Although the government has made commitments to eliminate bureaucracy by punishing corrupt officials, further efforts are still needed, experts said.
No casualties have been reported from Tibet after it was hit by an earthquake Monday morning, although houses were toppled and roads damaged, according to local government.
Two government officials and three hospital officials in Fuping County in northwest China's Shaanxi Province have been dismissed over alleged infant trafficking, the provincial government said Friday.
China's top work safety authority said on Friday that it has required local departments at all levels to strengthen the transparency of workplace accident investigations by making more information available to the public.
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday that the country's economic growth is expected to be between 2.5 percent and 3.5 percent this year, higher than the previous growth forecast of 1 percent to 3 percent.
Egypt's government on Wednesday demanded an end to sit-ins staged by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi after foreign mediation failed.
In the latest positive indicator for the Italian economy, the country's industrial production levels inched higher for the second consecutive month in June, though economists say it will be difficult for Italy's economic malaise to weaken substantially until debt levels begin to drop and the political situation stabilizes.
An Istanbul court passed judgments on nearly 300 suspects accused of plotting to topple the ruling government in a battleground case as a part of the decade-long conflict between Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey's secularist establishment.
China's audit of government-related debt obligations is credit positive, as it will improve the transparency of the country's local government debt, Moody's said in a Thursday report.
Despite all the heightened attention and occasional panic over China's economic health, authorities in the world's second-largest economy have so far remained confident of its ongoing rebalancing act.
Prior to the August congressional recess and looming government budget wrangles, U.S. President Barack Obama embarked on a string of campaign-style speeches focusing on economy and tax reforms, but he has failed so far to persuade GOP rivals to offer him an olive branch.
A forthcoming audit of overall government debt in China is expected to reveal the status quo of growing government debt and its potential risks amid the country's economic slowdown.
China's central authorities on Tuesday introduced a five-year ban on the construction of new government buildings as part of an ongoing frugality campaign.
Environment Minister Zhou Shengxian announced at an international forum that China will issue a series of tough measures by the end of July to curb air pollution.
Global rating agency Moody's Investors Service Thursday lifted its outlook on the U.S. government bond rating to stable from negative and reaffirmed the U.S. government's Aaa rating.
Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Sunday said the coalition government will stay in power until the end of their term in 2015, rejecting calls for snap elections to resolve a political crisis eroding Lisbon's credibility with lenders and investors.
Myanmar government brought four armed groups to the negotiation table in the first half of this year and the peace process is in progress.
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