Wang Zhijun, a young man from Beijing, has used his passion for running to design a mask that protects residents of the city from smog using old pairs of trainers, he explained in an interview on Monday. Necessity was indeed...
BATAM - At least 18 people are dead and dozens missing after a boat carrying nearly 100 suspected migrant workers capsized and sunk in Indonesian waters, police said Wednesday. The speedboat was ferrying 93 passengers from Malaysia to Batam, an...
A man from East China's Shandong province achieved global fame after his heroic Spider-Man-like rescue of a two-year-old toddler dangling from a window on Oct 27. Liang Lei, a resident of Liaocheng city who likes physical sports, climbed to the...
HONG KONG - British investment banker Rurik Jutting acted rationally before and after he killed two Indonesian women in his luxury Hong Kong apartment, ordering food for one victim and calling his mother after the killings, the prosecution said...
SITTWE, Myanmar - A group of parliamentarians from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) called on Myanmar to probe reports of human rights abuses in troubled Rakhine state on Wednesday, as top diplomats based in the country set...
Hong Kong - Standard Chartered could face "financial consequences" after an investigation in Hong Kong over its role in an initial public offering, the firm said as it reported another round of disappointing earnings results, sending its share price...
Hong Kong - Two lawmakers who want Hong Kong to split from China wrestled with security in parliament Wednesday, with one of them dragged from the chamber, as fears grow Beijing will step in over the saga. There are widespread...
BEIJING - A boy from East China who piled on 10kg in two months to save his sick father could soon finally be jetting off on his dream holiday to Australia. Cao Yinpeng, eight, was hailed by family and friends...
MANILA - Ex-Philippine leader Fidel Ramos has resigned as special envoy to China after criticising President Rodrigo Duterte's tirades against the United States and deadly war on crime. Duterte said late Tuesday he had received a resignation letter from Ramos, an...
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba changed the name of its travel website to cater to the younger generation, its primary customer group, the company announced on Tuesday (Nov 1). The group announced last week that it was rebranding its travel portal,...
