"We are one humanity with a shared responsibility," the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit ended here on Tuesday with these words of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
China plans to launch 30 Beidou navigation satellites during the 13th five-year plan period (2016-2020), capping its three-step strategy to build a global navigation system by 2020.
The nation's health authorities will establish a family doctor system to guarantee early response and accurate information for patients. Shan Juan reports.
The U.S. AEGIS Ashore missile defense system in Romania is certified for operations, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced Thursday.
Sri Lanka on Tuesday said it was committed to make the prisons system more humane and effective by adhering to the UN international standards.
India successfully launched the last of seven navigation satellites yesterday, putting in place an indigenous alternative to the US Global Positioning System (GPS) and entering an exclusive club of countries with such capabilities.
An emotional plea by India's top judge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to appoint more judges has put the spotlight on the country's overburdened justice system, which has a chronic backlog of more than 33 million cases.
Ahead of the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said it is necessary to have reforms to modernize the international economic architecture set up after World War II.
The sixth set of the sophisticated S-400 missile defense system is expected to be delivered to Russia's Aerospace Force by the end of this year, the TASS news agency reported on Sunday.
China's cross-border yuan payment system is improving its security and messaging standards in an attempt to become a mainstream platform for clearing and settling cross-border yuan payment.
A new round of Greece's bailout program review resumed Wednesday with hope the two sides bridge the gap on the next set of fiscal adjustment and reform measures.
China will improve its support system for people with extreme difficulties, according to a guideline on the issue released by the State Council on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday announced changes to the political system aimed at making it more open and accountable, and one the Government believes will help Singapore continue to succeed in the long term.
Singapore's political system must be refreshed from time to time as circumstances change, President Tony Tan Keng Yam said on Jan 15 as he announced that the Government will study it for possible reforms.
Astronomers investigating the odd alignment of rocks beyond Pluto have concluded that an undetected icy planet four times the size of Earth must exist.
Fishermen usually put catfish with sardines, because the appearance of catfish that love swimming will increase the level of activity among sardines and will keep them alive.
Italian constitutional reform just passed a crucial threshold this week, after the lower house approved it in its fourth reading on Monday.