Spain's government will consider reversing a decision taken by dictator Francisco Franco and moving the country's clocks back one hour to normalise its working hours, the Spanish labour minister said on Monday.
The frayed scrap of paper taped to the sidewalk outside Apple's flagship store in San Francisco's Union Square had a simple message: US$5 (S$7) for photographs.
Hanjin Shipping, South Korea's biggest shipping line, on Wednesday filed for court receivership after its creditors refused to provide additional financial support to the debt-ridden company.
Interim Brazilian President Michel Temer inaugurated a much-anticipated subway line in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, just days before the opening of the Olympics in the city.
Platform screen doors were installed at Yong'anli Station on Beijing's subway Line 1 on Monday to protect passengers of one of the world's busiest metro networks.
A new subway line, linking Rio de Janeiro's city centre, tourist neighbourhoods and beach areas to the main Olympic zone will start operating on Aug. 1, the state government of Rio de Janeiro confirmed on Thursday.
Tens of thousands of Afghans took streets on Monday to protest against a change in the route of a major transmission line, demanding the government to stick into the initial plan in construction of the project.
The number of people living in extreme poverty around the world is likely to fall to below the 10 percent of the global population in 2015, according to a forecast released by the World Bank Sunday.
China's first high-speed passenger railway line to the borders with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Russia has started business.
The new high-speed railway line between Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, has slashed train travel times by half to less than 12 hours.
When the Communist Party of China's (CPC's) leadership launched the "mass-line" campaign last year, some people predicted that it would pass quickly like a gust of wind.
The trial run for the first high-speed railway in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region started on Tuesday, marking a countdown to formal operations by the end of the year and a confidence boost to the region.
For northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a new high-speed rail line means more than just easier access for travelers and tourists.
An inaugural ceremony for the new subway line winding through Taipei's downtown area was held here on Saturday afternoon.
Beijing's Line 4 subway line suspended operation in the rush hours on Monday morning due to signal failure.
U.S. President Barack Obama will head to Boston on Thursday after the deadly explosions rocked the city's well-known marathon race, the White House announced on Tuesday in a statement.
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