Six convicted in child rape case in India
Three get life imprisonment, three others to be jailed for five years. Three out of the six convicted in the rape of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua, have…
Editors Guild of India condemns arrest of journalist
The journalist was arrested in relations to a television report. The Editors Guild of India today condemned arrests of a journalist, an editor and the head of a television channel…
Nepal needs to ensure quality healthcare
Nepal will struggle to achieve SDGs and universal health coverage without ensuring quality health care, experts say. In October 2017, Nepal’s Parliament passed a landmark bill…
Wakayama temple introduces cashless payment option
It is believed to be a first among temples in Japan. A temple in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, recently launched a system allowing visitors to make offerings of money using…
Malaysian student kindness campaign wins on global stage
Student campaign wins alongside New York Times, Guardian and Al Jazeera. R.AGE and SP Setia’s #StandTogether campaign to end hate and intolerance has received global…
The real reason people are dying on Everest
The man who’s climbed Everest 24 times says traffic jams aren’t killing climbers, inexperienced guides are. There is much that Kami Rita Sherpa wants to get off his mind.…
Tiananmen 30 years on: How far has China come?
Straits Times collection on its Tiananmen coverage. Thirty years ago, in the early hours of June 4, the world watched in shock and horror as tanks rolled into Beijing’s main…
Remembering the key events of the Tiananmen Massacre
Tuesday is the massacre’s 30th anniversary. In June 1989, several thousand Chinese college students and disgruntled citizens from all walks of life gathered in Beijing’s…
BTS performs at historic sold-out Wembley concert
The performance is a first by a Korean band. BTS on Saturday (local time) made history as the first Korean band to perform at the iconic Wembley Stadium, the largest concert stage…
Inquirer’s Randy David wins Fukuoka grand prize
The Fukuoka prize is given to Asians who excel at preserving the region’s culture. ilipino sociologist and Inquirer columnist Randy David is being honored as this year’s…