Jakarta governor Joko Widodo, locally known as Jokowi, was sworn in as the seventh Indonesian president at the parliament building on Monday, replacing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Two South Koreans were missing and 14 Chinese injured after a speedboat and a long-tail boat collided off Phuket Island in Thailand on Sunday afternoon.
Fifty years on, Du Xueyou still hears the deafening sound of China's first nuclear bomb in a remote northwestern desert on Oct 16, 1964. He was there. He helped create it.
Japanese household goods maker Kao Corp. may soon be using algae to produce cleansing agents for its products, specifically shampoo, local media reported on Sunday.
Scientists have discovered the origins of sex through the study of ancient fish fossils, Nature magazine reported on Monday.
Rare artefacts from a sunken Chinese warship named after revered revolutionary forerunner Sun Yat-sen are on display in a collaboration project between China and Singapore starting from Saturday.
An expert panel has recommended that Singapore explore the use of male mosquitoes carrying a type of bacteria known as Wolbachia in the fight against dengue fever, the National Environment Agency said on Friday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday accepted Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi's resignation filed early Monday at Abe's official residence, Japan's Kyodo News reported.
More than 100 Hong Kong police officers started removing barricades in Mong Kok, one of the main demonstration areas, Friday morning where Occupy movement participants had blockaded roads and streets from Sept. 28.
Vietnam is among countries worldwide having the highest number of school students using mobile phones, a local survey has revealed.
After assuming office late last month, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced that one of his priorities would be to reopen talks with the Taliban as he called on the insurgent group to respond positively to the peace dialogue that has been started by the previous administration.
About 110 Japanese lawmakers from a nonpartisan group on Friday morning visited the notorious Yasukuni Shrine as it kicks off a four-day autumn festival.
The Hong Kong government of China hopes to have formal talks with representatives of the students participating in Occupy movement next week, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying announced here Thursday.
Hong Kong's Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok Wednesday told the legislators that there were no alternatives but to use tear gas to prevent the demonstrators from further clashes with the police.
Australian scientists have found evidence of an ancient mountain range that they believe sustained an explosion of life on Earth 600 million years ago.
Death toll in snowstorm and avalanche that occurred in Mustang and Manang districts have continued to rise Wednesday, according to authorities.
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