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NDRC outlines innovation centers plan for China

MengWei,spokespersonforChina'sNationalDevelopmentandReformCommission,outlinedthecountry'splanforscienceandinnovationcentersatamediabriefingonSunday.Chinaplansto

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Rossiya Segodnya launches 2018 FIFA World Cup website for non-accredited

RossiyaSegodnyaInternationalInformationAgencyhaslaunchedawebsite,operatinginRussianandEnglish,fortheRussianandforeignmediaoutletsnotaccreditedtothe2018FIFAWorld

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China data center to synchronize with international standard

TheChinaDataCenterStandardAlliance(CDCSA)launchedWednesdayinBeijingtopushforsynchronizationwiththeworldstandard.TheCDCSAisthefirststandardizationallianceinChina

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Google is cracking down on sketchy rehab ads

Aroundthecountrytoday,marketersinthe$35billionaddictiontreatmentindustrywokeuptoanunpleasantsurprise:ManyoftheirGooglesearchadsweregone.Overnight,thesearchgiant

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Apple to build data centers as it stakes claim in China

AppleIncwillinvest$1billioninnewdatacentersinGuizhouprovinceinChina,astheUnitedStatestechgiantstepsupeffortstomeetlocalconsumers'growingdemandforcloudservices.T

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As Philippines battle continues, some who fled die in refugee centers

FourweekssincefiercefightingbrokeoutinthesouthernPhilippines,somepeoplewhofledthebattlearedyinginover-crowdedandunsanitaryevacuationcenters,healthofficialssay.A

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At least 11 US Jewish centers get bomb threats

Nearly a dozen Jewish community centers across the United States received bomb threats that led to evacuations, in the latest wave of such attacks since Donald Trump became president a month ago.

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Amazon keeps expanding large distribution empire

Online shoppers want their packages — now. And Amazon is spending heavily to make sure that happens.

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Greece seeks better accommodation for unaccompanied minor refugees

​"There is no life for me in Afghanistan. There is no life for children where there is war," Ahmet, a 15-year-old Afghan boy told Xinhua in a recent interview in a minors camp in the Greek island of Lesvos where the majority of the more than 1 million refugees and migrants have landed since 2015.

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Taiwanese fraud suspects deported from Malaysia to be prosecuted on the mainland

A total of 32 Taiwanese telecom fraud suspects deported from Malaysia in April will be investigated and may face prosecution on the mainland, said the Ministry of Public Security here Friday.

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Finland to tighten policies on asylum seekers

​The Finnish government published its action plan on asylum policies on Tuesday, sending a clear message of tightening up amid the ongoing refugee crisis.

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Germany's ruling coalition agrees on new steps to accelerate asylum

​Party leaders of Germany's ruling coalition have agreed on Thursday on plans to establish special registration centers for refugees in Germany, with an aim to speed up asylum procedures for those who have little chance to get asylum.

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HSBC to shut down activities in Brazil, to focus on China, India

British bank HSBC announced Tuesday that it will shut down almost all of its activities in Brazil, and will instead concentrate more on its presence in Asia, mainly in China and India.

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Call for better detention centers to ensure justice

Facilities in some detention centers need to be improved and suspects should be given better protection while in custody, according to political advisers and legislators attending the two sessions.

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Venezuelan president unveils new stage of "revolutions" on economic, social development

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced "five revolutions" on economic and social development on Wednesday, local press reported on Thursday.

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Anti-corruption drive homes in on training centers

Chen Jian, a rail transit development research fellow at the National University of Singapore, wants to return to China to make his fortune.

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Philippine gov't monitoring evacuation centers to prevent prostitution: official

The Philippine government assured Thursday that concerned agencies are closely monitoring the situation in evacuation centers in Central and Southern Philippines to prevent the alleged cases of prostitution or human trafficking there.