It has been hailed as historic. A five-metre-high Ashoka Pillar now stands at a monastery located midway between Sydney and Canberra, in a celebration of the spread of Buddhism from India to...

A Royal New Zealand Air Force plane resumed a search Friday for 29 missing Taiwanese fishermen after their burned-out boat was found floating in the South...

Vladivostok, Nov 20 (RIA Novosti) Russia and India will conduct joint naval exercises in the Indian Ocean in January, a spokesman for Russia's Pacific Fleet said...

Peeved at being labelled selfish, Australia captain Ricky Ponting Thursday hit back at India, saying that slow-over rate was a problem typical to the...

Beijing, Nov 20 (Xinhua) China Thursday described the country's employment situation as grim, warning that the global financial crisis and economic slowdown could make it even...

Sydney, Nov 21 : Almost all the leading news agencies across the world have decided to boycott covering the first Test between Australia and New Zealand, which began yesterday at the Gabba, because of 'conditions imposed by the...

Sydney, Nov 21 : Former Australia cricket captain Allan Border has reportedly strongly criticised the practice of cricketers writing books, which, according to him, were nothing more than a medium to create...

Mumbai /Hong Kong, Nov 20 (ANI/ Business Wire India): Mark Robinson has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Citi South Asia. Based in Mumbai, he will lead Citi's significant banking franchise in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and also join the Asia Pacific Executive Committee. Robinson succeeds Sanjay Nayar, who is leaving the firm to pursue other...

What was expected to be a benchmark tour for the Pacific Islands trundles into Reggio Emilio on Saturday looking a little glum.The Islanders have lost the two games they have played, and rarely hit...

France is eager to make up for two recent thrashings by Australia, while the Wallabies will go for a first win in eight years on French soil when the teams meet on Saturday.France lost 34-13 and...

Reporting from Beijing -- A Chinese official said today that 19,065 of the people who died in May's massive earthquake in Sichuan province have been identified. Li Jiang from the Sichuan provincial...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, right, confers with Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, during a function in Dharmsala, India, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. A...

SHANGHAI, China -- Members of a U.S. financial industry group visiting China this week to push for more open capital markets said they found officials here alarmed by the credit crisis, but eager to...

Ministers from Pacific Rim nations warned Thursday that imposing trade barriers in reaction to the global economic downturn would only deepen the crisis.The foreign affairs and trade chiefs, meeting...

The historic epic film "Australia" has generated buzz that includes an enthusiastic endorsement from Oprah Winfrey. Fans of the movie also enjoy "Message Stick," an award-winning...

A conservative partnership between Simon Katich and Andrew Symonds prevented Australia's second innings from spiralling out of control in the opening Test against New Zealand in Brisbane. A green...

Travel Australia has recommended exciting places to visit for travelers if they want the pure Australian experience, atmosphere and appeal of the film "Australia" which premiered in Sydney...

The chief of the Australian Defence Force says he wants China to explain its military build-up. Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston says China has had a booming economy and can afford to spend on...

Tokyo - The Bank of Japan decided to hold its key short-term interest rate unchanged at 0.3 per cent Friday. The policy board of Japan's central bank voted unanimously to keep the interest rate...

(1 hr 19 mins ago) Shandong Iron and Steel Group and other big Chinese steel mills are no longer interested in buying a Chilean iron ore miner they have held talks with, as a slumping economy has...

shoes+ (AP) - SAITAMA, Japan, Nov. 21 (Kyodo)—(EDS: NOTING SOLE MADE IN CHINA, ADDING OTHER DETAILS) Police have determined that the person who killed former vice health minister Takehiko...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The governor of a Chinese province sat down with protesters after they fought pitched battles with police, a rare concession by a leader and a sign of government concerns about...

Jetstar Pacific, a Vietnamese low-cost airline part-owned by Qantas, welcomed the communist government's decision to allow more flexible pricing on some domestic routes."This will...

The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average gained 207.75 points, or 2.7 percent, to close at 7,910.79 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, after losing nearly 7 percent the day before. The broader Topix...

Singapore's economy shrank between July and September, confirming it was the first Asian country in recession in the current financial crisis. The island's economy shrank 6.8% in the third quarter,...

More than 19,000 schoolchildren died in a massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May, China acknowledged today for the first time.The earthquake left nearly 90,000 people dead or missing,...

(1 hr 7 mins ago) Toyota Motor, Japan's biggest carmaker, will cut its domestic temporary workforce by 50 percent as vehicle demand slumps globally. Toyota will cut the number of temporary...

PESHAWAR: An explosion ripped through a funeral procession Friday in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least five people and wounding at least 15 others, police said. The funeral in the...

HARARE: An outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe over the last month has now claimed at least 90 lives, including three deaths of Zimbabweans across the border in South Africa, officials have said. At...

Hong Kong - A Hong Kong student taken away by police after unfurling a Tibetan flag during the Olympic torch relay through the city in May launched a legal challenge against her detention on Friday....

The Fiji SUN, one of the three daily newspapers in Fiji was barred from attending the presentation of the country’s 2009 Budget after they refused to reveal sources of two items that they ran....

(AFP)--More than 100 primary school students in south China were taken to hospital after they inhaled gas emitted by an illegal refinery nearby, a local official and state media said...

bond issuance this year. The ministry said in a statement the deal's main underwriters are China Galaxy Securities Co., China Development Bank and UBS Securities Co. ...

WASHINGTON: Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense former federal judge who took over the Justice Department after Alberto Gonzales resigned in disgrace, collapsed during a speech and...

The Chinese aluminum industry witnessed strong growth in demand on account of rapid urbanization, rising investment in infrastructure and high economic...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Who said bras are only for women? A Japanese online lingerie retailer is selling bras for cross-dressing men and they've quickly become one of its most popular...

SYDNEY: An Australian mayor who invited ugly women to move to his outback mining town, saying even they would find a man there, has won the top "award" for the most sexist public comment of the...

AUSTRALIAN police said yesterday they were ready to lift strict security restrictions on convicted Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks after he broke his silence to appeal for greater freedom.Hicks,...

JK Kim, vice president of Digital Media Business at Samsung Electronics, came to visit AU Optronics (AUO), Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) this week sparking...

(AFP)--The Australian navy has rescued a group of suspected asylum- seekers from a fast-sinking ship off the country's northwestern coast, officials ...

BOULDER, CO, November 21, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Intrepid Travel today launched its new "Australia" - On Location itinerary that it says will give travelers a real life experience of the...

Prime Minister Taro Aso's top aide urged him on Friday to watch what he says, the second straight day that the Japanese leader was warned after a series of gaffes that have left some analysts...

TOKYO, Nov. 21 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A Cabinet minister indicated Friday the government could delay the planned final sales of shares in Japan Post Bank Co. and Japan Post Life Insurance Co. by 2017,...

In times like these, safety takes on a whole new meaning and risk is redefined on a daily basis. China, that emerging economy with so much promise, has often been criticized as a bubble waiting to...

China has announced a complete overhaul of its dairy industry to improve safety at every step _ from cow breeding to milk sales _ saying its worst food quality scandal in years had revealed "major...

Macquarie Hosting, a division of Macquarie Telecom today announced it has achieved its Report On Compliance (ROC) to the highest level of PCI DSS for its Sydney data center, the Intellicentre. ...

TOKYO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Police arrested a man Friday for allegedly detonating explosives last month at a cultural hall of Japan's largest lay Buddhist organization, Soka Gakkai, and at a separate...

Roger Federer of Switzerland gestures at his match against James Blake of the United States during the Venetian Macao Tennis Showdown in Macao, south China, Nov. 20, 2008. Four famous tennis players...

The Pacific Sun. File photo / Martin Sykes The four-person crew of the New Zealand yacht Sambaluka have been rescued by P&O cruise ship Pacific Sun from a reef off the coast of Australia.The...

TOKYO- Japan's coach Takeshi Okada has poured fuel on his side's intense rivalry with the Socceroos, saying he wants to "shut up" the Australian side.Okada was speaking as Japan arrived home after...