CHENGDU - A raid on a slaughterhouse which killed cats and sold them as rabbit meat has discovered nearly one tonne of fresh and frozen carcasses, according to a Global Times report yesterday. The discovery was made last Tuesday when police...
BEIJING - The nine Singapore Armed Forces armoured vehicles held in Hong Kong should be melted down, following the wishes of the Chinese people, the Global Times said in an editorial yesterday. While most netizens agree with the newspaper's strident...
HONG KONG - Two pro-independence Hong Kong lawmakers lost their appeal Wednesday against a ban preventing them from taking up their seats in parliament as Beijing faces accusations of stepping up interference in the city's politics. Baggio Leung and Yau...
NEW DELHI - Jatin Pal's wedding was just days away and his family were finalising plans for an extravagant multi-day celebration - then Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned high denomination notes overnight, casting a dark shadow over the...
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ ANN) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to kill human rights activists critical of his take-no-prisoner tactic against illegal drugs, which has claimed the lives of some 5,000 people allegedly involved in the narcotics...
BANGKOK - An officer in the Thai military, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has trained with the Australian, British and the United States armed services. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, 64, had been heir apparent to...
Stop, don't breathe. Hold it! OK, first pay 1.2 yuan ($0.25) if you want fresh air to reach your lungs. No, we are not kidding. The most precious but free thing in the world - air - is now being...
JAKARTA - Thousands of Indonesian security forces will be deployed at a rally this week against Jakarta's Christian governor to prevent a repeat of violence that marred a protest earlier this month, police said Tuesday. About 22,000 officials - mostly...
SEOUL - South Korea will cull 3 percent of its total poultry population to curb an outbreak of bird flu that has hit a number of farms across the nation, its agriculture ministry said on Tuesday. Since a severe strain...
SEOUL - South Korea's scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye said Tuesday she was willing to resign early and let parliament decide her fate, a move critics said was a bid to delay impending impeachment. Park has been engulfed in allegations of...
