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Tehran - Russia's nuclear energy chief visited Iran to inspect the progress of the joint nuclear power plant at the port city Bushehr in southern Iran, the news network Khabar reported Wednesday.
Sergei Kiriyenko, the head of Russia's federal nuclear energy agency, and his Iranian counterpart Gholam-Reza Aqazadeh went to Bushehr...
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Bangkok - Some 1,307 companies went bankrupt last month in Thailand, up 53.7 per cent from the same period of 2008, the Department of Business Development announced Tuesday.
Most of the bankrupt firms were in the construction sector, real estate and services, while almost half of them were in Bangkok, the department...
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Singapore - A Singaporean who watched four mates beat a student to death without intervening had his prison sentence increased to seven years Tuesday, media reports said.
The Singapore High Court initially sentenced Leong Soon Kheng, 32, the leader of the group, to four years and nine months in jail in September for culpable...
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Mumbai - Residents of Dharavi, a sprawling shantytown in Mumbai, were not happy about being the slum of Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire.
But now they hope the attention the film has created with its numerous awards may work in their favour.
Spread over 71 hectares and home to an estimated 800,000 people, Dharavi...
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Tokyo - Takashimaya Co, one of Japan's leading department-store operators, plans to open an outlet in Shanghai in 2012, hoping to boost its sales by entering the fast-growing Chinese market, the firm said Tuesday.
The company is to occupy eight floors, or 40,000 square metres, in a store in an upscale residential district of...
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Colombo - Government troops entered the last rebel-held town in northern Sri Lanka after heavy clashes overnight, military officials said Tuesday.
Troops entered Pudukudirippu, 385 kilometres north-east of the capital and were consolidating positions Tuesday morning, the army said.
It said Tamil rebels sustained heavy...
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Hong Kong - Hong Kong shares fell almost 3 per cent Tuesday as markets across the region reacted to Wall Street falling overnight to a 12-year low.
The blue-chip Hang Seng Index shed 376.58 points, or 2.86 per cent, to end the day at 12,798.52. Turnover was 36.9 billion Hong Kong dollars (4.75 billion US dollars.)
The...
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Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's housing ministry bemoaned the country's low recycling rate which is currently a dismal 5 per cent, far lower than its neighbouring South-east Asian neighbours, official news reports said Monday.
Lau Hoi Chew, deputy housing minister, said the government hoped to dramatically increase the rate of...
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Taipei - Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian resumed eating Monday, three days after beginning a hunger strike to protest what he claimed was unfair prosecution on corruption charges, officials said.
Lee Ta-chu, deputy director of the Taipei Detention Centre, said Chen ate porridge and cabbage provided by the prison and...
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Seoul - The top diplomats of the United States and South Korea urged North Korea Friday to end its threats toward Seoul and unconditionally return to the negotiating table.
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan said after meeting in Seoul that their countries would in no way...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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