The film debuted a solid start with 73.7 million U.S. dollars at 3,903 theaters in north America, according to studio estimates, delivering the fourth largest opening weekend ever in the month of December, trailing only "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", "I Am Legend" and "Avatar".
Death toll from Typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Yolanda, breached the 6,000 level, the Philippine disaster reduction agency said Friday.
A Chinese human resources official has denied that planned changes to retirement age will start with either civil servants or those engaged in heavy physical labor.
Taipei's Palace Museum on Tuesday unveiled an expansion plan to develop an exhibition area and cultural park covering 6.8 hectares to accommodate the growing number of visitors.
China's automobile sales and output both hit new highs in November
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said the humanitarian community continued to scale up support for people affected by Typhoon Haiyan, a month after it made landfall in the Philippines, a UN spokesman said Monday.
The death toll from super typhoon Haiyan, locally named Yolanda, has risen to 5,924, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) said Monday.
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's week-long visit to Australia, which ended on Monday, has boosted bilateral relations and cooperation between Myanmar and Australia, officials said.
A senior official with the UN Development Program (UNDP) said here Monday that providing humanitarian relief to survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines remains a priority for the organization and its partners.
Last week's winner "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" still led the box office this weekend and Thanksgiving holiday. Disney's animation "Frozen" became the second hottest film."Hunger Games: Catching Fire" grossed 110.2 million U.S. dollars in the five-day Thanksgiving holiday (from Wednesday night to Sunday), becoming the best-selling and most popular movie of all time to surpass 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, " which earned 82.4 million dollars during the holiday.
Australia's population is projected to double to 46 million by 2075, according to the latest population projections released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Tuesday.
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" thrashed other competitions over its first weekend at the box office with an estimated 161.1 million U.S. dollars in 4,163 theaters and generated the second best debut of 2013 behind "Iron Man 3". Only three films have ever opened higher than "Catching Fire" of all time. Marvel's "The Avengers" holds the No. 1 place with a stunning 207.4 million dollars. "Iron Man 3" is the second with 174.1 million dollars, and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" marks the third with 169.2 million dollars.
Just six days after final approval of change of use on a plot of land owned by his company, Wang Jianzhong jumped from the 15th floor of a government building and died.
FAO downgraded its forecast for the 2013 rice production in Philippines to 18 million tonnes from the expectation of a bumper crop of 18.9 million tonnes at the beginning of the season.
Changes to China's one-child policy, in place for decades, have aroused heated discussion, with some demographers seeing the change as a step toward balanced population development.
American superhero film "Thor: The Dark World" remained atop the North American box office for the second weekend after its release across the United States on Nov.8, followed by "The Best Man Holiday," a comedy that debuted this weekend.
The Australian government will provide a further 20 million AU dollars (almost 18.61 million US dollars) and deploy additional Australian Defence Force logistic support to help the Philippines to respond to Typhoon Haiyan, bringing total Australian assistance to over 30 million AU dollars (almost 27.91 million US dollars), Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Thursday.
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