Students took test outside for 4 hours, despite the Air Quality Index being at hazardous levels
The lights of the Eiffel Tower in Paris were switched off on Wednesday to show support for the people of the shattered Syrian city of Aleppo.
Lufthansa pilots in Germany said they would extend strike action that began on Wednesday until Friday, ratcheting up pressure on management in a long-running pay dispute and promising further disruptions for travellers.
Lufthansa pilots in Germany began a two-day strike on Wednesday, grounding hundreds of flights at one of Europe's largest carriers in a bid to increase pressure on management in a long-running pay dispute.
U.S. President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday held their first post-election meeting at the White House on a wide-ranging topics.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has extended his stay in India, officials said.
The United Nations was deeply troubled by the latest test firing of missiles by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said a UN spokesperson here on Wednesday.
Rainstorms have caused severe disruptions across north and central China since Wednesday morning, causing casualties, traffic chaos and the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.
Gao Yu planned to take the train from Beijing to Tangshan in north China's Hebei Province on Wednesday morning. But when she arrived at Beijing West Railway Station, she found her train was among many that had been delayed due to heavy rain.
Turkey announced a day of national mourning on Wednesday for the 41 lives lost the night before during deadly suicide bombing attacks on Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, one of the busiest in Europe.
Hewlett Packard is to recall thousands of laptop batteries that may overheat or even catch fire, China's top quality watchdog said Wednesday.
Thirty-four victims of a landslide in east China's Fujian Province on Sunday have been identified by police, many through DNA tests, the rescue headquarters said Wednesday.
Even the special reruns of "Descendants of the Sun" surpassed other shows in viewership after the hit TV series crushed the Wednesday-Thursday night game for eight weeks, data showed Monday.
The explosion that hit a plant of the Pajaritos Petrochemical Complex in eastern Veracruz state on Wednesday has left at least 13 people dead, the Mexican government said on Thursday.
The Chinese mainland said Wednesday that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) would address the issue of Taiwan's membership request under the "One China" principle.
The U.S. Federal Reserve sent markets spinning on a new round of rate hike speculations Wednesday after the central bank left rates unchanged. Many analysts believe volatility could rise in financial markets hereafter.
Authorities in Nepal's western Kaski district said they have started handing over the identified dead bodies of Tara Air crash victims to their families after the postmortem.
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