China's plan to unify its two-tiered pension system is expected to improve social equality by eliminating a major disparity between public and private employee benefits.
President Xi Jinping stressed the loyalty of headquarters of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) at a meeting with PLA chiefs of staff here on Monday.
Egyptian military chief of staff Gen. Sedki Sobhi took oath of office on Thursday as the country's new defense minister to succeed his predecessor Abdel-Fattah al- Sisi who resigned to run for president, the state TV reported.
A hospital attacker with a mental disorder was sentenced to life imprisonment after a fatal assault at a hospital in east China's Anhui Province last November, said a local court Tuesday.
A Chinese baby that had been declared dead by a hospital was saved from cremation when it started crying at a funeral parlor in east China's Anhui Province on Wednesday morning.
A recent attack on doctors in east China has sparked public outrage and debate - with how to improve doctor-patient relationships and the medical system as a whole top of the agenda.
The UN's Palestine refugee agency on Monday condemned the killing of one of its staff members by Israeli troops in the occupied Palestinian territory, a UN spokesman told reporter here.
Unionized nurses have started strike action across Australia's New South Wales (NSW) as part of their campaign for extra staff in hospitals, local media reported Wednesday.
An aged-care nurse has pleaded guilty to murdering eleven elderly patients under his care by setting fire to a Sydney nursing home in November 2011.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday named Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough his new chief of staff, replacing outgoing Jack Lew.
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