Authorities express regret for responding too slowly, after a chemical spill made a vital water source undrinkable...The contamination has affected the drainage area of about 80 square kilometers and 28 villages, in Shanxi
A nine-member U.S. delegation led by former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt arrived here Monday for a "private humanitarian visit" to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Fearing that the five accused in the horrifying rape case in the Indian capital last month could be lynched by angry crowds, a local court ordered camera proceeding of the hearings on Monday rather than in person at the demand of police.
Thousands of Sri Lankans marched against a government move to impeach the Chief Justice here on Monday demanding that the process be withdrawn.
Argentina's Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned what it called "the military threats of British Prime Minister David Cameron in relation to Great Britain's illegal occupation of the Malvinas Islands for the past 180 years."
An important Taliban commander was among the 16 people kill in Sunday's U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of South Waziristan, local media reported.
A dawn-to-dusk hartal in Bangladesh over petroleum price hike enforced by main opposition alliance passed off amid stray incidents of violence in the city and elsewhere in the country Sunday.
Two assassins of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi were Sunday honored by a senior Sikh clergyman at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, northwest India, to mark the 24th anniversary of their hanging, local media reported.
The Chinese yuan will not see any sharp rises in 2013 due to the country's dwindling trade surplus but small gains with more two-way fluctuations will further stabilize the economy, analysts predicted.
China has fined South Korean makers of LCD screens Samsung and LG - along with several Taiwanese manufacturers - nearly 23 million US dollars...
The Colombian authorities seized more than 1.2 tons of marijuana Sunday in a rural area of the northern Magdalena department.
A market fire that occurred Sunday evening in Shanghai had claimed six lives and injured more than ten as of 3 a.m. Monday, said the local fire fighting authorities.
Thailand's rice program remained one of the country's most heated issues in 2012, triggering charges and counter-charges among government officials and critics from the opposition but getting unequivocal support from Thai farmers.
Analysts predict the Chinese yuan will not see any sharp rises in 2013 due to the country's dwindling trade surplus.
The 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival kicked off Saturday.More than 100 activities will be presented, categorized into 5 parts including tourism, arts, sports, economy and trade, and culture.
Egypt's 35-minister cabinet refreshed in a reshuffle Sunday as 10 new ministers were sworn in before President Mohamed Morsi.
The Great Fiji Shark Count will work with the Fijian Ministry of Fisheries to ascertain how 50 baby hammerhead sharks were found dead along the Nukulau beachfront over the weekend, local media reported Monday.
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