This year, Japanese films once again dominated the domestic box office, accounting for eight of the top 10 hits according to figures compiled by the PickScene film review site. (The...

The winter holidays can easily be either the most wonderful or the most lonely time in a person’s year. For those of us from overseas who by choice or necessity...

Seoul – At least 100 North Korean troops deployed to Russia have been killed, with another 1,000 injured in combat against Ukrainian forces in intense fighting in the Kursk region,...

The NBA, where a Big Three combination of players often proves successful on the floor, has a Big Three in terms of franchise value. The Golden State Warriors, New York...

Warsaw – Stubborn inflation, exorbitant borrowing costs, bankruptcy risks and a growth slowdown: the Russian economy is facing a slew of negative headlines, as the costs of the Ukraine war...

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Djafaruddin says he has recovered from the trauma of collecting bodies when the world’s deadliest tsunami devastated Indonesia’s western coast two decades ago, but he still...

Paris – Sean McGovern, a top lieutenant of the Kinahan cartel, and Faissal Taghi — son of the infamous head of the Dutch-Moroccan Mocro Maffia — used to hang out...

The average retail gasoline price, currently about ¥175 per liter, is expected to rise by over ¥5, as the government has announced it will reduce subsidies to oil wholesalers. Until...

Hon Hai Precision Industry, the iPhone maker known as Foxconn, is in talks with Nissan Motor’s biggest shareholder Renault about its willingness to sell its shares in the Japanese automaker,...