The world's largest marine reserve aimed at protecting the pristine wilderness of Antarctica will be created after a "momentous" agreement was finally reached Friday, with Russia dropping its long-held opposition.
Due to dangers caused by subsidence in mining, Nansangyu has become the first village to be entirely relocated to a city in the major coal-producing province of Shanxi in north China.
Huge area of recent structures to be torn down over the next three years to better preserve site’s ancient character, says Palace Museum director.
Workers had started to paint New York's Times Square into different colored zones from Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, as part of the city's effort to regulate pedestrian flow and street performers activities.
Residential land prices in Hong Kong have fallen below the levels for some sites in mainland China, indicating the city’s property correction is deepening and the price gap with major cities like Shanghai is narrowing.
A total of 70 gun salutes kicked off the grand celebration in central Beijing Thursday morning to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
Wetlands, including inland and coastal swampland, occupied 10,410 square km of land area, or 9.3 percent of Cuba, the Cuban News Agency (ACN) reported Monday.
At least eight top leaders of Egypt' s Muslim Brotherhood were allegedly arrested at Rabaa Al Adawiya square in Cairo's Nasr City during an operation by the police to disperse supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, state TV reported on Wednesday.
The government will require new urban buildings to reach mandatory energy-saving standards, as well as renovate existing buildings, to make them more environmentally friendly by 2015, the country's top economic planner has said.
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