Papua New Guinea reports more than 2000 people buried in devastating landslide
More than 2000 people have been buried in a Papua New Guinea landslide that destroyed a remote highland village, the government warned...
Update for cop accused of murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies
The family of slain man Luke Davies has been granted special permission to dial into court to hear the proceedings against his alleged...
RBA announces interest rate decision at June meeting
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has kept interest rates on hold at its June meeting on Tuesday afternoon. It’s not quite cause for...
Fukuoka stalking murder suspect partially denies charges
A man suspected of stalking and killing a woman in Fukuoka pleaded not guilty to the stalking charge at the first hearing held by the...
Tokyo police arrest 23 men over brokering of prostitution
Tokyo police have arrested 23 men for allegedly pimping out female workers at sex entertainment stores — the largest number of arrests in...
Ban on nighttime drinking around Shibuya Station passed by ward
The assembly of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance banning street drinking at night around Shibuya Station,...
Chinese team perform world-first robotic surgery from Rome in Beijing
In a world first, a Chinese surgeon performed a remote transcontinental telesurgery from Rome on a prostate cancer patient in Beijing,...
Giant panda Xiang Xiang celebrates 7th birthday
Xiang Xiang, the celebrity female giant panda born in Japan, turned 7 years old on Wednesday! Crowds of visitors, including hundreds from...
China-Europe freight trains report record high transport volume in May
China-Europe freight train services recorded the highest monthly transport volume in May, according to the China State Railway Group Co.,...
Historic Ugandan artifacts return home for three years
After over a century away, 39 Ugandan objects have returned home. The University of Cambridge is loaning the traditional artifacts to the...
