"I hope this day will never end," said President Rodrigo Duterte as he met with 84 Miss Universe candidates in Malacañang on Monday. The President admitted that he never imagined that he would be "in a room full of beautiful...
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed related parties to devise early plans to tackle land and forest fires as hot spots have begun to emerge in several regions over the past two weeks. The official dry season begins in...
Sculptor Nonthivathn Chandhanaphalin passed away on Saturday night at the age of 70 after a battle with cancer. The royal bathing rites will be held Monday from 4-5pm at Wat Klueywan on Arun Amarin Road in Thonburi's Bangkok Yai area. The...
China plans to build a next-generation synchrotron radiation facility in Beijing, according to a researcher from Chinese Academy of Sciences, one of the country's top research institutes. Dong Yuhui, the researcher, said that the project is expected to start construction...
JAKARTA - A culinary event named the Pork Festival, to be held at the Sri Ratu Supermarket in Semarang on Jan. 23 to 29, has undergone a name change to the Imlek Culinary Festival following protests from Islamic groups. Chinese New...
BEIJING - China expects a smoggy Lunar New Year in Beijing and its northern industrial heartland just two weeks after it was blanketed in toxic smog which caused traffic chaos, flight disruptions and port closures. Worsening pollution will engulf four...
Indonesian cleric Habib Rizieq Shihab claims to come from a long line of descendants of Prophet Muhammad, and touts himself as a "great imam" or Islamic leader. To the people in Jakarta, though, he is the mastermind behind recent protests...
Kardit stood on its hind legs, paws outstretched, as it waited for visitors to throw it peanuts, biscuits and packets of soft drinks. With its protruding rib bones, the 20-year-old sun bear looked nothing like its brawny cousin with thick,...
SHANGHAI - China's decision to allow all couples to have two children instead of one has resulted in birth rates rising to the highest level since 2000, a government official said. New births in the world's most populous nation reached 17.86...
JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities have detained 17 nationals returning from Syria, including children, suspected of being involved in radical activity, officials told Reuters on Sunday (Jan 22). Immigration office spokesman Agung Sampurno said the people, including a two year-old girl...
