Fire authorities in Hong Kong said 44 people have been confirmed dead in a fire that broke out at a residential complex on Wednesday. They added that more than 50 other people were injured, with 15 of them in...
Japan hosted the international competition for athletes with hearing disabilities for the first time. The event ran for 12 days from November 15.
The president of the International Committee of Sports for the...
At least four people were killed when a fire engulfed several high-rise blocks in a Hong Kong residential estate on Wednesday. Massive flames took hold on the bamboo scaffolding on at least three apartment blocks...
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin met her Vietnamese counterpart Le Hoai Trung in Hanoi, after earlier holding talks with the Viet Nam’s Deputy Prime Minister. Viet Nam expressed its firm...
Production of a traditional Japanese fermented sushi dish is in full swing in the central city of Kanazawa, ahead of the year-end sales season. At a long-established pickling factory, workers are busy preparing...
A long string of deaths occurred at workplaces across Korea this year. Up until September, 457 people died while working at industrial sites. A fire at the Banyan Tree Resort construction site in Busan, took the...
South Korea's homegrown space rocket 'Nuri', overseen by a private firm, is gearing up for launch early Thursday. It will be the first nighttime liftoff, expected around 1 a.m. local time.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday met with director-general of Malaysia’s National Security Council Raja Dato’ Nushirwan bin Zainal Abidin.
During the meeting, Wang said China is willing...
An earthquake registering an intensity of upper 5 on Japan’s seismic scale of zero to 7 has hit the Aso region of Kumamoto Prefecture, in the southwestern part of the country. The quake occurred at 6:01 p.m...
Chairing the 13th Viet Nam–China People’s Forum, Politburo member and President of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee, Bùi Thị Minh Hoài, highlighted the 75 years of...