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Image of Asia: Keeping tradition on Korean holiday
In this photo by Ahn Young-joon, people wearing hanbok pass by Gwanghwamun Gate in Seoul, South Korea, at an event to promote wearing the traditional attire during Korea's Thanksgiving. Saturday is the...
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As Fiji election nears, Western nations look to revive influence
Change could be slow because Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama, the army chief who seized power to become prime minister, looks set to retain a dominant role, with polls giving his Fiji First Party a strong...
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U.S. weather forecaster lowers El Niño chances to 60-65 percent
The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, has begun dialing back its outlook for the phenomenon since going on El Niño watch earlier this year for the first time...
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One person commits suicide every 40 seconds WHO
In its first report on suicide, the UN's World Health Organisation blamed intense media coverage when celebrities kill themselves for fuelling the problem."Suicide is an amazing public health problem....
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Rights group says staff go missing in Qatar
The Global Network for Rights and Development said Thursday that researcher Krishna Upadhyaya, 52, and photographer Ghimire Gundev, 36, were supposed to leave Qatar via the capital Doha on Sunday....
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Australia PM to sign long-awaited nuclear fuel deal with India
Tony Abbott, who flew into New Delhi late on Thursday after meeting business leaders in Mumbai, said the long-awaited agreement was a sign of "mutual trust" after a long-standing ban on uranium sales...
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Asia stocks slip ahead of US jobs report; Tokyo up
KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 0.2 percent to 15,710.99. South Korea's Kospi dipped 0.4 percent to 2,059.16 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng slipped 0.2 percent to 25,251.39. In...
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Tokyo closes park seen as local source of dengue
Health minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki on Friday urged the public not to panic, but said all local governments would be given guidelines on how to identify and handle dengue, which is spread only by...
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