2022-06-08 09:21 IN THE PRESS

Mitsuhiro Taniguchi, 47, was arrested in Lampung province in the south of Sumatra island late Tuesday and flown to the capital Jakarta, national police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo told journalists. The Japanese national and several associates are accus...

It’s a nutritional food source, an alternative to plastic, has medicinal properties and can help limit global warming: Marine algae might just be the next weapon in the fight against climate change.  

A Bangkok court found Thitisan Utthanaphon guilty of murder by torture in a case that caused public outrage and shone a rare light on police brutality and corruption in the kingdom. Leaked viral footage showed Thitisan and six other officers wrappi...

The Washington Post this week cited unnamed Western officials as saying the new facilities at Cambodia's Ream base -- strategically located on the Gulf of Thailand -- were being built for the "exclusive" use of the Chinese navy. Both countries deny...

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, face trial on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and torpedoed their time at the top.

"Seventeen people are dead and 37 injured people have been transferred to hospital," emergency services spokesman Mojtaba Khaledi told state television. "The number of the dead may rise as most of the injured are in critical condition," he said, ad...

Anshul "King of Lions" Jubli believes he's about to change that. The 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter this week takes his unbeaten 5-0 record to Singapore and the inaugural Asia-wide edition of the "Road to UFC". The tournament is designed t...

Born in California to an American father and Chinese mother, the freestyle skier switched to represent China in 2019 and captured the hearts of the host nation at the Beijing Games in February. But the 18-year-old, who won two golds and a silver, a...

A Bangkok court found Thitisan Utthanaphon guilty of murder by torture in a case that caused public outrage and shone a rare light on police brutality and corruption in the kingdom. Leaked viral footage showed Thitisan and six other officers wrappi...

On World Oceans Day 2022, climate experts and activists aim to inform the public on the impact of human activity on the seas. It's a familiar topic in Singapore, where rising sea levels pose an existential threat to the city-state of 6 million inha...

Campaign group Time's Up UK is the latest to offer a concrete initiative, announcing plans for a panel of experts to hear complaints, similar to standards authorities for doctors, teachers and other professionals. Currently, staff on movie product...

He won the election, but the free houses never came. Now, Hernandez is running for his country's top job. "Rodolfo came here with pure lies. And now he wants to be president?" said Paulina Figueroa, a housewife in the targeted neighborhood, El Pab...

Hernandez, 77, finished in a surprise second place in a first election round on May 29 and will face leftist former Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro in a runoff on June 19. At a meeting last week with fellow businessmen in the northeastern city of Bucara...

"It's scary!" said Castillo, 37, slightly unnerved by her first attempt at sheep shearing at a school for shepherds in western Spain. "You have to pull the animal's skin taut, really slowly, so you don't cut it," explained Jose Rivero, the profess...