Thousands of tennis fans have been pouring through the gates of Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne to watch champions of the hard court battle it out for top seed in this year’s Australian Open but it isn’t just the locals spurring this trend.

BANGKOK (Reuters) – A motorcycle bomb exploded in a market in Thailand’s southern Yala province on Monday, killing three people and wounding 22, a spokesman for the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) said, the first such attack in the region in months.

SEOUL (Reuters) – Small but vocal groups of South Korean demonstrators on Monday protested North Korea’s participation in next month’s Winter Olympics, as a delegation of North Korean officials led by star singer Hyon Song-wol visited Seoul and inspected Games’ venues.

GUNGDUM, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Bangladesh said that the repatriation of Muslim Rohingya refugees to Myanmar will not happen on Tuesday as planned because arrangements were incomplete.

Military families are worried about pay, but they are also worried about orders, travel pay and childcare. The government has pushed the pause button on the lives of the military.

At many biopharmas today, drug development teams toil pretty much as they always have, while data groups collect and assemble both data and talent, in relative isolation. It is a tale of two cultures worthy of C.P. Snow.

All bundled up in their winter best, the stars hit the junket to discuss their projects and attract distribution deals amid the glut of industry presence during the 11-day festival.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe opened a new session of parliament on Monday with familiar promises for economic reform and stronger defense, but steered clear of setting a timeline for his goal of revising the post-war, pacifist constitution.

It’s quickly becoming apparent that blockchain technology is about far more that just Bitcoin. The distributed, consensus-dependent ledger technology could potentially revolutionize many aspects across finance, healthcare, media, government and other sectors. Here is a list of 35 interesting ones.