Many seniors can put the younger generation to shame on China's outdoor gyms, but one grandmother has swapped the parallel bars for something a little more risque: Dai Dali is one of the country's most famous pole dancers.
Brazil and Germany Thursday signed cooperation accords on renewable energy and sustainable development, and issued a joint declaration on climate change.
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff reaffirmed that she will not step down from the government, before a scheduled nationwide protest against her government on Sunday.
A young Chinese politician, with sights set on a place in Scotland's Parliament, has resigned from the Scottish Nationalist Party after being subjected to racism by party members.
Xu Jing's three weeks sojourn in Kenya's Turkana County was a transformational experience to the 21-year-old business graduates whose love for adventure is unrivalled.
Australia's Foreign Minister has urged Russia against obstructing a United Nations (UN) Security Council move to further investigate the MH17 disaster.
Australia's Foreign Minister has backed colleagues' calls to set a target for equal representation for women in Parliament on Wednesday.
While social media was designed to bring people together, it can sometimes drive them apart. Social media could be a leading cause behind why more Chinese people are switching their status from married to single, according to experts.
When a mother visiting the Milan Expo saw her baby stop crying and easily fall asleep, she wondered whether the Chinese knot that she had just taken in her hands truly can make miracles.
WINNIPEG, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Three Chinese referees showed in the match between France and Colombia at the 2015 Canada Women's World Cup on Saturday with first referee Qin Liang considering it as another showpiece of Chinese women's football under the limelight.
Hillary Clinton on Saturday took to a stage in New York City's Roosevelt Island and officially kicked off her 2016 run for the presidency, calling for a new era of shared prosperity in America.
"Do you imagine what it feels like to live in a constant state of apprehension, where you fear to lose your head with every beheading you witness in a public square," wondered Khadija, a young woman who lives in al-Raqqa in northern Syria, where the Islamic State (IS) militants call it their capital.
European and American experts see integration between Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and conventional Western medicine as the natural evolution of medical science, with the aim to cure patients just on the basis of what is best for their health.
China's twice Grand Slam winner Li Na gave birth to a baby girl, who is named Alisa, on Wednesday.
As the 68th Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Festival) entered its 5th day, French director Maiwenn's Mon Roi was screened Sunday to compete for the top prize Palme d'Or.
"There was a lot of bullying when I was at school, particularly when I was an elementary school student. They used to throw garbage in my face but I had no idea why," 22-year-old Ariana Miyamoto, who has taken the world by storm since becoming the first Afro-Asian to be crowned Miss Universe Japan last month, told APD in an exclusive interview.
As dazzling sunshine filtered through a camouflage-like mesh that serves as a makeshift roof for a piece of lawn connecting ward tents, Xu Zhaoxia checked her first-aid kit after visiting patients in her area of responsibility, eager to join a task force to serve quake victims in parts of Kathmandu who are not able to come to the battlefield- style hospital, or simply a combination of tents, with vehicles and shabby bungalows just meters away from the official seat of the Nepalese government-- Singha Durbar, or Lion Palace, which, with visible cracks on its white walls and pillars, had been cordoned off.
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