"These days, we are supposed to harvest palm oil. But most of the farmers, especially those whose farms are near Akbar's, are still shocked, afraid that more pythons are still out there," Junaedi, the secretary of Salubiro village in...
BEIJING - A virtuous son or a vigilante murderer: the case of a man who killed a debt collector in defence of his mother has sparked heated debate in China, as an appeal court decides whether to uphold his life...
Three pilots are currently training to become the first female jet fighter pilots to fly a second-generation fighter of the R.O.C., the Air Force announced on Wednesday. Lt. Chiang Ching-hua (蔣青樺), Lt. Chiang Hui-yu (蔣惠宇) and Lt. Fan Yi-ling (范宜鈴)...
BEIJING - What do you get when you combine two popular foods from China and Italy? The answer is a"baozza". The idea to take a Chinese steamed bun - known as a baozi - and stuff it with cheese, tomato...
KATHMANDU - Nepal is urging climbers on Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, to help remove garbage from a camp abandoned two years ago after an earthquake triggered avalanches killing 18 people, as officials prepare to handle a rush of...
NAIROBI - The price of ivory has fallen by nearly two-thirds in the last three years, according to research conducted in China and published on Wednesday by the conservation group Save the Elephants. At its peak in 2014 wholesale prices...
BEIJING - German automakers Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen will recall nearly one million vehicles in China, according to the country's quality regulator. Mercedes Benz will recall nearly 400,000 vehicles of different models produced between May 2015 and February 2017 due...
The creepy child-like figure that was spotted inside an Indonesian forest is back. This time, it was caught scurrying around a carpark at an unnamed location. In the video, posted on the Wujud (Paranormal Team) Facebook page, the mysterious figure...
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong court has convicted two men for illegal possession of ivory chopsticks after radiocarbon dating proved it was produced after 1990 and therefore unlawful, local media reported. Hong Kong, a key hub for the ivory...
South Korean authorities faced a deluge of criticism Wednesday for announcing that human remains had been found from the sunken Sewol ferry, only to correct itself within hours to say they were animal bones. Newspapers said relatives of the missing...
