In Ecuador and in China's neighbours Japan, Myanmar and Afghanistan, a series of strong quakes have recently caused casualties and damage. But are they a bad omen for China?Pan Huaiwen, director of the China Earthquake Networks Center, said he...
Officials who commit severe corruption crimes, such as taking a huge amount of bribes, may face a new sentence now - life imprisonment without parole, according to an interpretation issued on Monday by the top judiciary authorities."The life sentence...
An Indian court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the embattled tycoon Vijay Mallya, who left the country owing more than US$1 billion (S$1.35 billion), an official told AFP.The 60-year-old liquor baron, once dubbed the "King of Good...
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday vowed to press for greater autonomy for the nation's ethnic minorities, in an early move to soothe the rebellions roiling the country after her party's ascent to power.The country has been swept...
SHANGHAI - Authorities in China have launched an investigation after a report that hundreds of children attending a language school built near a polluted former industrial site developed health problems, including cancer, state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday.The...
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday (April 18) vowed to press for greater autonomy for the nation's ethnic minorities, in an early move to soothe the rebellions roiling the country after her party's ascent to power.The country has...
BEIJING - China on Monday stepped up its war of words with Taiwan after Taipei freed 20 suspects in a telecom fraud case linked to China, with state media accusing Taiwan of tolerating crime and being taken hostage by...
Japan's atomic regulator on Monday (April 18) said there is no need to shut down the country's only operating nuclear station on south-western Kyushu island, where a series of quakes killed more than 40 people and damaged infrastructure.The Nuclear...
South Korean President Park Geun Hye said on Monday (April 18) that she "humbly" accepted her ruling party's shock electoral defeat and vowed to work with the now opposition-controlled national assembly.Last week's ballot saw Ms Park's conservative Saenuri Party...
A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has built in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Monday, raising the prospect that China could base...
