Taiwan’s newly elected president Tsai Ing-wen vowed to maintain the status quo in the island’s relationship with mainland China but will do so following her party’s democratic principles.
In a bid to cut down electricity consumption, Venezuela's government has ordered public workers to work only on Mondays and Tuesdays until the El Niño phenomenon is over.
A new discovery of a complete dinosaur skull in Argentina might offer new clues to its species. The newly discovered dinosaur might have super senses of eyesight and hearing, but its head was mostly pointed at the ground.
China’s top discipline watchdog is now conducting face-to-face interviews to crack down on corrupt officials as President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive continues.
Signs of a bleak future without water appear in a city in China’s northwestern province of Gansu as the El Niño phenomenon continues to haunt the rest of Southeast Asia.
China sees the "worst" childhood obesity situation in decades after a new study shows that young boys and girls who are obese have increased 17- and 14-fold, respectively.
Two decades after the HIV contamination scandal, China sees another rise in the human blood black market amid a nationwide shortage of donors.
The wildlife protection law may seem to stay a little longer in China after the country experienced massive uproar when the plan to scrap the criminality of eating or selling rare species of animals emerged.
China’s latest draft of the proposed law for foreign non-governmental organizations provides a stern regulation of NGOs from other countries to drive out "dangerous" ones by use of police force.
China prohibits wholesalers from trading vaccine in the country in the latest step to restore public trust in the nation’s health system that declined upon the emergence of a $90-million-worth vaccine scam in March.
China’s President Xi Jinping focuses on remaking the country’s military force into something that could challenge even the United States, tilting the balance of power around the globe.
A new federal data analysis claimed that suicide rates throughout the United States have reached the highest levels in the last three decades. The rise in suicide rate was witnessed across demographics, barring black males.
Police authorities have launched an investigation after unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) had been spotted hovering above prisons in southeast China.
The suspension of Beijing’s National Anti-Doping Laboratory is caused by a “technical oversight” and had nothing to do with Chinese swimmers’ positive drug test, said China’s anti-doping authority.
Aside from being the world's second tallest building, the Shanghai Tower is also set to break records by having the world's fastest elevators.
