SHANGHAI - A couple hid in a Shanghai Ikea store to live broadcast their late night adventure last Saturday. Ikea security discovered them and called the police. The police said that the couple may be detained for several days. On Friday, the...
CHENNAI - Jayalalithaa Jayaram, the chief minister of south India's Tamil Nadu state and one of the country's most popular political leaders, has died after a prolonged illness, hospital authorities announced late Monday night. "It is with indescribable grief, we...
Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo resigned from the cabinet on Monday but vowed to lead the opposition and challenge the policies of President Rodrigo Duterte, including his deadly war on drugs and moves to reinstate the death penalty. Robredo, who...
Taiwan urged China to stay calm Monday after the Taiwanese leader's unprecedented phone call to US President-elect Donald Trump angered Beijing, as residents and analysts in Taipei expressed fears at the possible fallout. Ties between Taipei and Beijing have grown...
The US embassy in Seoul said Monday that it did not participate in a one-minute blackout event during Saturday's protest against President Park Geun-hye. Live television broadcasts of the candlelight vigil -- the largest-ever with an estimated 2.32 million participants...
Beijing: Chinese renminbi (RMB) is once more flowing out of China and this should continue well into next year, analysts said on the back of a stronger US dollar and a new US president who has threatened protectionist measures. Official data shows...
ISLAMABAD - A fire at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Karachi killed at least 11 people on Monday and injuring dozens, media reported. The blaze broke out in a ground floor kitchen of the Regent Plaza hotel...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetization move has sparked headlines across the world, though not in the way he necessarily hoped. Supporters had hailed the move, which was initially pegged as an important step in the fight against counterfeit notes...
Thousands of Thais gathered on a Bangkok bridge named after the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej on what would have been his birthday Monday, the latest organised mass display of grief in a divided nation adjusting to life without him. For...
It's been a nerve-jangling year for global equities, marked by political upsets and sharp sector rotations. Even so, the MSCI All Country World Index has defied the odds with a total return of 7 per cent year-to-date, and a number...
