BEIJING - Millions of Chinese tourists are packing their bags for distant and not-too distant shores for the National Day holiday, with early indicators pointing to a slump in bookings for neighbouring Taiwan and Hong Kong. The "Golden Week" break, which...
BEIJING - The United States and South Korea are destined to "pay the price" for their decision to deploy an advanced missile defence system which will inevitably prompt a "counter attack", China's top newspaper said on Saturday. Tension on the...
JAKARTA: A large outdoor TV screen displayed what appeared to be a Japanese adult movie in South Jakarta to the shock and consternation of residents and passers-by on Friday afternoon. The 24-square-meter LED jumbotron screen, located near the South Jakarta...
Beijing - A man has confessed to killing 19 people in a village in southwestern China after an argument with his parents over money, official media said Friday. The suspect, named Yang Qingpei, confessed to murdering his parents after returning...
MANILA/BEIJING - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte travels to China next month on a visit that could redraw alliances in East Asia after his incendiary comments about the United States and active courting of Washington's chief rivals. The friendly relationship between...
HONG KONG - The billionaire founder of Hong Kong property group New World Development Co Ltd, Cheng Yu-tung, died late on Thursday aged 91, the company said on Friday. Cheng amassed an over US$16 billion (S$21.8 billion) fortune building an...
CHANDIGARH - Villagers living along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab are being evacuated to safer places owing to a war-like situation between the two neighbouring countries. With high alert on the international border following the Indian Army's 'surgical strikes' across...
TOKYO- In Japan, where women do five times as much housework as men, three male politicians have donned "pregnancy" vests in a campaign urging men to help out more at home. In a video titled "The Governor is a Pregnant...
A video from Reuters shows an Indian teacher filmed hitting students in his class at a school in Haryana, India. A student secretly shot the video of the teacher, Pradeep Arora, punishing them for not finishing their homework and for...
BEIJING - Twenty-three sleepy panda cubs made their first public appearance on Thursday at a breeding base in China as part of National Day celebrations. The cubs, aged between one and four months, lay on their bellies, occasionally exerting just...
