1 More has been launching products that serve as great value for money with keeping intact features as well as audio quality. Building on this...

South Africa will introduce new visa policies to attract more Chinese tourists, said South African Minister of Tourism Derek Hanekom in a recent pre-recorded video...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is expected to discuss the North Korea crisis with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his visit to Japan next week,...

China Calxon Group, whose controlling interest is held by Xu Jiayin, chairman of real estate giant Evergrande Group, is heading into the movie industry, The...

The team of Ayan Mukerji directorial Brahmastra seems to be having a lot of fun while shooting the film in Bulgaria. No wonder, we get...

The US Department of Homeland Security is creating a centre aimed at protecting banks, electric companies and other critical infrastructure against cyber attacks — a...

At the very beginning, a few important disclosures – I am a Bengali Assamese, an identity I wear with pride; and this is not a...

Samsung Electronics is suffering slow sales of its Galaxy S9 smartphone and becoming increasingly reliant on sales of memory chips.Samsung said Tuesday that second-quarter sales...

Mission: Impossible – Fallout is scaling new heights all over the world in terms of its box office performance, and India is no exception. The...

Dozens of people were injured when a packed Aeromexico-operated Embraer jet crashed right after takeoff in Mexico’s state of Durango on Tuesday, but authorities said...

Iran's parliament plans a special session to question President Hassan Rouhani about the plummeting currency and struggling economy.The parliament's website said Wednesday that Rouhani must...

Guizhou is situated in the southwest of China, and is known for its fresh air and bounteous mountains parted only by sleepy valleys. Not only...

Stojanoski and colleagues explain in their paper that the controversy around the cognitive benefits of brain-training apps is mainly due to the fact that most...

China’s central bank will soon welcome two new deputy directors that come from two distinct backgrounds, according to insiders at the institution, Yicai.com reported.Zhu Hexin,...

Tommy Fleetwood plays a shot from the bunker during a practice round prior to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, U.S., on July 31.

Using a cast-iron skillet on the grill is the key to giving your steak the perfect crust and a tender, juicy inside.There’s more than one...

One of China’s ‘big four’ banks, the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), has used a blockchain platform to issue a farming-based business loan worth around...

Putting an end to days of speculation about Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra’s engagement to musician beau Nick Jonas, her friend and actor Kangana Ranaut on...

When it comes to smartphones, Xiaomi leads the parade in the affordable mid-range segment with its feature-loaded and competitive pricing. However, the R&D team of...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington,  July 25, 2018.U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...

 Striking taxi drivers brought traffic in parts of major Spanish cities to a standstill Monday by stopping their vehicles in major thoroughfares to protest ride-hailing...

Jose Mourinho was finally given something to smile about as a tempestuous trip to the United States ended with a 2-1 victory over former club...

Bangladesh's pharmaceuticals sector will grow 15 percent year-on-year to reach $5.11 billion by 2023, propelled by high investments by local companies as they seek to...

A Vietnamese student is planning to sell coffee grown from her home country in Taiwan, helping hundreds of thousands of small coffee farmers make a...

CBS Corp.’s board left Chief Executive Leslie Moonves in his post on Monday as it discussed sexual harassment claims against him and took steps to...

China on Tuesday successfully launched an optical remote sensing satellite, as part of its high-resolution Earth observation project which will also provide data for the...

Several U.S. states said on Monday that they would jointly sue the Trump administration in a last-ditch effort to block the public from being able...

Nearly 1,20,000 people have been displaced after floods submerged a vast swathe of southeastern Myanmar, killing 11 people and sending panicked residents fleeing for dry...

Pakistan’s Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan is hoping to resolve issues with India during his five-year term, his aides said. A close aide told this newspaper...

Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock hit an attacking 87 to guide South Africa to a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international in...

Word late on Tuesday that the Trump administration was poised to escalate a trade war with China has been confirmed by the White House, with...

Imran Khan has decided against inviting foreign leaders and celebrities to his oath-taking ceremony as Pakistan's new prime minister as he wants to keep the...

In an emotional and solemn ceremony, the remains of dozens of presumed casualties from the Korean War were we escorted by military honor guards onto...

"Vaginal rejuvenation" is a much-contested expression referring to the treatment of various physiological changes affecting a woman's vaginal canal, vaginal wall, or pelvic floor —...

England were 285 for nine after winning the toss at stumps on the first day of the first Test against India at Edgbaston on Wednesday.Joe...

A federal jury in California has awarded Canadian patent licensing company WiLan $145.1 million in damages against Apple for patent infringement, according to a court...

Chinese Internet giant Tencent has so far invested in 93 enterprises in 2018, with a total investment scale of 187.47 billion yuan (US$27.48 billion), according...

Amidst tensions in bilateral ties, the US Congress has passed a defence spending bill capping its security-related aid to Pakistan at USD 150 million, significantly...

Terminator fans have been given a sneak preview of the next instalment.Paramount Pictures tweeted an image from the film showing Linda Hamilton clutching a gun...

duplicate While talk of a trade war and the vulnerability of Chinese financial markets has dominated headlines in recent months, risks facing property developers have...

The Ministry of Finance has decided to lighten taxes on vehicles, aiming to promote the use of new energy. The new tax cut is expected...

Richard Yu, chief executive officer of Huawei Technologies Co., holds the Mate 10 Pro smartphone while speaking during the company's keynote event at the 2018...

After exiting China eight years ago due to censorship and hacking, Google is tuning a mobile search app that would filter blacklisted search results in...

Australia Thursday (Aug 2) vowed to "vehemently" oppose a new push by Japan to undermine a global moratorium on commercial whaling, and urged like-minded nations...

Xuan Changneng, assistant to the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, has been promoted to deputy director of State Administration of Foreign Exchange, The...

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, it's said. So that's exactly what some people in Sweden did recently. Only, what life gave them was...

A New York judge who ordered an Ecuadorean immigrant who delivered pizza to an Army installation freed from an immigration detention camp said Wednesday that...

Cops in Australia have been forced to patrol a dangerous cliff edge in a bid to stop tourists risking their life for the perfect selfie.Tourists...

"He won't even spare his dog" - that's what one Instagram user says about this video of Lionel Messi. It shows the most heartwarming little...

A Turkish court rejected an appeal on Tuesday for an American pastor to be released from house arrest during his trial on terrorism charges, his...

Shandong Sunrise Group, a major soybean importer that was, for years, China’s 500th biggest company, has become the first Chinese firm to file for bankruptcy...

20-year-old Eric Torrell was shot by the police as he was seen walking with what appeared to be a gun around Vasastan district in central...

Shen Danyang, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce and head of the Policy Research Office, has been promoted to deputy governor of Hainan province, The...

Thirty-nine people were killed in a suicide bombing of a Shiite mosque in eastern Afghanistan, and the death toll may climb further, police and government...

Apple became the first $1 trillion publicly listed US company on Thursday, leading a rebound in technology stocks and pushing the benchmark S&P 500 and...

Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray withdrew from the ATP Washington Open on Friday, citing fatigue after a 3 a.m. finish that left him crying...

Italian luxury brand Prada has hiked the prices of some products for the third time this year amid Koreans' insatiable appetite for overpriced bling.Prada raised...

Mexico’s economy minister said on Friday that Mexico and the United States could overcome key stumbling blocks standing in the way of a new NAFTA...

Imran Khan, who is set to become Pakistan's new prime minister, has been summoned by the country's anti-graft body in connection with the misuse of...

A special court in Pakistan hearing the treason charges against former dictator Pervez Musharraf has scheduled the hearing of the high-profile case on August 20,...

China’s largest refiner, Sinopec, will delay making any purchases of U.S. oil for September amid concern that the Asian giant will slap tariffs on American...

Americans are getting skin cancer – and sometimes dying from it – at an alarming rate, while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration irresponsibly refuses...

Nina Tomasieski logs on to Twitter before the sun rises. Seated at her dining room table with a nearby TV constantly tuned to Fox News,...

Bangladesh authorities have shut down mobile internet across swathes of the country, officials and local media said Sunday, as the authorities try to quell massive...

Ah, the romance of the ocean: the rapturous splash of waves on sand, the whisper of a coquettish breeze, the sensual invigoration of a swim....

While death is inevitable, we’re fortunate that medical science can now prolong our lives to an amazing degree. In 1900 the average life expectancy in...

A phone app and a database of more than 50 million voters were key weapons in the successful campaign of cricket legend Imran Khan in...

 A U.S. diplomat handed over a letter for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from U.S. President Donald Trump to North Korea’s foreign minister at...

The World Health Organization is inviting businesses across the Western Pacific region to join a new campaign, “Revolution Smoke-Free”, and establish smoke-free workplaces in which...

Fresh off the smashing success of 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout', actress Rebecca Ferguson has booked two major gigs. Per Deadline, the White Queen star has...

As Priyanka Chopra bid goodbye to her role as Alex Parrish in 'Quantico', which gave an unprecedented push to her career in Hollywood, hopes she...

The ThinkPad series of laptops has to be one of the most influential laptop brands in the world. Conceptualised by IBM years ago, the brand...

Substitute Marco Asensio made an immediate impact by scoring two early second-half goals as Real Madrid rallied to beat Juventus 3-1 in a pre-season exhibition...

A scandal involving faulty vaccines wouldn’t seem a threat to China’s most powerful reform push in decades. Nothing could be further from the truth, though,...

As Myanmar has announced plans to restructure the government-run entity Myanmar Timber Enterprise, or MTE, under private sector management, reports of illegal logging are surging,...

Asia markets fell on Thursday, following an overnight mixed session in the U.S. as renewed trade concerns offset strong gains in tech.In Australia, the benchmark...

President Donald Trump's strategy of becoming aggressively involved in the midterm elections is prompting concern among some Republicans who worry he's complicating the political calculus...

China’s – or, perhaps, more correctly, Xi Jinping’s – propagandists hail him as an exceptional leader. Yet with the country faced with several serious and...

Even behind bars, Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will secure his leftist party's nomination Satur-day and continue to overshadow more likely candidates in the...

  Drones armed with explosives detonated near Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as he gave a speech to hundreds of soldiers in Caracas on Saturday but...

Sri Lanka is very much a partner in China's ambitious One Belt One Road initiative, a Communist Party delegation said on Thursday.Chinese President Xi Jinping's...

Samsung's upcoming flagship - Galaxy Note 9 is pulling all the attention currently which is expected to be announced on August 9. While the phone...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared on Sunday that Washington would “enforce the sanctions” it is reimposing against Iran after President Donald Trump withdrew...

Bollywood may be the biggest film industry in the world but it's also home to a whole lot of filth that its biggest players are...

Pop stars Ariana Grande and Shawn Mendes will be among the performers at the MTV Video Music Awards on August 20, the network announced Thursday.Announcing...

“We’ll always have Paris,” says Bogie in Casablanca, because Paris is at once a film set (Grace Jones on the Eiffel Tower, Audrey Tautou in...

Residents and tourists in Portugal and Spain stayed in the shade or flocked to the beach Saturday as southern Europe sweltered in a heat wave...

Researchers from many international institutions have teamed up to design a more effective drug for liver cancer therapy. Their compound may help improve survival rates...

Bangladeshi police fired tear gas on Sunday to disperse tens of thousands of students protesting for an eighth day to demand safer roads after two...

Honor has been teasing the Play for a pretty long time in the country and has finally launched it today. Slated to be a performance-driven...

Sergio Aguero spoiled Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri’s first taste of English football as the Argentine’s double gave Manchester City a stylish 2-0 victory in the...

Recently, there’s been some talk about making airline seats smaller. The good news is after the CEOs of American and Delta briefly squeezed their six...

Chinese state media on Monday lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policies in an unusually personal attack, even as they sought to reassure...

Chinese engineers say they have tested an aircraft based on sonic wave-riding technology and able to carry multiple nuclear warheads, which can elude all anti-missile...

State-owned China Southern Power Grid has acquired a 25.48% stake in the Luxembourg utility company Encevo S.A., following its acquisition of a 27.8% stake in...

Another BMW 520d sedan caught fire in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province on Saturday despite having previously passed a safety check. It was the fourth spontaneous...

For the first half of 2018, the GDP of four major cities in China including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen have exceeded the one trillion...

Brazil’s Workers Party (PT) officially named former President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva as its presidential candidate on Saturday, even though he is in prison...

Citing “interference” in its internal affairs, Saudi Arabia said on Monday it was expelling Canada’s ambassador, recalling its envoy in Ottawa, and freezing its business...

A powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, killing at least 82 people and shaking neighboring Bali, one week after another...

Drones armed with explosives detonated near Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an apparent assassination attempt that took place while he was delivering a speech to...

So it’s goodbye Lake Garda and hello Fort Brégançon, as Theresa May cuts short her Italian sojourn to attend a summit with Emmanuel Macron in...

Office workers who knew that standing during the day could keep them healthier still felt awkward when they stood during meetings while their colleagues were...

Priyanka Chopra may be all set to play Zaira Wasim's mother in Shonali Bose's film The Sky Is Pink, but the team is facing a...

Hong Kong's stock market is set to welcome a pair of big new listings this week, but the overall investor mood is likely to remain...

Italian firefighters say 12 people have been killed and three injured after a van accident in a town in southern Italy.The ANSA news agency reported...

BMW noticed mysterious fires erupting in the engines of its cars in Europe as early as 2016, the carmaker admitted Monday, fueling more criticism that...

Every time an image of U.S. President Donald Trump appears on TV in South Korea, 69-year-old Vietnam War veteran Chung Seung Jin solemnly salutes.The U.S....

North Korean state media on Monday urged the United States to drop sanctions, as South Korea said it was investigating nine cases of coal shipments...

Malaysian Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been given the green light to be discharged from Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital where he has been recovering from...

Student demonstration and transport disruption, which partly halted movement of goods-laden trucks, have affected shipments of apparel items, exporters said yesterday.Not only has there been...

India's under-20 team stunned traditional giants Argentina 2-1 despite being reduced to 10 men in a mouth-watering contest at the COTIF Cup in Spain. Deepak...

THE next time you visit New Caledonia it could be called Kanaky Nouvelle-Caledonie.The French territory known for its palm-lined beaches and marine-life-rich lagoon will soon...

After more than a year of development and months of testing by early adopters, Google has launched Android 9 Pie, the latest release of Android.Android...

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has warned the club not to sell France World Cup star Paul Pogba and instead to focus on strengthening...

A German court Tuesday handed down lengthy jail sentences to a couple for repeatedly sexually abusing their young son and selling him to paedophiles online...

Some hospital superbugs are growing increasingly tolerant to alcohol-based disinfectants found in hand washes and sanitizers, allowing increasing infections to take hold, an Australian study...

2018 European Championships - Track Cycling, Women`s Omnium, Elimination Race - Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Britain - 6 August 2018 - Cyclists in action. Photo: Reuters

Kulsoom Nawaz, wife of jailed former-Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has regained consciousness but is still on ventilator, said Sharif's son Hussain Nawaz.Hussain informed that...

A woman’s breast has been viewed as a sexual organ inviting stares, harassment and lewd comments. Little are they seen and understood as the proud...

ADATA has launched the XPG SPECTRIX D80 DDR4 RGB. The module is touted as the world’s first RGB DDR4 memory with a hybrid liquid-air cooling...

An investigation has identified more hypertension drugs that contain dangerously high levels of the carcinogen NDMA.The compound was found in generic valsartan using ingredients manufactured...

Vanke, one of the major property developers in China, has invested 25.43 billion yuan (US$3.71 billion) in July to acquire land in 33 cities for...

Actor Johnny Depp has claimed that his ex-wife Amber Heard had once punched him twice in the face when they were together. According to People,...

The Shanghai Stock Exchange has adjusted the limits of the circuit breaker mechanism for new stocks in their first day of trading, Yicai.com reported.According to...

Two trucks collided on a motorway near Bologna airport in northern Italy on Monday, sending a huge ball of fire and billows of black smoke...

The death toll from a massive dam collapse in southern Laos has jumped to 31, officials said, with scores still missing weeks after the unprecedented...

Intel Corp plans to upgrade its existing chips and combine them with a new memory technology to help stave off competition from Advanced Micro Devices...

A powerful typhoon was churning towards Japan on Wednesday (Aug 8), prompting the nation's weather agency to warn of heavy rain and violent winds and...

In the seaside resort of Beidaihe in Hebei province, the temperature was a balmy 25 degrees Celsius on Thursday with occasional cooling showers.But in Beijing,...

Rick Gates, a longtime business associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, on Monday testified that he helped Manafort file false...

Saudi Arabia has stopped all medical treatment programs in Canada and is coordinating for the transfer of all Saudi patients from Canadian hospitals to other...

Rescuers on Indonesia's quake-hit island of Lombok dug through the rubble of a mosque on Wednesday (Aug 8), hoping to reach the aunt of a...

IQiyi Sports, the sports arm of iQiyi — one of China’s emerging online video platforms — announced it has received strategic financing totalling 500 million...

Parents, please take note: If your child spends more than one to two hours on screen-based devices such as computers, phones, tablets, video games or...

Rumored couple - actress Esha Gupta and cricketer Hardik Pandya - topped the trends list over the weekend after Esha responded to reports about her...

Taobao, one of the world’s largest e-commerce websites controlled by Alibaba, has teamed up with Alipay, Alibaba’s third-party online payment platform, to launch a group...

Military troops and other defense personnel at sensitive bases or certain high-risk warzone areas won’t be allowed to use fitness-tracker or cellphone applications that can...

Usain Bolt will train at the Central Coast Mariners for as long as it takes to become a professional footballer and has agreed to reside...

In 2006, government agencies reported that more than 13,000 Filipino nurses left for countries such as Singapore, Japan, and Saudi Arabia. Not included in this number...

The United States is on pace to add about 2.6 million jobs this year under US president Donald Trump's watch. Yet the bulk of the...

Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak was hit with new charges Wednesday linked to a multi-billion-dollar financial scandal that contributed to his shock election defeat...

Actress Sonam Kapoor has thanked music artiste Leo Kalyan for liking her latest film "Veere Di Wedding". She said that the film's team wanted to...

Tesla Inc has started hiring for a new factory in Shanghai, according to job postings on its website, just a month after the US electric...

Siti Nurjanah is lucky to be alive. The 32-year-old survived the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked Lombok on Sunday (Aug 5), but she lost almost...

Wildfires tearing through trees and brush, rampaging up hillsides and incinerating neighborhoods: The place-names change but the devastation is showing signs of becoming the new...

Inflation fell slightly to 5.51 percent in July due to a cut in non-food prices, much to the cheer of the central bank.Last week, the...

In the context of tight liquidity, “fundraising” in the private equity investment sector has suffered from a cold, harsh winter, Yicai.com reported.According to the VC/PE...

A US college student has made sure her graduation snaps are ones to remember - after posing in her cap and sash with a 14ft...

Thousands mourned in southern India on Tuesday (Aug 7) after the death of revered 94-year-old political leader Muthuvel Karunanidhi.But tensions were high with local television...

U.S. President Donald Trump insists that North Korea is making progress in dismantling its nuclear program.Trump made the remarks while speaking to business leaders at...

Designer Sanjay Garg, who is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his brand Raw Mango this year, has been instrumental in the revival of a number...

Even when traffic fumes permeate the air, it's still better for your heart if you get outside and exercise than if you spend all day...

Linksys is expanding its Velop family of routers with the Dual-Band modular mesh Wi-Fi system. The system can be installed in various mesh configurations to...

Grameenphone's alleged financial discrepancies have ballooned almost three times to Tk 11,530.15 crore after the telecom regulator ran another audit of the operator's books.In the...

Facebook and Prudential are among a number of multinational companies that have moved to a new Singapore office complex this year. But to call their...

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and Chris Pratt’s "Cowboy Ninja Viking" has been indefinitely delayed.Universal Pictures has taken "Cowboy Ninja Viking" off its schedule and undated...

A Turkish delegation will visit Washington this week to discuss growing friction between the NATO allies, according to reports on Tuesday, while Washington said the...

The Malaysian government's plan to introduce a dress code for Muslim women in the workplace has sparked a backlash from women's rights groups, which accuse...

Tributes flowed for Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle Thursday after he lost his battle with cancer, dying aged 36 after halting treatment for leukaemia last week."It...

Fresh container congestion has hit the Chittagong port because of the transport crisis caused by the unannounced strike in response to the protest of the...

Day lily flower blooms on the hills at Sarkari Shishu Paribar area, Khagrachhari, 8 August 2018. Photo: Nerob Chowdhury

After announcing the Snapdragon 710 for the premium midrange smartphone segment earlier this year, Qualcomm has announced the successor to its ageing midrange Snapdragon 660...

Athletes and dietary supplement users can use a new infographic from the International Olympic Committee to help them decide whether to take or avoid a...

Speaking in Ankara on Wednesday, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey will issue so-called panda bonds in China to “diversify its sources of...

"Crazy Rich Asians" may be the first Hollywood movie in 25 years with an all-Asian cast but the filmmakers hope it will be enjoyed by...

The United States announced Wednesday it will impose new sanctions on Russia for illegally using a chemical weapon in an attempt to kill a former...

Suranga Lakmal took three key wickets in a tense encounter Wednesday cut short by rain to guide Sri Lanka to their first one-day win over...

Japan's Suzuki Motor, Mazda and Yamaha have admitted using false emissions data for some vehicles, the transport ministry said on Thursday (Aug 9), in the...

US officials point to weak Chinese stock performance as a gauge of China’s vulnerability to US economic pressure through tariffs. The American stock market has...

Danny Stork, a livestock farmer in Glen Oak, 180 kilometers north of Sydney, has 20 bales of hay left for his 100 head of cattle....

Research released on Tuesday shows by just how much China is beating the competition in the race to roll out a national 5G (fifth-generation) wireless...

Amid the trade war with the US, China has reported a current account deficit of USD 28.3 billion in the first half of this year,...

The legal woes of the once powerful Sharif family is mounting with a Pakistani anti-corruption court on Tuesday declaring PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif’s son-in-law a...

Firefighters said for the first time Wednesday that they have made good progress battling the state’s largest-ever wildfire but didn’t expect to have it fully...

Researchers have found that people exposed to even low levels of air pollution can have changes in the structure of the heart, similar to those...

New research suggests that the widely used chemotherapy drug doxorubicin may cause heart toxicity, potentially leading to congestive heart failure.Doxorubicin is a chemotherapy drug commonly...

A stampede on Wednesday (Aug 8) among thousands of mourners at the funeral of a powerful southern Indian politician killed two people and injured 47,...

Doctor Isima Sobande was in medical school when she first heard of mothers who bleached the skin of their babies.She dismissed it as an urban...

Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip after dozens of rockets were launched Wednesday from the coastal territory ruled by the Islamic militant Hamas group,...

Chelsea have signed Spanish goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga for a world record 80 million-euro ($92.8 million) fee from Athletic Bilbao, the Premier League club said on...

Russian operatives have penetrated some of Florida’s election systems and could delete registered voters ahead of the November elections if the systems are not adequately...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday will hear the case against Pakistan Prime Minister to be, Imran Khan for voting in full public...

Two more BMWs caught fire on Thursday, one of them a model that was not subject to a massive recall.The BMW 730Ld caught fire on...

Mobile telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Friday it would add around 300 jobs in the United States to meet rising demand for next-generation 5G...

KUANTAN, Pahang: A mother in Malaysia lost two of her sons in a drowning incident at the estuary of Sungai Balok on Friday (Aug 10).The...

U.S. trade pressure on China could push Beijing to speed up efforts to restructure its economy, some local analysts say.President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs...

If you thought frenzied crowds only lined up for rock concerts, football matches or the latest iPhone, guess again. The southern Indian city of Hyderabad...

Taiwanese citizens have been traveling to airports with feelings of nervous trepidation recently. The question preying on their minds: Will their passports be accepted as...

Samsung’s new smartphone illustrates the limits of innovation at a time when hardware advances have slowed.The new phone, the Galaxy Note 9, will be faster...

The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily.A memo shared with The Associated Press...

Turkish director and Cannes Palme d’Or winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan on Friday received an outstanding contribution award at the opening of the Sarajevo film festival.“This...

Jose Mourinho hailed captain Paul Pogba's willingness to put his body on the line to lead Manchester United to a winning start in the Premier...

Lionel Messi was named as Barcelona's captain on Friday following the departure of long-serving midfielder Andres Iniesta, while defenders Gerard Pique and Sergi Roberto were...

Samsung is betting everything on the Galaxy Note 9 in a saturated market where all smartphones are more or less the same.The Korean tech giant...

The US military said it had launched a search and rescue operation after reports a marine may have fallen overboard from an American warship as...

Pakistan Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan on Friday submitted a written apology and an affidavit to the election commission for violating the electoral code of conduct...

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Vynn Capital, a South-East Asia-based early-stage venture capital firm, and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) jointly announced a strategic partnership to...

A US free speech group on Friday asked President Donald Trump to unblock 41 Twitter users after a federal judge in May ordered him to...

James Anderson took five wickets and Chris Woakes dismissed Virat Kohli as India were bowled out for just 107 on the second day of the...

From promoting her upcoming film Stree to doing prep work for Saina Nehwal biopic, Shraddha Kapoor is multitasking at the moment and the actor says...

Indonesia does not have enough maximum security facilities to hold a dramatically increased number of extremists, who have either been convicted or are awaiting trial,...

Like the fall of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, Turkey’s present financial collapse has been expected for years. The sloth of credit rating...

A record 63,880 people were slain in Brazil last year, according to a report released Thursday, a grim milestone that underscores deteriorating security in Latin...

Despite medical science's unbroken stream of discoveries, a number of high profile diseases still fox researchers. Today, scientists seek fresh clues along well-trodden paths. As scientists...

Luka Modric looks set to extend his six-year stay with Real Madrid after securing a salary rise which will see him elevated to the same...

Hyundai will stop production of diesel versions of four models amid sluggish sales, the carmaker said on Thursday."We decided to eclipse diesel sedans as they...

US forces launched airstrikes on Friday to counter a major Taliban assault on an Afghan provincial capital, where terrified residents cowered in their homes amid...

Facebook on Thursday said it was moving to prevent the sharing of blueprints for 3-D-printed guns on the social network, which violates its rules on...

Ryanair pilots in several European countries on Friday staged a strike that prompted the budget carrier to cancel 400 flights.A walkout called by German union...

Dental health experts worry that more people are using toothpaste that skips the most important ingredient — fluoride — and leaves them at a greater...

With Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, often described as the most beautiful woman in the world, not much has changed. She still dazzles everyone with her beauty...

A Saudi-led Arab military coalition said on Friday it would investigate an airstrike that killed dozens of children in Yemen, an apparent shift of stance...

The Bank of China, one of the big four state-owned banks, announced it will greatly increase investment in innovation R&D. In addition to conventional technology...

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri made a winning start to life in the Premier League as his team enjoyed a 3-0 win over Huddersfield Town at...

Authorities in northern China delayed the demolition of a massive mosque on Saturday (Aug 11) after thousands of people demonstrated to stop its destruction, local...

The Internet Financial Risk Special Rectification Work Leading Group Office has issued a new guideline on peer to peer lending platforms, requesting them to report...

The Japan NewsThe Andean nation of Peru boasts civilizations spanning thousands of years. It is also a Pacific country increasingly active in forging relations with...

A NASA spacecraft zoomed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before.As soon as...

It’s perhaps one of the most disheartening feelings in the world when you’ve spent your hard earned cash, done your holiday shopping and told everyone...

China Mobile, one of the big three state-owned telecom operators, has reported a net profit of 65.6 billion yuan (US$ 9.62 billion) for the first...

A lioness takes a swipe at Bhanu the Asiatic lion during an event to publicise World Lion Day at London Zoo in London, Britain on...

Akshay Kumar’s upcoming film Gold is a fictionalised version of the Indian hockey team’s historic win at 1948 Olympics. Now, paying a tribute to the...

If you're looking for a way to tone and shape your body with minimal equipment, body weight exercises are a great way to trim inches...

Chris Woakes continued a superb return to England duty with a maiden Test century against India at Lord's on Saturday as the home side took...

China Evergrande, the second largest Chinese property developer by sales, announced a dividend payment on Thursday that is equivalent to half of its accumulated profits...

South Korea said a total of 35,000 tons of North Korean coal and pig iron worth $5.8 million illegally entered its ports last year, in...

The debate over the damage inflicted by heading a football took another turn last week as a leading expert in brain injuries said children under...

The hard electronic circuitry may be on the verging of being dated since they are now being infused in clothes which you can wear. MIT...

Def Con, one of the world’s largest security conventions, served as a laboratory for breaking into voting machines on Friday, extending its efforts to identify...

Two police officers were among four people killed Friday in a shooting that sparked panic and a police lockdown in a sleepy eastern Canadian city,...

On top of leaping off a ridge with about 20kg of equipment, Jessica Goh has to manoeuvre from a height of 400 metres and attempt...

V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as "A Bend in the River" and "A House for Mr....

Ikea has finally opened its first store in India on Thursday, targeting the country's growing middle-class in an environment that Chief Executive Jesper Brodin has...

U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his spat with Turkey on Friday by imposing higher tariffs on metal imports, putting unprecedented economic pressure on a NATO...

It takes more than just a good website to run a successful online store.Being an entrepreneur is exciting as it allows you to take control...

Liupanshui, a city in southwest China’s Guizhou Province is developing tourism and agriculture industries to effectively alleviate poverty.Over 4,000 residents now sell agricultural products and...

Discovering ways of reducing cardiovascular risk is an ongoing challenge for medical science. A recent study asks whether "monster" radishes might provide some assistance.The official...

PML-N chief Shehbaz Sharif and chairman of the PPP Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari are among the candidates whose security deposit will be forfeited for failing to get...

Hollywood stars Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's divorce is in under threat of being dismissed due to lack of paperwork. Los Angeles County Superior Court advised...

“After delivering my daughter, I had the baby blues in the first month. This meant that I would start crying without a real reason, just...

An explosion in a residential building thought to be storing weapons and ammunition in Syria's rebel-held Idlib killed at least 39 people including 12 children...

Citibank NA Bangladesh has recently hosted a forum on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) underlining the bank's commitment to support Bangladesh, global clients and...

A former White House staffer who has written a bombshell memoir of her time serving under President Donald Trump released a secret tape Sunday of...

They may feel aggrieved at not obtaining an official seal of approval, but traditional Romanian dressmakers are riding a wave of demand for their folk...

Preity Zinta has pretty much been laying low since her move and marriage in the States. But guess what, she's ready for her filmi comeback!The...

A young Pakistani couple have been arrested for allegedly kissing and cuddling in a car in Islamabad, a media report said on Monday.The couple, aged...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's choice of a conservative Muslim cleric as his running mate took many by surprise, but it underscored his determination to counter...

Does your boss expects you to be ever-connected on emails and work without boundaries? If so, besides causing harm to your health and well-being, it...

The rival Koreas announced Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae In will meet in Pyongyang sometime in...

Taking the high speed rail, wandering around ancient towns and tasting delicious food, this is now probably the best way for foreign tourists to travel...

The death toll from floods in Mongolia has risen to 65 after the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) registered two deaths on Sunday.“Two deaths were...

Too much salt is bad for you, particulary because it is associated with an increased risk of heart problems — but how much is too...

The Argentine wizard now has more crowns than any other Blaugrana player in history, as he marked his first game as official captain with a...

Cross-legged in a windowless, almost pitch-black bamboo shack, the investigator pressed record on a video camera and asked the young Rohingya woman to describe the...

A key objective of President Donald Trump's trade war is to pressure Beijing to "buy American", but when it comes to millions of dollars of...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Sunday with the families of victims of a fatal shooting in eastern Canada — but said “now is not the...

Neymar scored his first goal for Paris Saint-Germain since February as the French champions kicked off the new Ligue 1 season with a 3-0 defeat...

Oscar winner Hilary Swank ('Million Dollar Baby', 'Boys Don't Cry') will star in the upcoming noir thriller 'Fatale', directed by Deon Taylor ('Meet the Blacks',...

Intending to expand its influence on cross-border e-commerce, US third-party payment giant PayPal has been actively communicating with regulators to secure licenses in China for...

Barcelona lifted the Spanish Super Cup for a record extending 13th time by coming from behind to beat Sevilla 2-1 on Sunday thanks to a...

August 19 is observed as the World Photography Day, which aims to inspire photographers across the world to showcase their creativity and to share their...

China's top newspaper lashed out at criticism that Beijing's hard-line treatment of its trade dispute with the U.S. led to tough measures from Washington.The commentary...

New data from cmsmc.com indicates the inflow of foreign capital into the Chinese A-share market has been accelerating, The Paper reported.Over the first seven months...

Six large new wildfires erupted in the United States, pushing the number of major active blazes nationwide to over 100, with more expected to break...

Nine people were killed and 15 injured in a blaze that broke out early Monday at a hospice for the terminally ill near Taiwan’s capital...

The Egyptian gave Juergen Klopp's side the lead after 19 minutes from Andy Robertson's precise low cross.West Ham's new manager Manuel Pellegrini gave debuts to...

James Anderson and Stuart Broad shared eight wickets before Chris Woakes completed a brilliant return to international duty with the final blow as England thrashed...

The teenager son of a police chief in California, who brutally assaulted a 71-year-old Sikh man, grinned and made obscene gestures during his first court...

Whether by brazenly injecting sex in the public sphere, adopting gay subculture for mainstream audiences or becoming the top-selling female musician of all time, Madonna...

The high-speed train running from Fuzhou to Hefei, famous for the beautiful natural landscapes and the interesting cultural landmarks along the way, has been voted...

Indian actor Irrfan Khan on Monday said he will not be able to fulfil his acting commitment to Amazon Prime Original Series - “Gormint” (formerly...

Instant cup noodles are growing in popularity as more people seek easy-to-cook products for convenience.The Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation said Monday that the...

The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) will be organising professional communication courses at all 14 police training centres nationwide to improve the command of English among...

China Literature, a pioneer in the online literature market, announced it will acquire a 100% equity stake in New Classics Media at a price of...

Iran and four ex-Soviet nations, including Russia, agreed in principle on Sunday on how to divide up the potentially huge oil and gas resources of...

Shahid Kapoor, who is awaiting the release of 'Batti Gul Meter Chalu', says it is important for mainstream actors to be a part of socially-relevant...

Tibet is likely to be a big winner in China’s latest infrastructure spending spree, as the government tries to boost connectivity in a remote region...

The 2018 version constitutes an all-inclusive rewrite of the app. For many years, the app has used a ContentProvider + SyncAdapter architecture. This year, Google...

The study was not designed to prove whether or how drinking these beverages lowers the risk of colon cancer returning. The researchers can only theorise...

A white nationalist rally in the heart of Washington drew two dozen demonstrators and thousands of chanting counterprotesters on Sunday, the one-year anniversary of racially...

Chelsea winger Willian believes manager Maurizio Sarri's attack-focused tactics emulates Brazil's 'samba style' and helps the Premier League club's players flourish.The 30-year-old Brazil international assisted...

A former Australian archbishop, the most senior Catholic cleric in the world convicted of concealing child sex abuse, was spared jail on Tuesday when he...

After being closed for six years due to reconstruction, Wawushan National Forest Park was recently reopened with a capacity of 3,500 tourists per day, according...

People ride shared dockless electric scooters along Venice Beach on 13 August, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Photo: AFP

Spanish midfielder David Silva has joined compatriots Andres Iniesta and Gerard Pique in retiring from international football.The 32-year-old Manchester City playmaker won the World Cup...

Tecno has recently launched two new handsets in the sub 8K price segment named Camon iAce and Camon iSky. The main USP of these handsets...

The Tencent Blade Team gave a live demonstration at the DefCon security conference on how to crack the world’s best-selling smart speaker, Amazon Echo, The...

A former South Korean presidential contender was cleared of all charges Tuesday (Aug 14) in a case stemming from allegations he raped a female aide...

The United States has sent military advisers to aid Afghan forces in Ghazni, where they were struggling on Sunday to regain full control three days...

The Asian Games, the world’s second largest multi-sports event, begin this week. Here are five global stars who can shine at the continental showpiece in...

A Hong Kong independence activist is due to speak on Tuesday (Aug 14) at the city's Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) despite pressure from Chinese officials...

Rumor mills are rife that Huma Qureshi is set to reunite with her Viceroy's House director Gurinder Chadha for the six-part India-set television series Beecham...

Samsung has launched a global marketing blitz after unveiling the Galaxy Note 9 flagship smartphone in New York on Aug. 9.The Korean electronics giant also...

Migrants in distress at sea have told their rescuers that several ships passed them by without offering assistance, a European aid group said Sunday while...

Award-winning Bangladesh photographer Shahidul Alam was in jail on Monday, 10 days after being arrested following an interview with Al Jazeera about massive student demonstrations,...

The Hainan provincial government is planning to set time limits on the usage of land for various industries, expect for real estate, The Paper reported.The...

Documents submitted to the Environment Ministry reveal that BMW knew about defects in the exhaust gas recirculation module in March 2017, 14 months before recalling...

President Donald Trump on Monday signed a $716 billion defense policy bill named for John McCain but included no mention in his remarks of the...

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Move over, Mother Nature. First-time moms at low risk of complications were less likely to need a cesarean delivery if labor was induced at 39...

Eighteen people were injured after a moderate earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities have said.The quake damaged...

British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is facing allegations of enabling anti-Semitism, acknowledged Monday that he was present at a wreath-laying to Palestinians allegedly linked...

Norway’s rightwing fisheries minister Per Sandberg quit on Monday after breaching security protocol when he went on holiday to Iran with an Iranian-born former beauty...

An Indian Army jawan was killed on Saturday in firing and mortar shelling by the Pakistani troops in Rajouri sector of Line of Control (LoC)...

A personalised email from a hacker landed up into our mailbox a few days ago, which claims that he has some explicit material of us...

Nearly five years after Paul Walker's death, his brothers say they're open to playing his character again in the "Fast and Furious" franchise.Producers asked Caleb...

The Sultan of Johor has been invited by Pope Francis to make a state visit to Vatican City, according to the ruler's latest Facebook post...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "at an early date", the North's state media reported Wednesday,...

It won't be wrong to call Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone Bollywood's 'It' couple.The romance between this hot B-town duo started back when they began...

Japanese regulators are investigating Apple over allegations it unfairly pressured Yahoo Japan to slow the expansion of its online games platform, which competes with Apple’s...

School girls hold umbrellas as they perform during India`s Independence Day celebrations in Agartala, India. 15 August 2018. Photo: Reuters

Do not take the words of Hong Kong property brokers at face value.In fact, you might consider discounting 95% of what they say as nonsense...

Low-key is probably an apt description of the planned trade talks between China and the United States in Washington later this month. But the ramifications,...

Two Southeast Asian women on trial for the February 2017 murder of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, were ordered today by...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting at the Peace House at the truce village...

Former Indian cricket team captain Ajit Wadekar died at the age of 77 in Mumbai after a prolonged illness. The left-hander was well known for...

Selena Gomez, 26, is doing her best to stay confident and strong with herself after ex Justin Bieber's engagement to Hailey Baldwin and that includes...

Bollywood star Ileana D'Cruz is one confident lady and we adore her for it. The actress who has faced many comments for her unusual body...

Bangladesh's entrepreneur Muhammed Aziz Khan, chairman of Summit Group, was named as the 34th richest man in Singapore in the Forbes' list for 2018.His net...

Harman has launched its new JBL Xtreme 2 portable speaker in India. The second generation of the popular JBL Xtreme now comes with a new...

Elon Musk told investors this week that “obviously, the Saudi sovereign fund has more than enough capital needed” to finance taking Tesla private.The fund is...

Saul Niguez and Koke scored in extra time as Atletico Madrid fought back to beat city rivals Real Madrid 4-2 and win the UEFA Super...

In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told U.S. senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted...

 Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and all major political parties on Wednesday condemned a speech by a minor senator who used the term “final solution”...

Over the past five years, the average annual growth rate of China’s robot industry has approached 30%, though core technologies are yet to see major...

At least three persons were killed and over 35 others, including children and women, injured in various incidents of aerial firing and firework displays by...

Vermont Democrats made Christine Hallquist the first openly transgender person to win a major party nomination for statewide office in U.S. history as she clinched...

The rising cost of new residential housing in Sanya city in Hainan province, as well as Jinan city in Shandong province, led the country in...

A Taliban assault on two adjacent checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed at least 30 soldiers and police, officials said on Wednesday, as life gradually returned...

Los Angeles’ subway will become the first mass transit system in the United States to install body scanners that screen passengers for weapons and explosives,...

A former Filipino migrant worker with a long track record of business failures finally found success when she added her own twist to a traditional...

What kind of heart check-up do young athletes need to make the team? A large study of teenage soccer players in England found in-depth screening...

We reported in an earlier article that Samsung and Xiaomi are competing closely in terms of sales and, together, they hold 60 per cent market...

The massive Jeju Shinwha World gambling resort is raking in huge cash from gambling-obsessed Chinese tourists even as other businesses on the island are floundering.Since...

In Japanese hospitals, virtual reality (VR) is getting real. Together with augmented reality (AR), this technology—once the realm of devoted gamers—is now helping surgeons hone...

Rapper Cardi B thinks her feet have shrunk since she gave birth to her daughter Kulture four weeks ago. Taking to her Twitter account, Cardi...

The condom, the pill and now, the smartphone?Natural Cycles, a mobile fertility app, this month became the first-ever digital contraceptive device to win FDA marketing...

The Trump administration’s trade war with China has already taken a toll on some US industries, but the full short- and long-term consequences of the...

Singer Perrie Edwards says she has learned to "embrace" her freckles. The "Shout out to my ex" hitmaker posted a bare-faced photograph on Instagram, showing...

China's affinity for robots has created a booming industry, but its companies aren't overtaking their global competitors, a senior partner at consulting firm McKinsey &...

The state-run Rural Development Administration has been accused of copying technology developed by a start-up company.uLikeKorea, a start-up specializing in veterinary products, in a press...

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday (Aug 18) congratulated Pakistan's new prime minister Imran Khan, wishing him success in his new role.In a letter...

The Trump administration is ending funding for Syria stabilization projects as it moves to extricate the United States from the conflict, citing increased contributions from...

Samsung on Wednesday launched its new flagship Galaxy Note 9 smartphone in China with a massive media event in Shanghai.Koh Dong-jin, the head of Samsung's...

GENEVA (AP) -- Kofi Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks...

Damien Oliver riding Vega Magic in a gallop between races during the P.B. Lawrence Stakes Day at Caulfield in Melbourne, Australia, on Aug. 18.

It does not take an economist to explain the falling number of babies being born in China. The simple answer is the cost of getting...

Ben Stokes will start the third Test for England against India at Trent Bridge today, just four days after being cleared of affray.England captain Joe...

A report explaining how Chinese engineers have used a drone to build a mega bridge in southwest China recently went viral on overseas social media....

A divorced woman seeking a wealthy boyfriend through a dating service just won about $16,700 in damages because the business failed to introduce her to...

A study in the United States has found that people who exercise several times a week report having better mental health than those who take...

Two million Muslims gather in Saudi Arabia this week for the hajj as the annual pilgrimage becomes increasingly hi-tech with apps to help the faithful...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday her government would step up efforts to deport rejected asylum seekers faster, after hundreds of far-right protesters called...

A few days ago, Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy Note 9 and since then it has been one of the most hotly anticipated phones to...

Sales of commercial vehicles are growing rapidly in Bangladesh thanks to the increasing economic activities in the last one decade.At least 35,000 units of commercial...

Helping to save the world with 'The Avengers' has helped Scarlett Johansson become the best-paid actress in the world, according to Forbes magazine. Johansson, who...

China has sacked a senior provincial official and is probing a former top drug regulator after a safety scandal at vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology Co....

The Trump administration is moving ahead with a campaign they say is designed to force Tehran back to the negotiating table, following the US withdrawal...

Russian air defense assets in Syria have downed 45 drones targeting their main base in the country, its military said Thursday, after an attack by...

Roger Federer wasted no time in defeating Leonardo Mayer 6-1, 7-6 (8/6) on Friday as the rain-plagued ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters made up ground after two...

Following news that Chinese officials are traveling to Washington next week for midlevel trade talks, it has been reported that the trip is a lead...

A new space report by the Pentagon has revealed that Beijing is indefatigably developing long-range bombers and "likely training for strikes" against Washington, DC and...

Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Friday defeated Shahbaz Sharif in a one-sided contest to become Pakistan's next prime minister after the grand opposition alliance fell apart...

Heather Graham says she identifies as a 'more angry feminist' today. The 48-year-old actor feels 'jaded' at the lack of women representation in the industry...

Traditionally, tourists have trekked to the star of Thailand’s north in search of MEAT: markets, elephants, artisans and temples. And Chiang Mai, a laid-back riverside...

Sunac, a major Chinese property developer, has once again taken over a project involving HNA Group in Hainan province, The Paper reported.Hainan Island Hangxiang Investment...

Seems like, wedding bells won't be ringing anytime soon for reality TV star Paris Hilton and actor Chris Zylka. Quoting a source, E!Online stated that...

The next big addition to Google's line of smart home products could be a display that complements its Home smart speaker. With Amazon already ruling...

US technology giants plan to intensify lobbying efforts against stringent Indian data localisation requirements, which they say will undermine their growth ambitions in India, sources...

SOKCHO, South Korea: Dozens of elderly and frail South Koreans gathered excitedly Sunday (Aug 19) on the eve of their first meeting for nearly seven...

When Pope Francis kissed baby Gianna Masciantonio in 2015, some saw it as an encouraging sign. The 1-year-old had been diagnosed with a brain tumor,...

Glenn Phillips of Jamaica Tallawahs dives for a catch during a Twenty20 match against the Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Caribbean Premier League in Florida,...

TEKNAF, Bangladesh: Captain Min Min, a Buddhist from Myanmar, looks on as a stream of Muslim Rohingya labourers zig-zag up narrow gangplanks hauling sacks of...

World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe scored twice as champions Paris St Germain completed a second-half comeback to secure a 3-1 win over En Avant Guingamp...

Uber the global ride-hailing company, is considering expanding into two other East African countries before the end of 2018, focusing on low-cost services like Chap...

A spectacular pyrotechnic show, including a simulated volcanic eruption, lit up the Jakarta skyline on Saturday (Aug 18) night as Indonesia rolled out the red...

The US government continues to hold 565 illegal immigrant children in custody, three weeks after a court deadline to reunite them with parents or guardians,...

India deployed thousands of soldiers and dozens of helicopters to rescue people marooned by the worst floods in a century in the southern state of...

In an investigation reminiscent of the San Berardino case, the government has demanded Facebook to allow it access to its Messenger calls with relation to...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she expected tough talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday on issues from the Syria and Ukraine conflicts to energy...

A Video Clip of Comedian Sumukhi Suresh from 'Lust Stories' went viral on Social Media. As part of the scene, Hrithik Roshan's name was mentioned...

Lionel Messi’s genius will never expire.Maybe someday age will impair his physical gifts. Maybe someday his body will betray his brain. But he is so...

The tradition of a father walking his daughter down the aisle has become much more than giving the bride away. It has since become a...

Proton Holdings Berhad and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group on Saturday (Aug 18) signed an agreement to set up a joint venture that will pave the...

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on four Myanmar military and police commanders and two army units, accusing them of “ethnic cleansing” against Rohingya...

Kofi Annan left the United Nations far more committed than it had been to combating poverty, promoting equality and fighting for human rights — and...

A legendary Ford Mustang that many thought was destroyed 50 years ago has been discovered rotting away in a Texas field. And it could be...

At the top of the Miyar Valley in the high Himalayas, a chain of seven tiny turquoise pools nestle below the snout of a formidable...

A baby boom is brewing at a suburban Arizona hospital where 16 intensive care nurses recently discovered they are all pregnant.The nurses at Banner Desert...

If you quit smoking and gain weight, it may seem like you're trading one set of health problems for another. But a new U.S. study...

Two armed men fled with several luxury watches after bursting into a branch of Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet in Paris’s chic eighth arrondissement on Saturday,...

Next month, in September, Apple will be taking the wraps off its new line of premium iPhone and if the latest rumours are anything to...

Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that can allow robots to interact with autistic children undergoing therapy. People with autism see, hear and feel...

Harry Potter fame Emma Watson is in talks to join Greta Gerwig's Little Women. According to sources, Watson is playing the part originally intended for...

 The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Saad Erhabi, was killed in a strike on the group’s hideouts in Nangarhar province on Saturday night,...

Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are on Forbes' annual Top 10 highest paid actors list along with International stars such as George Clooney,...

The state-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corp is constructing littoral, or coastal, mission ships for Malaysia after it undercut rivals and sealed orders from the Malaysian...

New research from Avast, the company works with cybersecurity products, found more than 49,000 Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) servers publicly visible on the internet...

The Malaysian government is considering implementing a soda tax to reduce sugar consumption and encourage healthy living in the country, said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad...

Selena Gomez and Cardi B are not only collaborating on new music, they're actually working on the music video for this song right now. It all...

While Vivo is all set to take the wraps off its latest smartphone — the Vivo V11 Pro in India, the same day, the company...

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, a rare female voice in the Australian government, said Sunday she was quitting the front bench after a failed tilt at...

Ousmane Dembele’s second-half strike was the difference as reigning La Liga champions Barcelona ground out a 1-0 win away to newly-promoted Valladolid on Saturday to...

China’s service robot giant Ecovacs Robotics has released the first semi-annual report after listing, and the news is far better than expected, The Paper reported.In...

Alibaba’s exploration of blockchain technology has gone one step further, following the announcement that cloud computing arm Alibaba Cloud has officially launched its blockchain service,...

US Senator John McCain, the maverick Republican who survived a Vietnam War prison camp and ran unsuccessfully for president, is discontinuing medical treatment for an...

Iran will argue Monday against renewed sanctions imposed by the United States, as a bitter legal battle between Tehran and Washington opens before the UN's...

The Associated PressULSTER PARK, N.Y. (AP) — In most of the world, donkeys are beasts of burden, but the only job of the long-eared denizens...

Chelsea required an own goal from Newcastle's DeAndre Yedlin to maintain their 100 per cent start to the Premier League season as the Blues ground...

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has released a new regulatory guidance on foreign-invested futures companies, The Paper reported.According to the new rules, the proportion of...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday rejected the resignations of the intelligence chief and the interior and defense ministers, as the government faces fierce criticism...

A gunman opened fire Sunday at an online video game tournament as it was being livestreamed from a Florida mall, killing two people and then...

Late Bollywood actor and producer Raj Kapoor's RK Studios is up for sale after it was gutted in a massive fire last year, says his...

Japan said on Tuesday (Aug 28) that North Korea still posed a dire threat to its security despite a halt to ballistic missile tests and...

The Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL have been one of the most leaked handsets in recent times. In fact, someone is also trying to...

Global retailers hoping to get into China's lucrative consumer market have little choice but to partner with online giants Alibaba or Tencent, a partner at...

 An anticorruption referendum in Colombia drew millions to the polls Sunday but fell just short of a required participation threshold to push forward measures aimed...

Germany’s antitrust watchdog expects to take first steps this year in its probe against Facebook after finding that the social media giant abused its market...

A generation ago, the likes of Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings and Diane Sawyer were the heroes of television news. Now the biggest stars are arguably...

Activists and families of eight victims of the Philippines' "war on drugs" filed a complaint on Tuesday with the International Criminal Court (ICC), a second...

A bitter spat between Egypt star Mohamed Salah and his country's football authorities escalated Monday, casting a fresh shadow over his involvement with the national...

Finnish telecom network equipment maker Nokia has secured a 500 million euro ($572 million) loan from the European Investment Bank to step up development of...

Russia’s defence minister said on Tuesday that war-torn Syria would be ready to accept one million returning refugees, following Moscow-backed reconstruction work.“Since 2015, when towns...

 Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent” and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for...

Cats sleep in the village of Krompach near the town of Cvikov in Czech Republic on 26 August 2018. Photo: Reuters

Sleeping less than six hours or waking up several times in the night is associated with an increased risk of asymptomatic atherosclerosis, which silently hardens...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho stormed out of his news conference following Monday's 3-0 home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur, ranting about the three titles he...

Justin Bieber recently bought a $5 million mansion in Canada. The pop singer is ready to settle down with his fiancé Hailey Baldwin after the...

Chitrangada Singh, who turned producer with Soorma, is all set to back yet another inspiring story of a sports personality. Through Soorma, she brought the...

Mark Wang, the owner of a Chinese factory, is in a state of limbo these days thanks to President Donald Trump's trade war.The 20-year veteran...

Iran and Syria signed a deal for military cooperation in a meeting between the defence ministers of the two countries in Damascus, the Tasnim news...

BASIC Bank Managing Director Muhammad Awal Khan has submitted his resignation in just 10 months after being appointed to the top post of the state-owned...

A US judge in Seattle blocked the Trump administration on August 27 from allowing a Texas company to post online plans for making untraceable 3D...

Haikou, the capital city of the island province Hainan, announced it will take action to rein in the housing market, strengthening the management of home...

A Japanese rail company has defended a safety exercise that requires employees to sit beside tracks in tunnels as bullet trains speed by at 300...

Donald Trump on Monday bowed to pressure to honour the late John McCain, ordering the lowering of flags across the country to half-staff, as the...

U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports will simply mean that American consumers have to pay higher prices for products down the road, an industry association leader...

Beijing ranks first among 22 Chinese cities in terms of business environment evaluation, Yicai.com has reported.According to the evaluation held by the National Development and...

Pakistan has banned the VIP culture at airports for "influential people" including politicians, judges and military officials as part of the new government's austerity plan,...

Angela Merkel marked her return to the political front line with a call for Europe to assert its interests more forcefully as US President Donald...

Property is serious business. Most people dream of owning a house of their own. However, the hassles encountered in buying property often take toil on...

Bangladeshi investigator Captain Salahuddin M Rahmatullah, who is closely engaged with the Nepali official investigation into the crash of US-Bangla Airlines plane in Kathmandu, termed...

A Malaysian scientist who once led Al Qaeda’s quest to produce weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Afghanistan will be released from prison next year,...

A cheating case has been filed against Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan and eight others in Chennai.As reported by Times of India, a police complaint has...

A top Pentagon official has cautioned India that there are no guarantees for a special waiver from US sanctions if it buys new weapons platforms...

Joachim Loew has rejected Mesut Ozil's accusations of racism within the German FA (DFB) as the head coach gave his analysis of Germany's World Cup...

Iranian actor Elnaaz Norouzi continues to get a lot of praise for portraying a bold character in the web series 'Sacred Games'.However, she admits that...

More critics of US Donald Trump found themselves unblocked from his Twitter account on Wednesday, in keeping with a court ruling that he can’t shut...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday replaced his defence chief and four other ministers in a cabinet reshuffle after falling approval ratings in recent...

A year after being launched in US, Facebook is making its video service ‘Watch’ go international, being available to billions of people globally across countries...

U.S. Open officials apologized to France’s Alize Cornet a day after issuing her a code violation for changing on the court.After leaving the court on...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday praised China for supporting its currency at a time when Washington and Beijing are locked in a trade war."Their...

Aerial photo taken on Aug. 28, 2018 shows the Diaoshuilou Waterfall in the Jingpo Lake scenic area in Mudanjiang, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The splendid...

Venus Williams moved into a potential US Open third round duel with sister Serena on Wednesday as a sexism row and extreme heat pushed the...

IKEA has racked up W470 billion in sales in the fourth year since its launch in Korea (US$1=W1,116).Country retail manager André Schmidtgall told reporters on...

A woman journalist of a television channel in Bangladesh has been hacked to death with a sharp-edged weapon by some unidentified assailants at her home,...

The maiden two-plus-two dialogue between India and the United States scheduled in New Delhi next week is an indication of the deepening strategic partnership between...

A University of Hong Kong professor has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife after police found a body stuffed into a suitcase in...

Though text messaging application WhatsApp’s chats are end-to-end encrypted, a new update has now made it easier for the public to access those chats.WhatsApp’s end-to-end...

Asia markets were mixed on Wednesday afternoon after the Nasdaq and S&P 500 hit another record high on Wall Street overnight as trade fears eased.Japan's...

Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min played a captain's role as South Korea beat plucky Vietnam 3-1 to reach the Asian Games final on Wednesday.The World Cup...

A Texas jury found a white police officer guilty of murder Tuesday for the shooting death of a 15-year-old African-American boy — a rare conviction...

Iran’s parliament declared its dissatisfaction with President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday, voting to reject his answers after grilling him over the deteriorating economy.It was the...

Soundarya Sharma has joined the cast of "Wonder Woman 1984."In a statement to IANS, Sharma said the following about being part of the project: "This...

China BlueChemical Ltd. (“China BlueChem”, HKEx stock code: 03983), a leading chemical fertilizer and methanol producer in China, announced its unaudited interim results for the...

Brazil said it was sending armed forces to keep order near the Venezuelan border area, while Peru declared a health emergency, as a regional crisis...

Myanmar rejected Wednesday the findings of a U.N. probe alleging genocide by its military against the Rohingya, after the United States and other countries joined...

New York (People’s Daily) – China continues to lead global outbound travel, having spent $258 billion on international travel in 2017, according to the World...

Just a few weeks after users were able to get their hands on Samsung’s latest Galaxy Note 9, they have started reporting a new defect...

Some people believe that the rate of the fetus' heartbeat, as heard during an ultrasound scan, can indicate its sex. Research shows no evidence for...

It’s good to be David and Julia Koch.New York’s richest couple just bought an Upper East Side mansion on a whim — for $40 million...