China's economic planner announced its approval on construction of a new airport in Beijing on Monday.
Roundup: Afghan government to have new cabinet within days KABUL, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, after assuming office on Sept. 29, announced to form a new cabinet within 45 days but it has yet to be achieved as all the ministries are run by acting ministers.
China's leaders and senior officials concluded the three-day Central Economic Work Conference Thursday, a crucial meeting aiming to set the tone for economic policies in 2015.
China will strive to keep economic growth and policies steady in 2015 and adapt to the "new normal" of slower speed but higher quality, said a statement released after a crucial economic policy meeting concluded on Thursday.
After a protracted deadlock, Nepal's parties have temporarily removed the obstacles crippling the all-important tasks of constitution drafting, cross-party leaders said on Wednesday.
Excess body weight causes around 481,000 new cancer cases a year in adults worldwide, according to new estimates published Friday in the British medical journal The Lancet Oncology.
Nepal's major parties, which were involved in the dispute over constitution drafting, have resumed negotiations on the key contentious issues of new constitution, cross-party leaders said on Sunday.
The Egyptian cabinet led by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab approved on Wednesday a draft anti-terrorism law incriminating any group that attempts to disturb general order or harm social peace as "a terrorist entity. "
Australia is facing a potential biosecurity attack from a number of viruses which have the potential to seriously damage food supplies, according to a new report released on Wednesday.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organization for Animal Health warned on Monday that a new bird flu strain has been detected in Europe, UN spokesman Staphane Dujarric told reporters here.
Brazil will produce a new drug against tuberculosis with the help of India, state news agency Agencia Brasil announced Monday.
The Chinese government vigorously supports the development of the Internet as a form of market expansion and job creation, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday.
New Zealand researchers said Wednesday they have identified a previously unknown whale group that lived 27 million to 25 million years ago.
Scientists have discovered mechanisms that control a new form of premature cell death in living tissue and a mechanism to reverse it, opening up the possibility for new treatments to a number of diseases, according to a new study published Monday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's schedule this week may shed some new light on the new type of major-world power relationship China is championing.
President Obama, who arrived here Monday to attend the 2014 informal economic leaders' meeting of APEC, and also for a state visit to China, will hold talks with President Xi and discuss the future development of bilateral ties.
The "new normal" theory elaborated by Chinese President Xi Jinping would be one of the hallmarks to be engraved in history by the ongoing meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Beijing.
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