Questions have been raised about the Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Research Center in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, which has been earning money by displaying rescued pandas - some of which later became sick and died.
China took an impressive comeback victory over Uzbekistan 2-1 to advance to the Asian Cup knockout stage as Group B winners at the Brisbane Stadium here on Wednesday.
Twelve Nigerian presidential candidates on Wednesday signed the Abuja Accord, a document in which all candidates for the 2015 election pledged to shun words that could incite violence before, during and after the elections.
Famous Australian cartoonist Larry Pickering has been placed under police protection after he posted a derogatory cartoon on his website depicting the prophet Muhammad skewered on a pencil and roasting above a fire.
U.S. stocks jumped after positive employment data on Wednesday, as major stock indices rebounded strongly from sharp selloffs on concerns about diving oil prices.
Three venture capitalists were arrested after 12 of their investors attempted suicide in north China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said on Sunday.
The parents of Hugjiltu, an 18-year-old who was executed after being wrongly convicted of raping and killing a woman in 1996, will receive 2,059,621.4 yuan ($332,116) in state compensation, the Higher People's Court of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region ruled on Tuesday.
Florists in the center of Sydney have sold out of flowers on Tuesday after thousands people started leaving a floral tribute at Martin Place following reports that three people are dead in the cafe siege.
Sydney's terror siege ended in tragedy early Tuesday morning with three dead - including the lone gunman - as police stormed the cafe.
U.S. stocks dropped slightly Wednesday as the Federal Reserve announced to end its quantitative easing (QE) stimulus program.
Teresa Romero, the 44-year-old Spanish nursing auxiliary who was the first person to be infected by the Ebola virus in Spain continues to show favorable progress three weeks after first developing symptoms of the illness and a fortnight after being admitted into the Carlos III Hospital in Madrid.
Casualties were feared after a suicide car bombing targeted a military convoy of the NATO-led troops in eastern Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday morning, police said.
U.S. stocks bounced back fiercely Wednesday, as investors were reassured by the Federal Reserve's minutes which signaled that the first rate hike may not come soon.
U.S. crude prices fell Monday on growth concerns across the globe and expectations of increasing supply from the Middle East.
While most residents at Vilabouly village in Savannakhet province in Laos are engaged in farming and fishing, Wan's favorite pastime is defusing bombs left by the Americans during the Indochina war.
Rebellious inmates and authorities reached an agreement Monday afternoon after four inmates were killed in a prison riot in the southern city of Cascavel in Parana state, local press said.
The family of the Spanish priest, who was flown home from Liberia earlier in the week after being confirmed as suffering from Ebola, is receiving the experimental "ZMapp" treatment to combat his illness, it was confirmed by the Spanish press on Sunday.
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