UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese envoy on Thursday called for stronger measures to fight terrorism in Syria. Terrorist forces are increasingly active within Syria, which is worrying, Fu ...

BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Wang Lixia, chairwoman of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is under investigation for suspected severe violations of discipline and law.

SHANGHAI, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Shi Ming (17-5) will make her full UFC debut on Friday when she headlines the Road to UFC card against Brazil's Bruna Brasil (17-5). The Yunnan native drew attention last ...

SHANGHAI, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- A team at a Shanghai hospital in east China has successfully performed a rare surgery on a patient whose neck was hit by a mechanical arm so severely that his cervical ...

COLOMBO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested on Friday by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over alleged misuse of state funds, state media ...

TOKYO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed higher on Friday, as a weaker yen lifted exporter shares and banks gained on rising U.S. and Japanese bond yields. The benchmark Nikkei stock index, the ...

"Ancient trees are ecological treasures and witnesses of history," said Gao Xuzhen, a researcher at Jinci Museum, who added that through stronger protection -- these trees continue to stand tall and ...