Tokyo - A powerful typhoon was on course for a direct hit on Tokyo on Monday, with nearly 400 flights grounded due to heavy rain and strong winds.Strong typhoon Mindulle was expected to make landfall around noon, moving upwards...
TAIPEI - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said Saturday that her government should not be measured by its performance in the first 100 days of its mandate, as she marked the beginning of her fourth month in office, the Central...
TOKYO - In a mirrorless car, cameras replace the side mirrors mounted near the left and right doors, and the driver uses monitors inside the car to make safety checks. The rearview mirror is replaced with a monitor, which...
DENPASAR - A British man has been named a suspect, along with an Australian woman, in the murder of an Indonesian policeman on the resort island of Bali, police said Sunday.Forensic teams have identified the blood of the slain...
HONG KONG - Hundreds of protesters rallied on Sunday against Hong Kong's disqualification of six candidates from legislative elections, the latest outpouring of anger at a perceived tightening grip on the city's freedoms by China.The former British colony was...
Ever had a huge craving for food that you just had to eat it all the time?Well, a 42-year-old man in India developed a taste for knives over a span of two months because he "liked the way it...
TOKYO - Tokyo protested to Beijing Sunday after Chinese coast guard ships sailed into territorial waters surrounding disputed islands in the East China Sea, Japan said.Four Chinese vessels entered the waters surrounding islets, called the Senkaku in Japan and...
SEOUL - South Korea warned Sunday of possible North Korean assassinations and kidnappings in revenge for recent high-profile defections to the South.With tensions also high before a large-scale South Korea-US military exercise starting Monday, the Unification Ministry in Seoul...
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JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities are investigating whether a suspected militant arrested last week was plotting an attack on the resort island of Bali, police said.Bali, a popular tourist destination, saw a number of attacks by homegrown militants in the...
While we soak in Schooling's sensational swim, spare a thought for our first Olympic medallistThere were three pairs of trackshoes in the common corridor outside his abode at his brother-in-law's HDB flat at Tampines Avenue 5.One pair was his,...
