Ikea, the inexpensive and stylish Swedish home retailer, is not earning any money in India. But the company is spending it here, the chief executive, Mikael Ohlsson, said Monday. Ikea, …

Malaysian police said on Sunday that they have arrested a couple for burning their Indonesian maid with a hot iron and scalding water with the husband also accused of raping …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …