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- China will hold military drills in the disputed South China Sea, ahead of a ruling by an international court on a challenge to its maritime claims
- Michael Phelps has become the first American male swimmer to qualify for five Olympics
- Vladimir Putin came to Finland with a handshake for his counterpart, President Salui Niinisto – and a warning that Moscow will respond if his host country joins NATO
- US authorities are investigating the first death potentially caused by self-driving technology
- Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he has sold the soccer club AC Milan to a Chinese consortium
- China has fitted the final piece on what will be the world’s largest radio telescope, due to begin operations in September, state media report
- The A shares of China Vanke (2202) resume trading today after a suspension of more than six months, but the price may come under significant downward…
- People have always dreamed about going beyond the limitations of their bodies: the pain, illness and, above all, death
- At least 186 people have died due to severe flooding in southern China, as weather authorities on Sunday restored an orange alert for heavy rain in the next 24 hours
- US Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton says a tweet from rival Donald Trump featuring a six-pointed star was "blatantly anti-Semitic"
- Following is the full text of a statement of the Chinese government on China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea issued on Tuesday
- Britain’s Theresa May is set to become the second woman to hold the position of Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher.British Prime Minister David…
- An item billed as “breakup insurance” for the new relationship between Taylor Swift and actor Tom Hiddleston has been removed from Chinese e-commerce…
- Pamela Jenkins saw a world of opportunity for her children growing up inside the European Union
- A top Beijing official has accused UN judges of accepting cash from the Philippines after they ruled against their territorial claims to disputed islands in the South China Sea
- China has placed a ban on unqualified and unlawful drivers working for car-hailing apps, including ex-convicts who served time for drug-related…
- Shares in Japanese gaming company Nintendo jumped by nearly a quarter on Monday following the success of its new Pokemon Go smartphone game
- Farnborough, England (CNN)The world’s best airline for 2016 is Emirates, according to a survey of millions of airline passengers conducted by Skytrax
- Storied Italian soccer club AC Milan has been sold to a Chinese consortium, says the club’s owner, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
- Britons are pulling on budgie smugglers to go wild swimming, discussing starter marriages at stupid o’clock and sipping craft beer while planning their next elimination diet
- UK government dismisses four-million-signaturepetition calling for a second Brexit vote
- With millions of vehicles filling the city's roads on a daily basis, it's not uncommon for drivers during peak hours to find themselves measuring…
- Three foreign suspects have been arrested in Taiwan in connection with the theft of $2.5m (1.9m pound) from cash machines around the cities
- The board of ARM is expected to recommend shareholders accept the offer - which is around a 43% premium on its closing market value of 16.8bn pound on Friday
- A statement read on TV said a "peace council" now ran the country and there was a curfew and martial law
- Nvidia Corp.’s graphics cards have long been a household name around the world, or at least in houses with gamers in them
- Washington – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is giving Tesla until Aug
- A leading Maoist ideologue publicly announced that he plans to seek wider support to lobby the government to force foreign capital off the…
- The 40th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Istanbul on Sunday decided to put China’s Hubei Shennongjia on the prestigious World…
- Prime Minister Theresa May has unveiled a nearly completely new look cabinet, in a major departure from predecessor David Cameron’s top team
- Tonight’s vote in the House of Commons was 472 for and 117 against, a government majority of 355
- Women who take an aspirin before sex may increase the likelihood of conceiving a baby boy, suggest researchers
- Local police have been taking action to contain scattered protests in China calling for a boycott of US products, especially fast-food restaurants…
- ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities have expanded a crackdown on military officials to include police, judges, governors and millions of civil servants in…
- The board of ARM is expected to recommend shareholders accept the offer - which is around a 43% premium on its closing market value of 16.8bn pound on Friday
- Qihoo 360 Technology Co
- The "First Annual Apologise to China Contest" allows people to send in their regrets on how they might have wronged the People’s Republic, the Hong…
- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed belief that the Philippines could get more benefits from China if the two countries could reach a…
- China is considering extending hukou, or household registration, to 13 million unregistered citizens, according to the Ministry of Public Security
- If a super-eruption were to occur, the blast would launch enough ash into the atmosphere to disrupt weather for years to follow, potentially causing…
- Dutch scientists developed rewritable memory that stores information in the positions of individual chlorine atoms on a copper surface
- Forget New York, London or Hong Kong
- US manufacturing giant General Electric has agreed a deal with Chinese technology and smartphone giant Huawei to help it improve production
- The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, will stand trial over a state payout to the French tycoon Bernard Tapie, an appeals court has ruled
- The mayor of Xingtai City in north China’s Hebei Province apologized Saturday night for inadequate responses to the storms that have caused 25 deaths and 13 missing in the city
- The European Commission has stepped up pressure on Google, alleging that it abused its dominance in internet shopping and restricted competition
- The European Commission has stepped up pressure on Google, alleging that it abused its dominance in internet shopping and restricted competition
- ANKARA — Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, declared a three-month state of emergency on Wednesday that he said would enable his government to…
- The U.S
- Childhoods were dramatically changing, with fewer opportunities to spend time outdoors, researchers observed
