Scientists in Japan have discovered a "surprisingly simple" mechanism through which enterics can adjust to the very different oxygen environments inside the human gut and outside, which opens a new potential target against these bacteria, a Japanese research institution said Tuesday.
The 19th typhoon of this season Vongfong has made landfall on Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Monday morning, and may hit the capital circle early Tuesday, local media reported.
Cuba's central bank has adopted measures against money laundering after the passage of a new foreign investment law aimed at bringing more capital from abroad, local media said Thursday.
The Lebanese army said on Thursday that it arrested an Arab citizen of Israel who had cut through the border's barbed wire to cross into Lebanon, a security source revealed to Xinhua.
People in Greece enjoy full moon in museums and archaeological sites
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong promoted two of his cabinet members to full ministers on Tuesday as part of a leadership renewal to push policy changes.
In the past four months, about 3.3 million Americans have signed up for private insurance plans under President Barack Obama's signature comprehensive healthcare reform, the Obama administration announced Wednesday.
The number of messages sent through WeChat, a mobile communication application, doubled on Thursday, the eve of the Spring Festival, when Chinese sent wishes for the new lunar year.
Sudan on Monday reiterated its supportive stance to South Sudan's stability and resolution to the armed conflict there through dialogue, noting that war would lead to uncalculated consequences, said Sudanese foreign minister.
New Zealand government on Tuesday welcomed the announcement of an early election in Thailand as a move to ease tensions that have led to a month of violent protests
Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) and Standard Chartered Bank will offer renminbi clearing services in the United Kingdom (UK), the first banks to do so.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday accepted South Korea's offer to hold sub- panel talks on travel, communication and customs of the Kaesong industrial complex, Seoul's Unification Ministry said.
Institutions for reeducation through labor are seeking new roles after the decision to abolish them.
A partial U.S. government shutdown this month has cut 0.25 percentage point off the fourth-quarter economic growth and cost the country 120,000 jobs in October, Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said on Tuesday.
An Egyptian crackdown on tunnels beneath its borders with the Gaza Strip brought the smuggling passages to a full halt, an official from the Islamic Hamas Movement said Monday.
The Obama administration on Thursday extended a key homeowner mortgage support program for two more years through 2015 in a bid to help more struggling homeowners to get access to mortgage relief and buttress property sector recovery.
At least 37 people were killed and many others were wounded when a storm with a massive tornado struck an area outside the U.S. city of Oklahoma on Monday afternoon, officials said.