San Jose and San Francisco in the U.S. state of California posted some highest scores on Gallup's Economic Confidence Index in 2014 released Thursday, underscoring gains made in the country's booming technology sector.
Widespread rural pollution is a major source of pollution for the Yangtze River, the country's longest river, a top legislator said.
The number of people affected by the record-high flood in Acre River in the northern Brazilian state of Acre reached 87,000, local authorities said Wednesday.
Light to strong rain will fall in most of China's northern and southeastern regions and smog will cover the country's central part over the next two days, the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday met for the first time with leaders of the country's 114th Congress, vowing to find common ground with the Republican- controlled Congress on economic and national security issues including trade, cybersecurity as well as the legal basis for attacks against Islamic State (IS).
In a document released on Monday, the central government promised to cultivate and appoint more officials from minority groups and ensure they are given "full trust".
Hong Kong's Acting Chief Executive Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Tuesday that police are prepared to help enforce the injunction in protest areas, abide by the High Court instructions.
A year after super-typhoon Yolanda, internationally known as Haiyan, hit the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013, life in the worst-hit areas, including Tacloban City, is almost back to normal.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group plans to invest 10 billion yuan (1.6 billion U.S. dollars) within three to five years to build thousands of facilities in rural China to tap rising demand in these areas, it announced on Monday.
Chinese authorities on Monday celebrated the 60th founding anniversary of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC).
The number of people left homeless by the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit southern Peru on Sunday has climbed to 128, the National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI) said Monday.
Over 80 militants were killed and several others injured in an overnight operation launched by Pakistan army in the country's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan on Wednesday, local media reported.
Five people have died in a 8.2-magnitude earthquake that hit off the northern coast of Chile Tuesday, according to Interior Minister Rodrigo Penailillo, and thousands of people have been evacuated due to a tsunami alert.
Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir Monday evening issued avalanche warning for the people inhabiting upper reaches and areas close to the line-of-control (LoC), officials said.
China's navy hospital ship Peace Ark returned to a navy port on Zhoushan island in east China's Zhejiang Province on Sunday, concluding a humanitarian medical aid mission in typhoon-hit areas in the Philippines.
Myanmar's National Human Rights Commission claimed on Wednesday that it was able to intensify its activities to promote and protect human rights by conducting certain outreach activities for the first time, citing the commission's visits to a number of sensitive areas in the country in 2013.
As more bodies have been recovered in typhoon affected areas in central Philippines, the number of death toll rose to 5,598.
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