(Mainichi/Kenji Yoneda) TOKYO -- A Brazilian man has been arrested for allegedly brokering the provision of an underage girl to a hostess bar in violation of the Child Welfare Act, the ...

BANGKOK: An explosion at a shop in northern Laos killed four people including Chinese nationals, Beijing's consulate general in the country reported. The "blast" happened on Friday (Feb 14 ...

The 684 MW Sanakham hydroelectric dam project across the Mekong River, close to the Thai-Lao border in Chiang Khan District, Loei Province, will cost an estimated $2.07 billion. The dam ...

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Consumer Reports dietitian Amy Keating oversaw CR’s testing of 31 popular bars, checking nutrition and taste. CR’s tests show some winners and duds in every category. For fruit and nut bars ...

This has been the Star’s real-time coverage of the mass shooting in Scarborough. This story is no longer being updated. Read the full story from Star staff reporters Abby O’Brien, Kenyon ...

The parents of two Melbourne women who died due to methanol poisoning in Laos late last year have called for travellers to boycott the country until it investigates the deaths properly.

Jekari had been a hostess at Twin Peaks restaurant. James Little said he used to drive trucks but had never worked in a restaurant before. “I just like to cook,” James said. “We live in the ...

When contacted on Monday, Head of Communication ECOWAS Commission, Joel Ahofodji., said the regional bloc was unaware of Niger Republic’s policy to bar ECOWAS passport holders.

Come winter, streams of snow-weary northerners pack their flip-flops and pickleball paddles and make for the Sonoran Desert. The Phoenix-Scottsdale area is the default escape hatch for many, but ...

to refer to in-person sexual and sexualized entertainment such as hostess bars, strip show theaters, and sensual massage parlor/dispatch services. Fuzoku is an especially tricky word to translate into ...