Danish toymaker Lego cannot register a picture of one of its iconic building bricks as a trademark, because the Lego product cannot be distinguished from other manufacturers’ bricks, the European …

It is estimated that there are some 160,000 teenage pregnancies in Thailand every year. Very often, the girls have to drop out of school. Thailand’s health officials are proposing a …

The new bill is filed as House Bill 382 and seeks to declare driving while under the influence of alcohol or liquor a criminal act. “The World Health Organization (WHO) …

Indian regulators have launched a probe into allegations that the AP Moller-Maersk units have been using their “influence” to force Indian shippers to use container facilities at Gujarat Pipavav Port …

Nokia is replacing chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo with Canadian Stephen Elop of Microsoft, as the world’s top maker of mobile phones aims to regain lost ground in the fiercely competitive …

The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (Smittskyddsinstitutet – SMI) has designated Monday September 13th as national chlamydia day to draw attention to the infection and to encourage more people …

  An Australian organisation comprising ex-police and special forces soldiers has rescued four child sex workers from an illegal brothel in Aranyaprathetnear the Thailand-Cambodia border. The team of volunteer operatives …

Millions of Indonesians crammed into trains, ferries and in greater numbers than ever, motorcycles, as they poured out of major cities to return to their villages to celebrate the end …

The House of Representatives’ ethics council said on Wednesday that it would only summon legislator Edhie Baskoro for allegedly delaying the departure of a Garuda Airline’s flight if there is …

A Norwegian radio journalist quit on the air after complaining about her job and saying she wouldn’t read the day’s news because ”nothing important has happened” anyway. Pia Beathe Pedersen …