China / World

Visitor ban on Japan's new UNESCO island

[2017-07-17 07:29]

TOKYO - Visitors will not be allowed to set foot on a men-only UNESCO World Heritage island in Japan from next year, an official said on Saturday.

Turkey marks year since coup defeat

[2017-07-17 07:29]

ANKARA - Turkey on Saturday marked one year since the defeat of the failed coup bid with mass nationwide rallies seeking to showcase national unity and a stern warning by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to "chop off the heads" of traitors.

French FM in bid to resolve Qatar crisis

[2017-07-17 07:29]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived on Saturday in Jeddah, a major coastal city in Saudi Arabia, to help tackle the Qatar diplomatic crisis.

Heavy rainfall, snowstorms lash Chile

[2017-07-17 07:29]

SANTIAGO, Chile - Strong rains, thunderstorms, big waves and snowfalls affected 14 of 15 regions in Chile on Saturday, with the country's National Emergency Office issuing an alert.

Trump names special counsel on 'meddling'

[2017-07-17 07:29]

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has named attorney Ty Cobb as an in-house "special counsel" for the White House, a statement said on Saturday.

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[2017-07-17 07:29]

UK celebrates icon Austen on bicentenary

[2017-07-17 07:28]

WINCHESTER, United Kingdom - Two hundred years after Jane Austen's death, Britain is celebrating one of its best-loved authors, who combined romance with biting social commentary that still speaks to fans around the world.

Trump touts ties amid Paris pomp

[2017-07-15 07:41]

PARIS - US President Donald Trump watched US and French soldiers march together through the Paris sunshine on Friday in a double celebration marking 100 years since the United States entered World War I and France's annual Bastille Day holiday.

Suitcase bodies may be missing Chinese

[2017-07-15 07:41]

Two bodies found stuffed inside suitcases abandoned in mountainous forest near Tokyo are suspected to be missing Chinese sisters, local media reported on Friday.

Opposition warns of 'hell' over Brexit bill

[2017-07-15 07:41]

Just over a year after Britons voted to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom government on Thursday unveiled the first piece of legislation to make it a reality a 62-page bill that anti-Brexit politicians are already vowing to block.

Qatar crisis grinds on after US fails to broker resolution

[2017-07-15 07:41]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United States' top diplomat concluded a week of shuttle diplomacy in the Persian Gulf crisis on Thursday, bearing no promise of a breakthrough but voicing optimism that Qatar and its four Arab neighbors might soon at least be willing to talk face to face.

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