Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli met here Thursday with Czech President Milos Zeman, vowing to advance bilateral relations into a new era of growth.
Cuba's central bank has adopted measures against money laundering after the passage of a new foreign investment law aimed at bringing more capital from abroad, local media said Thursday.
The Islamic State (IS) militants killed more than 160 Syrian soldiers who were captured by the terrorist group in the northern al-Raqqa province, according to activists' reports and online video footages published on Thursday.
Half a million children in Britain have low well-being, according to a report released by a British charity on Thursday.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Qin Gang on Wednesday mid-night urged the Japanese side to take tangible actions to remove obstacles to bilateral relations.
New figures from Swift RMB tracker show that RMB payments through London have increased by 123 percent in just one year.
A special Vietnamese envoy is visiting Beijing with the aim of patching up relations plagued by a territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
Sri Lankan election monitors on Wednesday voiced alarm at escalating violence in the run up to provincial elections next month with over 20 opposition party offices attacked this week.
The plane that crashed in mid-August, killing Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, has murky origins, local media sources said on Wednesday.
The domestically-based Syrian opposition has criticized the formation of the new Syrian government as "bringing nothing new."
The Chinese government has kept its January-July budget on overseas trips, vehicles and receptions level with last year's figure amid the country's frugality campaign, according to an official report issued on Wednesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a support message to a ceremony honoring Class-A and other war criminals, hailing them as "foundation of Japan," local media reported Wednesday.
The 71th edition of the Venice film festival kicked off here on Wednesday in the pursuit of a renewed interest for fresh proposals and tendencies in international cinema.
The contemporary artistic descendants of China's Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang staged a gala performance at Kennedy Center in Washington Wednesday evening, bringing the audience closer to the ancient Chinese opera art.
Wilting wombat dominates worldwide social media
A poll on Wednesday confirmed Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's lead position, while there is growing support for Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) presidential candidate Marina Silva in the lead up to Oct. 5 general elections.
California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced Wednesday a deal to extend California's 100 million dollars Film and Television Tax Credit Program to 330 million dollars per year.
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