In September, China released a new directive to promote new energy automobiles, stipulating that no less than 30 percent of cars purchased should come from non-local manufacturers.
A 36-year-old man is holding 12 people hostage in the southwestern German city of Freiburg on Thursday evening, local police said.
A festival to showcase the wedding culture of the seven Brunei Malay ethnic groups opened here Monday.
A Panamanian-registered cargo ship carrying 19 people sank in South Korea's southeast Pohang harbor amid a storm at around 21:30 local time on Tuesday, leaving 10 people dead and one missing, according to the Chinese Consulate General in Busan.
A case of suspected food poisoning in east China's Anhui Province has led to 29 students being hospitalized, local authorities said on Friday.
A retired police officer in the U.S. state of West Virginia was killed Wednesday by the police after firing an assault rifle at a courthouse, local media reported.
At least three people were killed and four others injured in a U.S. drone strike launched early Monday morning in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local media.
The death toll of a powerful earthquake that hit Pakistan's southwest province of Balochistan on Tuesday afternoon has risen to 348 as 20 more bodies were recovered by rescue teams in the quake-hit areas, local media quoted an official as saying on Thursday.
Chinese hospital ship "Peace Ark" arrived at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on Tuesday as part of its overseas voyage to further enhance China- Cambodia ties and to provide medical services to local residents.
U.S. President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in the U.S. state of Colorado, authorizing federal funds for flood victims and local recovery, the White House announced Sunday, after severe storms and floods left four people dead and over a thousand evacuated.
An explosion happened in south China's Guangzhou City around noon Tuesday, local police said.
China's National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday announced it had uncovered a serious case involving the faking of economic data by a county government in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Leading online broadcasting channel YouTube held an event in Hong Kong on Wednesday to showcase its YouTube Partner Program, highlighting the accomplishments of this growing community of creators.
A man has been arrested by local police in coal-rich Shenmu County of northwest China's Shaanxi Province for spreading rumors that led to a public gathering, local authorities said last Friday.
Three people have been killed and another 13 injured after a knife-wielding man attempted to rob a bus in central China's Henan Province Monday afternoon, local police said.
Unwelcome taxes recently exposed all across China are symptomatic of the financial burden that local governments are forced to shoulder against the backdrop of a slowing economy and spiraling debt.
Blood shortages have been reported in the city of Nanning in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as students who typically make up the majority of blood donors are on summer holiday, officials from a local blood donation center said Wednesday.
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