U.S. Agriculture Secretary said on Monday the ministry will grant over 52 million U.S. dollars to support the growing organic industry and local and regional food systems.
A huge explosion on Tuesday evening hit an old company building of the German chemistry company Bergolin in the small town of Ritterhude in the northern German state of Lower Saxony, local media reported
All 10 people aboard a plane which crashed Saturday in the Amazon jungle were confirmed dead, local authorities on Sunday.
South Korean shares ended slightly lower Wednesday as the Japanese yen's continued fall to the local currency fueled worries about price competitiveness of local export companies.
Explosions and emissions increased during the early hours of Monday in Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano, local media reported, citing the country's scientific institute.
3 executed by Al-Qaida gunmen in Yemen for collaborating with U.S.
Russia's ban on agricultural products and food imports from the EU and other Western countries will encourage Lithuanian businesses to expand in new foreign markets, economists and officials suggest.
The Japanese government will push forward with a bilateral deal with the United States to relocate a controversial U.S. air station in a densely populated city of Okinawa, to a coastal region of the island, as part of a realignment of U.S. forces here, a top government spokesperson said Monday.
A total of 25 countries will gather in Sri Lanka for the Global Rubber Conference (GRC) this year, an official said on Monday.
Five South Korean soldiers in a frontline unit were confirmed killed Saturday in a shooting spree accident, with five others wounded, local media reported.
Shen Hua, a chemical plant executive, filed an application for a new project six months ago, and he is still waiting for local government approval.
Tsunami measured at about 20 cm was observed at Ishinomaki city in Miyagi Prefecture at around 5:19 a. m. local time after a 6.8 magnitude quake jolted off Fukushima prefecture in the northeast Japan at around 4: 22 a.m. early Saturday, local media reported.
China is moving toward a mature socialist court system, one with more independence and less influence and protectionism from local officials.
The State Council, China's cabinet, dispatched eight inspection teams on Wednesday to check the implementation of its policies nationwide, in a process which will last 10 days through to July 5.
China has seen slowing growth in local government debts since the middle of last year, an annual audit report showed on Tuesday.
Hiroto Fujii, 29-year-old mayor of Minokamo in central Japan's Gifu Prefecture, was arrested on Tuesday over suspicion of taking bribes over installation of water cleaning system at a public school, local media reported.
Thirteen mobsters were killed and three policemen were injured Saturday morning in an attack on a police station in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the local government said.
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