Several flights run by the Indian carriers IndiGo, Air India, and Air India Express are likely to be disrupted in the coming days following the detection of a major technical defect across... Read more »
The Kodama Shinkansen is one of the three main services on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines, Japan’s iconic high-speed railway connecting Tokyo and Osaka and Fukuoka. Unlike the faster Nozomi and... Read more »
Timothy Garton Ash has produced an excellent list of safeguards against extremism (My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late, 25 November). Unfortunately, they don’t work in the long... Read more »
SINGAPORE: Fugitive lawyer Charles Yeo Yao Hui has been struck off the rolls, with the Court of Three Judges saying that he had shown himself “thoroughly unfit to wear the mantle of... Read more »
KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday strongly refuted the Trinamool Congress’ allegation that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar failed to respond satisfactorily to five key questions raised... Read more »
Anyone who has been in Japan recently will have seen the signs — crowds spilling out of Onitsuka Tiger shops, tourists clinging to the shoe brand’s black-and-red shopping bags and entire friend... Read more »
The death toll from the Hong Kong apartment complex fire that began on Wednesday has risen to 128 with as many as 200 missing, officials have said, as rescue operations were declared... Read more »
HONG KONG – The last message Ms Chris Wong received from her 72-year-old mother was a kindly reminder to wrap up warm as colder temperatures hit Hong Kong. A couple of hours... Read more »
New Delhi: The Rouse Avenue Court on Friday issued a notice on ex-Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi’s transfer applications in three cases — the Land for Job CBI and ED case and... Read more »
Japanese trains have been captivating the world for decades now. The country has earned a reputation as having some of the best trains, namely its bullet trains, the Shinkansen. In the northern... Read more »