TOKYO: The parents of a seven-year-old Japanese boy missing in the mountains confessed on Sunday (May 29) they had left him as a punishment and he did not get lost during a hike as first claimed, police said.More than...
HONG KONG - Hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday (May 29) ahead of the 27th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing.The city's pan-democratic leaders such as legislator Lee Cheuk-yan, are calling for...
BEIJING - A Chinese detergent maker has apologised for an advertisement which shows a black man stuffed into a washing machine and transformed into a fair-skinned Asian, just a day after dismissing critics as too sensitive.The advertisement by the...
DAVAO, Philippines - Incoming Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday he would seek an early start to peace talks with communist rebels and free detained guerrilla chieftains when he takes office in end-June.He also offered safe passage for Jose...
KATHMANDU - Gasping for breath and clad in trekking boots, more than 150 local and foreign runners took part Sunday in the world's highest marathon in the snow-covered foothills of Mount Everest.The annual Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon, which began in...
MANILA - Philippine police have killed three drug suspects in a shootout, officials said Sunday, the latest such deaths after the election of tough anti-crime firebrand Rodrigo Duterte as president.A spate of recent criminal killings by police has spiked...
YANGON - Gripping a monkey-faced chess piece, Thein Zaw swipes his hand across the chequerboard and topples an advancing demon, demonstrating an ancient form of the game that Myanmar traditionalists are battling to revive.Sittuyin, as Myanmar's unique chess is...
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BANGKOK - The body of a British man missing for four days after a tourist speedboat crashed in southern Thailand was found Sunday on rocks close to where the boat went down, bringing the death toll to four.The vessel,...
BEIJING - With drinks served in breast-shaped cups and beers opened with bottle openers shaped like a wooden penis, the father and daughter team behind a Beijing S&M restaurant are encouraging customers to mix food with sex.Owner Lu Lu,...
