"Landmark" legislation which will allow marijuana to be grown for medicinal purposes will go before an Australian state's parliament on Tuesday.
Four young Malaysians have come up with a novel idea that allows motorists to book their parking spot via a mobile app.
U.S. President Barack Obama is to address the nation Sunday night on steps to fight terrorism in the wake of the recent shooting massacre in southern California, the White House said Saturday.
A Thailand-China railway project, on which the two countries signed an intergovernmental framework document Thursday, will not only benefit Chinese rail companies but also bolster prosperity and stability in Thailand.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will open in mid-January next year, said Chen Huan, who is in charge of preparations for the bank's launch.
China will intensify structural reforms on both the supply and demand sides in 2016 to prompt steady growth, Premier Li Keqiang told Chinese economists on Thursday.
China on Tuesday reiterated that it will not accept the results of third-party settlements of territorial disputes in the South China Sea, as an international tribunal in the Hague finished hearing a case lodged by the Philippines.
China has always pursued a friendly policy towards Myanmar and the policy will not change, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying on Monday.
With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) including the yuan in an elite reserve currency basket, the Chinese currency ascended to the heart of global finance in a move that should be welcomed by both China and the rest of the world.
It has been an eventful year for the creative industry, what with a burst of arts and literary festivals which kept Malaysians busy, month after month. From the hip Cooler Lumpur Festival and the month-long George Town Festival to the Kuala Lumpur International Arts Festival (KLIAF) and the recently concluded Other Festival (in Ipoh), there has been much to explore in terms of arts.
This was President Aquino’s message to world leaders as he spoke here yesterday for countries most vulnerable to climate change.
The landmark Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit to be held in South Africa from Dec. 4- 5 will not only set the next agenda for Sino-Africa bilateral ties, but also strengthen partnership in new areas that would unleash mutual benefits, Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Liu Xianfa said Sunday.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s executive board on Monday approved the inclusion of China' s currency renminbi (RMB) in its Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket as an international reserve currency.
Children will bear the brunt of climate change as more than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence and 160 million in high drought severity zones, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported ahead of the 21st United Nations climate change conference, known as COP21.
Media outlets from BRICS countries must foster initiatives to break Western hegemony in news reporting, a senior official from Brazil's public broadcaster told Xinhua in a recent interview.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged breakthroughs in reform of the country's armed forces by 2020, vowing to reorganize the current military administration structure and military command system.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government will work to boost the minimum wage to a national average of ¥1,000 per hour, through a policy encouraging wage hikes of about 3 percent every year. He made the remarks during a Tuesday meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy that he chairs.
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