BANGKOK - Thailand is investigating four suspected cases of Zika-related microcephaly in three babies and a 36-week old unborn baby, the public health minister said on Tuesday, in what could be the first cases of Zika-linked microcephaly in Southeast Asia. Several...
TOKYO - An online ad featuring a swimsuit-clad teenage girl who turns into an eel was pulled Monday after Japanese net users complained it was sexist. Officials in far-south Shibushi yanked the commercial but insisted they had only wanted to...
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GENEVA - Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. New data in a report...
Palu residents and the Palu Police were alarmed on Monday by a suspicious package in front of the Bank Central Asia (BCA) building in Palu, Central Sulawesi. Although Palu is a more than four-hour drive from Poso, a conflict area...
With more heavy rain expected to hit the capital this week, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has instructed officials to monitor main roads as well as 300 flood-prone secondary roads and housing estates. The BMA also dispatched pumps to drain...
Northern and Eastern Taiwan should brace for strong winds and heavy rainfall brought on by Typhoon Megi throughout today, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB). The bureau said effects from Typhoon Megi were set to be at their most...
Taipei - Taiwan went into shutdown Tuesday (Sept 27) as the island faces its third typhoon in two weeks, with thousands evacuated, schools and offices closed across the island and hundreds of flights disrupted. Typhoon Megi is expected to make...
Forest department officials on Saturday (September 24) promised strict action after a python attacked a man when a group was trying to click a photo with it. The incident took place on Friday (September 23) after forest department officials removed...
She died twice since her birth three days ago. First she was declared dead by a doctor in a Faridpur hospital moments after she was born, four months prematurely, on Thursday. But the baby girl cried out when family members were...
