At least 10 million rural residents will be lifted out of poverty this year as the solemn promise of poverty alleviation is delivered upon, Premier Li Keqiang said.The amount of central government funds allocated to combat poverty will increase...
China will prioritize stable economic growth this year, with an annual year-on-year GDP growth target between 6.5 to 7 per cent, according to the government work report obtained by reporters ahead of the official opening of the National People's...
HONG KONG - One of five "missing" Hong Kong booksellers who was detained on the mainland returned to the city Friday and met police, the government said, in a case that has provoked fears of increasing Chinese interference in...
Philippine authorities said Friday they had inspected a North Korean vessel within hours of the United Nations ordering cargo checks as part of tough new sanctions over Pyongyang's nuclear programme.An inspection team with bomb-sniffing dogs boarded the cargo ship...
Japan's government will accept a court-mediated settlement plan and suspend construction work for the planned relocation of a US airbase in Okinawa and will begin a new round of talks with local authorities who want the base moved off...
Like seafood? Like fresh seafood?Then you'll probably love what you're going to see in this video.The "steam table" is a contraption in a restaurant in Ningbo, China, where seafood - much of it "exotic", still alive and probably expensive...
JAKARTA - Indonesia's finance ministry is considering imposing a minimum tax on either a firm's turnover or assets when the company has reported losses for years but is still operational, a ministry official said on Friday.Goro Ekanto, who works...
BEIJING - China needs more time to revise a draft law governing foreign non-government organisations, the parliamentary spokeswoman said on Friday, defending the need for such legislation despite widespread international criticism.The law comes amid a crackdown on dissent by...
Rescue dog Gonta, outfitted with a GPS-enabled backpack but driven by his own innate sense of smell, jumps onto a pile of collapsed rubble to find buried survivors.Though just a drill, the intensity of the Brittany spaniel in scouring...
Seoul - Leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered North Korea's nuclear arsenal readied for pre-emptive use at anytime, in an expected ramping up of rhetoric following the UN Security Council's adoption of tough new sanctions on Pyongyang.The North's nuclear warheads...
