Microsoft Corp on Tuesday raised its quarterly dividend by 8 percent and said it would buy back up to $40 billion as part of a new share repurchase program.
Until the age of 15, Moses Kasamane from Onamaandiya village in Namibia's northern Omusati Region, had not set foot in a classroom.
Three French startups received awards Monday evening for their products that could make everyday life better experience in the near future, joining previous winners of a national program designed to support innovative entrepreneurs.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Iran should grow powerful militarily, and in the meantime, he is against the possession and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).
The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program is expected to start in mid or late November, an official with the Chinese securities watchdog said Tuesday.
A university foundation program designed for international students receiving the Chinese Government Scholarship has helped China to find better-qualified recipients, according to an education official.
A university foundation program designed for international students receiving the Chinese Government Scholarship has helped China to find better-qualified recipients, according to an education official.
A China Studies Program was inaugurated at Vietnam National University on Thursday to enhance the understanding about China and further consolidate the mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Vietnam.
The installation art exhibition program "Elsewhere is Here" that involves Chinese and French artists was launched in Beijing on Sunday.
Hundreds of leading Australian scientists will meet this month to kickstart the nation's "ideas boom", attempting to transform good scientific ideas into viable business propositions.
Iran has been trying hard to repair its squeezed economy and heat the ties with the rest of the international community over the past nine months since the signing of the historic agreement on Tehran's nuclear program, yet it seems that the Islamic Republic's decades-old rift with Washington would not go away easily.
Lee, one of the world's top players and a holder of 18 international titles, recovered from three consecutive losses against the AlphaGo program developed by DeepMind.
World Go champion Lee Sedol of South Korea has been slightly dominating by the middle of the second of a historic five-game match with Google's computer program AlphaGo at the ancient Chinese board game, commentators said Thursday.
A top U.S. commander said on Tuesday the Pentagon had requested permission from the Obama administration to restart the previously failed train-and-equip program for Syrian rebels against the Islamic State (IS).
New Zealand's Ministry of Defence has set up a special team to oversee about 11 billion NZ dollars (7.13 billion U.S. dollars) in defense spending over the coming decade.
With fresh sanctions imposed on Iran, the United States has shown that its deeply-rooted hostility toward the Middle East country still remains despite the implementation of a landmark agreement on Tehran's nuclear program.
The United States announced on Sunday new sanctions relating to Iran's ballistic missile program, a day after the Obama administration lifted sanctions on Iran's nuclear program.
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