Myanmar police said Tuesday they have brought charges punishable by a long jail term against the captain of an overloaded river ferry that sank last month, killing dozens of people.
Tens of thousands of black-clad Thais converged on Bangkok’s Grand Palace yesterday to sing the royal anthem in a striking display of devotion to the recently deceased King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Toyota Motor Corp on Monday unveiled a doe-eyed palm-sized robot, dubbed Kirobo Mini, designed as a synthetic baby companion in Japan, where plummeting birth rates have left many women childless.
Dennis Lockhart became president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in early 2007, with the economy still enjoying the steady growth...
Australian casino firm Crown Resorts may split most of its domestic assets off into a new listed company, seeking to cushion those operations from the slide in business at Asian gambling hub Macau which has hammered its shares.
Liberia said yesterday it was free of Ebola, meaning there are now no known cases in west Africa of the tropical virus that has left more than 11,300 people dead in the region since late 2013.
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEx) is facing a challenge to its plans to allow customers to trade in the Chinese bond market as the country’s central bank offers access to international investors.
Gulf stock markets were mixed before an Opec meeting later yesterday to discuss coordinated action among oil producers to support prices.
Sidra Medical and Research Center (Sidra) has introduced clinical leaders for strategic direction of clinics and services at the newly opened Sidra Outpatient Clinic.
Veteran investor Jim Rogers says that authorities in China are right to tackle the frenzy of speculative investing that’s broken out in the nation’s commodity futures markets, warning that a failure to act would have stored up problems.
Double Olympic relay champion Melanie Wright has retired from competitive swimming after failing to make the Australian team for the Rio de Janeiro Games later this year.
Fans of motorsport in Qatar have more reason to rejoice as the Losail Circuit Sports Club (LCSC) is looking to increase its activities with the focus on developing motorsport and engaging the local community.
