The teachers have been told to accompany the NGO team to the houses of the school children for facilitating collection of the samples after convincing their parents. read more

The newly elected Australian prime minister clicked a selfie with PM Modi and captioned his photo in Hindi, saying ‘Kithana ache he Modi’ (How nice Modi is). PM Modi, to say the least, is stoked with the gesture. read more

But individual efforts alone can’t fully stop the 8 million tonnes of plastic that make their way to the ocean each year, and with four of the five worst ocean polluters in Southeast Asia, the region’s governments must take action, he says. read more

The state media noted that Washington is “bluntly ignoring” South Korea’s opinion and stressed that the US has no right to interfere with internal issues of other nations. read more

Vietnam teacher arrested for posting “hostile thoughts” and “profound anti-government material”. read more

The US shouldn’t underestimate China’s ability to fight the trade war, the People’s Daily, a flagship newspaper of the ruling Communist Party, said in an editorial Wednesday that used some historically significant language on the weight of China’s i... read more

African swine fever -- a disease that kills nearly all the pigs it infects -- has been spreading through Asia from China and Mongolia to Vietnam and Cambodia. read more

According to the fixture announced by Football Association of Thailand on Wednesday, the hosts will face Vietnam on June 5 in the four-team tournament. read more

Doan Thi Huong, 30, was charged along with an Indonesian woman of poisoning Kim Jong Nam by smearing his face with liquid VX, a banned chemical weapon, at Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017. read more

Facebook said countries including Brazil, Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia will now have access to its dating service, which has been updated with a feature called “Secret Crush” that allows users to explore potential romantic relationships... read more

Divya Kakran lost out on a place in the final of 68 kg as she went down to Feng Zhou of China 4-14 in the semi-finals. read more

The restructuring of its money-losing business comes as LG, once one of the world’s top three mobile phone makers, has seen its global market share spiralling to less than 3% in the decade that smartphones came to dominate the mobile market. read more

States need to be empowered to create three-to-four year plans (as opposed to the current annual planning cycle) that can meet the unique needs of their children. read more

China’s last naval battles were with Vietnam in the South China Sea in 1974 and 1988, though these were relatively minor skirmishes. Chinese ships have also participated in international anti-piracy patrols off Somalia since late 2008. read more

A book that combines history, photography, culture and travel writing, reportage, and political analysis to present a picture of China and the challenges to its rise read more