In the southeast German state of Bavaria, a bus carried 62 primary school students suddenly burst into flames, but no one was killed due to prompt intervention of the bus driver, local media reported on Tuesday.
International auction house Sotheby's on Friday insisted that an ancient work of Chinese calligraphy sold at an auction in September was a genuine piece by Su Shi, a famous Chinese poet of the Song Dynasty (960-1279).The statement came in response to accusations from three researchers from the Shanghai Museum saying that the calligraphic work was a forgery from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
The Hong Kong government Thursday approved three grants totaling 4.918 million HK dollars ( about 634,580 U.S. dollars) to three relief agencies for providing relief to typhoon victims in the Philippines.
China, South Korea and Japan discussed modality, or basis guideline, on the trilateral free trade agreement (FTA) at the third round of talks, Seoul's trade ministry said Friday. The three Asian countries talked about the trilateral FTA's modality such as how to make a draft of liberalization for goods at the third round of negotiation, which was held in Tokyo for four days through Friday, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE).
China, India and Russia Sunday stressed the need to find a political solution to the Syria crisis, while expressing hope that a peaceful transition can be achieved in Afghanistan.
Oscar-winning U.S. actress Angelina Jolie will receive a special Academy Award in honor of her humanitarian work, while three others in Hollywood will earn honorary Oscars for lifetime achievement, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thursday.
Ariel Castro, the man from U.S. state of Ohio who kidnapped, raped and prisoned three girls for over a decade, was formally sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday.
The ashes of three Chinese teenagers who died in a plane crash in San Francisco were sent to their hometown in east China's Zhejiang Province on Monday.
Former high-ranking officials and prominent figures from China, Japan and South Korea on Monday called for seeking common interests to improve trilateral pragmatic cooperation here in the new era in efforts to maintain regional peace, stability and prosperity.
Australian Labor Party primary vote has reached a three-month low of 30 percent, and nearly one in two voters are backing the Coalition, giving it a 16- point lead after preferences.
At least three workers were killed and four others injured on Monday as a cliffside collapsed and buried a quarry in Thailand
The tunnel of a metro line under construction in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, collapsed Wednesday afternoon. Two workers have been rescued and one remain trapped.
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