The food safety authorities and other government agencies are still searching for the whereabouts of 3,300 cans of knockoff infant formula sold in four Chinese provinces, said senior officials at a press conference held by the State Council’s food safety office Saturday.
A total of 607,909 people have signed up for a bicycling event on Dec. 11 to celebrate the king's 88th birthday, which falls on Dec. 5, an official said on Wednesday.
About 97 militants have been killed amid Afghan security forces' cleanup operations since early Sunday, the country's Defense Ministry said on Monday morning.
The vote counting in the two-day first stage of Egypt's parliamentary polls has started on Monday evening after polling stations closed at the 14 concerned provinces as aired on the Egyptian state TV.
Egypt is to establish three new provinces and demarcate others including Cairo, Giza and Suez, Local Development Minister Adel Labib revealed in a press conference on Wednesday.
Chinese authorities vowed on Thursday harsh treatment for organizing or helping cheating in the national college entrance exam.
Thailand's senatorial election started Sunday morning, with no disruption from anti-government protesters reported as yet.
Thai caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra expressed satisfaction after the general election concluded on Sunday with no injuries reported and voting in the majority of constituencies completed.
At least eight people have been killed during violence in 17 provinces of Argentina, sparked by a police strike that began six days ago, local media reported on Tuesday.
Typhoon Fitow has affected the life of 4.56 million people in east China's Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said on Monday.
Plunging temperatures and heavy rain will hit China's southern provinces over the next few days as a strong cold front moves southward, the country's national observatory forecast on Wednesday.
Extended scorching heat in China's central and eastern regions since July is imposing challenges on farming, while heavy rain in the north is further complicating grain production in the world's most populous nation.
Thirty-two militants have been killed in various Afghan provinces in the last 24 hours, said the country's Interior Ministry on Friday.
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