A total of 17 countries and regions involving 79 companies have invested in Myanmar's Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), official report quoted the economic zone authorities as reporting Sunday.
A suspected member of the Islamic State (IS) has been arrested provisionally in the western German state of Rheinland-Pfalz, German media reported on Tuesday.
A former Brazilian minister from Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff's Workers' Party (PT) was arrested Thursday in a police operation as part of the investigation into the Petrobras corruption ring, official sources said.
The Australian government on Friday launched an investigation into the "abhorrent" treatment of Australian cattle in Vietnam, while live exports are set to be suspended after shocking footage has emerged of cattle being cruelly and slowly clubbed to death.
Beijing health authorities confirmed on Wednesday that a rural resident is being treated for human H7N9 infection in the capital.
At least three people including a soldier were killed and six others injured in clashes between a militia and the Somali National Army (SNA) Sunday in Somalia's central Galmudug state.
Everywhere you go there is the sound of chomping and slurping, moans Stuart Heaver. And don't get him started on cinemas and popcorn
HONG KONG - Community service organizations are urging the government to bring back rent control to protect low-income residents from being overcharged by private housing landlords.
Suspected debris of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 found in Mozambique have arrived in Malaysia for analysis, officials said Thursday.
The Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc has upheld the disqualification of a female senator to run for president in the 2016 elections, a poll official said Wednesday.
The Japanese government on Tuesday approved a design by architect Kengo Kuma for the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games with the planned project also linking in construction behemoth Taisei Corp. whose bid to build the facility won.
Australia's farming produce is set to become more competitive after the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agrees to end 15 billion U.S. dollars in agriculture export subsidies at the weekend.
Not enough is being done to support threatened species in Australia's urban areas, with cities home to almost five times the number of under-threat plants and animals than in rural regions, according to a leading Australian scientist.
Alibaba has joined with the higher court of east China's Zhejiang Province to launch an online court for e-commerce disputes on Tuesday.
BEIJING, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Air pollution forecasts for six cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region are likely to be taken as a whole when emergency responses are being considered, said a plan released on Monday.
The Philippines' death toll from typhoon Koppu reached 41 while 78 others were reported injured in the northern part of the country, the state disaster management agency said Thursday.
The signing of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been hailed as a "very big win" for Australia, according to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
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