China said Thursday that no date has been set for negotiations on implementing the principled consensus with Japan on the East China Sea issue.
A South Korean rocket carrying a climate observation satellite apparently exploded 137 seconds into its flight early Thursday, the country's second major space setback in less than a year.
China and Uzbekistan on Wednesday agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in trade, energy, finance, transport and other areas, pledging to give priority to building stable trade ties.
A man in a remote fishing village in Brazil kept his daughter imprisoned for 12 years, raped her repeatedly and had seven children with her, police said Wednesday.
The resettlement of more than 64,900 residents began Thursday in central China's Henan Province to make way for a massive project that will divert water to arid north China.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who resigned from the top post on June 2, will go to China over the weekend to attend the Shanghai Expo.
The Brazilian referee and assistants taking charge of the England-United States World Cup match have been learning English-language obscenities the players might use.
Outgoing Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo vowed to continue working on strengthening the country's diplomatic ties with China even after her term ends on June 30.
South Korea launched a locally assembled space rocket, but contact with the rocket was lost only a few minutes into the takeoff.
Robust growth of the private sector has made it China's major new jobs provider, contributing 90 percent of new positions, Minister of State Administration for Industry and Commerce Zhou Bohua said Thursday.
South Korea said Thursday it was pushing ahead with a satellite launch a day after delaying the ambitious project due to malfunctioning firefighting equipment.
The death toll of the explosion that targeted a wedding party in Taliban birthplace Kandahar, south of Afghanistan has exceeded 40, including women and children, a press release of the Interior Ministry said Thursday.