The Tokyo District Court on Thursday order the U.S. Apple Inc. to pay 330 million yen (about 3. 35 million U.S. dollars) in damages to Japanese inventor Norihiko Saito over patent infringement involving iPod music player, according to local media.
Chinese steelmakers, already obsessed with low profit margins, have been told to increase their environmental investment to help the country reduce air pollution.
"Prisoners" dominated the weekend North America box office with 21.4 million U.S. dollars worth of ticket sales, opening on the high end of pre-release anticipations.
Disabled people remain one of the most needy groups in China with many living below the poverty line, said Zhang Haidi, chairwoman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation here Tuesday.
Director James Wan's latest film "Insidious: Chapter 2" has once again turned into a dominant force at the North America box office, finishing in the top slot with ease over the weekend.
The 3D version of sci-fi adventure "Jurassic Park" remained top of China's box office charts in the week ending Sept. 1, taking about 100 million yuan (16.34 million U.S. dollars), according to a film industry weekly.
Russia has dismantled and disposed the S-300 air defense missile systems originally intended for delivery to Iran, its producer said Thursday.
Oil prices continued to climb Wednesday on concerns about Syria but the pace slowed down as some traders locked in profits.
China is expected to raise the compensation ceiling for trademark infringement to 3 million yuan (about 490,000 U.S. dollars), six times the current limit, lawmakers said Monday.
A recent survey showed that the reconstruction of conflict-devastated Syria would require some six million workers and between 60 and 200 billion U.S. dollars.
According to local authorities, more than 17.06 million people in 1,311 towns have been affected by the drought since July, with 3.17 million lacking drinking water.
The North American box office over the weekend was dominated by "The Butler", a biopic featuring what was happening at the White House throughout eight U.S. presidencies, as the film has drawn more enthusiastic moviegoers than expected, enabling it to outperform three other new wide releases.
The United Nations has called for 98 million U.S. dollars in funding to respond to urgent humanitarian priorities in North Korea, a UN spokesman said here Thursday.
Six farmers were killed on the spot and another one seriously injured after a home-made tractor ran onto an old anti-tank mine in northwestern Preah Vihear province, police chief confirmed Thursday.
This year's Shoton Festival in Lhasa, regional capital of Tibet, attracted a record-high 1.38 million tourists from home and abroad, government sources revealed Tuesday.
Lingering droughts in central China's Hubei Province have affected more than 1.17 million people, local authorities said Sunday.
Australia recorded its fifth consecutive monthly trade surplus in June, as a slight drop in the value of exports was offset by a larger fall in imports, Trade Minister Richard Marles said in a press release on Tuesday.
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