Heatwaves are becoming more intense and frequent worldwide because of human-caused climate change, scientists say, and Japan is no exception ...

China's security apparatus has long been accused of infiltrating community organisations as a way to keep tabs on expats and ...

Malaysian hotel tycoon Ong Beng Seng (C) leaves the State Court in Singapore, in a rare corruption case in the city-state ...

China's security apparatus has long been accused of infiltrating community organisations as a way to keep tabs on expats and ...

China's security apparatus has long been accused of infiltrating community organisations as a way to keep tabs on expats and ...

Seoul's military said Pyongyang had appeared to have stopped transmitting bizarre, unsettling noises along the border ...

The huge kite could provide electricity for remote outposts where traditional wind turbines are not practical ...

Bae Kyung-mi was five years old when the Americans dropped "Little Boy", the atomic bomb that flattened Hiroshima in 1945 ...

Prato's industrial zone is an endless sprawl of asphalt lined with apparel warehouses and showrooms ...

Immigrants often work seven days a week, 13 hours a day ...

The textile hub of Prato is home to about 5,000 mostly Chinese-run apparel and knitwear businesses ...

With a population of nearly 200,000 people, Prato has one of Europe's largest Chinese communities ...