Marvel Entertainment chief emeritus Stan Lee may be in his ninth decade, but it hasn't stopped him from adding outposts to his creative empire as he hopes to interest a new generation of children in superheroes of all shapes and sizes.
With 27,000 French soldiers cut down by German machine-gun fire, Aug 22, 1914, was by far the bloodiest day in France's military history and quite likely the most deadly single day in the "war to end all wars".
Wildlife poachers, hindered by India's efforts to protect majestic endangered animals including tigers and rhinos, have begun to think smaller. And activists say scores of the country's lesser-known species are vanishing from the wild as a result.
Huge landslides in western Japan killed at least 36 people and left rescuers scrambling to find another seven still missing, authorities said Wednesday, after a wall of mud smashed into their homes.
The chief watchdog of New Zealand's spy agencies on Wednesday announced she will investigate claims that the government manipulated intelligence agencies to help smear domestic political opponents.
Israeli airstrikes killed 18 Palestinians in Gaza, including the wife and infant son of Hamas's military leader, Mohammed Deif, in what the group said on Wednesday was an attempt to assassinate him after a cease-fire collapsed.
A new underwater hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has a "reasonable chance" of finding the plane, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday, adding that searchers will not give up easily.
Thousands of supporters of two opposition parties demanding the resignation of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif besieged the country's parliament on Wednesday while it was in session.
Police said on Wednesday they arrested 47 people as tensions rose after an otherwise peaceful night of protests in Ferguson, the St. Louis suburb rocked by violence over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
Eric Holder talks about the nation's civil rights struggles in a way no previous US attorney general could - by telling his own family story.
Texas Governor Rick Perry, a possible Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 race, was fingerprinted and had his mug shot taken by judicial authorities on Tuesday after being indicted last week on two felony charges of abusing power.
Government troops have pressed attacks in the two largest cities held by rebels in eastern Ukraine, while diplomatic efforts were made to resolve the conflict, which has killed more than 2,000 people and displaced another 300,000.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 20100000002731 
Raymond Zhou
Op Rana
Berlin Fang
Zhu Yuan
Huang Xiangyang
Chen Weihua
