A majority of Japanese people tolerate romantic feelings between same-sex people, but many have strong resistance to having friends who are homosexual, a research team said Saturday.
The Paris terror attacks earlier this month left many around the world feeling more vulnerable, and in Hong Kong, the incidents brought fresh attention to a different kind of ISIS.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to "exercise restraint" after he promised swift retribution to the downing of a Russian fighter plane on the Turkey-Syria border on Tuesday.
Seven men now under arrest in Preah Vihear for the slaying of two forest patrol officers in a nighttime ambush were identified from still photos taken from the camera of a fallen officer, a source familiar with the investigation said yesterday.
Defence analysts have heralded a rumoured further delay in the release of Australia's Defence White Paper, originally slated for the end of 2015, which sets out the guidelines for Australia's future capability.
Archaeologists with the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered fossils of seven giant rat species on East Timor, with the largest up to 10 times the size of modern rats, the university announced on Friday.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is seeking out victims of the laglag-bala (bullet planting) scam, urging them to file their complaints as part of government efforts to put down the extortion scheme victimizing mostly overseas Filipino workers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
Children are seen as the builders of a nation. Educated, healthy and motivated children guarantee a prosperous future. Therefore, it is advisable and many countries practically strive to protect the children from all sorts of evils and promise them better living standards. It is essential that all the people in the world and all the governments realize that they have a special responsibility towards the children which they have to fulfill in every condition.
China is the world's third biggest market for personal luxury goods, worth at least US$25bil. In the next three years, it is expected to leapfrog over Japan and the United States to take the top spot, with the luxury segment expanding to US$28bil. As it grows, the market is also maturing, moving from so-called aspirational luxury, where bling is king, to what experts call absolute luxury: the desire to be seen as both wealthy and discerning.
Walkers in The Walking Dead look more decomposed in each season.
It was not surprising when the Russian intervention in Syria brought mixed reactions. There is some criticism on this act but there are also a number of voices that see hope in the peaceful settlement of this bloody war.
Amazon and eBay, following their establishment in 1994 and 1995, harnessed the connectivity of the Internet to create new, more efficient markets. In the beginning, that meant new ways of buying and selling books and collectibles; but now e-commerce is everywhere, offering customers new goods and used goods－and becoming a global force in logistics and retail. Likewise, while today's sharing-economy companies may be just out of their infancy, their services will one day be ubiquitous.
Rokar village empties during the dry season as the workforce migrates to find more gainful employment. But when the monsoon arrives, they return, not to fish as has traditionally been their staple income, but for a more lucrative trade: catching leeches.
To boost infrastructure development, governments must provide far more detailed project plans and better regulatory frameworks to attract private investors, experts said here on Thursday.
An 18-year-old man arrested in Sydney's anti-terror raids in connection with the murder of police accountant Curtis Cheng in an act of terror will be held for another 100 hours despite no charges being laid.
Stripped of government protection, farmers across Japan fear their livelihoods and communities could collapse once they are exposed to cut-throat foreign competition when the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal takes effect.
Unlike their brothers who rush towards Mecca on the day of Eid al-Adha, Islam's most important feast, refugees from Middle East and Africa keep moving towards European countries in endless rows.
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