World / Asia

Tokyo's main Olympic stadium ready to fight heat 30 Nov 2019 - 10:08 am

Tokyo - Construction of the $1.4 billion main Tokyo Olympic venue has officially completed, constructors said on Saturday, and is set to fight...

China bans 'fake news' created with AI, bots 30 Nov 2019 - 09:59 am

Beijing: China has issued new rules banning online video and audio providers from using artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality technologies to produce...

Pilots revving engines too hard led to IndiGo’s Airbus woes 29 Nov 2019 - 09:27 pm

IndiGo and Go Airlines India Ltd. use the same type of engine made by Pratt & Whitney that’s susceptible to mid-flight shutdowns. Yet...

India pollution regulator threatens to shut coal-fired utilities around New Delhi 29 Nov 2019 - 09:27 pm

NEW DELHI: India's federal pollution regulator has warned coal-fired power plants around New Delhi that they could be shut down for failing to...

Amid 'air apocalypse', mask-clad Lahore looks for answers 29 Nov 2019 - 09:16 pm

LAHORE, Pakistan: When black smoke from burning rice stubble in nearby India swept into Lahore - one of Pakistan's largest and wealthiest cities...

Glories of old Kabul emerge from decades of war - and trash 29 Nov 2019 - 01:32 am

KABUL: Kabul is rising from the ashes, shedding decades of war and mountains of trash to rebuild its pummelled culture. It's no small...

Demands grow for 'global justice' on climate damage at UN talks 29 Nov 2019 - 01:31 am

BARCELONA: Droughts, floods and storms are nothing new to poor communities in Mozambique - but in recent years, the weather has become so...

Stand in line, women: no 'potty parity' in Hong Kong 28 Nov 2019 - 11:27 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Hong Kong said on Thursday it had failed to meet its own pledge of "potty parity", a policy aimed at ending...

Australia makes rare arrest in international 'sextortion' case 28 Nov 2019 - 11:27 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Australia has charged a foreign national on suspicion of "sextortion", police said on Thursday, in a rare move to tackle a...

Talk to me: counsellors help child workers win justice in India 28 Nov 2019 - 11:27 pm

JAIPUR: When counsellor Arti Sharma met a 10-year-old boy, whose father sold him for 500 Indian rupees ($7) to work in a bangle...

China furious, Hong Kong celebrates after US move on bills 28 Nov 2019 - 06:49 pm

BEIJING: China reacted furiously Thursday to President Donald Trump’s signing two bills aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong, summoning the U.S....

Seoul says North Korea has fired 2 short-range projectiles 28 Nov 2019 - 06:49 pm

SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea on Thursday fired two short-range projectiles, likely from a "super-large” multiple rocket launcher, South Korea’s military said, adding...

Blogger tests Singapore's fake news law by rebuffing correction order 28 Nov 2019 - 12:35 pm

Singapore: A blogger said on Thursday he would not comply with a Singapore government order to correct a Facebook post in the first...

Cyber bullying, star suicides: The dark side of South Korea's K-pop world 28 Nov 2019 - 11:37 am

SEOUL, The apparent suicide of a second K-pop artist in a month has cast renewed focus in South Korea on vicious personal attacks...

Vietnam families to bury victims of UK truck tragedy 28 Nov 2019 - 11:20 am

Dien Chau, Vietnam, The families of some of the 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck in Britain prepared for emotional burials...

N.Korea fires unidentified projectile - S.Korea military 28 Nov 2019 - 11:14 am

Seoul: North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile, South Korea's office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Thursday. There were no...

Furious China threatens retaliation over US law on Hong Kong 28 Nov 2019 - 10:07 am

Hong Kong: China on Thursday summoned the US ambassador and threatened retaliation after US President Donald Trump signed legislation supporting Hong Kong pro-democracy...