SINGAPORE - Local scientists are developing shape-shifting robots that can sweep and vacuum your favorite hawker center on their own, in a multimillion-dollar project.
A "panda boom" is in the air in Japan, as Tokyo's Ueno Zoo begins a limited public exhibition - two and a half hours a day - of its six-month-old giant panda cub, Xiang Xiang, on Tuesday.
SEOUL - More than 3,000 people have signed papers to forgo artificial life-extending treatment when they become incurably ill, in a pilot program leading up to South Korea's first "dying well" law.
PARIS - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been revealed as the owner of a French chateau described as the world's most expensive home, according to a report in The New York Times.
LAGOS - Mention Nigerian literature and the first names likely to spring to mind are Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart, or the venerable Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka.
The story of the Chinese volunteers who played a key role in the Allied effort during World War I forms the basis of a novel by a British writer.
TOKYO - Global income inequality has worsened over the past four decades, a report has found, with the wealthiest 1 percent of the world's population capturing twice as much income growth as the bottom half.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin called US President Donald Trump to express his gratitude for Central Intelligence Agency information that helped foil attempted terrorist attacks in St. Petersburg, the Kremlin said on Sunday.
MANILA - A tropical storm which battered the Philippines on Saturday has left at least 26 people dead and 46 others missing, a government spokesperson said on Monday.
YANGON - A cultural exhibition that opened on Sunday in Yangon will provide opportunities to enable Myanmar people to better understand Tibetan culture, according to China's diplomat in the country.
NEW YORK - One of the heaviest travel weeks of the year began with the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights on Sunday at the world's busiest airport in Atlanta, where a power outage that lasted nearly 11 hours left passengers stranded in darkened terminals or in aircraft idling on tarmacs.
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