How much they weigh: From as little as 60 pounds (27 kilograms) to more than 1,700 pounds (771 kg) ...

The Thai police have detained four Chinese nationals who allegedly tried to remove files from the building site. Read more at ...

Lee/The New York Times The police have created a fortresslike environment outside the Constitutional Court, placing 15-foot-tall metal barriers ... metal fences to deter people from occupying ...

Workers said poor-quality materials were used during construction by a Chinese developer as it sought to cut costs.

Pakistan’s far north holds some of the world’s highest peaks and has a proud cultural identity, but until now international ...

The earthquake has killed more than 1,700 people in Myanmar and Thailand while leaving at least 2,300 injured - the death toll is expected to rise further as rescuers continue to search the rubble ...

Mannar Island, which is home to some of the world’s most beautiful migratory bird species including flamingoes, was proposed ...

The software company has recently halted talks for, or delayed development of, sites in Indonesia, the UK, Australia, Illinois, North Dakota and Wisconsin, according to people familiar with the ...

The average height of Hispanic and non-Hispanic Asian female adults in the U.S. is 5 feet ... There are several popular misconceptions about tall women. For example, some people assume that ...

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

A tendency to drag down those who set themselves above others, the syndrome supposedly reflects values of equality, humility ...