World leaders on Monday mourned the death of Britain's first female prime minister Margaret Thatcher, reflecting on her influence both at home and abroad, and extending condolences to her family and people.
China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, anchored for the first time at its homeport in Qingdao, eastern Shandong Province on Wednesday morning.
The Hongyanhe nuclear power station, the first nuclear power plant and largest energy project in northeast China, started operation on Sunday afternoon.
The World Future Energy Summit ( WFES) started in Abu Dhabi Tuesday, along with the first International Water Summit.
Park Geun-hye, daughter of late dictator Park Chung-hee, is set to become the first female president of South Korea after she won the tightly contested presidential election held Wednesday. Analysts say Park's victory will extend the rules of conservative Saenuri party for another five years, yet the challenge of overcoming partisan wrangling remains.
All 25 volumes of a revised edition of the most inclusive Chinese dictionary, the Hanyu Da Cidian, will be published by 2020, according to an announcement on Monday.
The retailer said total sales revenue for the first quarter ( July 29-Oct. 27, 2012) of the 2013 financial year was 415.6 million AU dollars (431.83 million U.S. dollars), up from 414.3 million AU dollars in the same period of last fiscal year.
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