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Chinese scientists have found a gene which plays an important role in helping rice, originating in warm southern China, expand to the relatively cold northern regions.
China's national observatory has renewed an orange alert for heavy rain on Sunday and Monday.
World leaders have been mourning the death on Saturday of Kofi Annan, the Ghanian diplomat who was secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) from 1997 to 2006.
An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted 6 km NE of Sembalunlawang, Indonesia at 04:10:21 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Chinese Wushu star Sun Peiyuan captured the first gold medal of the 2018 Asian Games from the men's Changquan here on Sunday.
Chinese netizens are enraged by an article calling for financial penalties to be imposed on citizens in order to support a second child for couples.
The recent California State University, Northridge (CSUN) graduate was one of fortunate scholarship recipients selected to study at Chinese universities for one year.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held an in-depth discussion on the current situation over phone on Saturday.
China will increase funding to support weak links in the country's infrastructure, the banking and insurance regulator said Saturday.
Sun Peiyuan won the first gold medal for team China at the 2018 Asian Games in men’s changquan on Sunday in Jakarta.
Canadian Chinese began a series of events in Richmond Hill, Canada Friday to mark the 120th anniversary of late Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai's birth, with hundreds of people attending the opening ceremony.
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Malaysian car manufacturer Proton on Saturday agreed to establish a joint venture to deepen their cooperation in new energy vehicles and promote Proton cars in global market.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday mourned the passing of former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan who died at 80.
Scotland Yard on Saturday said that the suspect who slammed his car into security barriers outside the British Parliament on Tuesday was charged with the attempted murder of members of the public and the attempted murder of police officers.
Police in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, arrested three suspects for stealing about 600 million yuan (around 87 million U.S. dollars) worth of virtual currency by hacking, local police said.
The Saudi government on Sunday announced its full readiness for the Hajj season starting on Sunday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in north of Berlin on Saturday, with the topics ranging from Syria, Ukraine, Iran as well as the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project.
Governments and leaders across Latin America on Saturday mourned the death of former United Nations secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kofi Annan.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is becoming part of integrative medicine programs in the United States, experts said here Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States has ended the development fund for Syria, urging "rich countries" to pay instead.
An earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale jolted 291 km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji at 00:19:37 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, the 11th Panchen Lama, on Saturday held a worshipping ceremony at Lhamo Lhatso Lake in Gyaca County, Shannan Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region.
Typhoon Rumbia, the 18th this year, has been moving northwest inland since it made landfall in Pudong New Area of Shanghai Friday, bringing heavy downpours and causing floods along its route.
The 18th Asian Games has officially begun Saturday with an opening ceremony featuring Indonesia's spectacular landscapes, wonderful history and diverse cultures.
UN and European leaders on Saturday paid their tributes to former Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Kofi Annan, who passed away on the day at the age of 80 in a Swiss hospital.
Thousands of people gathered in the northwest Italian city of Genoa on Saturday to mourn the victims of a dramatic bridge collapse that killed dozens of people earlier this week.
A spokesperson for the Chinese military said it resolutely opposes a report by the U.S. Department of Defense on China's military and security developments, claiming the report misinterpreted China's strategic intention and hyped up the so-called "China military threat."
