Chinese media coverage of a much-anticipated report released by the United States Senate, on the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) torture of terrorists suspects after the Sept. 11 attacks, gripped the nation on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday rejected BP's request for a review of a multibillion-dollar settlement over the infamous 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, ending the British oil giant's legal challenge to authorities handling the case.
The United States has handed over three Pakistani detainees to Pakistan, including Latifullah Mehsud, a senior Pakistani Taliban leader, according to U.S. and Pakistani authorities.
Authorities in Yunxian county, Yunnan province, confirmed that they are investigating sexual assaults against at least three high school girls. The confirmation comes days after allegations surfaced in the media that a dozen or more girls had been forced into prostitution.
Niko Edwards and Green D - both aliases used on the Internet - had long dreamed of taking a look at Earth from above, like many teenagers.However, Edwards, 19, never thought he would see a similar video that used some of their photos two months later on Youku, one of the country's top video websites.
Chinese luxury car owners are, on average, 33.5 years old, that choose selective car brands as status symbols to support their image, according to a report released Wednesday.
Zimbabwe's business activity is now dominated by wholesale and retail trade as well as motor vehicle repairs due to a declining economy, according to a joint government and U.S. agency report.
The Nigerian House of Representatives on Thursday rejected the request by President Goodluck Jonathan to further extend the emergency rule in the three northeastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.
The United States on Tuesday denounced the kidnapping of an army general in Colombia, a move that had led to a suspension of peace talks between the government and the FARC rebels.
Most tourists to Thailand have not considered martial law, currently enforced nationwide, as an obstacle to their visits to the southeast Asian country, reported an opinion poll on Tuesday.
New Zealand scientists are sharing the genome sequences for both the kiwifruit and a kiwifruit disease that has struck around the world in a bid to control the virus.
The trial of seven Italian scientists and experts for manslaughter over the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila highlighted Italy's pressing need of an effective emergency risk communication strategy, analysts said.
China's stability and development will benefit the world and bring more opportunities to the United States and the bilateral cooperation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday.
A convicted killer who escaped New Zealand and fled to Chile has traveled on to Brazil, New Zealand Police said Tuesday.
Weight loss surgery could reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by around 80 percent in obese people, according to a new research published Monday in the British medical journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
Chinese expert on blood diseases Huang Xiaojun unveiled his team's latest achievements in fighting the Aplastic anemia on Sunday.
At least five people died and several remained unaccounted for in a fire that happened near a university in U.S. state of Maine on Saturday, U.S. media reported.
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