Four former officials of a hospital in northwest China's Shaanxi Province where an obstetrician was accused of trafficking seven babies went on trial Monday for dereliction of duty.
High-ranking local officials have hit the headlines with their frugality attempts, but are these real improvements to work styles, or simple posturing?
The UN Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that they are " appalled" by the suicide car bombings targeting a popular hotel in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, calling the attacks "acts of terrorism."
The 125th Tournament of Roses Parade, under the theme of "Dreams Come True", was held in U.S. western city of Pasadena in Los Angeles county on Wednesday.
In Lianchi village of Yongren County, Yunnan Province, 43-year-old Li Fumei is dancing with other women in a circle at the village square.
With Obamacare going into full effect on Jan. 1, more glitches are expected for President Barack Obama' s embattled healthcare overhaul, although the scope of the problem remains to be seen, U.S. experts said Sunday.
The celebration of Christmas and New Year is warming up the extraordinarily chilly winter in Vietnam's capital Hanoi.
Ever seen Santas running on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico? Come to this Texas coastal city, where thousands of runners dressed like Santa hit the streets Sunday to celebrate the fast-approaching Christmas holiday.
The death toll of the blast which went off earlier on Sunday near an elementary school in Syria's central province of Homs rose to 20, state media said.
Late former South African president Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has denied media reports that Mandela's family was at war after the death of the anti-apartheid icon.
A Chinese court on Wednesday decided the producer of a popular animation was partly to blame for injuries to two children when another child imitated an episode of the TV series.
In a study of 417 women participating in weight loss programs for up to 24 months, those who sustained a 10 percent or more loss of their body weight for two years reduced their total cholesterol, LDL "bad" cholesterol, HDL "good" cholesterol, triglycerides, insulin, glucose and inflammation markers.
The White House remains under pressure over the botched rollout of President Barack Obama's signature health care plan, or Obamacare, as the law is becoming increasingly unpopular in polls.
Besieged by piles of garbage, big cities in China are trying to sort out the long-running saga of waste sorting.
The first same sex weddings in Britain are expected to happen from March 29 next year, Women and Equalities Minister Maria Miller said on Tuesday.
Employment in South Korea rose the most in 14 months as job creation among the elderly was boosted by the government's efforts, a government report showed on Wednesday.
The speakers and presiding officers of legislatures in the Commonwealth group of nations will gather in New Zealand next month to discuss their parliamentary systems
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