Beijing sparkles with Lunar New Year celebrations. NASA astronaut Chris Williams has shared an enchanting view of fireworks exploding in the sky over Beijing from the International Space Station (ISS) ...

An explosion at a fireworks' shop in China's Hubei province on Wednesday killed 12 people, state media reported, the second ...

A large, illegal fireworks display prompted firefighters to respond to the 6th Street Bridge in the latest of a series of ...

Twelve people were killed on Wednesday when a store selling firecrackers exploded and caught fire in China's Hubei province, ...

An explosion at a fireworks store in Hubei province Wednesday afternoon has resulted in at least 12 deaths, Xinhua News Agency is reporting. The incident occurred in Yicheng, Xiangyang, at around 2 pm ...

Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Monday (Feb 16, 2026) ...

You can still get to Hong Kong for the Chinese New Year festivities this year ...

The dangers of tobacco products such as cigarettes and vape pens are broadly known, at least when it comes to lung irritation and cancer risk. Less well known? The risk that a vape pen might blow up.

Much online discussion has been hovering around the subject of frozen exploding trees this winter, following multiple videos ...

Exploding trees made quite a few headlines last month when temperatures dropped across much of the country. While the claim of trees exploding certainly grabs attention, it is a little exaggerated.

This has been a winter full of surprises. The Philadelphia area has seen the biggest snowstorm in 10 years and one of the longest below-freezing streaks in our history. Nearly every day since ...