Steven Spielberg's bio-pic " Lincoln" and the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" finished among the top contenders for the 70th Golden Globe Awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced in Los Angeles Thursday morning.
China has expressed regret over the rocket launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on Wednesday.
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang met former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday, calling for common prosperity for the two countries.
Three men who attempted to hijack a plane in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in June, were sentenced to death on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Finance said it was giving another 1.1 billion U.S. dollars in subsidies to the renewable energy industry, after spending another one billion dollars, in the first half of the year.
Apple Inc Friday officially released iPhone 5, the latest version of its iconic smartphone, in its second-largest market China.
The Eurogroup on Thursday formally approved the disbursement of 49.1 billion euros (about 64.1 billion U.S. dollars) to Greece under the second international bailout program, Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker announced.
Mo Yan, this year's Nobel Literature laureate, received the prize during an official Nobel Prize ceremony on Monday.
The recovery of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will be "complex and difficult" following a fourth round of cancer surgery, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday.
Chong Sarika, a small town in Lopburi province, some 150 kilometers north of this capital city, comes alive as the golden hue of sunflowers that are in bloom covers the entire town.
Leading Chinese liquor maker Kweichow Moutai cited favorable test results on Monday, from three quality tests - after trading of Moutai's stocks was suspended, over contamination rumors.
China's Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday that government revenues in the world's second largest economy grew nearly 22 percent year-on-year to more than 125 billion U.S. dollars in November.
Visiting Chinese State Councilor said here Wednesday the comprehensive cooperative relationship between China and Australia had made fresh progress.
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it would continue buying longer-term Treasury securities and keep its key short-term rate near zero until the country's unemployment rate drops below 6.5 percent, so as to stimulate economic growth and job creation.
More than 270 wildlife species endemic to the Philippines have been found for the past 25 years, a senior official said Thursday.
Chinese consumers using bank cards spent more money in November than the month before.
A string of Chinese officials are being investigated for corruption by netizens - China's increasingly vocal online population - who are blowing the whistle, on officials.
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