ChiNext Index closes lower at midday Mon...
BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, went down 2.06 percent to 1,740.63 points in the morning session Monday. The ChiNext Index,
APD NewsAPP, New stage!
ChiNext Index closes lower at midday Mon...
BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, went down 2.06 percent to 1,740.63 points in the morning session Monday. The ChiNext Index,
Top news items in Kenya's major media ou...
NAIROBI, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Wednesday. -- Secondary headteachers are demanding an increase in school fees, saying the current charges
Travelogue: Chongqing’s most famous food...
A pot of blood-red broth simmers in the center of the dining table, friends gathered around it eying the flavorful liquid with anticipation. The constant flame underneath sparks bubbles on the surfac
China farm produce prices continue to ri...
BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Prices of farm produce in China continued to rise last week, with the overall price going up 0.8 percent, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed. The average wholesal
Rwanda steps up measures to combat natur...
KIGALI, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The Rwandan government has stepped up measures to reduce the effects of natural disasters in the country, Rwandan minister of emergency management Germaine Kamayirese sai
Daily Crunch: Y Combinator heads north
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe her
China's industrial profits up 10.3 pct i...
The profits of China's major industrial enterprises increased 10.3 percent year-on-year in 2018, but lower than the 21 percent expansion for 2017, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.
Terrorist arrested in Myanmar western st...
YANGON, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar authority has arrested a member of terrorist group Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) in a border town in the country's western Rakhine state, according to
Request to drop charge against Vietnames...
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The Malaysian attorney-general has rejected the request to drop the charge against Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese woman, for the death of a man from the Democr
21 killed in north China mine accident
A total of 21 people have been killed and 29 others injured after a vehicle lost control due to faulty brakes Saturday at a mining company in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local
Disney closes its $71.3B Fox acquisition
As of 12:02am Eastern today, Disney has closed its acquisition of 21st Century Fox .The goal of the enormous acquisition is to help Disney position itself for a streaming-centric future. The company h
Exhibition of Chinese maritime history o...
An art exhibition celebrating China's rich maritime history opened on Monday at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia. The significant collection of works tells the story of China's historic maritime e
Theresa May's Brexit deal is in no man's...
After hours of intense negotiating, British Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet has given its support to a draft agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union.The agreement sets out
China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes to work ...
BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The rover and the lander of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work after "sleeping" during their second lunar night on the far side of the moon. The lander woke up at 7:52
Large-scale construction to begin in Sin...
WUHAN, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Sino-French Wuhan Ecological Demonstration City in central China's Hubei Province is expected to see 27 billion yuan (4.02 billion U.S. dollars) of fixed asset investm
Ice hockey: China, Canada, U.S. teams fo...
China, Canada and the United States will lose top-level franchises after the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) announcedon Sunday it will discontinue operations from May 1, 2019. The league compl
China to reduce enterprise contribution ...
BEIJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- China will lower the share borne by employers for urban workers' basic aged-care insurance to 16 percent starting from May 1, according to the State Council. The governme
Hackers can easily change lung cancer sc...
JERUSALEM, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Israeli researchers have shown how hackers can easily change cancer patients' CT and MRI scans, as reported Thursday by the southern Ben-Gurion University (BGU). The re
44th World Bridge Team Championships to ...
WUHAN, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The 44th World Bridge Team Championships will take place on September 14th in central China's metropolis of Wuhan, where about 800 people will vie for the trophies. The Wo
BiH taxation authority conducts biggest ...
SARAJEVO, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) conducted the biggest confiscation of tobacco and cigarettes here on Tuesday, ITA said in a statem