,000 one-day-old babies die each year in India
Newborn deaths in India account for 29% of the world's first-day deaths, with more than 300,000 babies succumbing to infections and other preventable causes within 24 hours of being born ...
Japan’s Uniqlo announces its largest global store in Shanghai
Just months after a Honda police car was upturned for being Japanese and shops across China were boarded up for fear of attack, a Japanese fashion chain has announced a ...
North Korea “willing” to rejoin nuclear talks
North Korea has expressed willingness to rejoin six-party talks on its nuclear program, its ally China said Wednesday. Pyongyang was ...
China demands answers over Snowden claims
Days after the leakage of top secret US surveillance programs threatened to dislodge newly founded cooperation between Washington and ...
US teacher arrested in Shanghai for child abuse
An American teacher at an elite French school in Shanghai has been arrested on suspicion of molesting "several" students. Chinese ...
Japan to reject international shark trade regulation
Japan has decided to reject a landmark regulation on international trade in sharks. The Japanese government will file a ...
Chinese official recognizes Japan’s Okinawa sovereignty
A senior Chinese military official said Beijing does not contest Japan's sovereignty over Okinawa and other islands in the ...
Toru Hashimoto apologizes to US over comments
Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto was forced to apologize for suggesting US servicemen patronize legal prostitution to curb violent sex ...
S. Korean cram schools in SAT cheating scandal
Officials in Seoul have launched a probe into South Korean "cram schools" over allegations they had illegally obtained questions for US college entrance exams and provided them to students. A ...
China denies renewed US cyber-attack accusations
Beijing has rejected a new US report claiming the Chinese army had sponsored cyber-attacks for economic and military gain and said the accusations could harm cooperation against the increasing global ...
Russia, Japan shelve World War II animosity
Russia and Japan have finally agreed to lay their wartime animosity to rest, with bilateral peace talks almost half a century after World War II. In the first top-level summit between ...
Indonesia to outlaw “black magic”
Indonesia is set to ban sorcery or "black magic" to curb anti-witch killings. Under proposed revisions to the Dutch colonial-era criminal code, Indonesia would make it illegal for anyone to ...
Investigators recommend Taiwan death charges
Philippine investigators have recommended the filing of criminal charges against coast guards involved in the fatal shooting of a ...
Australian tourist rape suspect arrested in Bali
A man suspected of raping an Australian tourist in the resort island of Bali in April was detained by ...
British oil and gas worker kidnapped in Indonesia
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a British man working for an energy company in the Indonesian province of Aceh, officials ...
“Explicit and repugnant” emails rock Australian army
Three Australian Defence Force personnel have been suspended over a series of "explicit and repugnant" e-mails and messages that ...
Australia PM condemns “grossly sexist” menu
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard slammed the opposition party over a controversial menu which she said follows a pattern ...
Dutch rower rescued after boat collides with tanker
A Dutch adventurer rowing from Australia to Africa was rescued from the Indian Ocean after his boat collided with ...
