In a hall filled with psychedelic ice sculptures, there are shrieks of excitement as a toboggan careers down an ice run, its occupants snugly wrapped up against the sub-freezing temperatures.But this is no fun park in an icy Siberian wasteland -- this is tropical Bangkok.
A surge in the number of Chinese arrivals helped drive a record number of overseas visitors to New Zealand last month, the government statistics agency said Monday.
Chinese shares remained in positive territory for the second-consecutive day on Wednesday following the government's fresh fiscal stimulus measures.
Chinese shares slumped for a second day on Tuesday on weak economic data, suggesting the world's second-largest economy faces mounting downward pressure.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday reshuffled his cabinet as the Southeast Asia's largest economy aims to speed up subdued economic growth.
China missed the chance to win the men's 1,500m freestyle title for the consecutive third times at world championships but it might gain some comfort with the women's 4x100m medley relay gold medal at the Kazan worlds here on Sunday.
Australia's prison population has jumped 10 percent over the last 12 months, according to new data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursday.
All Greek banks will reopen on Monday July 20 after a three-week bank holiday, but capital controls will continue, according to an official statement released on Saturday.
Chinese visitors help drive New Zealand accommodation boom
Government forces have commenced mop up operations to rout Boko Haram from Sambisa Forest, a camp known as one of their major hideouts in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, defense spokesman Chris Olukolade said Thursday.
ASEAN is giving full cooperation to the set up of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) initiated by China, a Malaysian official said here Saturday.
For most western-educated expatriates in China, this seems a mission impossible: earning a living by performing the most linguistically challenging stand-up comedies in flawless Chinese, with genuine humor.
As of the end of February 2015, Vietnam saw a trade deficit of 61 million U.S. dollars, compared to a trade surplus of 1.35 billion U.S. dollars during the same period of 2014, according to Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on Tuesday.
U.S. stocks surged to close at record highs Monday, with the Nasdaq Composite Index soaring above the round-number mark of 5,000 points for the first time since March 2000, as investors meditated on downbeat economic data and an interest rate cut in China.
Canada's main stock market advanced Wednesday over a rally in financial shares and a real estate deal inked by the Canadian retailer giant Hudson's Bay Company.
Chinese Xiong Chaozhong beat Japanese Hiroya Yamamoto to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) international minimumweight championship in his hometown of Wenshan on Sunday.
Chinese people used more credit cards last year, fresh evidence that the nation's traditionally frugal residents are looking for credit cards for everyday purchases.
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