U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were unable to strike a deal for a ceasefire in Syria and differences remain, a senior State Department official said after their meeting in China on Monday.
Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been left "humiliated" after his government's slim majority was exposed by the Labor opposition overnight, in a stuff up which almost resulted in an opposition-led endorsement of a banking royal commission.
Pregnant women in the workplace in Britain face increasing discrimination, with many forced out of their jobs, a hard hitting report revealed Wednesday.
Poll by student union also finds 18 per cent witnessed classmates being sexually harassed by professors, with most unaware of reporting mechanism
Donald Trump on Wednesday (Aug 17) received his first classified intelligence briefing, a privilege reserved for presidential candidates from the two main political parties.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday that smartphones are growing in importance as they add new functions, and they will not be replaced by other products any time soon.
Most of the dozen trainee fire and ambulance services personnel under investigation for sneaking out of the training school in Tseung Kwan O without permission have resigned, it emerged on Monday night.
Now is a crucial moment for the global economy in which China's leadership can make a difference, they believe.
A terrifyingly fast Hungarian swimmer wins three gold medals but sees her coach praised as being "the man behind the performance". A Mexican gymnast is criticized for having a man's body. Australian champions are referred to as "girls" by their own country.
Whether the casting is historically accurate or racially blind, Hollywood screen choices will be dictated more by market forces.
Andrei Baluas Vladimirovich, 50, has been working for the past 15 years as a tourist guide on the Sino-Russian border, often between the cities of Khabarovsk and Fuyuan, which face each other across the Heilongjiang River. Recently, Vladimirovich, a resident of Khabarovski, spoke to China Daily about his life and changes in cross-border tourism.
The Jaish al-Fateh rebel group announced Sunday that their next target is to capture the entire city of Aleppo, a day after they scored some victory against the government forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
German scientists have found definitive proof for the first time that great frigatebirds can sleep during their long-distance flight.
As Pokemon Go shot up the App rankings in the United States, Europe and Asia, Latin American fans had been wondering when they would get the same opportunity.
U.S. President Barack Obama called himself a feminist in an essay published on Thursday in Glamour magazine, urging all men to keep fighting against gender stereotypes and double standards.
Twenty-seven Chinese tourists were assaulted on Tuesday by half a dozen men as they boarded a bus that was to take them to Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport, a French police source said.
Rio 2016 organizing committee apologized to the tourists and athletes who suffer robbery in the city and advised them to be alert in order to keep safe.
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