Delegates from nearly 200 nations at the annual UN climate talks have showed strong support to the Philippines dealing with typhoon damage.
The United Nations appealed Tuesday to the international community for 301 million U.S. dollars to be extended to the victims of typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
Chinese netizens clicked their way through purchases during a 24-hour online shopping frenzy on Monday, highlighting a booming online retail sector amid massive discounts and record-breaking sales numbers.
Death toll from super typhoon " Haiyan," locally named "Yolanda," climbed to 255 with affected individuals ballooning to 9.7 million, a senior government official said Monday.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday that 2013 will witness the highest number of refugees worldwide since 1994, and that the bulk of the asylum- seekers are hosted by developing countries.
Australia's trade deficit narrowed to 284 million AU dollars (270 million U.S. dollars) in September, according to data released on Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Myanmar has got 60 million U.S. dollar new soft loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the development of its electricity supply network, official media quoted Minister of Electric Power U Khin Maung Soe as reporting Thursday.
The 2014 World Travel and Tourism Council Global Summit will help draw global attention to China's tropical island of Hainan and boost the country's travel industry.
Apple Inc. Monday announced its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2013 fiscal year after the market closed, which showed the company's revenue and profit beat expectations, but gross margin guidance for the next quarter fell short of market estimates.
This weekend's debut "Jackass: Bad Grandpa" shot to the top of North America box office chart, while the weekend's another debut, Twentieth Century Fox's Ridley Scott vanity project "The Counselor" only opened the fourth place.
China recorded a bumper harvest this year. Yet agricultural problems remain and are clouding the world's most populous country, prompting the government to take measures to beef up food security.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday urged China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation ( Sinopec Corp), the Asia's largest oil refining and petrochemical enterprise, to expedite its process to build an oil refinery in Cambodia by 2018, a spokesman said.
Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest and his wife Nicola will make an donation of 65 million AU dollars (61.5 million U.S. dollars) to alma mater, the University of Western Australia, making it the single largest donation in Australian history, local media reported on Monday.
A couple of years earlier, Abdul Hamid never thought that one day he could afford to buy a mobile handset.
An Athens court sentenced on Monday evening Greek former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos to twenty years imprisonment for money laundering and receiving kickbacks from state armaments' purchases in one of the country's most prominent corruption scandals to be brought before justice in recent years.
Railway traffic during China's seven-day National Day holiday hit record high with over 70 million passengers, statistics from the China Railway Corporation showed on Monday.
Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock's power and added 3-D premium concerted to help "Gravity" shot to the top of North America box office chart, while the weekend's another wide release "Runner, Runner" finished in the third place with a much smaller take.
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