For 35 poor households on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a beam-raising ceremony in a newly-built village marks the start of a new life with solar power heating and modern grassland husbandry.
Down a record 8.26 percent -- the worst daily loss since trading started in 2009 -- 325 of 328 shares listed on the board fell, with 225 collapsing by the daily limit of 10 percent. Profit taking was triggered by suggested reform to the initial public offering (IPO) system.
Japan's ruling coalition on Tuesday pushed a controversial secrecy bill through the lower house of parliament, despite staunch public and political opposition to the bill.
An inaugural ceremony for the new subway line winding through Taipei's downtown area was held here on Saturday afternoon.
After China announced its decision to relax the one-child policy, heated discussion and controversy have broken out across the country. The new policy will allow couples to have two children if one of them is an only child.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday expressed his deep concerns that the current carbon emission-cutting actions are insufficient to combat global warming.
China's National Bureau of Statistics plans to revise the current system of measuring the national economy in line with latest international standards, an NBS official said.
The winner of Georgian presidential election, Giorgi Margvelashvili, was sworn in as the fourth elected president of Georgia here on Sunday, describing his success as a victory of the will of the Georgian people.
U.S. Navy will christen aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, the first ship in a new class of super carrier, the Defense Department said on Wednesday.
Learning a painful lesson from the past, there is now a glimmer of hope among the Nepalese people to finally promulgate a new constitution within a year as the country's major political parties have committed to work toward this end.
The major railway operator on Japan ' s southwestern island of Kyushu launched railway sightseeing tours on Tuesday with the newly-constructed sleeper train, the " Seven Stars in Kyushu." The new service is an attempt to carry more tourists from all over the world to the island's countryside, with the aim of stimulating the local economy.
Australia's Labor Party on Sunday has elected Bill Shorten to lead it in opposition, after a month-long vote by the party's 40,000 members.
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of smartphones, memory chips and flat screen TVs, saw its third-quarter operating profit hit a new record high, the company said Friday.
Singapore requires employers to consider Singaporean fairly when hiring skilled professional foreigners, the city-state's Ministry of Manpower announced its new Fair Consideration Framework on Monday.
Singapore requires employers to consider Singaporean fairly when hiring skilled professional foreigners, the city-state's Ministry of Manpower announced its new Fair Consideration Framework on Monday.
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday called on all newly-elected lawmakers to see the country' s interest as the top priority and unify for the nation's prestige.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection on Tuesday issued a stricter regulation on light vehicle emissions, the fifth of its kind in the country, which will be fully implemented nationwide on Jan. 1, 2018.
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