Cering Yangzom, an ethnic Monba living deep in Tibet's mountains, never thought her pastime singing to the odd tourist traveling through her small village would ever become more than a pleasant diversion.
Liu Yunxia owes a debt almost equal to her family's annual income. Yet, after publishing her script for a TV drama, she believes her dream is closer to coming true.
Panda cub Bao Bao, who turned one Saturday, took a morning walk in her yard in the National Zoo here, kicking off a much-anticipated party to celebrate her first birthday.
"Game of Thrones" is one of HBO's most successful TV drama series. And from now on to Sept. 1, fans in Vancouver get a chance to see the props and costumes that actors actually use in the show at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE).
For the first time, Italy has awarded an important music prize to a Chinese pop folk singer, Gao Ying, which she said will further help the promotion of China's music abroad.
Hillary Clinton, U.S. President Barack Obama's secretary of state during his first term, has indicated her foreign policy would be more muscular than that of the current administration, and some experts said Clinton's stance most closely resembles that of her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
The Obama administration declined on Thursday to discuss its possible response to Germany's expulsion of the representative of U.S. intelligence agencies in Berlin in a growing spy row.
Vietnam's recently amended Marriage and Family Law has allowed surrogate mothers for humanitarian purposes, which is believed to bring hope to many Vietnamese women who are incapable of child bearing.
Likely 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's favorability rating is dropping, signaling an end to her era of high favorability even before she announces her run for president, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.
Thai former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday morning sent her message to supporters via Facebook to thank them for their support.
A young woman who killed and dismembered a kitten and posted the bloody pictures on the Internet has angered many in China, a country that has witnessed a host of animal abuse cases in recent years.
Fan Bingbing who plays in Blink in "X-Men: Days of Future Past", is proud to portray the Marvel heroine as an Asian
Natural History Museum will open an exhibition of mammoths, the largest creature on the earth on Friday.
Full employment is around the corner for the first time in the United States since the beginning of the crisis over two years ago, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wednesday.
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that the global economy is turning the corner, but the recovery is still too weak and too slow with 200 million people unemployed.
An Indonesian maid was freed from death penalty in Malaysia on Monday after the head of the judging panel decided to free her from murder charges launched by the prosecutor, a statement released by Indonesian foreign affairs ministry said.
Organ donation coordinator is a new profession in China, with the first such positions created in 2010, when an organ donation system was introduced nationwide. By setting up a registry system for donors and a distribution mechanism for recipients, it aimed to speed up organ transplants.