JAKARTA - Indonesia's energy and mining minister Sudirman Said will be replaced as part of a cabinet reshuffle expected to be announced by President Joko Widodo on Wednesday (July 27), sources close to the minister told Reuters.The president is...
An aspiring Colombian beauty queen has been convicted of drug smuggling by a Chinese court and sentenced to 15 years in jail, state-run media reported Tuesday.Juliana Lopez Sarrazola, 23, was caught in possession of a laptop with 610 grammes...
MANILA - With his propensity to go off script, populist firebrand Rodrigo Duterte managed to stretch his first State of the Nation Address as Philippine president to over an hour and 30 minutes.His spokesman had said the speech was...
The Chinese army garrisoned in Hong Kong has warned people searching for Pikachu and other virtual monsters to stay off their premises, as Pokemon Go mania sweeps the smartphone-obsessed city.The gaming app landed Monday in Hong Kong and saw...
India is home to the world's largest number of stunted children due to a lack of toilets, dirty water and poor hygiene, according to a new study published on Tuesday.Despite high economic growth in recent years, India has more...
At least 19 people died Tuesday when a knife-wielding man went on the rampage at a Japanese care centre for the mentally disabled, the country's worst mass killing in decades.Satoshi Uematsu, a 26-year-old former employee at the facility, turned...
A series of incidents involving ardent players of the smartphone game "Pokemon Go" were reported Saturday and Sunday across Japan.In Mizuho Ward, Nagoya, a 22-year-old female university student on a bicycle had her bag snatched from the bike's front...
Tigers at a wildlife park in Beijing attacked two women on Saturday after they got out of their car.Park rangers went to their aid within seconds, but they were unable to save one of the women.The tragedy reminds people...
He had just finished watching the recent Tamil film Kabali, but what happened next to Mr Vasanth Paul would be worthy of its own movie as well.Mr Paul, a model and photographer from the south Indian city of Chennai,...
Image: Category: NewsBusinessAsiaPublication Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 09:44Keywords: technologyeconomic growthExternal URL: Thailand's poised for tech growth but will start-ups come?Send to mobile app: Byline: Uptin Saiidi
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