As China recovers from the shadow of Shanghai's deadly New Year Eve stampede, a series of large-scale events have been canceled recently, provoking questions of the proper response to such tragedy.
Seven teenage girls allegedly thrashed and threatened five girl students in Wuqi senior high school on Sept 21, 2014, according to local public security bureau.
Australia's heavily armed police raided a Sydney cafe under siege after a police sniper witnessed the gunman shoot a hostage, local media reported on Tuesday.
Police in Handan, Hebei province, are investigating the disappearance of more than 100 Vietnamese women who married local bachelors, and had been living in local villages. They vanished at the end of November.
A nine-year-old boy was killed and another 22 injured in the 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck southwest China's Yunnan Province on Saturday evening, local authorities said Sunday, citing latest statistics.
Authorities at the central and local levels began investigating a pollution case in which an aluminum manufacturer is believed to have caused environmental damage in central China.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced Thursday a 10-point reform bill that will unify Mexico's multi-layered police forces and stop collusion between government officials and local gangs, a move to defuse nationwide anger over the abduction and possible massacre of 43 students.
Do you think a fly is less threatening than a tiger? Perhaps yes, if you are talking about things of nature and not Chinese bureaucracy.
A record 19,762 candidates have signed up to run in Taiwan's 2014 local elections, with 11,130 local government positions expected to be filled on Nov. 29, according to the island' s electoral authorities.
A group of 15 armed men burst into a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, before dawn and freed their injured ringleader, local media reported Monday.
Foreigners have sold South Korean stocks for two months in a row as the local currency's fall to the U.S. dollar fueled worries about foreign exchange losses, financial watchdog data showed Monday.
The local customs and cultural heritage of the ancient town of Pingyao in Shanxi Province is under threat due to the rapid development of tourism.
Mexican authorities Tuesday captured a fugitive former mayor wanted for his role in the abduction of 43 students in late September.
Bangladesh Jamaat enforces nationwide strike over chief's death penalty
Renowned intellectuals from around the world have joined an international outcry, demanding justice in the case of 43 students missing since late September in Mexico, local media reported Wednesday.
Two South Koreans were missing and 14 Chinese injured after a speedboat and a long-tail boat collided off Phuket Island in Thailand on Sunday afternoon.
China's State Council, or the cabinet, on Thursday published rules to strengthen the supervision and management of debts incurred by local governments.
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