SergeiMavrodi,aneccentricRussianmathematicianwhofoundedthenotoriousMMMpyramidorPonzischemeintheearly1990sthatswindledmillionsoutoftheirsavings,hasdied,hisassist
AsrevealedattheUnitedNationsClimateChangeConferenceinBonn,Germany,recently,greenhousegasemissions,amajorcauseofglobalwarming,arerisingafterremainingflatfornearl
ByAPDWriterChenJiabao(TranslatedbyMaQian)Thailand’sSupremeCourtisscheduledtodeliveronAugust25itsrulingagainstformerPrimeMinisterYingluckShinawatraonachargeofcri
Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivered a tearful closing statement to a Bangkok court on Tuesday, saying she did not act dishonestly in a multi-billion dollar rice subsidy scheme and that she was being politically persecuted.
Thailand'sformerprimeministerYingluckShinawatradeliveredatearfulclosingstatementtoaBangkokcourtonTuesday,sayingshedidnotactdishonestlyinamulti-billiondollarrice
ByAPDwriterChenJiabaoBANGKOK,July21(APD)--ThesupremecourtofThailandannouncedonFridaythattheverdictagainstformerprimeministerYingluckShinawatraoverherrice-pledgi
BritishworkersatBMW(BMWG.DE)'sMiniandRolls-RoyceoperationshaveoverwhelminglyacceptedanewofferfromtheGermancarmakeronMondayovertheclosureofitsfinalsalarypensions
MorewomeninIndiahavebeenpartofthefinancialsystemwiththeirownbankaccountsafteryearsofbeingexcludedfromthebankingsector.Inthehighlypatriarchalset-upoftheIndiansoc
India has said that it intends to further liberalize the visa regime in a bid to attract more tourists and businesses to the country.
According to a Food and Health Bureau paper submitted to lawmakers yesterday,the government will provide financial resources, including operational costs, for the scheme to be implemented. But the regulatory body will have to operate on a self-financing basis.
Hong Kong’s top official made clear on Tuesday the government had no plan to reinstate a multiple-entry visa scheme for Shenzhen residents, days after a tourism association quoted him as saying the government was ready to do so if Hongkongers stopped mistreating visitors from the mainland.
"We started off with a cable car ride, and then we went to see the dolphin show," Chow Yong, 82, was thrilled when speaking of her Ocean Park trip with two other elderly friends of her. "Two dollars for a single journey. It's dirt cheap!"
Cross-border e-commerce has been one of the few bright spots of the Chinese economy since its inception. In 2014, this specific trade category has amounted to 71.8 billion USD in terms of volume according to MOFCOM.
Budget increases to HK$75 billion but as a percentage of total government expenditure has dropped from 24.5 per cent in 2005 to 21.5 per cent, says Ip Kin-yuen
Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday found the former director of supply in Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras guilty of money laundering and racketeering.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said on Tuesday that the Individual Visit Scheme for tourists from the Chinese mainland is not expanding and the government is seeking to tighten it up.
Portugal's golden visa scheme attracted 101 million euros (125 million U.S. dollars) in November, the Portuguese Confederation of Construction and Real Estate (CPCI) revealed on Thursday.