Former Beijing vice-mayor Liu Zhihua has been sentenced to death, suspended for two years, for corruption, local media reported yesterday, citing a Sa...
Two US fighter planes were scrambled and ordered to shoot down an unidentified flying object (UFO) over the English countryside during the Cold War, a...
China's marine surveillance (CMS) force will be strengthened to guard and manage 3 million sq km of ocean and 18,000 km of coastline under the cou...
The US may be on its way to becoming a nation of savers, whether Americans like it or not.With home and stock prices declining and credit hard to come...
As many as half of all toy manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta could go out of business within the next two years, an industry expert said yesterda...
Doctors are warning of new health risks to the rural population as their living conditions improve."An increasing number of people have diabetes ...
Lawmakers and officials moved forward forging a second fiscal stimulus bill after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke endorsed the idea and the Bush...
Software giant Microsoft has sparked a major controversy among millions of Chinese computer users with the nationwide launch yesterday of its "Sc...
US Democrat Barack Obama will leave the presidential campaign trail to visit his ailing 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii, whose health has deteriorat...
Rich countries are partly responsible for pollution from poor ones, including poisonous mining discharge, because they buy many of the raw materials a...