Although it is not on the list of Indonesian cities set to be swept by a total solar eclipse on Wednesday, Jayapura in Papua will be experiencing the longest eclipse, which will last for 2 hours, 55 minutes and...
KOTA KINABALU - Residents here woke up to a partial solar eclipse on Wednesday morning.The picture above was taken by The Star's photographer Normimie Diun at Balai Cerap al-Biruni in Putatan here at 8am.Depending on the location, Malaysians will...
MORE Chinese couples here are opting not to have the traditional "gatecrash" ritual on their wedding day, even as a trend of couples preferring smaller, more intimate weddings gains popularity.The gatecrash ritual is a Chinese tradition and involves bridesmaids...
JAKARTA - Indonesia's western province of Riau has declared a state of emergency over forest and land fires blazing on the island of Sumatra, a government official said on Tuesday.The fires, which send choking smog over Southeast Asia every...
BEIJING - A corruption purge connected to disgraced former public security chief Zhou Yongkang has been highly effective and officials have turned over a new leaf, the top official in China's scandal-ridden southwestern province of Sichuan said on Tuesday.Populous...
Myanmar is a country in the throes of a rapid transformation and in Yangon, its commercial capital, the change is palpable.The city's once peaceful tree-lined streets are now packed with cars, buses and lorries. Cranes dot the skyline -...
A Chinese woman who woke up after being in a coma for eight months has claimed that her boyfriend who took care of her was responsible for causing her injuries.According to the New York Post, Lin Yingying, 24, alleged...
On Feb 6, just two days before Chinese New Year, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan around 4am. .The death toll hit 116, with many of the casualties coming from the collapse of the...
In a bid to attract more tourists and become one of the world's top destinations during the next five years, the Tibet autonomous region would like to shorten the time it takes to issue travel permits to foreigners.Currently, foreign...
SEOUL - North Korea has tried to hack into email accounts of South Korean railway workers in an attempt to attack the transport system's control system, South Korea's spy agency said on Tuesday.South Korea has been on heightened alert...
