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Vietnam to hold largest-ever "Miss Teen Vietnam" teenager pageant

After a five-year break, "Miss Teen Vietnam" will return to the largest scale ever, featuring Vietnam's talented and beautiful teenagers, according to the organizer on Tuesday.

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China provides aid, donations for Sri Lanka flood victims

The Red Cross Society of China, on Tuesday, donated US 100,000 dollars to the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) supporting Sri Lankas relief and rebuilding efforts on the present disaster of flooding and landslides.

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S.Korean president orders investigation into THAAD launchers delivery

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday ordered a thorough investigation into the unauthorized delivery of four more mobile launchers of the U.S. missile shield to the country.

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ASEAN Children Festival held in Vietnam

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Children Festival is being held in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, with the participation of nine children delegations from ASEAN members as well as from China and South Korea.

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Malaysia seeks more measures to encourage intra-trade in ASEAN

Malaysia is identifying appropriate mechanism to address the non-tariff measures or barriers in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to reduce and eventually eliminate barriers to trade, said a Malaysian senior official.

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Morocco's 1st lady awarded WHO gold medal for fighting cancer

Morocco's first lady Princess Lalla Salma was awarded here on Thursday the gold medal of the World Health Organization (WHO) for her commitment to fighting cancer in Morocco and beyond.

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Internet blocked in north Indian district after deadly caste clashes

Authorities in one of the districts of northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh state have blocked mobile internet services after clashes broke out between the members of two different castes, police said Thursday.

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Visitors to Thailand in 1st 4 months of 2017 up 4.71 percent YoY

Thailand eyes 12 million visitors spending around 620 billion baht(17.7 billion U.S dollars) in the first four months of 2017, an increase of 4.71 per cent year-on-year, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports Wednesday released.

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Egypt moves ancient King Tut's funerary bed, chariot to largest museum

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities moved on Tuesday the 3,000-year-old funerary bed and chariot of ancient King Tutankhamun from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir downtown Cairo to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) near the Pyramids Plateau in Giza.

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Baidu to provide alliance partners with AI capabilities

Baidu announced Tuesday it will provide its partners with artificial intelligence resources and technology to build a smarter and stronger alliance for shared growth.

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Xiaomi's Indian Mi Home store clocks record-breaking revenue in 12 hours

Xiaomi sets a new single day record in the Indian smartphone offline retail industry.

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A drink a day linked to higher breast cancer risk, study shows

A daily glass of your favorite alcoholic beverage might increase the risk of breast cancer, according to a new report by the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research.

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‘Gatekeeper’of the Palace Museum

In the past few days, curator of the Palace Museum Shan Jixiang has been well known on the Chinese social network. He claimed himself as a gatekeeper of the Palace Museum, and he said that his mission is not only to care for cultural relics, but also to expand the cultural influence of the Palace Museum.

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Putin says ready to boost anti-terrorist cooperation with Britain

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed readiness on Tuesday to step up anti-terrorist cooperation with Britain after a deadly blast hit a concert in Manchester.

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S.Korea to resume economic cooperation with DPRK as nuke issue progress

South Korea has planned to resume economic cooperation with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) when a nuclear issue makes progress, Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday.

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Duterte cuts short Moscow trip, martial law declared in Mindanao

Philippines President Rodrigo Roa Duterte opted to return home to the Philippines after undetermined number of armed men attacked government and faith-based facilities in Marawi City mid-Tuesday afternoon.

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India: Deaths due to air pollution increased by 70,000 in last 5 years

Deaths due to air pollution have increased by 70,000 in the last five years in India, according to the recently released Environment ministry’s draft State of the Environment 2015 report.