Initial investigations show the flooded mine that trapped 11 miners Thursday in North China's Shanxi province was operating illegally, local authorities said Friday.
Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming visit to central Asia is aimed to promote sustained, healthy and stable development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and comprehensively boost China's ties with Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, a senior Chinese diplomat said here Friday.
Some 32 soccer babes representing the 32 countries playing this year's World Cup games took part in a beauty contest in South Africa Thursday. The winner of the contest will be awarded "Miss World Cup."
A total of 2,499 moderate and minor earthquakes have jolted the Tibetan county of Yushu in northwest China's Qinghai Province, since it was devastated by a 7.1-magnitude quake on April 14, the Qinghai earthquake administration said on Friday.
Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers produced a sizzling display at both ends of the court to beat the Boston Celtics 102-89 in Game One of the NBA Finals on Thursday.
Japan's ruling party picked Finance Minister Naoto Kan, an outspoken politician with activist roots, as its new chief Friday, virtually assuring that he will become the country's next prime minister.
Dubbed "China's Dakar Rally", the Tour de Taklimakan Desert Auto and Motorcycle Rally is expected to become the country's first international rally in two years.
BP sliced off a pipe with giant shears in the latest bid to curtail the worst spill in US history, but the cut was jagged and placing a cap over the gusher deep in the Gulf of Mexico proved to be a challenge.
The present situation of the Korean peninsula is so grave that a war may break out at any moment, a senior diplomat of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) warned here on Thursday.
The Yangtze River in China has done a good job of hiding its real age - it is nearly 40 million years older than previously thought, a new study suggests.
A fire that raced through a number of residential complexes in Bangladesh' s capital Dhaka killed 109 people
During the average working week, Su Yanli is no different from the millions of female office workers in Beijing.
Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
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