When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Alibaba founder Jack Ma will not be funding the education of an 8-year-old lookalike after all, despite reports online earlier this week indicating that he would. "The news is completely...
JAKARTA - Jakarta's Christian governor was formally named a suspect on blasphemy allegations Wednesday, after claims that he insulted Islam sparked a violent mass protest by Muslim hardliners in the Indonesian capital. After a lengthy preliminary investigation, police said that...
HONG KONG - Billionaire Joseph Lau, 65, placed front-page advertisements in Hong Kong on Tuesday (Nov 15) to announce that he broke up with his partner Yvonne Lui, 37, in 2014, but remains responsible for their two children's living,...
SINGAPORE - A 42-year-old man went on trial in the High Court on Tuesday (Nov 15) for sexually abusing his biological daughter over a period of more than two years when she was between 11 and 13 years old. The...
A Hong Kong court on Tuesday disqualified two pro-independence lawmakers from taking office, ruling their oath of allegiance invalid in a judgment in step with Beijing, which last week intervened in the Chinese-ruled city's legal system. But High Court Judge...
Taiwan passed a bill Tuesday (Nov 15) to crack down on swindlers committing crimes overseas following a spate of deportations of Taiwanese fraud suspects to China from countries that do not recognise the island's government. Taipei has accused Beijing of...
Indian banks will use indelible ink to ensure that people only change old notes for new ones once under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheme to fight "black money", resorting to a tactic used to prevent multiple voting in elections. The...
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the rollout of 270 billion pesos (S$7.7 billion) worth of roads, railways, airports and seaports to boost economic growth, his spokesperson said on Tuesday. Up for bidding and construction are the 653...
BEIJING - A Chinese man who killed a village official after his home was forcibly demolished was executed on Tuesday, a court said, despite a public outcry over his condemnation. Jia Jinglong shot dead his village chief with a nail...
TOKYO - Japan on Tuesday approved a plan for its troops in South Sudan on UN peacekeeping operations to conduct rescue missions, amid critics' concerns the move risks embroiling Japanese soldiers in their first overseas fighting since World War...
