JAKARTA - Indonesia plans to prosecute the captain of a tourist boat for negligence after a fire ripped through the vessel on New Year's Day, killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens, police said on Tuesday. The boat was carrying...
China's hard work in trying to ensure the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula is obvious to all, China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday after US President-elect Donald Trump said Beijing was not helping to control North Korea. Ministry spokesman Geng...
BEIJING - Health authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guizhou have confirmed a new human case of H7N9 avian influenza, state radio said, bringing the total number of human infections of the highly pathogenic strain to 19 this...
Hong Kong's former leader Donald Tsang, who ended his term in disgrace after accepting favours from tycoons, pleaded not guilty to bribery charges Tuesday at his high-profile corruption trial. Tsang, 72, held the leadership post of chief executive for seven...
The surgeon who performed China's first face transplant in 2006 said he has been waiting years to help a second patient but cannot find a donor. Guo Shuzhong, a top expert in reconstructive surgery, revealed in an exclusive interview that...
The Chinese capital was on the second-highest orange smog alert in the depth of winter on Tuesday (Jan 3) as city officials said the air quality was improving overall, citing data for the whole of last year. Over the new...
A group of photo taken on Dec 31, 2015, have brought smiles to many faces as one of the photos shows a newborn baby holding an oxygen mask with his little fingers. The baby was delivered on the last day...
"There are so many people and so few doctors," said Chen Yang as he sat in a waiting room at Beijing Children's Hospital late last month. He had rushed his 6-month-old nephew to hospital early in the afternoon after noticing...
SHANGHAI - China's sole aircraft carrier conducted drills in the South China Sea, the navy said, days after neighbouring Taiwan said the carrier and accompanying ships had passed 90 nautical miles south of the island amid renewed tension between the...
South Korean authorities said on Tuesday (Jan 3) they will proceed with steps to extradite Chung Yoo Ra, the daughter of a central figure in a South Korean political scandal that has led to a parliament vote to impeach...
