A plan to merge two of China's top bullet train makers has been passed by general meetings of both sets of shareholders, the companies said on Monday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday agreed here to speed up their efforts to forge a free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union, and vowed to improve their cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
At least two Indian Army personnel have been killed and another missing in an avalanche in the northern state of Uttarakhand, a senior police official said Tuesday.
The plenary sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People' s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), popularly known as the "two sessions", will kick off this week. What will be the big talking points? Xinhua has compiled a list of 26 hot topics.
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice agreed here Wednesday that the two sides will work closely and make full preparations to ensure the success of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States in September.
The United States and its partners continued their air raids on the Islamic State targets inside Syria and Iraq in the past two days, the coalition said on Saturday.
The Indian police have arrested seven people for suspected corporate espionage by stealing classified documents from the Petroleum Ministry, officials said on Friday.
The Myanmar government forces have launched offensive to secure the main routes leading to Laukkai, the capital of Kokang region in northeastern Shan state over the last two days, a official report said Friday.
Six people had been killed and 10 others injured as a motorbike bomb blast and a gun battle rocked Spin Boldak town in the Taliban former stronghold of southern Kandahar province on Thursday, police said.
Two tour buses collided near Kenting scenic area in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, on Tuesday afternoon, injuring 24 tourists from the Chinese mainland, police said.
Saudi Arabia registered Monday five new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) corona virus cases, including two critical ones, the Health Ministry said.
A train hauling over 100 tankers of crude oil derailed on Monday in West Virginia, causing multiple explosions and forcing evacuation of two towns.
Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain met with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on Thursday and the two sides pledged to further strengthen bilateral cooperation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held phone talks with his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, and accepted the latter's invitation to pay a state visit to the United States in September.
At least two people have been confirmed dead, with 65 others including seven Chinese injured, in a car pileup accident on Yeongjong Grand Bridge in Incheon, west of South Korea's capital Seoul, local media reported Wednesday.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his visiting Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to build a nuclear power station in Dabaa city in Egypt' s coastal Matrouh province.
Thailand's Criminal Court has approved arrest warrants against two suspects of a recent bomb explosion in downtown Bangkok, Deputy Police Chief Jakthip Chaijinda said Wednesday.
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