Which news event impresses you most in 2012? The state-owned Xinhua News Agency has released its annual list of the Top 10 domestic news events.
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang urged more efforts to boost the opening-up and economic progress of poverty-hit areas in central and western China while building a moderately prosperous society.
The Food and Health Bureau in Hong Kong has reiterated that according to the zero quota policy promulgated earlier, all public hospitals will not accept any bookings by pregnant non-local women for delivery in Hong Kong from Jan. 1 onwards.
U.S. lawmakers in the upper house of Congress on Sunday were attempting to strike a last- minute deal to solve the so-called "fiscal cliff", but the fate of the negotiations still remained in doubt.
While the nation was mourning the death of a 23-year-old medical student who was gang raped two weeks ago in the Indian capital, a 42-year-old woman was murdered Saturday after being allegedly raped in the eastern state of West Bengal, reported local media Monday.
More than a hundred people have infected norovirus at a hospital in Japan's Yokohama, municipal officials said Monday.
The Indian capital on Monday is bracing for more protests against the recent gang rape of a 23-year- old medical student who succumbed to her injuries at a hospital in Singapore in the wee hours last Saturday.
China and Myanmar signed two documents here Monday on providing aid for resettlement of homeless people in western Rakhine state and victims in the quake- hit northern Myanmar.
Peter Jackson's latest fantasy epic "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," buoyed by a buzzing holiday season and an excellent word of mouth, was able to remain atop the North America weekend box office for the third consecutive weekend and fended off an onslaught from a trio of new releases during the course.
China's top rare earth producer plans to gain control of 12 other firms in the sector. The move is the company's first step in its ambition to create a massive rare earth enterprise that will integrate light rare earth resources in China's northern region.
India's nodal medical body, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), has reportedly questioned the government's motive behind its decision to shift the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim to a hospital in Singapore Thursday, where she died in the wee hours of Saturday.
China issued a guideline on Tuesday that thermal coal prices will be set by the market next year, rather than by the government previously.
Former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has been summoned as a witness for questioning in a fraud case, the Russian Investigative Committee said Friday.
Head of Islamic Hamas movement's government accused Israel not committed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, which was reached in November and it is subjected to collapse. Zaza said the Israeli government regretted pledges it had made when the ceasefire that Egypt had sponsored was reached on Nov. 21, mainly easing more than five years of an Israeli blockade imposed on Gaza since 2007.
The new line is expected to provide travellers with more options and has wider impact on economy.
The 73rd traditional Vienna New Year's Concert is set for Jan. 1 and will be shown in a record 81 countries and regions, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra announced Thursday.
The visiting international envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, continued his meetings Wednesday in Syria's capital Damascus in the hope of reaching a solution to the prolonged crisis amid nationwide ongoing violence and clashes.
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