NEW DELHI - A SUPERSONIC cruise missile jointly developed by Russia and India failed to hit its target in a test previously reported as successful, Indian military scientists said on Wednesday.
BEIJING - CHINA said on Wednesday it planned to invest 850 billion yuan (S$181 billion) in the reform of its healthcare system in the next three years.
TOKYO - JAPAN is seeking the arrest of a fourth anti-whaling activist who tried to disrupt the country's controversial Antarctic Ocean hunt in 2007, a report said on Wednesday.
TAIPEI - A TAIWANESE tycoon who is appealing against an 18-year jail sentence imposed for his part in the island's biggest ever financial scandal was back behind bars on Wednesday, a court official said.
