Visiting Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gave an academic speech at a university in the ancient Japanese city of Kyoto on Monday, advocating the beginning of change in her country based on the Buddhist idea of " caring" for others.
Wei Ruihong is a 33-year-old girl born with a rare "brittle bone" disease which has caused her to break bones as many as 31 times. Through launching a charity website, she successfully raised large sums of money in exchange for her counselling service. The money allowed her to receive treatment in Italy, one of the world's best place to treatment of the bone disease.
Li Na was runner-up for the second year at the 2013 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday, narrowly missing the title after losing against Bellarussian Victoria Azarenka, in the women's final. But her coach says the French Open singles title winner, was the real winner.
In the aftermath of a nightclub fire which killed 231 people in southern Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff reminded mayors from all over the country on Monday about the responsibilities of government officials with the people.
Environment has been completely integrated into discussions as political and business leaders talk about new visions for economic growth at the annual Davos meeting, Danish Environment Minister Ida Auken said on Friday.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday in a congressional hearing took responsibility for the security failure in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. But she defended fiercely for the handling by the Obama administration on the attack's aftermath.
A senior Chinese official has lost his job for "improper life style", state media Xinhua says Thursday.
The U.S. State Department said on Thursday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is aiming to return to her office as early as next week following treatment for blood clot in her head.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been officially discharged from a New York hospital after she was treated for a blood clot, the State Department said on Wednesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was hospitalized with blood clot, and is being treated with anti-coagulant, her spokesman said Sunday night.