LAI CHAU – Twenty children, aged between 23-34 months, from Giang Ma Preschool in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu are currently in stable condition following fears that they may have ...

BEIJING – The delegation of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai) on Monday called for China to exempt Japanese short-term visitors from visa requirements soon in its first ...

PETALING JAYA – The United States presidential election on Tuesday (Nov 5) is set to be a heated race. With both the Democrat candidate Kamala Harris and the Republican’s Donald Trump neck and neck in ...

TOKYO – While the Ueno district in Taito Ward, Tokyo, is well-known for its museums, zoo and Ameyoko shopping street, retro-atmosphere coffee shops are also an important fixture. Coffee Shop Galant, ...

MANILA – Typhoon Marce (international name: Yinxing) is expected to intensify as it approaches the Babuyan Islands or Cagayan, with landfall anticipated on Thursday afternoon or evening, the state ...

DHAKA – Consumers in Bangladesh have been paying more for potatoes over the past week, with supplies of the tuber harvested in the previous season running low as the new season approaches.

JAKARTA – Despite the widely vaunted reforms made to the judiciary after the fall of New Order in 1998, profound doubts remain about whether the state is fulfilling its constitutional mandate to ...

It's the first time the 22-year-old Zheng has qualified for the Finals, where the top-8 singles stars and doubles teams compete in round-robin groups, before progressing to the semifinals to fight for ...

BANGKOK – Flooding is one of the most common natural disasters around the world as evidenced by the severe flooding that has impacted several countries this year alone. According to World Bank data ...

ULAANBAATAR – The little-known Mongolia is increasingly coming into the public view. US Secretary of State Blinken was in Ulan Bator in August and proposed a third, virtual, border with the United ...

MANILA – The Armed Forces of the Philippines launched a unilateral joint exercise among its major branch services on Monday to prepare troops to collectively respond “to any external threats” that ...

KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian man who is fighting in the war between Ukraine and Russia has been injured but remains alive, Tan Sri Razarudin Husain. The Inspector-General of Police said intelligence ...