Chinese athletes might not be delivering their best-ever Olympic performance at Rio, but it seems they have improved in one sport over the years - expressing their love.
U.S. space firm SpaceX successfully landed the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean again on Sunday, after launching a Japanese communications satellite into orbit.
China's Sun Yang has vowed to come back stronger after his surprise elimination from the men's 1,500m freestyle at the Rio Games on Friday.
Asian shares fell on Thursday, reversing recent gains following losses on Wall Street, though regional currencies rose after Beijing let the Chinese yuan strengthen to mark the one-year anniversary of a landmark devaluation.
Michael Phelps won two gold medals on Tuesday, avenging his 200 meters butterfly defeat from the London Olympics and then anchoring the U.S. 4x200 freestyle team to victory on a night of high drama and emotion in the pool.
Asian shares hit a one-year high on Wednesday while the dollar and Treasury yields slid on weak U.S. productivity data, while sterling inched up from a one-month low.
London Metropolitan Police announced Friday that Zakaria Bulhan, the man suspected of killing U.S. tourist Darlene Horton in a stabbing rampage in central London, has been charged with murder.
"Hi! This could be the last greetings from me!" The Sina Weibo farewell message posted four days ago by user "Jade Rabbit Lunar Rover," which posts first-person accounts of Yutu, China's lunar rover, caused a stir on China's social media. Yutu and his antics have continued to proved hugely popular across China.
Tokyo's new governor on Tuesday (Aug 2) promised a formal review of the megacity's problem-plagued preparations for the 2020 Olympics as concerns grow over soaring costs.
Former legendary yokozuna Chiyonofuji died, it was learned Sunday.
A Cambodian court on Thursday ordered self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy to pay a compensation and fine of 160 million riel (40,000 U.S. dollars) after the court found him guilty of defaming National Assembly president Heng Samrin.
Less than two weeks after a truck plowed into revelers in the French city of Nice, killing 84 and injuring more than 300, and one week after an axe-wielding man injured five on a German train, Munich suffered another blow Friday as a gunman killed 10 in a downtown shopping center.
Questions over the ruling Socialists' capacity to ensure public security in France have resurfaced after a 31-year-old man killed 84 people celebrating French national day in Nice.
The Dow industrials ended at a record high on Friday and major indexes closed a third consecutive week of gains as upbeat economic data and the start of earnings season gave investors confidence.
Reassuring Chinese data lifted world stocks to an eight-month high on Friday though Europe ended an otherwise strong week subdued after an attack by a gunman at the wheel of a truck in the south of France killed at least 84 people.
Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has on Monday returned to Canberra to decide on his cabinet ministers for the 45th Parliament, after he secured victory in the 2016 federal election over the weekend.
An Indian couple falsified photographs of themselves at the top of Mount Everest to get their feat certified by Kathmandu, Nepal said on Wednesday, after earlier saying the climb was valid.
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