BEIJING - China has unveiled a design concept for a "straddling bus" that will not only save road space but also help reduce air pollution, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.Also known as a land airbus, the track-based...
Seoul - A group representing Korean victims of the US atomic bombings of Japan protested Thursday that their suffering was being neglected ahead of President Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima.The Association of Korean Atomic Bomb Victims estimates that...
Kathmandu - Hundreds of mountaineers have reached the summit of Everest in recent weeks, drawing a line under two years of tragedy on the world's highest peak.As the brief spring climbing season drew to a close, Nepal's famed sherpa...
ISE SHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will Thursday take fellow world leaders on a tour of Ise Shrine, an ancient spot that sits at the heart of Japan's native Shinto religion.The trip is part of the...
Thirteen-year-old Siti Maryam says she suffers headaches and nausea after harvesting tobacco leaves with her bare hands during four years of working on her family's farm in Indonesia.Maryam, who is among the thousands of children a rights group says...
BEIJING - A member of China's organisation overseeing relations with Taiwan has come under ridicule from Chinese netizens for calling the island's new president Tsai Ing-wen "emotional" and "extreme"because she is a single woman without children."As a single female...
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka Wednesday announced it was setting up an office to trace thousands of people still missing seven years after the end of its ethnic war, to try to bring closure for families.Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said...
JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday approved a law prescribing the death penalty as the maximum sentence for child rapists, after several brutal gang rapes sparked public outrage.Sexual violence is prevalent in Southeast Asia's most populous country,...
BEIJING - U.S President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima has generally been welcomed in Japan, but it is drawing different reactions in China, where many suffered under Japanese occupation in World War II."The suffering of Japanese people who were...
KUALA LUMPUR - Relatives of passengers who were onboard a Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared more than two years ago have pleaded with the Australian, Chinese and Malaysian governments to keep looking for the missing aircraft.The relatives' concerns were...
