China Focus: Fishing ban started in Chin...
NANJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The four-month fishing ban, aiming to protect aquatic resources and biodiversity in China's rivers, started Friday. The annual ban, from March 1 to June 30, will cover th
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China Focus: Fishing ban started in Chin...
NANJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The four-month fishing ban, aiming to protect aquatic resources and biodiversity in China's rivers, started Friday. The annual ban, from March 1 to June 30, will cover th
UN migration agency appeals for 41.4 mln...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN migration agency, on Friday appealed for 41.4 million U.S. dollars for emergency assistance to Iraq, IOM said in a press release. The IOM f
China Econ Survey: What’s the main facto...
To get you a better view of how China's economy is faring, Global Business surveyed economists across the greater China region. The economists and other experts ranked three main factors that will be
What's hot on social media in China on A...
Editor's Note: The following is a news that went viral on weibo, a Chinese social media platform. Now let's have a look! "PANDA" SPOTTED IN BUSH Reports came into the police station, saying thata "pa
IOC awards sport trophies to gender equa...
NEW YORK, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) held an awarding ceremony to honor six models and change-makers in advancing women and girls in and through sport on Wednesday
Brazilian gov't presents social security...
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian government on Wednesday presented to the Congress a bill for the reform of the social security system of the military. The reform will affect the pe
China to combine maternity insurance, ba...
The State Council General Office has issued a document on the combination of funds and management resources for maternity insurance and basic medical insurance in a bid to improve management efficie
Hospitality, food service industry meeti...
BEIRUT, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Over 350 companies representing 11 countries took part in the 26th edition of Horeca in Lebanon, an annual meeting of hospitality and food service industries. The four-day
Trump says permanent daylight saving tim...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he would be fine with a permanent daylight saving time, ending an annual ritual of changing clocks twice a year. The U.S. clocks leap forward by an hour
NASA targets lunar exploration at cost o...
The U.S. space agency NASA detailed its budget proposal for fiscal year 2020 on Monday, showing its priority on the country's lunar exploration missions while reducing funding for basic sciences. NA
ChiNext Index opens lower Tuesday
BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was down 0.32 percent to open at 1,734.18 points Tuesday. The ChiNext Index, together with the Shenzh
8,054 suspects detained on forgery charg...
BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Public Security said Friday that it had detained 8,054 people on charges of forging official documents, seals and certificates amid a national campaign t
UK PM faces criticism over knife crime c...
LONDON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing criticism over the control of knife crimes after recent deaths of youngsters. The criticism came days after two 17-year-old yo
Int'l film festival closes in Egypt, "Ro...
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The Sharm el-Sheikh Asian Film Festival (SAFF) closed on Friday with a feature movie from Afghanistan, Rona Azim's Mother, winning the best prize. The clos
How I Podcast: The Moth’s Dan Kennedy
The beauty of podcasting is that anyone can do it. It’s a rare medium that’s nearly as easy to make as it is to consume. And as such, no two people do it exactly the same way. There are a wealth of ha
IMF revises up China's 2019 growth forec...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday revised up China's growth forecast for 2019 from 6.2 to 6.3 percent, according to a newly-released World Economic Outlook report. The organization als
This is the next-gen lionfish vacuuming ...
Roboticists have the strangest pet projects. For Colin Angle, it’s vacuuming up lionfish. The iRobot CEO is also the cofounder of RSE (that’s Robots in Service of the Environment), a volunteer-based o
Macao to hold int'l travel industry expo
The Seventh Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo will open in Macao on April 26 with further expanded scale, the special administrative region (SAR)'s tourism office said on Tuesday. Macao Gove
China, Pakistan complete joint marine ge...
GUANGZHOU, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Pakistani scientists have completed a joint marine geological survey in the Indian Ocean in a move to deepen bilateral friendly cooperation in science. The
U.S.-backed Kurdish forces declare victo...
DAMASCUS, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Saturday the defeat of the Islamic State (IS) militant group in eastern Syria, the SDF spokesman said. The t