In the last Islamic State (IS) beheading, notorious executioner Jihadi John was conspicuously absent from the scene. Instead of Mohammed Emwazi - the real name of the decapitator of American, British and Japanese hostages - it was a young boy who did the dirty job.
A police station near the Pakistan border was attacked by five gunmen dressed as army soldiers. Security forces were sent to respond to the incident. Three civilians, one security officer, and one of the attackers were confirmed dead.
The math frenzy among Chinese people is hard to quench. After all, despite the government’s efforts to put an end to the math obsession seen among high school students, training classes for the Mathematical Olympiad remain popular among the Chinese.
A joint resource recycling project has recently been launched by six provincial regions to handle the industrial waste that surrounds Beijing. The project aims to dispose 400 million tones of industrial solid waste by 2017.
An alleged illegal operation of China Lottery Online Co. Ltd., a state-owned lottery enterprise, was uncovered by whistle blower Wang Wenzhi. Wang works as a reporter for Xinhua’s Economic Information Daily.
Sudden climate change caused deaths to many of mighty megafauna animals, including mammoths, cave lions and short-faced bears. A new study found out that the rapid climate change caused large extinction to the latest ice age living things.
Good news for the youngsters aspiring to be an astronaut as NASA has an innovative space camp this summer. The best candidate may join US space missions including Mars.
Fredrik Neij, The Pirate Bay co-founder has served his prison time and now he is out. Neij talks about how TPB had a role to play in the birth of official streaming services by various networks.
China is building more replicas of Taiwan targets as 2016 approaches. According to a military expert, this move is in preparation for a "military struggle" with the island.
The government is eyeing to expand its medical insurance program to cover entire China. This plan is expected to help more financially challenged individuals with the medical expenses of their serious illnesses.
Two Nobel laureates have joined Zhuhai City's research and development team as part of its International Biomedical Institute.
Justin Hamilton might not be a very popular player in the circuit, but it looks like some teams are still interested in having him. Meanwhile, NBA rumors suggest that Boston Celtics is ready for David Lee.
With the recent hack of Ashley Madison, the world’s most famous dating website for cheating spouses, personal information of over 37 million users, including those in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan, have been compromised.
Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province in central China, is set to play host in an upcoming international forum on climate change in November. Organized by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40), the international forum seeks to solve significant climate issues, such as carbon emission reduction.
A Chinese tourist whose unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed into the iconic Taipei 101 tower could face fines of up to NT$1.5 million ($48,000), the China Times reported on Thursday.
