Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has said that a plan to construct a seawall to protect the city from flooding caused by high waves is also expected to prevent the capital from sinking further.Akok referred to a statement...
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the murder of a Hindu tailor in central Bangladesh on Saturday, a US-based monitoring group said.Nikhil Chandra Joarder, who was hacked to death by at least two attackers outside his shop, may...
As the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) loses its grip on territories in the Middle East, the militant group is expected to look towards South-east Asia to perpetuate its claims to a caliphate.Counter-terrorism analysts say the region's...
"At least 14 million straight women in China are currently, or have been, trapped in false marriages with men who are gay," Zhang Beichuan, a retired professor with the Medical School of Qingdao University, and a pioneering researcher on...
Luxury fashion brand Gucci has warned Hong Kong shops selling paper handbags and other goods as offerings for the dead not to market items resembling their products.It is a tradition for Hong Kong families to purchase and burn paper...
If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then China is on a roll.Following in the wake of copycat pyramids and sphinxes, is China's newest sportswear brand, Uncle Martian.Photo: MashableIf its name and logo sounds familiar, that's because it...
TEMERLOH, Malaysia - Withering drought and sizzling temperatures from El Nino have caused food and water shortages and ravaged farming across Asia, and experts warn of a double-whammy of possible flooding from its sibling, La Nina.The current El Nino...
China wants to put astronauts on the moon by 2036, a senior space official said, the latest goal in China's ambitious lunar exploration programme.China in 2003 became the third country to put a man in space with its own...
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HONG KONG - A plastic sheet, a blanket, a sleeping bag: a makeshift bed laid out in the shadow of towering apartment blocks by a man who would rather be homeless than cooped up in Hong Kong's cramped and...
Travel between the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city (SSTEC) and other parts of Tianjin will be seamless and shorter when a rail link is ready in about four years.More importantly, it could be a "game-changer" in spurring the eco-city's development.A ground-breaking...
