The British Museum will unveil eight mummies from ancient Egypt and Sudan through high technology to visitors in London from Thursday on.
People are more likely to marry those who have similar DNA, a U.S. study finds, revealing genetics may also play a role in the so-called assortative mating.
An insulator explosion occurred on Monday on a subway train in Gunpo, south of South Korea's capital Seoul, leaving 11 people injured, local media reported.
The Philippine government ordered law enforcers Monday to intensify manhunt operation against those involved in the recent shooting spree in Quezon City in Metro Manila where at least seven people were killed.
Heavy rainstorms have killed three people and forced the relocation of more than 54,000 residents after rainstorms hit southern China regions, local authorities said Sunday.
Eighteen people were killed and another three injured early Sunday morning after a rainstorm-triggered wall collapse in Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province, said local authorities.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the country's young people to study diligently, improve moral character, and hone their perspectives and honesty.
The rule of law should be highlighted in advancing China's ongoing reform of its petition system, an important channel for the public to vent their grievances but one many regard as riddled with factors endangering social stability.
English speakers may soon be saying "you can you up, no can no bb" in response to criticism.
A chemical plant blast and fire in east China's Jiangsu Province have killed five people and left three others missing, local authorities said Wednesday.
A passenger ship with 459 people aboard, mostly high school students, sank in waters off South Korea's southwest coast Wednesday morning, leaving at least two people dead and 293 others missing, a senior government official said.
A passenger ship with 471 people aboard, mostly high school students, was sinking in waters off South Korea's southwest coast, local broadcaster YTN reported.
Death toll of a blast that hit a fruit market in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Monday morning has risen to 21, officials said.
Banned militant outfit United Baloch Army (UBA) has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's blast at a passenger train in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province that killed 16 people and injured over 30 others, local media reported.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot appealed Thursday to families of MH370 passengers to be more patient after more ships joined the extensive scouring of remote southern Indian Ocean waters to find the trace of missing plane.
China on Wednesday officially launched a website that provides information on organ donation and allows people to register as donors.
Heavy rainfall in south China over the last few days has left 21 people dead and four others missing, said the Ministry of Civil Affairs on Tuesday.
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