The Japanese conquered Java in eight days. They surged inward from the northern coasts, took the capital at Batavia, chopped up the long island into isolated bits, reduced the naval base at Surabaya ...

New “Hello Kitty” comic books will soon launch as part of a collaboration between Japan’s Sanrio and comics giant IDW Publishing. The new multi-title partnership will begin with the debut of the ...

A service honoring the "Hello Girls," women who served as bilingual telephone operators in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I, is set for this weekend at a cemetery in Colma. The women did ...

A deadly landslide tore through Pasirlangu village in West Bandung, West Java, on January 24 in the pre-dawn hours. At least 74 people have been confirmed dead. The number of dead will almost ...

At 5 a.m. California time, when it is still dark outside, a member of the state's Department of Public Health gets on a weekly call. The topic? Health emergencies all over the world. For years, the ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A predawn landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia's main island of Java killed at least eight people on Saturday and left 82 missing as rescuers struggled through ...

First you’ll need to setup a Java project for Maven to build. To keep the focus on Maven, make the project as simple as possible for now. package hello; public ...

In January 1899, the American gunboat USS Wilmington set out on an expedition to Venezuela, steaming up the Orinoco River toward the country’s interior. On board was an American diplomat, Francis ...

As Tiger Woods approaches his 50th birthday, SI Golf counts down the biggest moments—the highs and the lows—of his career. Nos. 20-11 includes more major triumphs, the end of an underrated streak and ...