Chinese President Xi Jinping urged individual countries to have broad authority over Internet use at home. He also expressed that no nation must dominate cyberspace.
An official of the State Council’s poverty alleviation office said Tuesday, Dec. 15, that economic cooperation between China and neighboring countries can boost the country’s poverty alleviation campaign by providing job opportunities to the poor, the Global Times reported.
The State Council will pilot a reform that will further streamline administrative approval. This move comes as China's cabinet aims to create a more favorable environment for businesses.
French employers who break a newly passed law by the National Assembly risks a prison term of up to six months and fine of €75,000 if they hire very thin models. Using Photoshop to alter the images of models is also prohibited under the legislation that takes effect on Jan. 1, 2017.
More than a year after the landmark discovery of the Higgs boson, scientists working on the large Hadron Collider (LHC) might be on the throes of another major breakthrough as they announce the possible discovery of a brand-new particle.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged countries to "jointly build a community of shared future in cyberspace."
A recent survey has found Shanghai to be the most expensive city for expatriates in Asia and seventh in the world. Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shenzhen also placed high on the list.
The Christmas season can cause some people to get into the spirit as they hang up decorations, shop for presents, and give to charities; while other people have the "bah humbug" attitude of being uninterested or annoyed like Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol." A new study shows that the Christmas spirit resulting in feelings of joy or repulsion is caused by areas in the brain that cause people's reaction to the festive time of year. They are activated by things such as family dinners and socially-shared emotions.
Aliens have long been debated as mythical or real, but alien experts listed images that could prove that extraterrestrial beings do exist.
Birds might not be so "bird-brained" after all, as British scientists have discovered new evidence of tool use by parrots for cracking seashells. .
China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) has gained approval from Moscow to purchase a 20 percent stake in Russian petrochemical and gas company Sibur, a move that focuses spotlight on one of China's biggest state-owned firms.
A new American study shows that external and environmental factors including unhealthy diets, cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, air pollution, and sun exposure result in up to ninety percent of all cancers. This seems to repudiate past research that "bad luck" due to cell mutations have a major effect on developing cancerous tumors. The new study means that lifestyle changes such as starting a workout program or quitting smoking might be more effective at preventing the deadly disease than scientists thought in the past.
Instant death came upon Ravi Subramanian, a technician of Air India, who was sucked into the engine of an A-319 jet at Mumbai Airport. The Hyderabad-bound jet was backing away from the gate on Wednesday night at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport when the incident happened.
The iconic movie, "Star Wars" just got more interesting as the actors sang like they have never done before with television host Jimmy Fallon, humming the tune of the movie in the most entertaining way possible.
Giant hailstones following a heavy rainfall caused fear among people in New South Wales.
