The world’s first mass-produced gas-electric hybrid vehicle has surpassed half million worldwide cumulative sales.

Beauticians of a Malaysian royal are training a generation of Muslims in the art of feminine grooming.

Will the US soon say that Zheng He and not Christopher Columbus founded America?

Make your own ice cream to beat the summer heat.

The world’s largest fish roam close to the shore in a placid town south of Manila.

Beijing will clean up its bustling nightlife ahead of the 2008 Olympics.

Volkswagen’s new convertible is due in Canada this summer.

Malaysia is abuzz over quarrel between Mahathir Mohamad and Abdullah Badawi.

The Philippine government is wooing Filipinos in North America to visit their homeland.

Vietnam court upholds prison sentence on British ex-rocker Gary Glitter.