South Africans get the bug: Cape Town diner serves insect-only dishes
South African chef Mario Barnard said he was “grossed out” and did not entirely enjoy eating grilled scorpions and crunchy insects mixed with garlic and...
Spain’s Podemos says will analyze Socialist’s government proposals but must be willing to share power
Spain’s Unidas Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias on Tuesday said widely-leaked policy proposals to be unveiled by acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez were interesting but insisted...
Spain’s Socialists make proposals for government deal but see new election likely
Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists see repeat elections as the most likely scenario but will publish on Tuesday over 300 policy proposals as a...
China says lodges stern representations to the U.S. on Xinjiang
China said on Tuesday it has lodged stern representations with the United States about comments made by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on China’s far...
Singapore hotels see best month in years amid Hong Kong turmoil
Singapore’s hotel occupancy rates have climbed to their highest in over a decade as travelers and business events switched from Hong Kong, where pro-democracy protests...
Hong Kong leader says has not discussed resigning with Beijing
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she has never asked the Chinese government to let her resign to end the city’s political crisis,...
Letter threatening to hunt Koreans sent to South Korean embassy in Japan: media
A letter threatening to hunt Koreans and containing what appeared to be a bullet has been sent to the South Korean embassy in Japan amid...
Iran’s Rouhani rules out bilateral talks with U.S.
Iran will never hold bilateral talks with the United States but if it lifts all the sanctions it reimposed on Iran it can join multilateral...
Vietnam ex-minister took $3 million bribes in MobiFone case: police
Police in Vietnam have accused a former information minister of taking $3 million in bribes in connection with a controversial deal at state telecoms firm...
Novartis’s Sandoz licenses proposed multiple sclerosis biosimilar
Swiss drugmaker Novartis’s Sandoz division has licensed from Polpharma Biologics a proposed biosimilar version of multiple sclerosis drug natalizumab, the companies said on Tuesday without...