Chinese authorities have launched a three-month campaign that highlights the role and responsibilities of local governments in cracking down on illegal activity in the rare earth sector.
The US says its embassies in north Africa and the Middle East will remain closed until Saturday, due to a possible militant threat.
A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday approved an amendment to State Department funding bill aimed at pressuring Russia and other countries against giving asylum to Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance program leaker.
Main roads in New Zealand's central North Island remain closed on Wednesday due to snow in the second day of a cold snap that has moved up the country.
The State Council plans to transform government functions at the ministerial level to reduce administrative intervention in the market and on social issues, State Councilor Ma Kai said in a report to the parliament's annual session on Sunday.
The powerful Railways Ministry will be dissolved, and several other departments and agencies will be reorganized, according to a plan submitted to the national legislative session on Sunday.
The ten-day trip, which would bring him to Britain, Germany, France and Italy, as well as Syria, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, suggests that Kerry is more focused on the Europe and Middle East than his predecessor Hillary Clinton, according to experts.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hailed the proposed transatlantic free trade talks Thursday, pledging to strengthen economic ties with the European Union (EU).
Former U.S. Democratic Senator John Kerry on Monday formally started his first day at the State Department as the country's 68th secretary of state.
The United States and Liberia on Tuesday launched a Partnership Dialogue with a view to pursuing high-level diplomatic and economic cooperation between them.
Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday declared a state of public health emergency for all of New York State, in response to this year's increasingly severe flu season.
The first Palestinian postage stamp carrying the name "State of Palestine" was issued as the first step toward sovereignty after the status of Palestine at the United Nations was upgraded, a Palestinian official said Tuesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is likely to testify before Congress over the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, late this month, a top Republican senator said Tuesday.
The U.S. State Department said on Thursday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is aiming to return to her office as early as next week following treatment for blood clot in her head.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was hospitalized with blood clot, and is being treated with anti-coagulant, her spokesman said Sunday night.
The State Council, China's Cabinet, on Tuesday appointed Zhang Xiaoming as director of the central government's liaison office in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
The U.S. government said on Tuesday that Turkey's criticism about Israel's recent airstrikes on Gaza was "extremely harsh" and unhelpful.
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