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Experts warn Europe: Don't grant robots rights

Europeisthinkingaboutgivingadvancedrobotsrightsandresponsibilities.Manyexpertssaythat'saterribleidea.TheEuropeanParliamentpassedaresolutionlastyearthatenvisions

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Foreign experts serve Shanxi businesses

ShanxiheldaprojectfairtargetedatforeignexpertsinTaiyuan,theprovincialcapital,onAug7,tointroduceadvancedoverseastechnologiesandboostthedevelopmentoflocalcompanie

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Somali authorities investigate explosion that killed three policemen

AuthoritiesinSomaliahavelaunchedaninvestigationintoanexplosionthatleftthreepolicemendeadonWednesday.Theofficershaddiscoveredanimprovisedexplosivedeviceinsideave

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China confers Friendship Awards to foreign experts

The Chinese government on Thursday conferred its Friendship Award on 50 foreign experts from 18 countries working in China, in recognition of their contribution to China's development.

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China puts tighter regulation on plastic-surgery industry

The first industry association regulation on the medical procedures that include tattoo, eyebrow and eyelash reshaping, and on the procedures to beautify scars left by medical operations, was released in Beijing during a news conference on Sept 13.

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"Burkini" could save lives through skin cancer protection: experts

While debate about the "burkini" swimwear continues on in European politics, skin cancer experts gathered for a congress in Austria claim the full-body swimming costume may actually save lives.

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China opposes "gross interference" by UN human rights experts

China on Thursday voiced resolute opposition to a call by United Nations human rights experts to release a jailed activist, saying it is "gross interference in China's domestic affairs and judicial sovereignty."

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Tribunal should make amends for South China Sea arbitration: expert

The arbitral tribunal should correct its mistakes and make up for the homework it has neglected to do, chief expert at the Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies of Wuhan University Sienho Yee told Xinhua in an exclusive interview Wednesday.

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Kenyan experts hail signing of Paris climate deal, upbeat on green future

​The landmark signing of Paris climate deal by world leaders at a ceremony to be held on Friday in New York marks a significant milestone in efforts to save the planet from calamities associated with global warming, Kenyan experts have said.

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Abe Cabinet plans to call experts ahead of Ise-Shima G-7 summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday unveiled a plan to hold meetings of experts from Japan and abroad in which the world economy will be analyzed ahead of the upcoming Ise-Shima summit of the Group of Seven major powers.

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Investigators arrive at military lab to start studying probable MH370 wreckage

​The investigators and experts participating in the identification of the probable missing MH370 wreckage arrived Wednesday afternoon in a military laboratory in Toulouse, according to Xinhua journalists on site.

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Paris Deputy Prosecutor to hold press conference on probable MH370 wreckage

​Paris Deputy Prosecutor Serge Mackowiak will hold in Paris a press conference following the ongoing identification of probable MH370 wreckage in Balma, suburbs of Toulouse, said Wednesday a statement of the office of the Paris prosecutor.

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Nepal quake eye-opener for Bangladesh to boost disaster preparedness

​The two successive strong earthquakes and subsequent major aftershocks that hit Nepal in the last few days should serve as a wake up call for Bangladesh, which sits on fault lines and thus prone to tremors, according experts here.

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UN experts urge Obama to back full release of report on CIA interrogation abuses

​A group of United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday urged U.S. President Barack Obama to support the fullest possible release of the report on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) interrogation practices conducted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI).

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Austrian experts sees prevention as effective way to combat osteoporosis

The only effective method to combat osteoporosis is through preventative measures such as exercise and healthy eating, experts said at a press conference in Vienna Thursday ahead of the 13th Vienna Osteoporosis Day on October 30.

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IS subway threat raises concerns of attack on U.S.

An alleged Islamic State (IS) plot to attack U.S. subways has raised concern about the reach of the terror group, and begs the question of whether militants have the capability to hit the United States.