TAIPEI - Taiwan's health authorities on Saturday reported this year's first case of a human infected by avian influenza (H7N9) and are actively tracking the health of as many as 108 people who came in contact with the patient...
TAIPEI - The coldest air mass of the winter is expected to head south to Taiwan on Thursday in time for the Lantern Festival, bringing temperatures as low as 10 degrees Celsius over the weekend, according to reports Sunday. Ahead...
A fire in a South Korea shopping mall killed four and injured more than 40 others, authorities said Sunday. Police suspect that sparks from a welding torch might have started the fire on Saturday in a kids' play area in...
Motorbike racing star Akarakit "Benz Racing" Worarojcharoendet has denied any involvement with alleged Laotian drug kingpin Xaysana Keopimpa. The denial came as the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) asked relevant agencies to investigate Akarakit's bank transactions in response to his claim...
A girl who is turning 4 next week is fighting for her life in the hospital after her throat was slit by a man who had also killed her mother at their Caloocan City residence early Thursday morning. The suspect,...
Expressing bewilderment, Samsung officials in Seoul on Friday remained confused over a tweet by US President Donald Trump that praised the South Korean tech giant for considering building a stateside factory. After news reports on Samsung's plan to build a...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday (Feb 4) that peace negotiations with Maoist-led rebels would be scrapped, five months after both sides resumed talks to end nearly five decades of conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people. Duterte...
HANOI - Punters in gambling-mad Vietnam cheered the easing of a ban on sports betting Saturday, as the communist government moves to bring a booming black market industry above board. Vietnam has long barred locals from gambling of any form,...
While the export value of wagyu beef continues to grow, fake wagyu products are now rampant at department stores and other places in parts of Asia. Falsely indicating the origin conflicts with the Unfair Competition Prevention Law and other regulations...
HONG KONG - Pimp turned do-gooder Kaushic Biswas has swapped the brothel for the kitchen and is now teaching the sort of women he once exploited how to cook their way out of sex trafficking. It is a total change...
