- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has set fire to a huge stockpile of ivory in an effort to show his country’s commitment to saving Africa’s elephants
- The first known death in the US to the Zika virus has been recorded in Puerto Rico, say health officials
- Japan's Olympic organisers have unveiledthe new official logos of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Scarlett Johansson gazes worshipfully into the dual lenses of asandblasted-metal Huawei P9 smartphone as the Hollywood star shares a selfieproduct placement moment
- New Zealand's five dollar note has been named the banknote of 2015 by the International Bank Note Society -- a "clear winner" among nearly 40…
- The financial affiliate of Chinese ecommerce group Alibaba has raised $4.5bn from mostly state-backed investors, in what it said was the largest…
- After two years of unrelenting gloom it is good to see that at least one part of the global energy business is booming
- The Australian state of Victoria said on Wednesday it was more than doubling taxes on foreign property buyers in a move reflecting growing public…
- Chinese police are joining Italian officers on the streets of Rome and Milan in an experiment aimed at helping tourists from China feel safe, Italy’s…
- The thing about premature babies is that they are premature, meaning that they don’t get to spend as much time in the womb developing as they should
- China-Japan relations went through twists and turns in recent years
- BEIJING (AP) — A prominent investor and the general manager of China’s biggest stock brokerage have been arrested on insider trading charges, the…
- IKEA Group, the Swedish self-assembly budget furniture chain, is joining a growing number of multinational retailers aiming to tap China’s online market
- (CNN)Researchers believe they have found the wreckage of the HMS Endeavour, vessel of legendary British explorer, James Cook
- Robots are not only for fun and games, it's also a very serious industry in China
- Chinese drivers are rushing to buy sport-utility vehicles in an "arms race" for safety on the country's hair-raising roads, analysts say, as SUV…
- Taxi-hailing service Uber and China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group have agreed a deal that will allow Chinese travelers to pay for a taxi in any country where Uber operates
- Even though President Barack Obama and his wife can’t wait to get out of the White House, being a lame duck can hurt a guy
- The Taiwanese economy shrank more than expected in the first quarter, suggesting tighter links to a slowing China remain a drag on growth for the export-dependent nation
- Much to the FBI's displeasure, iPhones running at least iOS 8 offer full-disk encryption by default
- Her career has taken her round the world but popular Chinese folk singer Song Zuying’s latest tour has taken her to new destinations - very new
- Russia hopes to strengthen agricultural cooperation with China, Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said in a recent interview with Xinhua
- China said on Thursday the door for dialogue with the Philippines on the South China Sea is always open, refuting the country’s argument that bilateral dialogue has come to an end
- Profits almost tripled last year at the world’s biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba
- Language and culture — 672
- HONG KONG — In China, an iPhone can be found for a small fraction of the official price
- Terminology reference — 674
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