From the literary giant William Shakespeare's plays to the apple tree in front of the farmhouse of the great scientist Isaac Newton, Liverpool band the Beatles to the popular TV series of Downtown Abbey, nearly 20 most iconic images of England will be exhibited from Wednesday on the Southbank in London.
The Australian government will launch a new 13 million AU dollars (12.2 million U.S. dollars) instrument which help astronomers to explore the origins of the Milky Way at the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) at Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane announced Wednesday.
A team of 77 artisans from Zigong, southwest China's Sichuan Province have created the world's largest indoor attraction, due to open this week in the British seaside resort of Blackpool.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said on Tuesday that World Autism Awareness Day is "a call to action," urging all concerned to help build "a more inclusive world."
The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) 2014 concluded in The Hague on Tuesday with a communique reached by world leaders to prevent nuclear material from falling into the hands of terrorists.
The Memorial Museum dedicated to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be open to the public at the World Trade Center site on May 21, officials said Monday.
Australia's leading foreign policy think-tank, came out swinging, Wednesday, on the dormant debate over a "Big Australia" an Australia that seeks to assume a greater role in regional affairs through ambitious social, economic and eventually military growth.
Manufacturing is usually slack in early spring, but HuagongTech's workshops are rumbling to meet a big contract for the company's latest laser.
At a corner of the Aegean Sea along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf lies the ancient Port of Athens -- Piraeus. Merely a dozen kilometers away from central Athens, it has long been the largest passenger port in Europe, bustling with ferries and cruisers.
When a recent sex trade crackdown brought the Chinese city of Dongguan under spotlight, netizens launched another online campaign featuring the city's glories.
Development of Russia causes fears among some world powers but those fears were groundless, President Vladimir Putin said Monday.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) started its annual meeting Wednesday at the Swiss ski resort of Davos under the theme "Reshaping of World."
With just under a week before the FITUR international tourism exhibition's opening in the Spanish capital city, Taleb Rifai, secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, has offered an interview with Xinhua to discuss key aspects of world tourism in 2013, another excellent year for the industry.
China's Hong Kong defended its status as the world's freest economy for the 20th consecutive year, announced by the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom report on Tuesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday evening called his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, to express his "heartfelt" condolences over the death of former President Nelson Mandela.
The 43rd Tokyo Motor show concluded Sunday after attracting more than 887,000 visitors for its mass world premieres and innovative concept vehicles.
French President Francois Hollande on Monday stood firm on Iran nuclear deal, urging Tehran to assume responsibility to end the controversial uranium enrichment.
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