Hard times are more likely to drive people to religion, the New Zealand co-authors of an international study said Tuesday.
Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, has called for a more just, tolerant and sustainable environment for the development of disabled people.
At least 17 people were killed and over 20 others injured when a passenger bus collided with a truck in Pakistan's south Sukkur district on Tuesday morning, local media reported.
Nine people were killed and five others injured Sunday as a minibus fell off a cliff in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities said.
Under fire for poor economic record, French President Francois Hollande said he would not to seek a second term if fails to lower a long-running rise in unemployment rate.
Death toll in Sri Lanka's massive landslide tragedy rose to eight on Monday after two more bodies, including that of a child was recovered, an official said.
Situations have returned to normalcy after almost 24 hours of deadly suicide blast at Wagah border post in eastern Pakistan's major city of Lahore, as hundreds of people made their way to witness paramilitary troops' parade and flag lowering ceremony on Monday, military said.
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday visited landslide-affected residents in a central area where rescuers are working hard to search for nearly 200 people who are still estimated to be missing.
The "political ability" of rural Chinese people is at a medium level and more than half believe going to court is too much trouble, said a Chinese university research report on Thursday.
At least four people died after a small plane crashed into a building near an airport in midwestern U.S. State of Kansas on Thursday, U.S. media reported.
An ASEAN financial inclusion conference is underway in Myanmar's capital of Nay Pyi Taw to share experiences and initiatives to ensure financial inclusion for low-income people in the region, particularly in the CLMV countries, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, official sources said Thursday.
Afghan president pledges to bring peace, stability, prosperity
At least six people have been killed since Saturday when tropical storm Trudy battered Mexico, local Civil Protection authorities said Sunday.
The UN under-secretary- general for humanitarian affairs, Valerie Amos on Monday urged the world to "remember the suffering of the Syrian people and act," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here.
President Xi Jinping stressed Wednesday that cultural and artistic sectors in China should serve the people and socialism.
London face a series of "shocking" public health threats, including the emergencies caused by tobacco, alcohol, obesity, lack of exercise and pollution, the London Health Commission (LHC) said in a report presented to London mayor Boris Johnson Wednesday.
A Chinese painting and photo exhibition dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Bulgaria opened here on Wednesday.
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