Xinjiang police said they had shot dead eight terrorists and captured another one as they busted an "organized and premeditated" terrorist attack on early Monday morning.
The black eye circles of a panda at an eastern China zoo has turned white.The zoo says it's likely caused by mites and the panda is under treatment.
Some 88 people were injured, including 7 serious cases, after part of the roof in London's Apollo Theatre collapsed on Thursday.
The whitening of the black eye circles of a panda at an eastern China zoo is likely caused by mites, and the condition is being treated, a zoo in Hangzhou City announced Thursday. The Hangzhou zoo received a pair of panda siblings named "Chengda" and "Chengxiao" from the southwest province of Sichuan in September, both aged two years old.
A 73-year-old woman, who died of respiratory failure on Dec. 6, was later confirmed to have been carrying the H10N8 virus by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a statement issued by the emergency response office of the provincial health department.
A severe earthquake measuring 6. 2 on the Richter scale has been recorded off the coast of Fiordland, shaking New Zealand's Southland region on early Tuesday.
The Intermediate People's Court in Xinyang City convicted Min Yongjun of assault with intent to kill in the first trial sentence.
A Shanghai district government on Thursday denied charges of theft and illegal demolition of a private museum, whose owner demanded hefty compensation in a trial
The family of a 17-year-old student who committed suicide after he was physically punished a year ago by a former teacher filed a lawsuit on Wednesday for more than 165 million yen (about 1.60 million U.S. dollars) in damage against Osaka City, which runs the school he was attending, local media reported.
BALI, Indonesia, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The World Trade Organization (WTO) might seek to achieve limited trade deals in future if the WTO Ministerial Conference underway in Bali fails to reach a deal to revive the Doha Round talks, a top official from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum said here Thursday.
Thai anti-government protesters stopped a two-days street unrest in the heart of the capital as police allowed them to enter the compounds of the Government House and the metropolitan police headquarters on Tuesday.
Three women who had been working as slaves for some 30 years were rescued in a south London house Thursday morning, according to local media reports.
Turkish interior minister said Thursday that the suspected suicide bomber who was arrested outside the prime minister office carries a "fake bomb" and is not a "terrorist," Today's Zaman reported.
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.
Cigarette smokers over 65 years old who quit can reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease- related deaths to the level of never-smokers sooner than previously thought, according to a new research presented Wednesday.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawas Sharif Tuesday approved the selection of three judges for a special court to try former President Pervez Musharraf for high treason for abrogating the country's constitution, the PM office said.
Pakistan on Sunday announced that it has formally started high treason proceedings against the former military President Pervez Musharraf and will approach the country's top court to form a judicial commission.
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