A 32-year-old Vietnamese woman in Japan's Osaka Prefecture, died after collapsing during a solo climb on Mount Ryozen in Shiga Prefecture.

Online gaming entrepreneur Laurence Escalante built a billion-dollar fortune from his virtual casino empire, spending big on private jets and yachts, but recent criminal charges now threaten to derail ...

Six people remain missing after a passenger boat carrying 23 individuals capsized on Thac Ba Lake in northern Lao Cai Province on Saturday evening following a collision with a ferry transporting ...

Hong Kong is proposing to spend about HK$4 billion ($512 million) to buy out the owners of homes in a high-rise housing complex ravaged by a massive fire to resettle nearly 2,000 affected households.

At 25, Iran-born entrepreneur Ali Ansari leads micro1, a rapidly growing data-labeling firm valued at US$2.5 billion, a milestone that could place him among the world’s youngest billionaires.

Guided by research timelines rather than high-pressure deadlines, the job pays around US$132,000 annually in the U.S.

Osaka has received an unusual donation – 21kg of gold – to pay for the maintenance of its ageing water system, the Japanese commercial hub announced on Feb 19.

US President Donald Trump will travel to China from Mar 31 to Apr 2, a White House official said on Friday (Feb 20), setting dates for a highly anticipated encounter amid tension between the world's ...

Dubai International Airport maintained its crown as the world’s busiest airport for international travel last year as officials said that a record 95.2 million passengers transited through its ...

President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will raise a temporary tariff from 10% to 15% on U.S. imports from all countries, ...

Yue Li gave up a high-level management role in Beijing to live and work alone on a deserted island in Henan Province, China.

Seven tourists, reported to be Chinese citizens, died on Feb 20 when a tour bus crashed through the ice of Russia’s Lake Baikal in Siberia, local officials said.