Top Australian science agency commits to...
CANBERRA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Australia's peak scientific body and aerospace giant Boeing have celebrated their 30-year partnership by announcing 20 new projects. The Commonwealth Scientific and Indu
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Top Australian science agency commits to...
CANBERRA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Australia's peak scientific body and aerospace giant Boeing have celebrated their 30-year partnership by announcing 20 new projects. The Commonwealth Scientific and Indu
Young Chinese artists to premiere ensemb...
NEW YORK, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Four young Chinese artists are to premiere a new and unique ensemble work inspired by Qipao, a classic one-piece, figure-fitting dress for women, on Tuesday in New York
Huawei never excluded from New Zealand's...
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said on Tuesday that Huawei has never been excluded from the construction of New Zealand's 5G network. Ardern told the local news talk show AM Show Ne
Doctolib is now a unicorn with new $170 ...
French startup Doctolib has raised a new round of funding of $170 million (€150 million). The round is led by General Atlantic, with existing investors Accel, Eurazeo, Kernel and Bpifrance also partic
PepsiCo names new chief executive to boo...
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. beverage and snacks giant PepsiCo announced Monday that Laxman Narasimhan has been named the company's new chief commercial officer, a newly created position. Nar
Germany purchases new gov't planes to pr...
BERLIN, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The German air force will receive three brand-new Airbus A350-900 long-haul aircraft, according to German media on Tuesday. The Defense Ministry is expecting to spend 1.2
Indonesia slams mass shootings in New Ze...
The Indonesian government on Friday slammed the mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which two Indonesian nationals were injured, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said. The Indon
Train-truck collision kills 3 in New Yor...
NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed on Tuesday evening when their truck was hit by two passenger trains at a railway crossing in the U.S. state of New York, local authorities said.
Blasts reported in Auckland, New Zealand
Police have arrived at the scene where at least two blasts were reportedly heard in the city of Auckland, New Zealand on Friday, local media reported. There is currently no information on damage or c
New Zealand's Christchurch mosque attack...
CANBERRA, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has expressed his "heartfelt sympathies" for New Zealand following the attacks in Christchurch. The terrorist attack in Christc
Expert: Turkey’s exports affected little...
The U.S. intends to move India and Turkey out of a program under which a group of developing countries receives preferential trade treatment. Dr. Harun Ozturkler, a professor from Kırıkkale Universit
More than 5,700 recruited as civilian pe...
BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese armed forces have recruited more than 5,700 civilian personnel in their latest major recruitment, the People's Liberation Army Daily reported Thursday. The new re
Websites face being blocked in UK by new...
Tech companies have got away with avoiding responsibility for their content for too long, say ministers, announcing legal change.
Feature: Chinese New Year celebrations h...
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- With cultural, culinary and artistic events, Argentina's extensive Chinese New Year celebrations have highlighted the country's booming interest in China. Just over
Twitter confirms a new ‘Subscribe ...
In addition to testing out a new format for conversations within a prototype app called twttr and other features like a “Hide Tweet” button, Twitter today confirmed it’s also develop
New Zealand bans sale of assault, semi-a...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday the country will ban the sale of assault, semi-automatics rifles after 50 people were killed in a shooting rampage at a Christchurch mosque on
Chinese premier, New Zealand PM congratu...
BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his New Zealand counterpart, Jacinda Ardern, sent congratulatory messages respectively to the opening ceremony of 2019 China-New Zealand Y
Coffee startup Luckin expands to more Ch...
XIAMEN, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese start-up Luckin Coffee said Wednesday that it had opened new stores in 14 more Chinese cities, as it sets to compete with coffee giant Starbucks in the Chinese ma
Greek parliament adopts new foreclosure ...
ATHENS, March 29 (Xinhua) -- A new system for the protection of borrowers' homes from foreclosure was voted into law by a large majority in the Greek parliament on Friday, garnering the support of bo
New Zealand's arms control law comes int...
WELLINGTON, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- New laws that make it harder for arms and military equipment to fall into the wrong hands in New Zealand came into effect on Friday. "As well as tightening up where arm