TOKYO -What's a pizza delivery company to do when the weatherman predicts a brutal winter promising blizzards and ice storms? Fight mother nature with her own weapons of course. Domino's Japan has turned to the reindeer, a winter-hardy species, as the...
SHANGHAI - Subway passengers on Shanghai's Metro Line who take up space on morning peak-hour trains by sitting on portable stools have been criticised for their "rude and selfish" behaviour by Chinese netizens. The photographs of the passengers on their...
Taipei - A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan early Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of damage or casualties. The quake hit at 5:55 am (2155 GMT Thursday) and was centred 81 kilometres (50 miles) east...
MANILA: A wax mask covered the face of Ferdinand Marcos for the 23 years his corpse was on show, but the body on display was no fake. That's according to the Philippine dictator's mortician, Frank Malabed, the embalmer of choice...
The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday that the Viagra which it had purchased last year was a medical provision for possible high-altitude sickness during President Park Geun-hye's overseas trips. "Viagra was purchased ahead of (Park's) visit to African...
Facebook has built a tool for geographically censoring posts at the leading social network as it seeks a path back into China, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The New York Times cited three current and former Facebook employees,...
SHANGHAI - China's largest online travel agency Ctrip will buy British flight search app Skyscanner for $1.7 billion (S$2.5 billion), the companies said, as it steps up its overseas ambitions. The travel service provider will pay £1.4 billion (S$2.5 billion) mainly...
BEIJING - At least 40 people have died after a platform under construction at a power plant's cooling tower in eastern China's Jiangxi province collapsed on Thursday, state news agency Xinhua said. The accident happened in Fengcheng at around 7...
BANGKOK - Thailand's military government has no plans to push back a return to democratic rule, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said on Thursday, in comments that came little over a month after the death of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Thailand...
A cemetery in central China's Henan province has deployed a humanoid robot in October 2016 to accompany the female patrol guards and escort their work at night, local media reports. The cemetery said that the deployment was to boost the...
