Germany dashed Opel's hopes of receiving state aid on Monday, at least initially, in a ruling the carmaker believes was motivated by sovereign debt crisis rather than anger over perceived sins committed by its Detroit parent.
Next June, Chinese parents might be relieved from worrying over whether a traffic jam will delay their children on the way to the make-or-break college entrance exam.
A gay Malawian couple whose 14-year prison sentence for their love affair led to international condemnation has split over a girl, a newspaper report said on Tuesday.
Japan's New Prime Minister Naoto Kan 's Cabinet is gaining public support ahead of key upper house elections in July, according to the results of opinion polls in major national newspapers on Thursday.
An Islamist group in Somalia has issued a video of a French hostage held in the Horn of Africa country, showing him asking France to meet his captors' demands.
The financial toll of the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico escalated Wednesday as BP's stock plummeted to a 14-year low and fishermen, businesses and property owners who have filed damage claims with the company angrily complained of delays, excessive paperwork and skimpy payments that have put them on the verge of going under.
People whose households are registered in Beijing who have violated family planning policies and had more babies than allowed can have a child's household registered in the capital without penalty when Beijing conducts its sixth census starting this November.
Four reporters from China were robbed of their cameras as well as cash on a street in Johannesburg in South Africa on June 9, Beijing News reported.
The World Bank on Wednesday said a double-dip recession could not be ruled out in some countries if investors lose faith in efforts in Europe and elsewhere to tackle rising debt levels.
A lost-and-found office has been set up outside the Expo Garden to facilitate visitors to claim their lost items without entering the garden, said the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination.
Expectations are running high for the SCO Summit to take a tougher role in combating security threats and deepening economic cooperation among its members. Hu in Uzbekistan for SCO summit
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