LOS ANGELES - SpaceX completed another launch of its Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday with the first two prototype satellites of its global broadband internet-in-space project, Starlink, successfully deployed in orbit.
SEOUL - A chat app where South Koreans can anonymously dish the dirt on their misbehaving bosses and colleagues is belatedly stirring the country's #MeToo movement, shedding new light on sexual harassment in the heavily male-dominated corporate culture.
VIENTIANE, Laos - The labor force is cheap and this makes the country a competitive investment destination. But this perception may no longer be accurate as the World Bank's data has revealed that the productivity of the Lao workforce is much lower than that of neighboring nations.
SHIKHARPUR, Nepal - In the village of Shikharpur in Nepal's remote Himalayan foothills, the faint sound of water can be heard trickling through a large metal pump.
AMMAN - Iraqi soldier Abdullah lost his left hand fighting the Islamic State group but now he has a prosthetic one - thanks to a 3-D printing lab in Jordan.
ISLAMABAD - Nails are buffed, blackheads scrubbed and coffee sipped to the sound of clipping scissors inside the 'Men's' salon in Pakistan's capital city, where a growing number of male patrons are set on revamping their style.
The common challenges facing cities today - housing, transportation, healthcare, energy and the environment - will be examined at an upcoming forum by pooling global cities' resources.
TSCHIRN, Germany - Bank manager Juergen Schaller never expected to end up getting a trucker's license and driving 20,000 kilometers per year.
LOS ANGELES - SpaceX plans to launch its first demonstration satellite on Wednesday for its internet-in-space project.
SYDNEY - More than 100 rarely seen fish species were hauled up from a deep and cold abyss off Australia during a scientific voyage, researchers said on Wednesday, including a cousin of the "world's ugliest animal" Mr. Blobby.
MINNEAPOLIS - --3M Co has agreed to pay the state of Minnesota $850 million to settle a major case alleging the manufacturer damaged natural resources and contaminated groundwater by disposing of chemicals over decades, Minnesota's attorney general announced on Tuesday.
The Moon Shines on the Maplewoods Ferry, a classic Huadeng opera play of Southwestern China's Guizhou province, is a landmark in the 300-year history of the local opera form. And it earned lead actress Shao Zhiqing, the Plum Blossom Prize, the highest theater award in China, in 2007.
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